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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Aug 31, 1962

Page

2

Market Wrap: Hogs Steady Mixed Grading Prices Across Regions

Chicago hogs and cattle sections show a wide spread in prices with hogs 4 500 head and steer prices mixed. calf receipts slight. New York stocks firming on pre Labor Day trading as Dow at 604.16 and gains in IBM and Du Pont.

New York Motors Associated Press Wall Steel Company Senate Chrysler Ford IBM Xerox Polaroid Wheeling Steel National Steel U.S du Pont Houston Lighting & Power Richardson-Merrell

Market Steers Heifers Cows and Feeders Mixed on Week's Auction

Trading moderately active with steer values steady to weak and cows down 50-75 cents. Prices show mixed results across classes: feeders steady, veal and calf segments varied with higher utility and standard calves and lower canner markets. Notable ranges include steers 28.00 for various weights, cows 12.50-19.50, and feeder steers 24.00-25.50.

New Labor Secretary profile portrays Wirtz as scholar with family focus

The text profiles the new labor secretary John Wirtz detailing his academic background at Beloit College Harvard and law teaching at Iowa Northwestern plus his service on the Liquor Control Commission for Governor Adlai Stevenson and support roles in Stevenson Kennedy campaigns. It notes his restraint on politics and hopes for a noticeable shift from Goldberg.

St. Louis Beloit College Harvard Iowa Northwestern Liquor Control Commission Adlai Stevenson Stevenson Arthur Goldberg

Steady Hogs and Mixed Livestock Prices Report

Receipts 3675 hogs down from 2613 last week and 1764 last year Barrows and gilts steady to mostly 25 cents lower. US no 1-2 barrows and gilts 185-220 lb 19.50. Mixed no 1-3 180-225 lb 19.25. No 2-3 230-250 lb 18.50-19.00. No 3 277-330 lb 16.75-17.50. Sows high yielding 347 lb 17.00. Sheep and spring lambs about 50 cents lower. 82-97 lb lambs 22.35-23.10.

Chicago USDA

Mrs Towlen Remains In Hospital After Car Crash

Mrs. Billie Smith Towlen of Merriman's Lane is hospitalized at Johns Hopkins Baltimore after a July 1 two car collision at the Rt. 50 Merriman's Lane junction. She was unconscious for days but has regained consciousness and is out of danger though to remain hospitalized.

Billie Smith Towlen Merriman’s Lane Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore

Hoppers Auto Club Drives Road Safety Display

The Hoppers Auto Club staged a Labor Day warning by displaying a wrecked automobile at the courthouse with safety signs. Daily winners of auto seat belts include Frank O. Martin, June B. Bursey, and William M. Boyce Jr. A wrecked car display and a first aid demonstration will be held at Winchester Park and Shop tomorrow afternoon from 4 to 6:30 p.m.

Hoppers Auto Club Court House Frank O. Martin Watson Ave June B. Bursey Rt. 1 William M. Boyce, Jr Rt. 4 Winchester Park

Farmers Split Wheat Quota Vote in Area Across Counties

Farmers in Frederick Clarke and Warren counties voted on statewide wheat marketing quotas. Frederick 29 for 9 against from 69 eligible. Clarke 11 for 16 against from 110. Warren 11 for 5 against from 25. Statewide 894 for 236 against. Quotas require two thirds support for 1963 wheat crop.

Frederick County Clarke County Warren County James E. Warren The Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation State Committee Virginia Warren

Not Rabid Squirrel Linked to People Attacks

Berryville reports a squirrel that bit three people near Duncan Memorial Methodist Church was not rabid after tests in Front Royal. Victims included W. N. Rutherford Ronnie Tomblin and Mildred Perry who was scratched and bit but not seriously injured. Perry killed the animal.

Berryville Duncan Memorial Methodist Church W. N. Rutherford Ronnie Tomblin Mildred Perry Front Royal

Algerian political tensions hint at a cautious stance

Unarmed sources say a major armed conflict seems unlikely while the French Army stays aloof. Algiers shows few tension signs and no attack prep. The capital garrison holds about 4,000 guerrillas, with 35,000 in the two zones. Ben Bella and Boumedienne command 45,000 soldiers and 25,000 guerrillas from four wilayas. Wilaya 4 officers vow not to fire first but will defend the capital against a fascist dictatorship.

