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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1962
Page
3
CHICAGO AP summarizes hogs barrows and gilts up to 25 higher with various weight classes priced from 12.35 to 17.00. Cattle show prime steers 25-100 higher, heifers 50-75 higher, cows down 25, bulls 18-29. Sheep feature spring lambs 1.00 lower, good to prime lambs 21.00-22.00, small lots 14.00-17.00 for pelts, ewes 4.50-5.50 with limited offerings.
Market report lists hogs veal sheep and cattle prices at Front Royal with ranges for bars gilts heavy butcher sows veal grades and slaughter cattle. Prices include hogs 14.50 to 16.20 veal 18.00 to 33.25 sheep and lambs 13.00 to 23.70 cows and heifers 16.25 to 22.30.
Stock feeder cattle prices fall across grades while yearling steers show strength in the general market. Local business notes list investments and prices for Clarke County firms and services, including banks, storage companies, and suppliers in Winchester.
In Frankfort Governor Bert T. Combs won a milking contest against State Senator Alvin Kidwell during Daily Month in Kentucky. After three minutes Combs carried a milk pail of 6 pounds 50 ounces while Kidwell had 1 pound 10 ounces. Combs credited the cow Elsie, though he rode Queenie.
New York stocks faced a busy weekend as brokers clear mountains of paperwork from a week marked by the biggest plunge and rally since 1929. Market activity paused Saturday with overtime ahead as profit takers eyed relief. Analysts foresee a rest and test of support into Tuesday or Wednesday before a potential summer advance.
About 1,200 U.S. sailors are due in CURACAO for a three day port call starting Sunday. The government has banned liquor and beer sales during Sunday Monday and part of Tuesday due to elections for a new government on the Dutch island off Venezuela.
The Army Navy and Air Force trim candle types and altar basins to six and two varieties respectively. Portable aluminum altars with mahogany finishes are adopted, and a common hymn is used across services with a separate Jewish faith section. A chaplains advisory committee guides progress to the armed forces chaplain's board.
Army Navy and Air Force chaplains in states agreed to standardize religious items to cut costs. They reduced 159 item types to 90 and aim to save nearly $70,000 annually by simplifying supply records and warehousing. They trimmed baptismal basins to a single chrome size.
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