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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 14, 1955

Page

5

Aircrafts Lifted by Budget Hope Stock Market Mixed Early

Market quotations show aircraft stocks rising on budget hopes with U S and foreign securities active today. Boeing leads gains on lighter volume while companies like Douglas General Dynamics Glen Martin North American Aviation and Studebaker-Packard also rise. Losers include Youngstown Sheet & Tube Sears RCA American Telephone American Tobacco Santa Fe Railroad Standard Oil Eastern Air Lines and U S Gypsum.

New York U.S. & Foreign Securities Boeing Douglas Aircraft General Dynamics Glen Martin North American Aviation American Motors Studebaker - Packard Canadian Pacific Schering

23 900 Birds Sold In Weekly Shenandoah Auction

A weekly sale in Wardensville West Virginia sold 23 900 birds from 37 700 offered in 13 lots. Prices ranged from 17 to 181 1/2 cents per pound with most at 17 cents. Demand was good.

Shenandoah Area Wardensville W. Va

Baltimore Livestock Prices and Apple Potatoes Report

Apples indicate steady to slightly higher prices across varieties led by Golden Delicious 3.00 in several lots and Staymans 2.50 to 3.00. Potatoes and sweet potatoes show dull to barely steady demand with Katahdin sacks around 60 to 90 cents and various regional quotes. Poultry markets soften on fryers while hens remain steady. ducks and capons priced broadly. USDA reports Missouri counts for cattle hogs sheep with mixed values across grades. Chicago and Baltimore markets show wide price ranges for hogs cattle and lambs.

Baltimore Staymans Usis Maine MD & Va USDA Chicago

Opening grain prices drift on Chicago Board of Trade

Grain futures opened with slight declines across wheat corn oats rye and soybeans. Dec wheat around 2.11 and 1.26 for corn with various nearby contracts listed, while soybeans show Jan at 2.37 and May near 2.41.

Chicago Board of Trade Jly Oats Rye Lord

Television Listings Night Page

Prime time schedule features Pinky Lee Howdy Doody Footlight Theater and news blocks. Classic films and variety programs headline the lineup across channels with Eddie Fisher Steve Allen and Mickey Mouse appearances noted.

Pinky Lee Footlight Theater Eddie Fisher News Caravan Screen Directors Playhouse Kraft Theater Sprague Paul Steve Allen

TV Schedule Style Daytime Lineup

A dense list of daytime and evening television programs across multiple time slots featuring hosts and titles such as Tennesse Ernie Ford Show Feather Your Nest T-Men Afternoon with Inga Halls of Ivy Matinee Theater Color etc. The guide maps hour by hour program blocks and guest appearances including Cesar Romero Kitty O Day Phyllis Calvert and Art Linkletter. The schedule preserves the era tone with a broad mix of dramas quizzes games and soap operas.

People’s Playhouse Dennis Dennis O'Keefe Inga Playhouse

Local Markets Update and Retail Feed Notice

Local markets are reported daily by The Star with no responsibility for typos or graphical errors. Feed at retail outlets remains available and current.

Star Harrisonburg

Haegeman Fined Then Ticket Voided in Moline Court

Mrs. Richard Haegeman paid a $1 fine for illegal parking in an alley. She returned seven minutes later with a second ticket for leaving her car overtime in a metered zone while paying the first fine. Traffic Lt. Ray Kinkead voided the second ticket and returned her thanks.

Moline Ill Richard Haegeman Ray Kinkead Haegeman

Agriculture Dept Market Report Turkeys And Eggs

Farm price activity shows unsettled markets with fair demand and adequate supply. Turkeys show steady demand with scarce heavy types. farm prices reported for the 24 hours ending noon today. Egg markets in Winchester Harrisonburg list U and U S grades with large, large brown and medium classes and varying prices. general tone is mixed but price levels remain firm for higher quality grades.

Perrier Eri Sorma Cieta Harrisonburg U. S Savage Gs Seeroote

Ferry capsizes in Sanwei Harbor with ten drowned

In southern Formosa ten women died when a ferry carrying over 50 people to a ritual offering safety capsized at Sanwei harbor. Survivors were rescued as authorities investigated the accident.

Taipei Formosa Sanwei Harbor

Doolittle Birthday Highlights WWII Bomber Leader and Exec

James H. Doolittle born December 14, 1896 in Alameda California led the Eighth Air Force in the Pacific in 1942 directing a daylight raid on Tokyo and four other Japanese cities. He later became vice president of Shell Oil Company. The note also mentions JMMY Doolittle MIT graduate and president of the Institute of Aeronautical Science.

James H. Doolittle Alameda Calif Eighth Air Force Pacific Tokyo Gen. Doolittle Shell Oil Co Jmmy Doolittle Massachusetts Institute of Technology Institute of Aeronautical Science

Lotus Stands Firm as Hurricanes Sweep Cape Henry

At Cape Henry Virginia the large wild lotus beds remained unscathed by hurricanes despite high water in Tabernacle Creek and strong winds at low tide. The woman’s club reports many inquiries about the plants. The storm’s saltwater did not reach the beds.

Cape Henry America Woman's Club Tabernacle Creek

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