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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Aug 24, 1960

Page

3

Market Quotations Show Upturn With Mixed Trading

New York AP reported early session gains for the stock market, led by utilities and industrials, with the Dow up to 640.16 at noon. Profit taking hit aircrafts while rails oils rubbers and drugs fell. bonds mixed and overall volume active as funds resumed buying after Tuesday’s rate-cut rally. Cattle hogs and sheep prices moved, with hogs mixed and cattle listings showing varied price ranges across cattle and veal and lamb markets in Chicago.

New York Associated Press U.S

City Votes To Sell Cemetery In Hopewell

Hopewell city council voted to sell the city owned Appomattox Cemetery amid a Richmond federal suit over segregation. The sale of lots was halted and a committee was named to plan an annuity for perpetual care. The suit, filed by Hopewell Improvement Assn., seeks to buy lots and $2 million in damages.

Hopewell Richmond U.S. District Court Appomattox Cemetery Sol Goodman Marvin C. Neal W. M. Altman ,Jr Hopewell Improvement Assn

Boy 3 Fires Fatal Shot at Mother in Bed

In Hayward California a 3 year old boy found a revolver under his father’s pillow and shot his mother Betty Edwards 24 as she lay in bed. Police say the child believed the weapon was a toy and pulled the trigger. James Edwards 28 the husband had kept the gun under his pillow after a prowler sighting two weeks earlier.

Hayward Calif Betty Edwards Claude Marchand Michael James

Grain futures steady as Board of Trade opens

Chicago market shows mixed moves with wheat near unchanged to higher, corn and oats steady, soybeans fluctuating. Regional prices in Richmond list No 2 red winter wheat 1.73, yellow corn 1.10, new white corn 1.15, soybeans 2.01, oats 0.59, barley 0.90, abruzzi seed rye 1.35.

Chicago Board of Trade Richmond (Ap VDA

Staunton Girl Killed in Truck Accident

Joyce Marie Hunter 15 of Staunton died in a Charlottesville hospital from injuries after a two ton truck overturned in Highland County. Police say she was among several people riding in the truck bed on the way home from a drive in movie. The fatality toll for Virginia reached 462.

Associated Press Staunton Virginia Joyce Marie Hunter Charlottesville Highland County

Hopewell Sit-in Arrests Reach Forty-One Over Four Days

At two George's drug stores in Hopewell a desegregation sit-in leads to 41 arrests, including 18 juveniles. Public hearings set Sept. 2 for 41 adults and 18 youths. several adults remain jailed on 250 dollar bonds. Demonstrations persist as the Hopewell Improvement Association vows to continue until counters desegregate.

Paign George’s No. 1 Hopewell Hopewell Improvement Assn George’s Charles Hunters

Teutonic Chief Gods and Inferior Deities Reference

A fragment lists Teutonic chief gods and their inferior counterparts with numbers 48 and 14. The text appears as a lexical note or index entry referencing pantheon hierarchies. No full context or attribution is given in the portion.

Side Naut Inferior

Peach Demand Steady with Prices Near Ranges Across Regions

Peach demand at Appalachian shipping points was fairly good and prices steady. Elberta stock showed slow demand for the 2% inch up size with buyers paying a premium for larger fruit. Elberta baskets sold around 2.70 for 2 inch up and 2.95 for 2% inch up, with Roanoke to Eastern Pennsylvania markets included.

Appalachian Elbertas Roanoke Pennsylvania Reds J. H. Hales Albermarle Nelson Counties

Four Teens Die in Accident in Louisiana

Four Port Barrie teens Kenneth McJunkins Connie Hatten Shirley Randall and Sherry Mayer died when a 1959 sedan hit a rear trailer truck. Freddye Leblanc 18 was listed in critical condition.

Opelousas Kenneth Lee McJunkins Connie Frances Hatten Shirley Ann Randall Sherry Mayer Freddye Leblanc Port Barrie

Killed After Fall From Auto In Newburgh NY

Heinrich Rhiehme of Rochester reports his son Stefan, 10, vanished from the rear seat after an incident in Newburgh. A window was open and a truck driver warned him not to return. Police say multiple vehicles struck the boy. authorities estimate fewer than 1,000 grizzly bears in the air.

Newburgh N. Y Heinrich Rhiehme Rochester Stefan

Tragedy as Family Dies in Southgate Fire

Detroit AP reports a mother Billie Rae McGlouthin, 26, and her four daughters Theresa 6 Kathy 4 and Kimberly 2 suffocated when kitchen smoke filled their Southgate home. Lt John Osborne says the mother ran out then died returning to rescue the children found in the front bedroom.

Detroit Southgate John Osborne Billie Rae McGlouthin Theresa Kathy Kimberly

Leading publisher Ernest MacNaughton dies at 79

Ernest Boyd MacNaughton, 79, a prominent publisher and banker in Oregon, died Tuesday from cancer. He led the Publishing Co, publisher of the Portland Oregonian, from 1947 to 1950, and served as president of Reed College and as president and chairman of the First National Bank of Oregon.

Associated Press Portland Ore Ernest Boyd MacNaughton Oregon The Publishing Co Portland Oregonian Reed College First National Bank of Oregon

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