NFO Eyes Higher Prices as Hog Market Holds Firm
Hog prices slip for a third straight day in Chicago with top bids at 18.75 while 55,000 hogs are offered across 12 major midwestern markets. NFO keeps up pressure amid shipments, with dairy holdouts across Indiana and a national push for withheld milk to lift prices.
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Chicago
API
National Farmers Organization
Indiana
NFO
NFC
East St. Louis
Oren Staley
Staley
Vatican closes St Peter's Basilica to the public
Vatican officials decided to temporarily close St. Peter's Basilica to the public from tomorrow in response to three bombing attempts. Dr Flaciano Casimirri said no reason was given yet, while noting preparations for a forthcoming council in October.
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Vatican City
UPI
Vatican
St. Peter's Basilica
Flaciano Casimirri
Vatican Press Office
Sumestens Council
May Resume Atomic Tests Very Soon
The United States may resume atmospheric nuclear testing in the Pacific near Johnston Island as early as late September or early October. AEC and Defense plan three high altitude rocket tests and four to five atmospheric explosions. NASA and AEC will avoid conflicts with Walter Schirra Jr.'s space flight currently scheduled for October 3.
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UPI
United States
Pacific
Walter M. Schirra Jr
Atomic Energy Commission
Defense Department
Johnston Island
Honolulu
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
AEC
Schirra
Rural-Urban Event Set for November 15
Plans for the second annual Washington County Rural-Urban smorgasbord near completion. The event will be in the armory on November 15 with Farm Bureau women cooking the meal and Dr. John Rogers as speaker. Tickets go on sale October 16.
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Washington County
Robert Logan
Armory
Farm Bureau
John Rogers
Claude Woods
Logan
Red Cross volunteers attend veterans hospital meeting in Iowa City
Washington County Red Cross workers joined the Veterans Administration Volunteer Service Committee meeting in Iowa City Tuesday. Attending from Washington County were Mrs. Ralph Martin chair, William Tweeten alternate VA Hospital representative, and Mrs. R. A. Baumgartner delegate. Washington County asked to provide cookies for the hospital on December 21 and 28, forty dozen each, with Red Cross offices coordinating efforts.
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Washington County
Red Cross
Veterans Administration Volunteer Service Committee
Iowa City
Johnson and Linn
Ralph Martin
William Tweeten
R. A. Baumgartner
Tweeten
Red Cross Office
Linda Campbell Recounts Norway Summer Experience
Washington High School senior Linda Campbell shared her foreign exchange summer in northern Norway at the Y’s Men’s Club ladies night. She used colored slides to illustrate her trip while club president Robert Choate presided. Dick Higgins introduced her as program chair.
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Linda Campbell
Washington High School
Norway
Y's Men's Club
Linda
Robert Choate
Miss Campbell
Dick Higgins
Vernon
Mitch) Feuerhelm
T.R. Phillips
Mrs. J. L. McGraw Dies at 70 in Washington
Mrs. J. L. McGraw 70 of 606 West Main Street died Tuesday evening September 25 1962 at Washington County Hospital after years of illness. Funeral 1:30 p.m. Thursday at Jones Funeral Home with burial in Keota Cemetery. Survivors include husband J. L. McGraw three children Bernardine Brenneman LeRoy McGraw Ruth Lewis seven grandchildren and siblings.
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West Main Street
Washington County Hospital
Jones
Lloyd Latta
Walter Smith
Keota
Mildred Elberta Shotts
Keokuk County
James E
Mary C. Herr Shotts
Washington
McGraw
Methodist Church
Bernardine Brenneman
LeRoy McGraw
Ruth Lewis
Columbus Junction
Roy Shotts
Vancouver
B. C
ISU Officials to Attend Iowa Utilities Management Conference
Theo Johnson Sue Clarahan Marion Cady and Olivier Cellman of Iowa Southern Utilities will attend the 15th annual Management Conference in Des Moines October 1 2. The event is sponsored by seven Iowa investor owned utilities with a two day program covering Agricultural Engineering in a Changing World Customer Relations What Does It Mean and more. A panel of top utility executives will discuss Rural Electrification Industrial and Area Development the Iowa Grid and the Iowa Pool. Expected attendance exceeds 600 from Iowa utilities distributors and manufacturers.
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Theo. Johnson
Sue Clarahan
Marion Cady
Olivier Cellman
Iowa Southern Utilities
Des Moines
Iowa
Mr. Johnson
Iowa Development Commission
Telstar
Johnson
Iowa Grid
Iowa Pool
Harper Farmer Loses Fingers in Corn Picker
Norbert Besser of Harper lost four fingers on his right hand in a corn picker accident Tuesday morning. He was cleaning the machine when his hand became entangled and doctors amputated the fingers at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City.
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Keota
Norbert Besser
Harper
Besser
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Diphtheria Strikes Sioux City Families In Outbreak
Nine cases confirmed with a possible tenth as health officials battle fears of an outbreak in Sioux City. Children from three families in the Kelly Park area hospitalized or quarantined, with rapid tests and new serum supplies arriving from state and federal labs.
