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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1963
Page
4
Markets report in Birmingham shows hogs 6,000 head moderately active with steady to strong slaughter cattle and bulls. Sales detail U.S. No 1-2 hogs 200-300 lb 16.00 to 16.25, various weights and grades, cattle slaughter slow to strong, prime and high good weights quoted, plus grain and soy futures notes.
Washington County 4H club and project leaders will meet Monday night for their annual Fall Organization meeting. The session, led by County Extension Director Jim Frier, discusses organizational procedures, club planning, and distribution of new materials. Enrollment is open for youths turning 10 by January 1, 1984, with details through the County Extension Office in Marion.
Washington's eighth grade football squad lost 34 to 6 to Mt Pleasant on a Tuesday at Case Field. Rich Sojka opened scoring with a quarterback sneak as Mt Pleasant pulled ahead 14 to 6 by halftime, while Al Kinzler’s team battled on defense in a game marked by late second half scores.
County Extension Director Jim Frier notes a higher insect population in 1963 based on the European Corn Borer Survey. The Iowa survey shows 179 borers per 109 plants and 76 percent infested, up from 1962 figures. Entomologist Harold Gunderson links the increase to the second brood and urges farmers to monitor fields and harvest early to reduce losses.
Retail cattle listings show dates from October 24 to November 12 with auctions across Appanoose, Northeast Missouri, Muscatine, Washington, Memphis, and nearby towns. Included are feeder calf, Hereford and Angus sales, plus general livestock auctions at Hinds Sale Company, West Liberty Fairgrounds, and various regional yards.
Washington County 4 H achievement night at the High School Auditorium in Washington Saturday November 9 at 7 00 pm Meritt Canady says 4 H Council elections will be held with 5 boys and 5 girls candidates to speak two minutes on What 4 H Means to Me Girls Claudia Tinnes Cedar Clippers Diana Reif Cinderellas Doris Griffith Crooked Creek Cloverettes Judi Hunter Good Luck Juanita Koch Headliners Diana Hammen Vaughn Rinner Iowa Maidens Millie Sout Pepperettes Boys Steve Whisler Cedar Chips John Hamil Jr Crooked Creek Cyclones Gary Vincent Dutch Creek Flyers Terry Mangold Franklin Cubs Gene McCracken Highlanders Eddie Gerot Riverside Ramblers 76 Progressives Willard Larsen Washington Hustlers Other features include county awards presentations and more.
In Chicago, Mme Ngo Dinh Nhu accused the United States of halting a $3 million annual aid for Vietnamese special forces without consultation. She warned the move would foster great suspicion abroad and urged clear talks between Saigon and Washington. She asserted Buddhists faced Communist infiltration and that the South Vietnamese were winning the war.
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