Cattle Sale Sets Virginia Record With $950000 Gross
The 21st Winchester Feeder Calf and Yearling Sale at Farmers Livestock Exchange grossed $950,105.67 from 2,929 head of steers and heifers, marking a Virginia livestock sales record. Top lots included Charolais steers at $73.75 per cwt and Charolais heifers at $55.25 per cwt. Buyers hailed from multiple states, with three top purchasers totaling $80,039, $76,878, and $72,668 respectively.
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Winchester
Farmers Livestock Exchange
Morris Fannon
National Auctioneers Assn
Virginia
William B. Clagett
Berryville
Ken Smadger
Manheim
Walter Dunlap
Lancaster
G. H. Cunningham
White Post
Poland H. Mullenix
Woodbine
West Virginia
Kentucky
Indiana
Illinois
Ohio
Minnesota
Sunrise Service and Easter Breakfast at Relief Church
Relief News Briefs notes Sunday events at Relief Methodist Church with a 6 30 a m sunrise service and 7 a m Easter Breakfast hosted by the Young Adults. It also lists visits and family dinners in the area including Wisecarver and Burkheart households and a hospital return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otis Brill
Relief Methodist Church
Wilbur Wisecarver
Winchester
Roston L. Wisecarver
Charles Moore
Lisa
Ann Marie
Ricky
Marrouia
Milton Swartz
Lester Burkheart
James Hughes
James McDonald
Woodstock Memorial Hospital
Walter Roberson
Florida
Inlaw
Helen Dodson
Todd Burkheart
Lebanon Church
Vicious Weather Across U S Strikes Mississippi Valley
Tornadoes hail and severe storms swept the Mississippi Valley killing two and injuring 40 in Arkansas Missouri and Oklahoma. Flooding forced 400 Assumption Parish residents to evacuate Louisiana, while Morgan City residents moved to higher ground. A spring blizzard hit the Rockies and western Plains with deaths and property damage reported.
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Associated Press
Mississippi Valley
Arkansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Mississippi
Assumption Parish
Louisiana
Morgan City
Rockies
Plains
Atlanta
Harrison
Arkansas College
Batesville
Ada
Okla
Covington
Tenn
Helena
Ark
Marshall
Westcentral
Iowa
Illinois
North Dakota
Great Plains
Montana
Casper
Wyo
Billings
Robinson Endorses Dalton for Virginia lieutenant governor
Lieutenant Governor hopeful John N. Dalton received formal endorsement from J. Kenneth Robinson at a Winchester reception for delegates and prospective delegates. The event highlighted Dalton's experience and campaign pace as he competes with Morgan and Canada for the Republican nomination ahead of the June convention.
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J. Kenneth Robinson
John N. Dalton
Radord
Dalton
W. Jackson Helm
Fairmont Ave
Robinson
General Assembly
Winchester
Frederick
Clarke Counties
Virginia
Herbert N. Morgan
A. Joe Canada
Harry Michaels
Charlottesville
Ted Dalton
William and Mary
University of Virginia
U.S. Army Artillery
Radford
James C. Turk
Supreme Court
Richard H. Poff
Wounded Knee Residents Threaten to Take Action
Displaced Wounded Knee residents set a May 4 deadline to oust AIM militants occupying the village. Francis Randall demands government action or residents will move in with rifles. Tribal leaders back possible armed support and seek a federal court order to remove federal personnel.
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Wounded Knee
S.D
Francis Randall
American Indian Movement
AIM
Randall
Richard Hellstein
U.S
Justice Department
Hellstein
Richard Wilson
FBI
Wilson
Pine Ridge Indian Reservation
Izaak Walton League Receives Homes for New Park Residents
The organization will receive housing units for new residents of Izaak Walton Park in Browntown, expanding community facilities and occupancy at the park.
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Izaak Walton League
Izaak Walton Park
Browntown
Front Royal Livestock Auction Prices Listing
A detailed price list from Front Royal Livestock for Thursday April 19 covering hogs veal slaughter cattle stock cows stockers and dairy feeder cattle with weight ranges and price per hundredweight for each category including topweight hogs and various beef classes.
Concert Permit Denied Amid Boardroom Turmoil
Bragg’s outdoor festival permit for May 4 at Handley High School was denied after a lengthy parliamentary dispute. The board sided with Hodgson to refuse, despite Cole abstaining due to concerns about a two-year-old ordinance. Bragg plans to pursue alternative permits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeffrey Bragg
Frederick County Board of Supervisors
Peggy Kelly
Gainesboro
Handley High School
Johnson
Tommy James
The
Shondells
Bragg
Sandy
Hodgson
Cole
J. Robert Russell
J.C. Ronalds
Robert
Deny
Madigan
IRA Announces Week's Cease-Fire in Londonderry Districts
The IRA says it will observe a week long cease fire starting Monday in the Bogside and Creggan districts of Londonderry. The truce covers those areas but the group vows intensified fighting elsewhere in Northern Ireland, especially Belfast, if British policing continues.
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Belfast
Irish, Republican Army
Londonderry
Northern Ireland
Bogside
Creggan
Ulster
IRA
IRA Provisional Command
Dublin
Irish Republic
Sean MacStiofain
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Fred Stine
Pauls Valley
Pontotoco County
Loosahatchie
Tennessee
Memphis Naval Air Base
Lulu Williams
Assembly
Montgomery County
House of Delegates
Virginia State Senate
Courts of Justice
Commerce and Labor
Courts System Study Commission
Commission On the Status of Women
Virginia Advisory Legislative Commission
VALC
Jamestown Foundation
Governor’s Budget Advisory Board
First Baptist Church of
By Terry Woster
Assciated Press
Donald
Daisy
Splavatz
Front Royal Bureau
the Star
Star
Front Royal Livestock
Choice & Prime
Choice & Prime Heavy
Choice & Prime Light
Good & Choice
Standard
Utility
Utility & Commercial
Canner & Cutter
Cutter
Commonwealth
Lawrence Ambrogi
Kelly
Dean Havron
Russell
Richard F. Madigan
Daniel Morgan Middle School
Purcell
Ave
David Grim
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