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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1958
Page
3
The page lists a dense 1950s style TV schedule with time blocks from 7:00 to 4:40 featuring shows like Burns and Allen Restless Gun Wells Fargo Danny Thomas Twenty One Voice of Firestone Beulah and a set of movies such as It Had To Be You and Boys Town. It also includes The Danny Thomas Show Our Miss Brooks House Party Kitty Foyle News and several game and variety programs along with multiple daytime and late program entries.
CBS Studio One in Hollywood stars Franchot Tone Kim Hunter and James MacArthur in Ticket to Tahiti. NBC Restless Gun features Vint Bonner in The Manhunter. Burns and Allen, Bold Journey, Tales of Wells Fargo, Voice of Firestone, Danny Thomas Show, Lawrence Welk, December Bride, Suspicion headline the evening with various guest stars and musical numbers.
Pvt Elvis Presley, the draft rock star, enjoys a two week vacation from reveille and drill at his Memphis home. The 23 year old will return to Ft Hood Texas for tank crew training with Germany duty ahead. He greeted fans at his gate in a $100,000 suburban mansion wearing sharp shooter medals. He arrived Saturday night in a Cadillac.
The Richmond Junior Chamber of Commerce chapter was named the best in Virginia at the state convention in Roanoke. A Giessenbier Memorial Award recognized Richmond, with Roanoke, Norfolk, Petersburg and Bristol earning multiple top honors in various population groups. National directors elected included Charles Venuto of Arlington and other leaders from Roanoke, Hampton Roads, Warrenton and Falls Church.
Variety notes a new trend to video spot announcements for four musicals airing simultaneously. Theater uses television as a training ground for actors writers and directors in New York. Garden sauce refers to any garden vegetables eaten with tea.
New York AP reports steel shares strong as the market pushes to new 1958 highs in heavy trading. Gains came as steel operations were expected to rise sharply, with aircraft, copper and some rubbers also advancing. Rails and utilities rose modestly amid improved sentiment from France and reduced jobless claims.
Chicago grain futures dropped sharply at the Board of Trade open with wheat down about two to one half cents, corn and oats lower, and soybeans little changed to slightly down. July prices shown reflect the declines across wheat corn oats and soybeans.
Adm. Harry D. Felt, 55, named by President Eisenhower to be commander in chief of U S forces in the Pacific, replaces Adm. Felix Stump. A stickler for detail and a hard taskmaster, Felt has served as vice chief of naval operations and held key commands including the 6th Fleet. He led naval actions in World War II and later commanded the Mediterranean fleet before rising to the top Pacific post. He was born in Topeka and is married to Kathryn Cowley with son Donald Linn Felt among naval aviators.
Baltimore area markets show strawberries mixed with modest strength in some regions. Eastern Shore fruit crates bring 3.00 to 5.00 per 16 quart, best 5.50 to 6.50. Delaware similar crates at 6.00 to 7.50, mostly 6.00 to 6.50. Potatoes mostly steady with Katahdin sacks around 1.40 and Long Island 1.75, US grades 2 to 4 inch sizes 1.75 to 2.90, Florida red round 1.75 to 2.00, Sebago 1.65 to 1.90, some decay at top end.
Bulk cattle demand steady with 900-1200 lb fed steers 27.25 29.25 and 700-930 lb heifers 26.50 27.75. Vealers 30.00 32.00 and 26.00 30.00. Hogs active with prices 24.25 24.50 per hundredweight and lambs at 91 92 pounds 24.00.
The Chicago market shows hogs 11 000 head with bids steady to strong across weights 190 to 310 pounds and values from 21.25 to 23.75 per cwt. Cattle and calves total 21 000 with high grade steers 30.00 33.50 and good cows 18.50 22.00. Sheep around 1 500 head with lambs and ewes priced mainly between 4.50 and 23.25 per cwt depending on weight and grade.
The Winchester Lions Club backs Bryan Stotler for District Governor 24-A Virginia Lions. He joins the nomination list at the Lions State Convention in Richmond June 5 7. Stotler, a 1935 member and former club president, led wins in state cups and the International Attendance Plaque.
Miss Dorothy Dean Henry, 63, founder of the Cleveland Police Department's women's bureau and a widely known welfare worker, died Saturday in Cashiers North Carolina.
A standard newspaper issue shows three quarters of female readers per issue read the advertising mixed with the general news page. The finding highlights strong engagement among women with the full page content.
Reed L. Edwards of Orlando Florida drove through a highway work zone when the asphalt sprayer turned and sprayed his late model car. The windshield was instantly coated with hot asphalt and dirt, nearly causing a wreck before Edwards could stop and later file an insurance claim.
Dr. Mon tagu Frank Modder, 67, visiting English professor at Dickinson University, Beloit College alumnus and magazine illustrator, died Saturday in Carlisle. Born in Colombo Ceylon, Modder taught English for 22 years at Beloit College and contributed to newspapers and magazines.
Paris AP reports Gen Charles de Gaulle has formed a coalition cabinet with De Gaulle as premier and defense minister. Key figures include Pierre Guillaumat deputy defense minister, Pierre Pflimlin MRP, Guy Mollet Socialist, Louis Jacquinot Independent Republican, Felix Houphouet-Boigny RDA, Michel Debre Gaullist justice, Maurice Couve de Murville foreign, Antoine Pinay finance, Paul Bacon labor, Emile Pelletier interior, Jean Bertoin Radical Socialist, and Maurice Couve de Murville foreign.
New York AP reports Dr. Daniel Laszlo 55, an internationally known cancer expert, died Sunday. He last year headed research showing how strontium 90 can be eliminated from the human body. born in Hungary city.
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