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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1956
Page
3
The Market Street Methodist Church youth group plans a Sunday 2 p.m. tour of Skyline Caverns meeting at the church. This year they have hiked, picnicked at Cacapon State Park, and held a boy versus girl softball game at Senseny Park.
The kidneys are essential to life. One kidney may function as well as two due to reserve capacity, and people can survive when kidneys operate at a fraction of normal rate. But complete failure leads to uremic poisoning as impurities accumulate.
New York market opened with quiet trading and irregular prices. Copper shares showed stronger activity while Anaconda and Kennecott rose about a point. Mack Trucks gained on record earnings, and Cerro de Pasco slipped on merger reports with Harvey Machine. Aluminum stocks advanced with Kaiser Aluminum heavily traded, Alcoa up a point, and aluminum up a major fraction.
Livestock and produce prices show mixed activity with apples and transparent varieties trading around 1.40 to 2.00 per unit. Potatoes firm US1 and US1 Size A unwashed. cobblers sold in 50 lb sacks at 3.00 to 3.25. Poultry market steady with fryers and hens near prior levels. Cattle and hogs light in selling, prime lambs up to 24.00 or higher, ewes to 5.00 or more.
Market weakness in live poultry with fair demand. Broilers, fryers priced low at farm level. some producers holding. Eggs: Grade A large 46 cents, Grade A medium 34 cents, Grade B large 32 cents. Harrisonburg and Winchester markets show similar pricing patterns.
A brief alert notes children will be playing near streets at all hours prompting warnings to drivers and residents to watch out for safety.
The Chicago Board of Trade opened steady in calm trading with mixed grain futures. Wheat, corn, oats, rye and soybeans posted varied early prices for July December and March contracts, while lard futures also moved within narrow ranges.
New York reports a 10 round light heavyweight bout at Madison Square Garden between Tony Anthony and Tony Johnson. Anthony, 21, 26 wins with 20 knockouts and four losses all by KO, is favored over Johnson who is 23 7 8 with 8 KOs. Johnson is taller but Anthony’s power is noted.
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