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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1957
Page
3
New York stock prices showed irregular trading with a bias to the downside in early dealings. Key issues moved fractions to about a point, with steel and copper stocks dropping two to three points. Heavy opening trading gave way to continued active turnover as steel demand failed to meet expectations and steel scrap prices declined. European copper buying remained slow.
Agriculture Department market notes indicate unsettled demand for broilers or fryers with producers reluctant to lower prices, while turkeys stay steady. Farm prices show live poultry at 72 hours ending noon today with specific quotes for broilers, heavy hens, and turkey types. plus egg market grades for Winchester and Harrisonburg.
Chicago grain prices rise as cereals lead gains on the Board of Trade with firm early results. Wheat ranges show Mar at 2.42 1/2, May 2.38 1/2, Ny 2.29 1/2, Sep 2.31 3/8, Dec 2.34. Corn moves from 1.36 to 1.42, oats advance, rye climbs. Lord prices listed for Jan through Jul futures.
Thrifty simple to sew pattern 4582 for half sizes 14½ 16½ 18½ 20½ 22½ 24½. Size 16½ requires 1¾ yards of 54 inch fabric. Includes illustrated instructions. Send 35 cents plus 5 cents extra for first class mailing to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winchester Evening Star New York. Name address zone size and style number required.
The Baltimore USDA market notes show mixed fruit and vegetable pricing across apples potatoes and sweet potatoes from Maryland Pennsylvania and Virginia with modest gains for certain items. Livestock prices feature cattle hogs and calves with range shifts. Chicago and Baltimore quotes list steer heifers cows and veal with varied loads and weights.
Local markets show daily pricing for feed and grain items. Prices include mixed feed at 3.30, egg mash at 4.40, wheat around 0.33 per bushel, corn meal 0.30, and butter wholesale at 0.85. Regional terms mention Rockingham Augusta and Valeeastabil style listings.
Bruce Miller of Capon Bridge West Virginia and John Garratt were cited for drunken driving with fines of 10.25 and 15.25 dollars respectively. Dorothy Bailey of Loudoun Street and Herman Treas of Brad dock Street also fined 10.25 dollars for drunken driving. William Ellsworth Grant of Boyd Avenue was fined 14.25 dollars for speeding by radar.
Twelve days after the incident Andrew Wallace and his father Sherman found the injured hound at their door. Butch was rushed to an animal hospital in Gainesville about 40 miles away with pneumonia a fractured pelvis and two broken legs plus a .22 caliber bullet wound under the left eye. The doctor said Butch has recovered from pneumonia and should walk without a limp in about six months.
Moscow radio says a Soviet ship's doctor, A. F. Biruykov, held in Britain after quitting his vessel, is in a mental hospital and being kept against his will. The Foreign Office says he sought asylum. Ambitious allegations follow reports of police action and a dramatic hospital admission after a hotel incident.
In Jasper Georgia a collie puppy named Butch crawled from a shallow grave to reach his 3 year old owner. A neighbor hit the pup and after shooting him buried him nearby. the story ends with the dog seeking his lost child.
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