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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1956
Page
5
Yale University researchers find Mulford, a class of 1804 student, kept a diary showing his portion of room expenses was 121 or 121 percent cents per week while tuition ran $33 a year.
Classified ads outline rates for display inserts and the minimum cash charge for out of town ads, with contact numbers. Local markets list assorted feeds, grains, flour, corn, and butter prices with multiple town references and price ranges.
The Front Royal Livestock Market lists hogs barrows and gilts 180 to 225 lbs at 19.20, heavy butcher 230 to 300 lbs 17.50 to 18.90, light butcher 150 to 175 lbs 16.50 to 18.50, butcher sows 209 to 550 lbs 14.59 to 17.75, feeder 100 to 140 lbs 15.00 to 17.00. WEAL grades for 155 to 255 lbs range 32.00 to 35.75 for choice and prime, 25.90 to 30.00 for good, 16.00 to 24.00 for standard. heavy slaughter calves 300 lbs up 16.75 to 18.50, commercial 13.00 to 16.00. Lambs not enough to establish market. Slaughter cattle: heifers Good 17.50 to 18.40, standard 16.00 to 17.00, commercial 13.60 to 15.00, utility 11.00 to 12.50. cows Commercial 12.50 to 13.50, utility 11.00 to 12.00, canner to Cutter 7.50 to 10.75. Stock-feeder cattle: steers Good 16.50 to 17.40, medium 1450 to 15.50, inferior and common 12.00.
BLACKSBURG Specialists at VPI explain a federal interstate cattle law effective January 1. It targets brucellosis control, allows tagged cattle to move under certificates to slaughter plants or approved stockyards, and requires a waybill. Doubtful breeders should contact state officials for guidance.
Market reports show apples with mixed gains across varieties including Red Delicious Golden Delicious and Staymans with boxes and sizes noted. Potatoes and sweet potatoes show mixed prices with Katahdins Maine and Pa markets. live poultry futures steady to higher with strong demand for light poultry.
New York traders opened with a mixed session as Gulf Oil edged up about a point while Royal Dutch and Standard Oil of New Jersey gained fractional amounts. Lukens Steel climbed to a new high of 180, with U.S. Steel and Bethlehem advancing only fractions and Republic Steel easing. Motors showed mixed results as Ford slipped and Studebaker-Packard rose. Leading rails hovered near flat. Kennecott Copper rose about a point. Boeing and Douglas Aircraft slipped. Du Pont fell about a point. Initial blocks had Studebaker Packard at 71 1/2, Santa Fe at 26 1/4, American Telephone at 169, Gulf Oil at 115 3/4 on light volume.
Betty Lauck Parrill of Rt 1 cited for speeding by radar with fine listed as 14.25 dollars. Earl Lee Armel noted with Mt Falls Rt as another case for speeding recorded in municipal notes.
Live poultry prices show broilers or fryers at 2.34 to 3.45 per unit with slight rise noted. Small turkey fryers listed at 25 to 26 the Winchester egg market reports various grades with values around 38 31 23 20 and 29 31 in Harrisonburg and nearby markets.
In Sacramento California the fall 1956 enrollment across the 11 state colleges rose to 66 549 students. Of these 44 202 were full time 19 640 were limited students and 2 707 were extension students.
A reader urges regular bird feeding at food places to support wild birds during winter. The call emphasizes consistent access to sustenance to help populations survive colder months.
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