Agricultural Market Briefs from Winchester Harrisonburg
The Agriculture Department notes broilers and fryers trading quiet with most volume for next week at undetermined prices while turkeys hold steady. Farm prices posted at 11 a m with live poultry market figures for broilers fryers and small turkey fryers. Egg market reports from Winchester and Harrisonburg show Grade A Large Medium Small and Grade B and C listings with varying prices.
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Winchester
Ion
Harrisonburg
Chicago Grain opens with fractional losses on Board of Trade
Grain prices slip in early trading with futures across wheat corn oats rye soybeans and fats showing mixed lower moves. Wheat Sep and Dec slide modestly while soybeans and corn show declines with several contracts quoted down fractions.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Market Quotations For Fruits And Produce In Post
Baltimore and Chicago quotes show brisk trading in apples and cantaloupes with modest gains for MacIntosh and Wealthy varieties. Peaches rise slightly driven by Hale Havens and Elbertas while potatoes and sweet potatoes stay steady to weak. USDA listings note cattle, calves, hogs and sheep with varying values across regions.
Wall Street Opens Higher Amid Mixed Early Trading
The market rose in early trading as gains ranged from fractions to more than a point with some losses. Chrysler slipped slightly on profit taking after Jupiter missile news while Douglas Aircraft gained about a point.
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New York
Chrysler
Martin Co
General Dynamics
Douglas Aircraft
Illinois Central
Southern Railway
New York Central
Baltimore
Ohio
Chesapeake & Ohio
Amerada
Royal Dutch
Sinclair
U. S. Steel
U. S. Rubber
Radio Corp
American Telephone
Allied Chemical
International Paper
American Tobacco
Sears Roebuck
Franklin Prime blast marks 750 foot high atomic test
At the Atomic Energy Commission site in Nevada a balloon–launched device labeled Franklin Prime exploded 750 feet above the desert in a pure test. The subnominal detonation produced an orange pink flash viewable from Las Vegas and lasted seconds.
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Nev
Nevada Desert
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Yucca Fiat
Las Vegas
Morse Salutes Thurmond for Record Filibuster
Senator Morse of Oregon congratulated Senator Thurmond of South Carolina on his record filibuster against the civil rights bill. Morse urged veto by President Eisenhower, warned the bill would slow civil rights progress and drive Black voters from Democrats next year. He predicted some Democratic candidates may lose though Republicans would not gain control of the House. He called Thurmond's feat remarkable and saluted the effort.
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Eugene, Ore
Sen
Morse
D-Ore
Thurmond
D-Sc
Eisenhower
Emer House of Congress
Thurmond filibuster record tied by Morse remarks at wedding
A speaker cites admiration for Morse's courage amid civil rights debate while noting Morse's long filibuster of 22 hours 26 minutes as the second longest in Senate history. The senator attends his daughter Judy's wedding on Saturday. The piece also notes the origin of the word Iconna for a white fish from early French explorers.
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Morse
Senate
Thurmond
Judy
States grant veterans' bonuses for World War II and Korea
In a pamphlet State bonuses the Lax Foundation lists fifteen states which had pregranted a World War II bonus by January 1957 and a Korea bonus pending in others. Estimated total cost for WWII and Korea bonuses plus administrative costs and borrowed money reaches about 2.8 billion dollars.
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Inter
Local Market Prices for Sheep and Lambs
Local markets report cattle and sheep prices with bulls at 16.00 to 17.75, standard to choice dealers 17.00 to 24.00, and cull grades 9.00 to 16. Salable sheep range 50, with native spring lambs 22.00 to 25.50 and high grade levels above 25.00. Ewes show 5.00 to 7.50 for slaughter and 8.00 for higher quality.
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Baltimore
USDA
Chicago
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Chicago Grain
Winchester Fine Stores
Fine Service
Natures
Scotts
Scotts Grass
Miller's Hardware
N. Loudoun St
Bu Bkts
Halehavens
Elbertas
J. H. Hales
Bubkts
Usis
Long Island
Wall Street
Hes
SarEwat
Turkeys
SAFEW
U.S
Korea
Bambi
Walt Disney
Pingley
Amine
Carper
E. Piccadilly St
Rockingham
Augusta
Orn
Kelly Superflex
Kelly
Duncan Bros
Millwood Ave
Raivemantie
Pian
Joyco Tate
Jees
Joyce
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