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Newspaper
Mt Vernon Register News
Location
Mt Vernon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1958
Page
7
A cluttered page lists numerous FOR SALE ads including furniture, appliances, vehicles, and farm equipment. Also present are real estate offers, mobile homes, trailer sales, and public auctions for horses and ponies with contact details and miscellaneous items like clothing and pets.
AP report from Chicago shows butter prices steady with receipts of 1,671,000 and wholesale buying unchanged across grades AA 93, A 92, B 89, C 89. Eggs balance easy with top steady prices and receipts 22,500. grade A whites 65 percent or better at 34, mixed 34, mediums 32, standards 33, dirties 44, checks 30. Current receipts total 3,214.
AP USDA live poultry receipts for Wednesday totaled 62 000 pounds with wholesale buying prices steady to 14 higher. Old roosters 15 18, caponettes under 44 pounds 26 27, over 414 pounds 27 28, broilers and fryers under 4 pounds Plymouth rocks 26 27, white crosses 21 44 23.
ST LOUIS AP reports on produce and live poultry including fowl heavy breeds 18 price and trade notes from St Louis markets.
Sam Snead seeks a Dallas Open repeat as Venturi and Maxwell spark early rounds. A near 100-player field tackles 6500-yard Dallas course with Snead posting 67s, Venturi stringing consistent golf, and Maxwell firing a 64 in pro am. Other stars Littler Souchak Parker and Boros also shine.
USDA market notes show Illinois 16 quart crates priced 1.00 to 5.00 with best at 5.00, varieties varying in quality. Michigan crates 16 quarts range 4.00 to 5.00 tops, some peaks at 5.00. overall demand steady, activity dull in parts.
Mt Vernon records quoted prices for grain with Wheat at 2.00 dollars, Soybeans 2.17 dollars, and Corn 1.24 dollars as of this afternoon.
The American League batting leaders show Nieman of Baltimore and Mays of San Francisco posting top averages with .415 and .354 respectively. Mays again leads in runs with 44, while Banks tops RBIs at 47 and Mays has 39. Musial and Spencer are notable in hits, with 66 and 64 respectively.
The roster includes Doug Ford Ed Oliver Roberto De Vicenzo Don Finsterwald Al Besselink Don January George Bayer Fred Hawkins Fred Haas Howie Johnson Doug Sanders Chick Harbert Gary Player Bo Wininger Bob Rosburg and Mary Furgol as top contenders in the season’s major tournament lineup.
The report lists top players by at bats including Musial of St. Louis at .437 with 8, Ashburn of Philadelphia at 6, Blasingame of St. Louis with 5, and Banks, Walls, and Thomas tied for runs with 14. Stolen bases feature Mays of San Francisco with 9, T Taylor of Chicago and Ashburn with 8. Pitching decisions cite McMahon of Milwaukee 5-0, Spahn 8-1, Parkey 6-1. Strikeout leaders name Jones of St. Louis with 53, Gomez and Antonelli of San Francisco with 47.
Firefighters in Berlin Connecticut suspect a sadistic arsonist is at work after battling multiple brush fires. Crews have had to dig small tunnels beneath railroad tracks to push flames away and protect lives and property.
Fragmentary report describes trains slicing hoses laid across tracks and notes no hydrants on the opposite side, hindering firefighting access and response. The brief emphasizes improvised infrastructure challenges impacting emergency operations.
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