Food Prices Continue Decline In Cities Across the South
March saw continuing declines in retail food prices across southern cities with Dallas and Washington DC bucking the trend by rising 0.4 percent. Meats poultry and fish fell nationwide, notably Atlanta 2.1 percent Norfolk 2.7 percent and Memphis 3.0 percent. Sugar and sweets eased while fruits and vegetables rose due to higher fresh and processed prices, and cereals dairy and beverages stayed stable.
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Dallas
Washington, D. C
Brunswick A. Bagdon
U. S. Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics
South
Jacksonville
Little Rock
Savannah
Memphis
Washington
Atlanta
Norfolk
Jackson
Knoxville
Garden Club Leader Susanne Massie Dies at Rose Hill
Mrs. Susanne Williams Massie 91 of Greenwood Virginia and Rose Hill died Wednesday at her home. She was honorary president of the Garden Club of Virginia and a former director of the Garden Club of America.
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Greenwood
Susanne Williams Massie
The
Garden Club of Virginia
Garden Club of America
Rose Hill
Former Reporter Dies in Danville
Paul Cox aged 24 formerly with the Richmond Times Dispatch died at his uncle Douglas Farthing home near Danville after an illness that began last December.
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Danville
Paul Cox
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Douglas Farthing
Chicken Farmers Cut Feed With Science Gains
The Agriculture Department reports broilers now need 2.7 pounds of feed per pound of meat, down from about double five years ago. Enhanced feeds with vitamins minerals and antibiotics reduce costs, with feed making up over 60 percent of production. Each one-pound cut saves about five cents per pound, boosting profits and keeping chicken prices reasonable.
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Washington —.P
Agriculture Department
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Beverly Ann Baker Dies In Hospital
Beverly Ann Baker aged 11 of Bunker Hill West Virginia died early this morning at Winchester Memorial Hospital. She was born February 8 1941 in Stephens City and attended Assembly of God Church. Survived by her parents brother and half brother, grandparents, great grandfather, six aunts and three uncles. Funeral services Sunday at 2 pm at Assembly of God Church conducted by Rev T J Kerfoot. Burial in Fairview Cemetery.
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Gainer T
Eva Belford Baker
Bunker Hill
W. Va
Winchesett Memorial Hospital
Stephens City
Assembly of God Church
Marshall L. Baker
Gentry Belford
Gilbert Morris
George W. Belford
Frederick County
Annie Griffith
Ohio
Artie Keeler
Middletown
Odesa McDonald
Opequon
Audrey Homer
Winchester
Virginia Tobin
Violet Largent
Carroll Baker
Virgil Baker
Minnesota
John Baker
Kansas
T. J. Kerfoot
Jones Funeral Home
Teenage Turkish stowaways detained in New Orleans
FBI agents arrested four aboard ship four days from Istanbul. Turkish ballet dancers Avzal Kaynak 16 and Nermin Ocunsal 17 placed in House of the Good Shepherd detention home on bonds of 1000 dollars. Seamen Robert Presley 21 of Memphis and Joseph O Neill 23 of Winthrop were jailed on 1000 dollar bonds.
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United States
FBI
House of the Good Shepherd
Orleans Parish
J. M. Lopez
Instanbul
Lopez
Avzal Kaynak
Nermin Ocunsal
Robert Eugene Presley
Memphis
Tenn
Joseph O'Neill
Winthrop
Mass
Istanbul
America
Cancer Crusade collects aid through Box 668
The Cancer Crusade is in progress with readers urged to send contributions to Box 668 in Winchester. The appeal emphasizes fundraising for cancer research and patient support through a community drive.
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Winchester
Dairy Committee Sets Six Point Plan for County
The Frederick County Dairy Committee outlines a six point program including a cooperative dairy school for Clarke Warren and Shenandoah Counties, reorganization of the Clarke Frederick DHIA, expansion of artificial breeding, more Grade A milk production, a summer field day, and an annual cattle show and sale. Members listed include M. G. Hannum as chairman and J. W. Ballone, H. M. Wolfe, W. R. Bierer, Robert Stickley, Brownie Burkholder, and Carl Strickler. Cooperating groups are the Winchester Cooperative Milk Producers, Clarke Frederick DHIA, and Frederick Clarke Breeding Association.
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Frederick County Dairy Committee
County Board of Agriculture
Clarke
Warren
Shenandoah
Clarke-Frederick
Jaycees to Elect Officers Tomorrow
The Junior Chamber of Commerce will hold its annual election of officers tomorrow evening at 7 30 in the small dining room of the George Washington Hotel. The regular weekly luncheon is canceled.
Methodist Conference Opens In California Amid Civic Liberty Talks
In San Francisco the General Conference of the Methodist Church began legislative sessions after Bishop Paul B. Kern warned that reckless demagogues threaten civil liberties. He cited concerted efforts to regiment thought and curb free speech across politics education and religion. Delegates elected committee officers to handle about 1500 petitions to be presented at the conference.
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San Francisco
General Conference
The
Methodist Church
America
Paul B. Kerns
Nashville
Tenn
Kern
Quote on policy gridlock and loyalty in democracy
A political figure criticizes policy making as groundless and neurotic. He argues rational policy is impossible when disagreement is treated as disloyalty and says democracy cannot function under such conditions.
Salute of 21 Guns Origin in Britain
The 21 gun salute began in Great Britain and was gradually adopted by leading nations as an international custom. The practice spread from its origin in Britain to other major powers over time.
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Great Britain
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