Posse hunts for elderly gunsmith after deputy's murder
A large posse of about a hundred police and volunteers resumes the search for 64 year old Charlie Duncan in Slant Virginia area. Duncan is suspected of fatally shooting Scott County deputy Ira Milburn Skeens with a 38 caliber pistol near a country store last Thursday night. The gunman, who lived half a mile from the crime scene, reportedly spent the night in a nearby farm house.
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Slant
Scott County
Charlie Duncan
Ira Milburn Skeens
Duncan
Are all Rivers of America books in print
The series contains 49 titles still in print and a 50th volume The Columbia will be published in January 1956. The collection began nearly two decades ago.
Margaret Rose Named Woman of the Year by AP Editors
Princess Margaret Rose of Britain was chosen as Woman of the Year in AP editors’ annual vote. Grace Kelly topped entertainment, Clare Boothe Luce led politics, Helen Keller public service, Babe Zaharias in sports, Anne Morrow Lindbergh literature, Oveta Hobby education, and Bernice Fitz-Gibbon business. The piece also touches on Virginia agricultural trends and storage implications for wheat and soybeans.
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Margaret Rose
Britain
Associated Press
Peter Townsend
Margaret
Edward VII
Grace Kelly
Philadelphia
Filmland
Helen Hayes
Eisenhower
Committee On
Babe Zaharias
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Oveta Culp Hobby
Health, Welfare and Education
Bernice Fitz-Gibbon
America
New York
Average farm plot size rises to 2422 acres in 1954
The Census Bureau reports that in 1954 the average farm size was 2422 acres, an increase of 26.9 acres from the 1950 average.
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P.R.O. A
Census Bureau
Weekly Farm Price Outlook for 1956 Farm markets and animal prices
The report notes 1955 showed prices leveling after a decline with farm prices following 1954 trends but at lower levels. Broilers followed production and demand patterns. turkeys showed demand shifting to specialty status. eggs rose in December due to farm consolidation. hog prices fell with overproduction. cattle saw optimism from spring bids but heavy discounts for larger cattle. lamb prices stayed comparatively strong with an earlier peak.
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Virginia
Broilers
Midwest
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Posse
Bristol
Jess Dockery
Griffon & Curlee
Gabardine — Tweeds
H.C., Sheetz & Son
Henry T.goode&son
Rouss Ave
A. B. Solenberger
Insurance and Real Estate
W. Piccadilly St
Hansbrough & Carter
Insurance
Loudoun St
York Inn
The
Farmers & Merchants
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Margaret Woman of
Dorothy Roe
Associated Press Women’s
Ginia
Service
Helen Keller
Clare Boothe Luce
Princess Margaret
Anne Morrow
Lindbergh
OLD Star Building
J. W. Arthur
Boscawen St
Winchester
Cameron St
Haun
Earl L. Mason
John Deere
DEERE
Oe N Deere
Jeanne Crain
Mamie van Dor
George NA A Univer
Kitty Kallen
Tom Ewell
Sheree North
St. Capitol
Peter and the Wolf
Emperor Penguins
Samuel Goldwyn, JR
Robert Mitchum
Jan Sterling
Mr. Formal
Tuxedo
Gray & Eddy
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