Market Quotations Wall Street Slip in Early Trading
The market opened with slight losses for U S Steel Bethlehem Youngstown Sheet Lukens and several others retreating. Gulf Oil Goodrich Zenith and a few more slipped about a point while American Telephone extended yesterday’s rise and Douglas Aircraft edged up despite negative aircraft news. South American Gold Platinum rose a major fraction.
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New York
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem
Youngstown Sheet
Lukens Steel
Chrysler
Boeing
Anaconda
Kennecott
du Pont, Texas Co
Standard Oil
New Jersey
General Electric
Gulf Oil
Goodrich
Zenith
American Telephone
Douglas Aircraft
Chicago Grain opens steady to higher on Board of Trade
Grain futures show steady to fractional gains as Wheat Corn Oats Rye Soybeans and fats futures list various prices for Sep Dec Mar May Jul across old and new contracts. Prices include Wheat Sep 2.18-19 Dec 2.24 and Soybeans Sep 2.40-34 Nov 2.38-? Jan 2.42-42 Mar 2.44-34 May 2.47 with Lard at 12.60 to 13.07 across months.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Virginia Livestock Market Receipts August 20
Receipts of cattle heavy with good demand for top butcher stock. Feature sale includes top cows around 16.00, best heifers up to 21.50, steer calves 23.00, Prime butcher steers to 26.40, choice 21.00–24.00, good 19.50–21.50, plain to medium 17.50–20.00. Bulls 14.00–18.00, cows 12.50–16.00, stocker steers 15.00–23.00, calves 18.00–26.50, lambs up to 26.70, ewes 2.50–5.00, hogs 19.80–21.00, sows 15.00–17.50, stock hogs 20.00–22.00, pigs 15.00–?
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Baltimore
USDA
Chicago
Livestock Prices Across Regions and Markets
Baltimore USDA reports cattle at 950 head with choice lots 895-1015 lb. hogs 60 head at 21.50-21.75 for 190-240 lb. channeled notes Coca across Chicago markets show hogs 200-270 lb at 20.75-21.25 and steers 21.75-24.25 for larger lots. Potatoes and fruit prices vary with regional quotes in Maryland Pennsylvania and New Jersey, including apples and peaches with modest gains and steady Eastern cantaloupes.
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Baltimore
Northwestern Greenings US Utility
J. H. Hales
Elbertas
Usis
del Cobblers
Feeder Steers and Lamb Market Report
Ib feeding steers 21.85 to 22.85. Salable sheep 500 head. Slaughter spring lambs 22.00 to 24.00 with choice and prime mostly 24.00 to 25.00. Some prime lambs 25.25. Call to choice ewes 5.00 to 7.00, with a few to 8.00.
Agriculture department reports poultry and egg market steady
Fair to good supply of live broilers or fryers and turkeys, receipts heavy with some processors operating part time. Prices paid at farm 11 a.m. show broilers 24 to 34 cents, heavy hens 15 to 16, small turkey fryers 24, heavy hens 24, toms 21. Winchester and Harrisonburg egg markets show Grade A Large and Small varied, with Grade B and small fluctuations noted.
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Winchester Egg Market
Fueweess
SRM
Vkaee
Harrisonburg
Firecracker Injury At Mountain View Holiday Celebration
P Don Weber, eight, suffered severe burns after a firecracker in his back pocket exploded during a local holiday celebration in Mountain View Alta. A child lit the fuse.
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Mountain View
Alta
Don Weber
U S Eases China News Access With Limited Return of Reporters
The Eisenhower administration planned to announce a six month trial allowing about 20 American newsmen to work in Red China amid an eight year press blackout. Dulles worked with major agencies including AP UPI INS CBS NBC NYT and TIME to shape the plan.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Red China
China
State Dulles
Red
Dulles
Associated Press
United Press
International News Service
Columbia Broadcasting System
National Broadcasting Co
Mutual Broadcasting System
New York Times
New York Herald Tribune
Chicago Tribune
Chicago Daily News
Christian Science Monitor
Time Magazine
North Korea
North Viet Nam
Bulgaria
United States
Drought Survey Starts Today In Virginia
A USDA field representative begins a Virginia drought survey in Richmond to determine disaster declarations. Gov. Stanley seeks federal aid for 23 counties. 39 counties requested inclusion. State crops and pastures show mixed results as rains improve late crops and some tobacco harvests continue despite showers. Mathews and Rockingham counties also seek drought aid inclusion.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture
Richmond
Virginia
Stanley
Washington
State Department of Agriculture
Rockingham County
Mathews County Board of Supervisors
Honiton Lace Origin and Method in Devon England
Honiton Lace is a bobbin applique lace made mainly in Devonshire England. Patterns are worked with bobbins over a parchment pattern on a pillow in the lap and fastened to a separately made net background. It originated in Honiton around 1568, credited to Flemish refugees fleeing persecution.
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Honiton
Devonshire
Eng
Senate Eases Immigration Restrictions
Senate passes a bill to ease immigration limits for hardship cases and family reunification. It revives 18 656 non quota visas, mainly for refugees and those persecuted, plus no fee fingerprinting for certain foreign visitors. The measure faces House approval and opposition over adequacy.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
House
McCarren- Walter
Ellender
D-La
Olin Johnston
D-Sc
Russell
Dga
Thurmond
House Judiciary Committee
Middle East
U. S
Australia to establish Partial posts in Papua New Guinea
Australia moves to set up Partial posts in its trust territory of Papua New Guinea aiming to curb native killings and barbarous punishments among local communities. The plan seeks to enforce order and oversee local affairs under administered authority.
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Australia
Papua
New Guinea
Almond Warns Against School Integration
Farmville Virginia attorney general J Lindsay Almond Jr warned at a public gathering that racial amalgamation will destroy public schools. He argued integration would extend to teachers and activities under public authority and opposed the Dalton plan as a path to forced desegregation, contrasting it with Ted Dalton’s locally administered pupil placement.
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Farmville
J. Lindsay Almond Jr
Almond
North Carolina
Farmville Moose Fraternity
Prince Edward
Defenders of State Sovereignty
Suf
NAACP
Ted Dalton
Radford
Dalton
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FORD
Chapman Motor CO
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Bitty
Winchester
John Reid
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