Thief
Des Moines Iowa dated April 23 1962 notice records a theft case brief with minimal details and no additional context or identities provided.
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1962
Page
6
Des Moines Iowa dated April 23 1962 notice records a theft case brief with minimal details and no additional context or identities provided.
Mrs Anderson entertained the Trinity Lutheran Ladies Aid with Mrs Rarick in charge of the program on Love Begins at Home. Plans were made to serve the Walther League Zone Rally May 20 and to send Mrs Lemke as delegate to the District I Lutheran Women’s Missionary League convention in Cedar Rapids in July. A clothing drive for Lutheran World Relief is set for May 20 27.
UPI notes demand generally good in Interior Iowa and southern Minnesota with butchers steady to 25 cents higher and sows up to 25 cents. Chicago hogs show active trading with No 1-2 190-225 lb at 16.25-16.50, cattle and calves mixed with steers and bulls displaying varied price moves across grades.
UPI reports grain futures with higher closes across wheat corn and soybeans. Wheat Jul Sep Dec and May advance while soybeans show gains in multiple contract months and oats hold near steady with modest moves.
Dr James A Van Allen warns in a congressional hearing that astronauts lingering more than 24 hours in the inner Van Allen radiation belt face likely fatal exposure. He notes a brief lunar mission would avoid severe cumulative dose despite the belt’s harsh region from about 2 000 to 40 000 miles above Earth.
A Sunday afternoon crash on East Washington Street near the square damaged two cars. Albert Lee Hunt of Ainsworth backed from a parking stall while Russell Conrad Wayland drove east. Hunt's damage was about $100 and Wayland's about $350.
Davenport couple Mr and Mrs Fred Reid Jr and family spent Mothers Day with Rose Reid and Ray Gidley. Chicago couple Mr and Mrs Clarence Babb stopped to visit old friends. Roger Hazen and his wife from Marengo planned to move June 1 to Cedar Falls, where he becomes a ninth grade science teacher and she a Waterloo teacher. both attend summer school.
In Sumner Iowa a two year old boy William Reimler wandered from home and fell into a creek. Searchers found the body about two hours after his mother reported him missing. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Leon Reimler.
Mrs Irene Heck and Mrs Horn were guests of the Friendship Club Thursday in the home of Mrs Henry Soucek. The new president Mrs Ted Meyers handed out the new books. A committee was appointed to revise the club constitution. Mrs Art Witthoft led entertainment. Roll call prompted sewing advice news items and jokes. Mrs Mark Campbell with Mrs Soucek served refreshments.
Sixteen members and three guests attended at Mrs Wayne Mangold home with Mrs Fred Coakley as cohostess. Mrs Marilyn Thatcher spoke on Color and Design in Clothes. New member Mrs Charles Votruba joined. guests contributed a favorite dish and refreshments were served from an elaborately arranged tea table.
Ronald Dean Krantz of route two Ainsworth was fined 25 dollars and costs in Justice of the Peace Richard Hotle court after being charged by local police with careless driving.
Governor Norman A. Erbe of Iowa was confined to bed in a Seattle hotel with fever and chills described as flu like. An aide said his condition has improved though diagnosis is uncertain and a bloodstream infection is considered possible. He will likely be bedridden for several days before returning to Iowa where his wife and three daughters stay with him.
Closing out sales listed with dates and locations across Iowa towns. Dates include May 19 May 24 May 26 and recurring weekly livestock auctions at multiple markets such as Washington Smylie’s Columbus Junction Wayland Kalona Ollie and Wapello with times mainly 1 p m or noon.
The ticket can be picked up sometime between June 9 and June 16 at the State Theater. The note confirms a swing window for collection and assigns the venue as the State Theater.
A cluttered listing shows NBC CBS and other network slots with programs like News Weather Sports Doctor Malone and Wagon Train alongside classics such as Laramie Dobie Gillis and Captain Kangaroo. The fragmentary page hints at a dense evening lineup across multiple stations with cartoons dramas and talk segments.
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