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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1960
Page
3
The Virginia Employment Commission reports 1 414 people placed in Winchester Frederick and Clarke counties in the year ending June 30. Unemployment compensation fell by more than $100 000 from the prior year while about 2 200 received 296 000 in benefits for 1959 60.
The report lists apples cantaloupes peaches and potatoes with regional up and down moves across Maryland Delaware and Virginia. Tomatoes show firmness while cattle hogs sheep and bulls are traded in Baltimore and Chicago with varied weights and prices. The New York stocks edge lower with mixed sector performance and bond activity.
Chicago traders saw mixed moves with wheat up to 1 cent per bushel and corn varying. Oats held steady while soybeans rose slightly, with September figures listed. In Richmond area grain prices, No 2 red winter wheat sold at 1.71, corn at 1.34, barley 90, and soybeans at 2.01 per bushel. Abruzzi seed Ty 135 per bushel also noted.
HOGS sold 453 with top barrows and gilts 18.00 to 18.80, heavy 17.50 to 17.80, light 15.50 to 17.05, sows 11.00 to 14.25, feeders 7.00 to 12.00. VEAL sold 184 with prices 27.00 to 29.50 for choicest, heavy 23.00 to 24.00, good 23.00 to 25.80. SHEEP AND LAMBS sold 772 with prime 20.85, choice 19.25, good 15.75, utility 12.50 to 14.25, slaughter lambs 10.50, sheep and cattle prices mixed across standard ranges. Stocker and feeder cattle follow with steers and heifers showing mixed values and cows and bulls listed.
Thomas Patrick Kelly, 30, of Youngstown Ohio, vanished from his home June 25 and his car was found nearby. Police say no recent sightings match his description and if he was in the area, he may no longer be there. He is described as 155 pounds, 5 feet 8 inches, brown hair and brown eyes.
State Police report a burglary at Duff's Rebel Restaurant where about $203.72 was taken from a cash register. The vent into the basement was pried off and the register unlocked. The theft occurred between 12:15 p.m. and 6 a.m. and was discovered by the morning shift. Investigating agencies include State Police City Police and the Sheriff's Office.
Police report a break in at Hicks Service Station on Braddock Street last night. A washroom window was broken and only a small number of cigarettes were taken. theft reported at 5 50 a m. the station had closed at 10 p m.
In Los Angeles Judge Leroy Dawson refuses to hear a motion to reinstate Carole Tregoff bail as she remains jailed. Tregoff and Dr. R Bernard Finch 43 face murder charges in the death of Barbara Jean Finch 32. Bail had been set at 25000 but revoked after she did not appear claiming illness. The judge ordered four alternates chosen to join the 12 jurors already selected.
Mrs Deward E Walker Sr of Warren receives honorary commander rank from Col. John S Mosby Camp 1237 in Front Royal. She and husband organized the group with 75 charter members in January 1959, she is the youngest living daughter of a Confederate Veteran, commission signed by SCV national and Virginia leaders.
A crash at 4 30 p m on Stewart Street and Stonewall Avenue caused 125 in damage. Vernon Lester Clark of 421 Shenandoah Place drove a 1953 International truck south on Stewart and turned onto Stonewall, hitting a parked 1960 Ford owned by George J. Ours of Moorefield West Virginia. The truck sustained no damage.
Sirimavı Bandaranaike, 44, winner of a leftist backed majority for the Freedom party, is summoned to form a new government. She plans nationalization of key sectors, a commission to probe hostile newspapers, and a cabinet drawn from her party.
New York reports that a multi million-dollar office building will be built on Avenue of the Americas just north of Rockefeller Center replacing a planned 48-story hotel. William Zeckendorf had proposed the hotel, spent millions clearing the site, then sold the lease to Uris Buildings Corp. which plans a 42-story, 75 million dollar structure with completion in early 1962.
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