Virginia Extension Officials Outline Rapid Harvest Drive
The Virginia Agricultural Extension Service in Blacksburg warns that regional competition requires strawberries to be picked within 10 days of peak condition. Officials cite two goals to minimize bruising and reduce harvest costs, noting current mechanical equipment may be impractical under present economic conditions.
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Virginia Agricultural Extension Service
Blacksburg
Fred W. Burrows
Washington
International Apple Assn
Department of Labor
British West Indies
B.W.I
Burrows
Northern Virginia Apple Industry Sees Productivity Rise
Orchard experts in the Winchester area expect little acreage change but higher per acre yields over 15 years. Production per acre now about 300 bushels, expected to reach 600 by 1975 due to pest control, thinning, and sprays. Some growers report over 1,000 bushels in top blocks.
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Virginia
Bahre
Federal Bureau of Employment Security
West Virginia
J. Eldred Hill, Jr
Virginia Employment Commission
Richmond
Hill
Matt Triggs
American Farm Bureau
Washington
Department of Labor
Congress
Four-Year-Old Boy Dies In Washing Machine In Delaware
In Wilmington a 4 year old boy Collin McRoberts from Ardentown crawled into a family washing machine to read a picture book and the door snapped shut trapping him. He was found unconscious by his parents during a search of the home.
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Wilmington
Del
Collin David McRoberts
Ardentown
Market reports from Baltimore Chicago and New York AP
Cattle and hog markets show mixed activity with US steers and heifers selling unevenly and cows utility to canner steady to weak. Hogs gain to 50 cents, with Chicago bids steady to higher. New York stocks drift after Kennedy tax speech, across airlines drugs and metals with mixed results.
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Baltimore
USDA
Chicago
New York
Kennedy
Wall Street
Mixed data on major stocks as Dow slips at noon
Ferrous metals mixed and Chrysler leads motor stocks with a small gain while Ford slips. Northwest Airlines falls 1% on 4 800 share block. Polaroid gains, IBM and Beckman rise modestly. Dow Jones at noon down 0.46 to 647.63. AMEX shares higher in moderate trading. Corporate bonds narrowly mixed and US government bonds advance slightly.
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Chrysler
Geneva
Ford
American Stock Exchange
U.S
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Fire — Auto— Health
Henry T. Goode & Son
Rouss Ave
Christ Episcopal Church
J. W. Arthur, Inc
Insurance
Man
DE Walt and
Black & Decker
Miller’s Hardware
N. Leudoun St
Miller-Robinson
Lupton Equipment Company, Inc
Krauser Equipment Co., Inc
Episcopal Church
What the
Frederick & Clarke Counties
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W. Boscawen St
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
LABOR
Labor Department
War Memorial Building
Franklin G. Moffitt
Cifford P. Grant
William E. Bahre
Labor Department’s Bureau of Employment Security
Standing
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Warsaw
Virginia Farm Bureau
Joseph P. Dorsey
Frederick County
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Chicago Livestock
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Rca
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ROE Ae
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