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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 11, 1957

Page

7

Market Quotation Notes Slow Early Trading

New York stock prices moved indecisively in quiet morning trading with modest gains and losses and many issues unchanged. Ford announced more layoffs. copper prices fell. forecasts anticipated lower spending on plants and equipment and a potential recession in early 1958. Paramount edged up while Du Pont fell. GM and Chrysler held firm. U S Steel eased. New York Central rose. Chesapeake & Ohio slipped.

New York Ford General Motors Chrysler U. S New York Central Chesapeake & Ohio

Farm Price Report From Baltimore and Chicago Markets

Apple and potato price notes from Baltimore with bids for Red Delicious and Golden Delicious in various pack sizes. Cattle and hog quotes from Chicago USDA reports show slaughter steers, cows, bulls, calves, hogs, and sheep with ranges for quality grades and weights across markets.

Baltimore USDA Chicago

Grain futures slip across Chicago Board of Trade

Prices opened lower for corn wheat oats rye and soybeans on the Chicago Board of Trade. Dec wheat near 2.21 with small losses across contracts while corn and soybeans show modest declines and oats and rye also weak. Lard futures listed with several contracts quoted. some months not shown.

Chicago Board of Trade

Agriculture Dept Reports Sluggish Poultry Trade and Mixed Egg Market

The Agriculture Department notes dull business for broilers and fryers while turkey producers continue sales to buyers moving stock out of state. Prices posted at farm at 11 a.m. show various grades of broilers, fryers, hens and turkeys plus egg market prices for Grade A to Grade C eggs at Harrisonburg and Winchester. Additional payments of 1 to 3 cents per dozen reported by some.

Broilers Winchester Cossece-Ce Arrisonburg

Local Market Prices Amid Typographical Errors

Market list shows mixed feed at 100 lb for 3.25 and bran at 2.95 while grain prices report wheat at 2.05 to 2.10 per bushel and No 2 yellow corn at 1.50 per bushel Flour and corn meal listed with retail weights and regional references including Rockingham Augusta and Luray. text contains errors and illegible portions.

Rockingham Augusta Luray Sewkseeees Mae Corn Rockingham

Accurate Chart of Hurricane's Path Predicted

Smithsonian Institution reports forecasting improvements for hurricanes with 24 to 48 hour lead times. Experts say control remains impossible due to the storms' natural force, and predictive accuracy could alert coastal areas 48 hours in advance.

Washington Smithsonian Institution

Tennessee Teamster Officials Face Rackets Probe

Senate rackets probes questioned four more Tennessee Teamster officials over labor terrorism allegations. Local 327 leaders William A. Smith and Ralph G. Vaughn invoked the Fifth Amendment while others from Local 327 and Local 621 in Knoxville testified. Witnesses described beatings and other violence amid accusations of dynamiting and slashing.

Washington Senate Tennessee Teamster William A Smitty) Smith Ralph G Red) Vaughn Teamster Local 327 Nashville Wiliam J. Reynolds Teamster Local 621 Knoxville Don Vestal Perry Canaday Robert Marston Local 327 Vestal Tennessee Joint Council of Teamsters Vaughn Justice Department McClellan Robert F. Kennedy Smith

Runners Plan Return After Snowbound Event

In 1957 the race only partly ran due to snow and freezing conditions. Runners said they would attempt a full return next year to complete the event.

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