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Sioux City
Iowa
UPI
Reeder
Kelly Park
Riverside youth killed in head on crash near Iowa City
William Hugh Luckey twenty of Riverside died when his eastbound convertible collided with a shelled corn truck driven by Leonard Draker thirty one of Hills on a rural road six miles west of Iowa City. Draker survived in fair condition. Luckey was born February 20 1942 and had worked as an auto mechanic. funeral set for Thursday at 2 p.m. in Riverside.
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Riverside
Iowa City
Carl A
Martha Marguerite Annas Luckey
Sorden and Adams
W. F. Boeckman
Riverside Cemetery
Leonard Draker
Hills
University Hospital
Luckey
Draker
Young Luckey
Hawkeye Shell
The
Evening Journal
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Riverside High School
Lyle
Minneapolis
Minn
Fred
Jim
Clarence Wilson
Washington
Merle Blieu
Durant
James Benish
Richardson, Tex
James Moldenhauer
Chicago
Glen Miller
Solon
Pat Strickland
Newton
Mary Flannigan
Marengo
John E Miller 83 Dies in Florida
Word was received today of the death of John E Miller in Florida. He had spent several winters there and died Tuesday night at 83. Funeral arrangements were in definite today, but his body will be returned here for services and burial.
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John E Miller
Florida
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
Barnett
New Orleans
Meredith
John D. Williams
University
Ole Miss
Start Selection of Homecoming Queen at Washington High
Washington Community High School students will vote Thursday to select five senior girls as candidates for the 1962 Homecoming Queen. Next week ballots will determine the Queen from the five finalists.
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Sudents
Washington Community High School
Meredith Denied Entry as Mississippi Defies Court Order
Negro James Meredith again attempted to enroll at the University of Mississippi but was blocked outside campus by Lt. Gov. Paul Johnson and state troopers. U.S. marshals and federal court orders were cited, as Barnett and Johnson resisted desegregation amid tense clashes and protests.
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UPI
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University of Mississippi
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Ross Barnett
Air Force
Johnson
Meredith
Barnett
State College Board
Jackson
New Orleans
U.S
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John Doar
U.S. Department of Justice
Doar
Barnett Johnson
McShane
Marshals
South
Eisenhower
Arkansas
Orval Faubus
Little Rock Central High School
Faubus
Federal agents seize gate receipts from Liston Patterson bout
Federal tax agents moved to confiscate nearly 3.9 million dollars in gate receipts from the Liston Patterson heavyweight title fight and the closed circuit show. Liens were to be filed in Chicago Boston and New York against Championship Sports Inc and Graff Rainer and Smith Enterprises Inc due to unpaid tax returns.
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UPI
Sonny Liston
Floyd Patterson
Liston
Patterson
Championship Sports, Inc
Internal Revenue Service
Chicago
Boston
New York
Port construction in Cuba prompts U S security watch
U S officials warned that the Soviet built fishing port for Cuba could become a military or espionage base. They said any Soviet Cuban activity worries Washington and could affect national security, with potential for longer term naval and missile implications.
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UPI
United States
Russia
Cuba
State Department
Lincoln White
U.S
Fidel Castro
Army
Navy
Norfolk
Soviet Union
Castro
Red Star
Banes
U.S. Naval Base
Guantanamo Bay
Red China
United Arab Republic
Albania
St James 8th Grade Officers Elected
Eighth grade students at St James school in Washington have elected class officers for the current year. President is Rosemary Reed. Mike Hansen is vice president and treasurer. Martha Marie is secretary.
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St James School
Washington
Rosemary Reed
Mike Hansen
Martha Marie
Marine Corps League Officers Installed
Officers of the Washington unit of the Marine Corps League assumed new duties at a city hall meeting Tuesday night. New commandant Glen Ladehoff led as vice commandant Dale Booth, adjutant paymaster Keith Sanders, sergeant-at-arms David Daryl Tucker, and chaplain Nels Westermark were also named.
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Washington
Marine Corps League
City Hall
Glen Ladehoff
Dale Booth
Keith Sanders
David Daryl Tucker
Nels Westermark
Cub Scout Pack Meet Scheduled Thursday
The first Cub Scout pack meeting of the season will be held Thursday at 7 pm at the VFW Hall. Each Scout should wear his complete uniform for inspection to complete the charter. The Scout committee members are asked to be at the hall by 6 45 pm.
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VFW
Scout Committee
Weather Iowa forecast fair to partly cloudy through Thursday
Fair to partly cloudy skies in Iowa through Thursday with cooler conditions east on Thursday. Lows 45 to 50, high near 70 Thursday, then warmer Friday and cooler again Sunday. Normal highs upper 60s to lower 70s, lows mid 40s to upper 50s. Scattered Saturday showers likely light to moderate rain.
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