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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1956
Page
3
Chicago grain prices opened steady on the board with small price changes across Wheat Corn Oats and Rye contracts for March May July September and December. Wheat ranges from 2.29 to 2.40 five-eighths with other months close and Corn edges around 1.33 to 1.41, Oats near 0.70 to 0.77, Rye around 1.45 to 1.47 for March and May.
Daily market list from the Star shows mixed feed 100 lb at 3.30, egg mash 20 price unspecified, flour retail 25.45 per 100 lb, corn meal 5 lb bag 0.30, wheat Rockingham 2.10-2.20, corn Rockingham 1.45-1.50, barley Rockingham 1.10-1.25, Augusta entries 2.10-2.15 and 1.35 to 1.50, wholesale butter 65. The page compiles various feed, grain, and dairy prices with multiple locations and ranges.
Agriculture Department market report shows steady to higher demand with strong poultry and egg prices. Live poultry quotes include broilers at 23 to 34 cents per pound, heavy hens around 15 to 16 cents, toms and fryers in the mid 20s, and breeder hens about 24 cents. eggs in Winchester and Harrisonburg show Grade A eggs around 30 to 38 cents and Grade B large near 30 cents.
Acre Nicholson of 510 Highland Ave faces assault charges with a $55.25 fine. Jessie Lee Ball is charged with assault and battery with a $30.75 fine and six months to serve 30 days. Charles William Burke of 13 E Bond St is fined $15.75 for drunkenness. Paul Revere Martin of Sulphur Springs Road fined $9.25 for passing a red light.
End of year trading started strong with pivotal stocks advancing from fractions to about one point. Oils gained as Suez Canal clearance began and forecasts suggested traffic could move by March. The tape lag closed within five minutes as heavy activity kept prices near the higher level.
Seven prisoners escaped Henrico County jail in Richmond yesterday. Three escapees were recaptured under a downtown viaduct. four remain at large including Wallace Temple James Staton Keystone Town and Edward Hoard. Guards Mayer and Dennett were dragged into the block and beaten but not seriously hurt.
First Brethren Church on Berryville Avenue hosts its annual watchnight service tonight at 10 p m. The program includes devotional services prayer testimonies Bible quizzes and special music with Bible-reading reports from the past year. Rev Paul E Dick invites the public to attend.
The 85th Congress opens with 16 women among 535 members, including Sen. Margaret Chase Smith and nine Democrats plus six Republicans in the House. Veterans affairs and equal rights moves forecast strong influence, with women serving on key committees and pursuing equal pay and civil rights measures.
Nepszabadsag reports Hungary received a 50 million dollar loan from the Soviet Union to help rebuild its economy. The paper notes further Western and other bloc promises and possible ruble aid, with economists estimating 400 million dollars in hard currency needed. Unemployment rises as coal production lags and layoffs loom as a possible remedy.
In the Santa Monica Mountains a cool fog steadied three major fires, now under control. One man died, two firefighters injured, and sixty-seven homes were destroyed across more than 60 square miles. Hundreds returned to scorched neighborhoods as embers lingered.
Robert Aylor, superintendent of Frederick County Schools, will address the Frederick County Council of Parent Teachers Associations at 7 30 p m Wednesday in James Wood High School cafeteria. Mrs Richard Goode presides as the meeting reviews each PTA’s past year activities and the event is open to the public.
The Winchester office of the Virginia Employment Service at 22 W. Piccadilly St. will be closed all day tomorrow in observance of New Year's Day.
The 80 year old pope held audiences with an estimated one million people this year amid his strongest health in years. He delivered over 200 speeches and radio addresses, culminating in the Christmas message to the world.
Chiang Kai-shek in a New Year message to Formosa and the Chinese mainland predicted the doom of Russian and Chinese communist regimes, saying a counter attack against the mainland will materialize and preparations of seven years will bear fruit.
A Los Angeles family marks two year old Happy Neujahr with emphasis on the pronunciation of their surname as New Year. David, the child's aviation electrician father, explains the family name sounds New Year.
A cryptic style puzzle page lists clues and answers across numbered entries. Items include Heathen, President Czech, Insect stage, Fruit 11, Placard, Town Ind, Fence opening, Nickel symbol, Abbot slippers, life relating form, Employ, Bill of fare, Young of a cow, Pineapples So Am, edge of, learned teachers India, Tibetan priest, negation particle, measure of land, river Paris, king Judaea, war horse name, wooden form Archeol, exclamation.
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