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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1959
Page
11
U S government bonds concerns and a weak rally led to a broad market retreat. The Dow fell 6.85 to 630.54 with industrials down sharply. chemicals and bonds sagged while staples rose slightly. Trading volume reached about $6.57 billion in stock value as investors fretted over rate hikes and the economy.
Virginia market report shows poultry demand fair for broilers and fryers with movement steady. Prices named for farm trade include heavy hens 14 to 15 cents, light hens around 7 to 9 cents, turkeys in demand with small fryer stock at 22 to 23 cents and breeder hens at 18 to 22 cents, all measured per pound.
The market roundup notes mixed Dow Jones figures with several indexes showing varied changes. Sector activity includes transport and industrials, while commodity prices edge unsettled with retailer demand fluctuating and agricultural items like apples and potatoes described as steady to heavy.
The Midtown listings show films at CAPITOL KEARSE VIRGINIAN RIALTO LYRIC CUSTER STATE VILLAGE WEST and other venues with a mix of color and standard prints. Notable titles include A Night to Remember Pork Chop Hill I Bury the Living Torpedo Rat and The Spider. Rankings vary by theater with star casts including Kenneth Moore Gregory Peck and Lana Turner among others.
Dorothy Kilgallen promotes a slimming step-in with airy neckline and bra-strap concealment. Future versions include a smart collar and Jr. Miss dress line with Printed Pattern 4808 in multiple sizes. State pattern order details and mailing instruction.
Orson Welles faces weight loss urged by doctors as the stage world reports on health, marriages, and show business. Burt Conway falls into a theater pit during J B while Artie Shaw writes from Spain about Costa Brava. Betty Furness plans Europe trip. Pri ncess Grace sends well wishes. Marty Allen and Steve Rossi gain buzz with their new act.
A fragmented OCR list shows multiple company names and commodities including Coastal Caribbean Creole Petroleum Imperial Oil Kaiser Mesabi Iron Mead New Jersey Pacific Petroleum Technicolor and Rainbow holdings. It reads like a stock or index reel with scattered figures and abbreviations.
Cuddly Jama bag dolls for children with easy pattern remnants. Pattern 918 provides body clothes faces and directions. Send 35 cents plus 3 cents mailing to The Charleston Gazette Needlecraft Dept New York address. print name address and zone clearly.
Conservation Director M Lane said a new 40 by 100 foot pool at Ka frat State Forest may open for at least two or three weeks this summer. Work paused by union pickets is 50 percent complete and bids will be invited for the remainder. The Charleston Trades Council halted work over nonunion personnel two weeks ago.
Rep Harley O Staggers calls for passage of legislation to create a national cancer research program. He introduced a bill to mobilize top global experts to coordinate efforts to cure and prevent cancer, saying action is needed to combat the disease.
The DuPont High School student council donated a portrait of the late O T Jenkins, former president of the board of education when the school was built. It will hang in the main hall. The portrait was presented at the annual awards assembly honoring top scholars. Co valedictorians were Gordia Taylor and Ann McCormick. salutatorian was Nancy Chapman. Other award winners include Charles Sparacino Danforth leadership award Nancy Rice and Sparacino American Legion citizenship award Nancy Rice SAR citizenship award Sparacino Phi Beta Kappa Gordia Taylor chemistry award Charles Akers Amer ican Legion essay winner Freddie Beard and Larry Dooley VFW essay winners.
The states commercial plants slaughtered 20 800 head in April totaling 4 915 000 pounds live weight. Cattle 3 000 calves 1 200 hogs 13 700 and sheep and lambs 900 were included in the count. Paes de Almeida appointed acting finance minister while Luca Lopes recovers from a heart attack.
Moscow reports Soviet scientists unveiled mycerin a powerful antibiotic surpassing penicillin and streptomycin. Nikolai Gamalova of the Epidemiology and Microbiology Institute said it has been used to treat intestinal diseases after neurosurgical operations and in brain ailments and obstetrics. Tass noted commercial production technology is complete.
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