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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1960
Page
12
AP report from Los Angeles notes pickpocket activity at the Biltmore Hotel during a crowded convention, with five known dipniks nabbed and wallets recovered from masked pockets. Mentions a cantankerous winos’ taunts, smog, and political jabs amid party rivalries and a memorial verse for Clarence W. Racy dated July 12, 1959.
Chicago grain prices open mixed with feed grains showing strength while wheat corn oats and soy move modestly. July contracts list wheat at 1.82 and soy at 2.12 with corn at about 1.18.
Grain prices in the Richmond area listed per bushel include No. 2 red winter wheat at 1.72, No. 2 white shelled corn at 1.36, No. 2 yellow soybeans at 2.00, No. 3 barley at 0.90, No. 2 oats at 0.61, and Abruzzi seed rye at 1.35. Prices are provided by AP and VDA.
Reporters and political figures mingle at a Democratic conclave while out of town visitors roam the taxi scene. William F. Knowland and ex-Gov. Goodwin Knight appear among attendees. Monroe Sweetland campaigns for Oregon secretary of state. Sammy Davis Jr. enters without a pass as guards struggle with IDs. Michigan’s sign features a polka dot tie. Alabama’s flag is displayed.
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