Farm Price Outlook Sees Gains Across Virginia Sectors
The Virginia Department of Agriculture reports favorable feeder calf prices this fall and a strong outlook for beef demand. Slaughter remains below last year with mixed changes in cattle on feed. egg production falls. watermelons and peaches show growing buyer activity. orchard grass seed production down but prices likely rise.
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Virginia
Virginia Department of Agriculture
Richmond
Shenandoah Valley
Norfolk
Roanoke
New York
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Spartanburg
Halehavens
Elberta
Denmark
Public hearing on Route 50 reconstruction in Virginia
A Virginia State Highway Department representative will hold a public hearing at Gore Fire Hall Gore Virginia on August 27 1959 at 10 00 AM EST to discuss rebuilding a section of Route 50 between Winchester and Gore from 10.575 miles west of Winchester to 4.247 miles west of Winchester. Attendees include S D May E P Barrow G Wallace Carper W W N Chinn Jr 8 S Flythe Burgess E Nelson S W Rawls W M Scalter Jr Tucker C Watkins Jr and the State Highway Commission of Virginia.
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Virginia State Highway Department
Gore Fire Hall
Gore
Virginia
Winchester
G. Wallace Carper
W.W. N. Chinn, Jr
8. S. Flythe Burgess E. Nelson
S. W. Rawls
W. M. Scalter. Jr. Tucker C. Watkins, Jr
State Highway Commission of Virginia
Front Royal Livestock Market Prices and Soviet War Remark
Cash market prices for hogs veal sheep and cattle listed by category in detail. The note closes with a historical line stating Soviet Russia declared war on Japan two days after the US atom bomb dropped on Hiroshima in 1945.
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Soviet
Russia
Japan
United States
Hiroshima
Winchester plan urges school park playground system citywide
A master plan proposes an elementary school in each of five new city areas tied to a park and playground system. It directs relocations and new facilities including a Hawthorne site, a John Kerr replacement, expanded Quarles and Virginia Avenue areas, and a Douglas site to meet growth through 1980 with neighborhood centers and teen facilities.
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Winchester
Hawthorne
City Recreation Park
John Kerr
Handley
Quarles
Handley Blvd
Virginia Ave
Butler Ave
Douglas
John Kerr School
Central Business District
Whitlock Ave
Oates Ave
Handley, Quarles
Virginia Avenue
Barr
Mosby
Tennyson
Handley High School
Oates Avenue
Morningside Drive
City and County Master Plan Advocates Shared Center
The master plan proposes teen age centers and branch adult libraries through schools to augment Handley Library. It urges 10 acres set aside for a shared city county community and county center built jointly. A five year capital program with surveys, city budget integration, and staged projects based on finances is outlined. Copies are available from City Planning & Zoning Commission.
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Handley
City Planning & Zoning Commission
2Nd
City Hall
Irish Easter Rebellion Began with German Landing
The 1916 uprising started when a German submarine landed Irish leader Sir Roger Casement on the coast of Ireland, triggering coordinated actions across the country.
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Sir Roger Casement
Benson Visits State Tomorrow
U S Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson arrives in Roanoke to address the opening session of the Virginia Association of Electric Cooperatives annual convention. He then plans a visit to Virginia Tech.
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Roanoke
U. S. Secretary of Agriculture
Ezra Taft Benson
Virginia Assn. of Electric Cooperatives
Benson
Virginia Tech
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Elbertas
Front Royal Livestock Market
Choice & Prime
Cutter
Household Finance
HFC
America
Household Finance Corporation of Winchester
N. Loudoun Street
J.C. Penny Store
Mohawk
State
Pan
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Strong
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Galaxie Clus Victoria
Gsop
Ford
F.D.A.P
Dee
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