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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1958
Page
3
Virginia Department of Agriculture reports broiler demand may rise with hot weather while supplies grow 20 percent above last year. Egg and barley markets show weakness then possible rebound as summer production shifts. oats and wheat face tight supplies and strong miller demand.
Market quotations from New York show losses in international oils amid pro Nasser moves in Iraq with some Western Hemisphere oil issues rising. Overall declines touched various sectors including aircrafts rails steels and chemicals while Amerada and Richfield Oil moved modestly. Stude baker Packard rose on news of a vehicle strategy shift.
Chicago grain prices show mixed moves with wheat up to 1% and corn fluctuating while soybeans hold near unchanged. July 1 crop report flags second largest U S crop on record at 1 3435 billion bushels, Virginia yields improve with higher acreage and better weather prospects.
Cattle 1300 and calves 275 rated bulk sales 906 to 1170 pounds good to high choice slaughter steers priced from 26.75 to 30.00, cows 19.25 to 22.00, bulls 23.00 to 25.00 with bulk at 24.00 and up. Hogs 1000 head active, prices 22.75 to 25.00 for various lots, sows weaker, lambs 24.00 to 25.00 for 72 to 85 pound range, some utility lambs at 20.00.
Chicago hog market shows 8,000 head with losses 25 to 75 cents on butchers and 2 to 3 hundredweight groups. Prices range from 22.75 to 23.65 for various 200 to 270 pound lots, with smaller lots at 21.75 to 23.50 and 210 pound uniform lot at 23.65.
Virginia reports four weekend fatalities pushing the state traffic toll to 405. The accidents claimed Felton Randolph Callaghan 36 and his daughter Linda 5 near Covington, with other family members injured. Separate crashes killed Daniel Clayton Ginther 23 in Portsmouth and Clarence Hilton 52 in Wytheville, with additional injuries and undetermined survivors.
Milton Eisenhower begins a Panamanian tour focused on economic aid and sovereignty for the canal. The trip, part of a broader regional itinerary, aims to reassure Panama amid security and political sensitivities while Panama and the United States seek closer ties.
President of Johns Hopkins University Eisenhower travels to assess Latin American policy background for a possible U S reevaluation. In Staunton a 10 year old named Jerry Gaylor drowned at the Gypsy Hill swimming pool while visiting relatives.
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