Record soybean supplies keep price line steady in 1961
A USDA backed view shows farmers hold 263 million bushels on farms by January 1, 1962, 53 percent above a year earlier, signaling a record carryover and limited price rises. Despite export and crush increases, prices likely stay subdued with loan support stopping large drops. Virginia and national loan rates noted, plus nearby hay stock and weather factors affecting demand.
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USDA
Virginia
Richmond
Norfolk
Chicago
Baltimore
Virginia Jury Indicts Sailor For Murder
A Dinwiddie County jury indicted Pvt. Robert E. Baldridge 21 of Santa Ana California for the murder of Ervin Carlton Hockaday a Petersburg schoolteacher. Baldridge said a scuffle followed a reported advance after Hockaday offered him a ride to Ft. Lee. He was ordered committed for observation at Southwestern State Mental Hospital in Marion.
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Petersburg
California
Pvt
Robert E. Baldridge
Santa Ana
Calif
Ervin Carlton Hockaday
Hockaday
Baldridge
Ft. Lee
Circuit Court
J. Garland Jefferson
Southwestern State Mental Hospital
Marion
Two American Students Freed by Reds in East Berlin
Two 20 year old American students Victor Searles Pankey and Gilbert Page Ferrey from Tustin California were released by East German authorities after being jailed for trying to smuggle a girl out of East Berlin. They had been sentenced to two years in prison last September 26. Their parents Edgar Pankey and Mary Ferrey traveled to East Berlin and accompanied the students back through Friedrichstrasse checkpoint.
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Berlin
East Berlin
Victor Searles Pankey
Gilbert Page Ferrey
Tustin
Calif
Friedrichstrasse
Drought Ends as Rain Revives Central Australia Pastures
A four year drought appears broken across central Australia as rainfall up to six inches drenches 180 000 square miles north of Alice Springs. Dust clouds last week covered 80 000 square miles, and a thin green carpet is now spreading as grass begins to sprout.
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Darwin
Australia
Alice Springs
Hay prices in Shenandoah Valley last week
Demand and prices for quality hay are expected to rise, while poor quality hay seeks a market. Reported prices include No. 2 leafy alfalfa around 35 dollars, No. 2 clover 25, timothy 19 to 22, orchard grass 25, and straw 20.
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Shenandoah Valley
Court Rules Against Doctor's Reinstatement
The Mecklenburg County Court upheld a private hospital trustees decision to exclude Dr. Antoine Khoury from South Hill Community Hospital facilities. The court ruled courts cannot override private hospital discretion without constitutional or statutory rights. The case cited rights to physician choice in the hospital service area and noted Khoury moved from LaCrosse Va to Canton Ohio after his privileges were lifted.
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Antoine Khoutay
South Hill
Epee Te Kaepial
Pgret
Collea
High Court
Dear Abby Advice Columns on Birthdays, Divorce, Neighborhood Strangeness
Dear Abby answers readers on celebrating a Christmas birthday on January 25, warns a daughter about dating a divorced mother with two children, and suggests checking for mental health help for a neighbor who insists on solitude. The column preserves the cartoonish, problem‑of‑the‑week tone.
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Abby
Vatican Council to Condemn Rising Paganism Currents
The Catholic Church announces that the ecumenical council will condemn rising currents of paganism including atheistic communism. The commission explains the council will address moral order abuses linked to psychoanalysis. About 3,000 church leaders will attend the Rome gathering, date TBD.
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Church Council
Vatican City
Roman Catholic Church Ecumenical Council
Council
Central Preparatory Commission
Vatican
John XXIII
Rome
John
Commission
Moral sin belief cited in church communique
A church communique laments the drift from belief in sin as a moral error rooted in God and salvation. Old fashioned lemon sauce accompanies baked bananas for dessert. Teens from overseas live with Christian families in the United States for a year through the Protestant Or tain Youth Exchange program run by Methodist churches in 30 states.
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United States
Methodist Churches
Methodist
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Geneva
Mive
Elwood McIntire
Geneva School of Design
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Bealy
Button
N. Cameron St
Winchester
Medcine
Geritol
Ourice Liquid
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Somi
Deoples Drug Stores
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