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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Aug 13, 1957

Page

5

Market Quotations Feebly Advance in Early Trading

New York markets show a tentative uptick with prices generally higher by fractions. Among movers, Union Chemical & Materials gains over a point after yesterday’s 2 point rise while a group including Bethlehem, Chrysler, Ford, Douglas, Kennecott, Du Pont, General Electric, American Tobacco, Schering, Loew’s, Sinclair, B&O and Illinois Central provide mixed results.

New York Union Chemical & Materials Bethlehem Chrysler Ford Douglas Kennecott du Pont General Electric American Tobacco Schering, Loew's Sinclair Baltimore & Ohio Illinois Central

Livestock and Produce Prices in Baltimore and Chicago Markets

Baltimore USDA wholesale notes show cattle 200 head trend not established. calves 150 with good and choice dealers 19.00-25.00, standard 15.00-19.00. Hogs around 45, some 19 Ibs at 22.75. Chicago USDA hogs 210-280 lb 21.25-21.75, 190-210 lb 20.75-21.50, 170-185 lb 19.00-20.50. cattle 5,500 salable with primes 12.25-12.50 at 28.00-29.50 for steers, vealers 21.00-25.00. sheep 2,000 with spring lambs 22.00-24.00. various regional potato and produce prices noted.

Baltimore Hpr Bkt Halehavens Goldencast & Triagems W. Va Elbertas Va Elbertas USDA Chicago Choice Choice & Prime Choice & Prime Light Good & Choice

Chicago Grain Futures Open Higher After Previous Gains

Board of Trade actions show opening grain prices mixed with gains in soybeans and corn. Wheat and oats futures display notable increments, while rye and lard hold varied quotes across Sep to May maturities.

Chicago Board of Trade

Agriculture Dept market report on live poultry and eggs

Price report shows broilers or fryers at 21 to 21 1/2 cents per pound with heavy hens and small turkey types listed. Turkeys remain steady with good demand and eggs market notes Grade A Large at 46 cents per dozen in Harrisonburg and Winchester.

NS Sc Kksdtande Winchester Egg Es Isiiti Harrisonburg Egg Market

Television Schedule Highlights Many Classic Programs

A dense listing of daily telecasts across multiple stations featuring Behind Badge Trouble with Father and Western Marshal in early hours, followed by NBC News and festival showcases. Prime time includes Meet McGraw Nat King Cole and The Lone Wolf with weather and sports wrap. Also listed are Westerns, movies, game shows, and late-night news and mystery theater segments.

Badge B. Rash Gibbons Sam Father NBC News Meet McGraw Cole H’kness Ward Jack Paul Jose Melis Baltimore Lone Wolf Warren Williams Myster Theater

TV Daytime and Evening Schedule with Daytime Mix

A compiled slate of shows across Channels 4 and 11 detailing morning to late afternoon programs such as Tic Tac Dough It Could Be You Tex and Jinx Club 60 Bride and Groom Matinee Theater The Lost Survivors Color Matinee Queen for a Day Modern Romances Comedy Time Susie Prankie Laine TV Reader's Digest Labor and Senate Hearings The Milt Grant Show Clown Corner Ladies Home Theater Public Defender Reed Hadley Favorite Story Eddie Cantor Comedy Theater American Bandstand Brighter Day Secret Storm Edge of Night Mickey Mouse Valiant Lady Love of Life Search for Tomorrow Guiding Light Theater of Stars Our Miss Art Linkletter House Party Big Payoff Bob Crosby Pick Temple's Ranch Gunsmoke Valley Amos and Andy My Little Margie Gale Storm.

Reed Hadley Adolphe Menjou Eddie Cantor Guiding Light Theater of Stars Art Linkletter Bob Crosby Pick Temple Gunsmoke Valley Kit Carson

Front Royal Livestock Market Prices Report

Detailed price table from Front Royal Livestock Market listing hogs veal lambs cattle and stocker prices. Includes top barrows and gilts by weight heavy butcher and feeder categories with ranges for sows calves slaughter cattle steers heifers bulls and yearling stockers across multiple weight classes.

Lightning Sparks Three Grass Fires On Bell Farm

Lightning struck Stewart Bell's Cedar Creek Grade farm causing three grass fires near a 500 bale hay stack. Farm manager Aubrey Shiley was knocked down but not seriously hurt. Estimated damage about 250 dollars, insured. Fire crews from Shawnee and area extinguished the blazes.

Stewart Bell Cedar Creek Aubrey Shiley

Hogs Veal Lambs and Cattle Sale Prices Report

Farmers Livestock Exchange Market lists hogs veal lambs and slaughter cattle prices with weights ranging from under 100 to over 300 pounds. Prices include hogs 21.95 to 22.95 per hundredweight for top barrows and gilts and beef cattle from 13.00 to 21.50 for various grades. Land area question asks how much land is used to raise sugarcane per Crop Reporting Board.

Crop Reporting Board of the Department

Local Markets Report With Varied Feed and Grain Prices

Market listings show daily prices for feed and grains including egg mash grain futures and retail flour. Regional items list prices for barley corn wheat and butterfat with ranges and locations such as Rockingham Augusta and Luray alongside notes on harvest acreage and projected yields for the United States and Florida.

Rockingham Augusta

Varied Weather Pattern Sweeps Across the Nation

The Associated Press reports a split weather day with bright skies west of the Rockies and hot humid heat in the South while the Midwest and East face showers and cooler air. Grand Forks records 2.53 inches rainfall. Jamestown North Carolina sees barn and elevator destruction from winds 70 to 80 mph. Tornadic winds hit north Texas with the Trinity River rising past flood stages after tropical storm Bertha, causing trees, lines and property damage but no injuries.

Associated Press Rockies Great Lakes Atlantic Coast Mid-Continent mid-Atlantic States New England Mississippi Valley Dakotas Plains States Ohio Valley Gulf Coast States South Dakota Minnesota Grand Forks N.D Jamestown N.C Georgia South Carolina Wilmington North Texas Trinity River Seymour Tex

Egyptian Court Convicts American Archaeologist

CAIROP American archaeologist Charles Arthur Moses was convicted by an Egyptian court of attempting to smuggle antiquities out of Egypt and violating currency exchange laws. He was fined 18000 pounds and given a 13 month suspended sentence. Moses from Indian Hills Colorado said through his Egyptian attorney he would appeal. He was arrested June 20 at Cairo Airport amid charges he tried to export four bags of antiquities. Egyptian law holds all local antiquities as state property requiring a special export license.

Funkhouser Named President of Victor Products

R Justin Funkhouser a Victor Products board member and former O Sullivan Rubber executive is appointed president of Victor Products Corporation in Hagerstown Maryland. He has held roles in manufacturing sales advertising and executive departments and previously led Justin Funkhouser Advertising Inc. He is the son of R J Funkhouser and Mrs Merle T Funkhouser and studied at Hill School Duke University.

R. Justin Punkhouser O'Sullivan Rubber Co Victor Products Corporation Hagerstown Funkhouse Victor R. J. Funkhouser Pioneer Point Farms Centreville Merle T. Funkhouser The Hill School Pottstown Duke University Justin Funkhouser Advertising Inc O'Sullivan

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