Ten new names added to state's traffic death toll
Virginia's traffic death toll for 1955 rose to 41 with ten new names added over the weekend. Four weekend fatalities occurred Saturday and six Sunday, alongside multiple fatal fires claiming five lives. Notable crashes and fires near Bent Creek, Winchester, Madison, and Arlington plagued the region.
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Virginia
Bent Creek
Appomattox County
Cecil Harold Stephens
Raymond Edward Johnson
Rt. 2
Gladstone
Nelson County
Fire Near Clearbrook Destroys Hay Shed
Firefighters were alerted Saturday about 3 15 p m to David Butt's property where a pig shed now used for hay storage burned. A child playing with matches started the blaze. about one third of the hay was lost and a few boards were removed to fight the fire. Miller Owens saw the fire and helped battle it before units arrived. Damages were minimal beyond the hay loss.
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Clearbrook Fire Company
David Butt
Wayne Replaces Mitchum in Blood Alley Film
John Wayne cuts New York honeymoon to take over the 24 million dollar Blood Alley project after Robert Mitchum is dropped for actions deemed detrimental to the production. Mitchum denies allegations while a Warner Brothers spokesman confirms the replacement. Wayne, newly married to Pilar Pallette, reports to the film location in California.
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Hollywood
John Wayne
New York
Robert Mitchum
Warner Brothers
Mitchum
San Rafael
Calif
Mile of Dimes Event Kicks Off Saturday In Winchester
The annual Mile of Dimes, sponsored by VFW Post 2123 in Winchester, starts at 9 a m Saturday weather permitting. If rain forces a postponement the event will move to the following Saturday. The dime line runs from the corner of Boscawen and Loudoun Streets as far as dimes and time allow with VFW members and three Shenandoah area scout troops aiding.
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Stephens
Johnson
Carol Ann Huff
U. S. 50
Winchester
Veterans of Foreign Wars, Post 2123
Boscawen
Loudoun
VFW
Louis Bailey
Bob Dailey
Philip Barnhart
Pat Brown
Harry Lake
Jack Fretwell
Earl Kerns
Eugene Grant
James Himelright
Bill Campbell
Albert McDonald
Jack Knode
al Knowles
Dan Nellis
Elmer Kline
J. D. Butler
Elmer Lau
Clendening Rites Held Yesterday
Funeral service for James Hackney Clendening age 61 of Martinsburg was held at Brown Funeral Home with Dr Diehl presiding. Burial followed at Park Heights Cemetery Brunswick Md. He was born May 26 1894 in Bunker Hill W Va and was a World War I veteran. Survived by wife Virginia Audrey Jones Clendening two daughters Nadine Clending Foster and Nadine Foster a granddaughter and a brother and sister.
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James Hackney Clendening
S. Maple Ave
Martinsburg
Brown Funeral Home
S R. Diehl
Park Heights Cemetery
Brunswick
Clendening
Bunker Hill
W. Va
Alvin Coe
Katherine Pierce Clendening
Presbyterian Church
Virginia Audrey Jones Clendening
James T. Foster
Phil
Nadine Clendening
Rockville
Nadine R. Foster
A. Paul
Bruce Henshaw
Agriculture Dept Market Steady At Last Week’s Levels
Live poultry prices hold near steady with adequate demand. Broilers under three pounds 26 27 cents, over three pounds 27 28 cents. Heavy hens and small type turkey fryers listed. Eggs U S Grade A large white 38 cents, Grade A medium 30, Grade A small 20, Grade B large white 30, Grade B large brown 30. Winchester market shows Grade A large 38, Grade A medium 30, Grade A small 20 cents.
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Harrisonburg
U. S
Winchester
Movements In Stock Market And Agricultural Prices
Narrow mixed trading in New York stocks with 29 000 Benguet shares unchanged and 7 000 Alaska Juneau up 1 8. EMI 6 000 unchanged. Higher issues included American Telephones Dome Mines Murray Corp U S Steel Bethlehem Steel Chrysler and Zenith Radio. Lower were Santa Fe Railroad Sinclair Oil United Air Lines Dow Chemical GE and Douglas Aircraft. Baltimore dairy produce fruit and poultry prices steady to up slightly with apples peaches and potatoes showing modest gains. USDA reports for cattle hogs calves and sheep in Chicago and Baltimore show varied runs with prices across weight classes and grades.
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New York
Benguet Consolidated Mining
Alaska Juneau
EMI
American Telephones
Dome Mines
Murray Corp
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem
Local Market Prices and Office Closure Notice
Daily local market prices list feeds grains butter and flour with regional details from Rockingham and Augusta counties. The Virginia Employment Service at W Piccadilly St will be closed Wednesday for Lee's birthday observance.
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Virginia Employment Service
W. Piccadilly St
Lee
Bank
Lee-Jackson
Sale of Lambs and Ewes Prices Listed
No 1 skin shorn lambs 20.00 per head. Lot 91 lb mostly choice fall shorn yearlings 17.00. Call to choice slaughter ewes 5.50 to 7.00 per head.
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Baltimore
USDA
Chicago Grain Markets Drift Lower on Cash Receipts
Heavy cash grain receipts depressed futures at the opening of the Board of Trade. Wheat sagged on light moisture in parts of the winter wheat belt as trading remained slow across all pits.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Opening prices for grains and soybeans and lord futures
Grain futures show varying bids with Wheat March at 2.31 and May at 2.27, Corn May 1.57, Oats March 76, Rye May 1.23, and Soybeans across Jan 2.76 to Sep 2.51. Lord futures list January and March at 12.62 with other months missing.
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Jly
Rye
Lord
Jan
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