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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1960
Page
3
A buying rush near noon lifted the market for the first time in 12 sessions with the Dow up 9.56 to 611.24 and the Associated Press index ahead 1.30 at midday. Industrials led the rise as investors viewed the move as a technical rebound after 11 straight losses.
Cattle 100 and calves 100 with limited sales across classes. Vealers weak to 1.00 lower as choice scarce. Feeder steers 860-922 lb 21.00-23.25. Hogs scarce. No. 1 grade lots missing. butchers 185-225 lb mostly 19.25. Sows scarce. Sheep 25 head offered with prices not tested.
Chicago hogs cattle and sheep prices listed by grade and weight. Hogs 5 500 head with mixed lots and sows 14.75 to 18.85. Cattle 5 000 head with load steers and heifers up to 26 50, good to prime 21 to 26 50. Lambs and yearlings steady to lower with spring lambs 20 to 21 and slaugh ter yearlings 16 to 16.00.
Norfolk AP reports a Negro girl was approved for eighth grade at Northside Junior High, the only one of 31 applicants to gain admission to white or largely white schools. Kathryn Laverne Webb was the sole standout. 19 rejected for academic or mental reasons, seven did not take required tests, with other transfers delayed by school readiness.
An AP report notes a gray owl attempting to raid a scissortail nest was fatally electrocuted when it struck an electric transformer. The incident highlights dangers faced by wildlife during foraging.
Anne Adams pattern 4822 offers a boy friendly pattern line for children sizes 2 4 6 8 with a muu muu sundress and beach cover-all. Detailed directions included and yardage 2 1/2 yards for size 6.Send 50 cents plus 10 cents extra for first class mail to Pattern Dept Winchester Evening Star New York NY with name address zone size and pattern number.
Chicago AP reports firm to mixed grain prices at the Board of Trade opening. Wheat gains led by September contracts, soybeans rise, while corn and oats show mixed moves with September prices noted.
No 2 red winter wheat sells at 1.71 per bushel while No 2 white and yellow shelled corn brings 1.35, No 33 barley 0.90, No 2 oats 0.59, No 2 yellow soybeans 2.03, and abruzzi seed rye 1.35 per bushel in Richmond.
Oksana Stepanova Kasenkina, famed for a 1948 escape from the Soviet consulate, dies at 63 in a Miami hotel. The Tolstoy Foundation notes she lived in seclusion, became an American citizen in 1957, and died of natural causes with a heart condition.
Richmond AP report notes the new Pupil Placement Board approved 27 000 routine assignments while desegregation occurred by voluntary action. eight of twelve Negroes assigned to desegregated or previously all white schools. New members include Dr E J Oglesby A L Wingo and E T Justis.
Ninety three inmates began the second of five days 15 feet underground in a Quonset hut to aid Navy research on a low cost nuclear fallout shelter. They joined more than 350 volunteers at Santa Rita Rehabilitation Center with three Alameda County deputies and four observers, testing a gasoline powered filtered air system suitable for hot summer conditions.
Sen Lyndon B Johnson begins his vice presidential campaign with a special train trip to Cheyenne Wyoming for Frontier Days. He attends a Chamber of Commerce luncheon and visits the rodeo, then flies back to his Texas ranch before heading to Hyannis Port for talks with Senator John F Kennedy.
Local Boy Scouts from Troop 64 led by Scoutmaster Gene Dicks and Lucino Crusi of Winchester joined 20 locals at the National Jamboree in Colorado Springs. Doug Killian earned second in orienteering with 398 points. The contingent traveled via Chicago, toured museums, and settled at the 6,000 acre site near Pike's Peak.
W P Gerry will present a 29 minute tape recording of the Kiwanis national convention in Miami at the regular weekly luncheon tomorrow at 12 15 pm. The meeting will be held at the George Washington Hotel.
Report notes a calmer first day with fewer disruptions as GOP delegates follow a more orderly program. Wendell Corey appeals for aisle clearance while networks inject life into proceedings with staged features including a TV appearance by a dozen tribal chiefs and a ceremonial Indian theme.
In Little Rock a Republican mother seeks equal time for GOP coverage at the Republican National Convention in Chicago. FCC warns the two local stations their Democratic primary telecast may violate equal time rules. Stations will confer with lawyers to decide whether to shift GOP coverage to tonight and show Democratic results from the primary.
Large media presence follows the Nixon family as they land in Chicago, are escorted through crowds at the airport, travel by helicopter to lakeside Chicago and proceed to campaign headquarters, with coverage likened to wartime style openings.
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