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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1955
Page
8
A dense list of daytime and evening TV slots across WRC WTOP and channel lines, detailing program names and times from 4:00 PM to 3:00 AM. Includes news, dramas, Westerns, cartoons, variety shows, and feature films with station identifiers and host names.
Commodity prices across fruits vegetables and livestock listed for Baltimore and Chicago markets. Apples and pears show mixed firmness with regional bid quotes for Lodi Eastern Shore Maryland and New Jersey. potatoes and sweet potatoes demand weak in the East. poultry steady with fryers in demand. Cattle calves hogs and sheep prices reported by USDA with bid ranges and weight classes across multiple deliveries.
The stock market moved higher in early trading with General Motors rising after a three for one split news and a block of 15 000 shares trading around 125 percent. Du Pont showed support with 1 100 shares up, Beech Aircraft gained on a stock dividend, and Chrysler added to its progress while National Department Stores lagged after no dividend action.
Local market listings show daily prices for feed and grain products across regions. Items include egg mash four dollars fifty per ton, broiler mash six twenty, barley and corn prices per bushel, and wheat prices for No 2 yellow corn and malted flour. Regional prices listed for Rockingham and Augusta areas.
Livestock trade totals include HOGS 257 sold with prices from 13.25 to 21.00 per hundredweight across categories. VEAL 147 sold with prices 14.00 to 23.50. LAMBS 523 head with primes at 26.10 and choices at 25.50. SLAUGHTER CATTLE 236 head with steers 16.00 to 22.90 and cows 8.00 to 14.00. STOCKER-FEEDER CATTLE showing steers 13.00 to 20.20 and heifers 14.00 to 17.00. Sale notes include weights and quality grades across all species.
Wheat led gains with July at 2.00 to 2.01 and nearby months at 2.02 1-2 to 2.05 1-2. Corn and oats softened. soybeans posted mixed old and new contract quotes from Jly through Mar and Dec. Attendance at tracks reached 30 million in 1954 with about twenty tracks reporting new records.
The Middletown Lions Club hosts a yard party at the school grounds starting at 6 p.m. tonight and tomorrow to benefit its charity fund. Tonight features games and hot dogs hamburgers and chicken sandwiches plus soft drinks. Tomorrow offers a chicken dinner and additional games.
Thomas Dicks serves as general chairman for the two day event with Harold Walters and Winston Huff man on committees. Food by G W Borden D K Munitzing and T Ainsworth Sper ry. Games overseen by W H Armentrout and soft drinks provided.
A list of daily radio and TV programs with various hosts and times. Notable segments include News at multiple hours, ABC programming with Quincy Howe and Martin Agronsky, music blocks, and community shows such as Ha yfield Assembly and Breakfast Club Review.
The Agriculture Department Market notes steady demand and ample supplies with farm prices as of 12 noon. Live poultry includes broilers under three pounds at 25 cents and over three pounds at 25 cents. U S Grade A large brown eggs listed with varied prices across grades. округ
A list of 15 minute to 11 pm broadcasts including CBS news and commentary slots, Dinah Shore, Bing Crosby, Perry Como, Amos Andy, boxing, and London Melodies. The outline shows times from 6:00 pm to 11:00 pm with multiple network and host pairings across music, drama, and sports programs.
By the end of 1953 synthetic detergents exceeded soaps in sales, accounting for 53 percent of total sales.
The opening of the British Parliament referenced a long standing custom of dragging the Speaker to his chair to show the elected official’s reluctance. One writer calls it a comical display of mock modesty used at each election or reelection of a Speaker for more than four centuries, beginning in 1381.
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