Ben Bella Boumedienne Wilayas Wilaya 4

Kennedy Aims to Boost World Trade and Dialogue

Kennedy states the aim to encourage world trade travel education and broad discourse essential to healthy international relations and understanding. The bill in question tied up the Senate for weeks in debate and controversy.

Senate

Foreman Jett Dies After Mosby Academy Accident

John B. Jett a roofing foreman for J. B. Broaddus Co. died in Warren Memorial Hospital after a steel hopper weighing about 800 pounds fell on him during construction of a new elementary school at the John S. Mosby Academy in Front Royal. He was estimated 45 to 50 years old.

Front Royal John B. Jett J. B. Broaddus Co Fredericksburg Warren Memorial Hospital John S. Mosby Academy Jett Broaddus H. C. Brown The Mosby Academy

Regional Auction Listings For Farm Stock And Machinery

A sequence of sales notices across Northern Virginia and surrounding counties lists auction events from Aug 31 to Sep 15. Items include Holstein dairy cattle, cattle and dairy equipment, farm machinery, livestock, furniture, and real estate. Auctioneers include H H Bartlett W Eng lish Jr, W D Orndorff, E W Daniels, and others. Locations cover Leesburg Berryville White Post Winchester Jeffersonton and nearby towns along Rt. 50 and Rt. 602.

West H. H. Bartlett English, Jr Mgr Mamie A Hausenfluck W. D. Orndorff E. W. Daniels Leesburg Northern Va. Auction Co. Wed F. Amos Shayock White Post W. F Buddy) Artrip, Jr H. Floyd Smith Port Republic Hugh Ownby F. L. Largent, JR Frederick County Court House Frederick County Improvements Corp Charles R. Duvall Harry Lee Boxwell Walnut St Berryville W. R. Thompson Clarke County Court House Clarke County Real Estate F. L. Largent Winchester Parkins Mill Road Charles R Duvall Burton & Son Jeffersonton Hugh Ownby Auction Co

Virginia Weather Outlook Shows Warm, Humid Week Ahead

The period from Saturday through Wednesday brings temperatures about five degrees above normal with continued warmth and partly cloudy skies. Scattered showers or thunderstorms possible Monday, with no rainfall reported in the past 24 hours and August rainfall at 0.53 inches.

Elderly Man Convicted in Shoplifting Case

Allen M. Adkinson, 61, of Marietta West Virginia, received a 30 day suspended sentence in Municipal Court after being found guilty of shoplifting. Witness Charles Shobe testified Adkinson took a meat package from a Braddock Street market and concealed it in his shirt. Adkinson said he was likely guilty and claimed memory gaps due to being intoxicated. He told Judge John Rice he had not been in Winchester for 30 years and was visiting a friend on Sensen Street.

Allen M. Adkinson Marietta W. Va Adkinson John Rice Braddock St Charles Shobe Shobe

Teletypewriter Dial System Begins Tonight

Tonight the Cheasapeake and Potomac Telephone Co of Virginia and the Bell System will switch teletypewriters to dial operation with a nationwide roll out. The project costs about 110 million dollars and will enable direct dialing between any two system stations, vastly accelerating calls for trucking firms motels and other clients though state police teletype remains unchanged.

Cheasapeake and Potomac Telephone Co Virginia Bell System R. E. Heltzel

Answers to a 10-item quiz on general knowledge

The list provides ten responses: 1 Dry ice. 2 Counter clockwise. 3 Blood. 4 No. 5 Dairy produce. 6 U S and Mexico. 7 Let the buyer beware. 8 Neither the President nor his wife is. 9 One hundred and two. 10 False.

U. S and Mexico

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Chicago Livestock Baltimore Livestock CUSDA Wall Street McCormick International Brumback’s Farm N. Cameron St Heeler Order OF the Golden Rule Loudoun Street W. Willard Wirtz Mr. Wirtz Labor Kennedy NEW Labor Washington Wirtzes Wirtz de Kalb Algiers Echo Village Cles Federal Land Bank Oan Farm Credit Office E. Boscawen VAT Ata Federal Land Bank and Production Credit Loans Foreman Mosby House Montereys LMDA George Washington Garage Loudoun ST Pan Glaize & Service Cameron St I, Q Martinsburg Pike Rt. 11 Mr. N. Winchester
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