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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1958
Page
3
Ole Christopherson, 101, long recognized as the world's oldest Christmas baby, died Monday in St. Paul. Born December 25, 1856, in Veldre near Oslo Norway, he came to the United States at age 26.
Mrs. Martha Edwina Keener, 104, mother of Sid C. Keener director of Baseball's Hall of Fame and museum at Cooperstown New York, died Sunday. Keener once served as sports editor of the old St. Louis Star Times.
Wheat held steady to fractional lower with July at 1.84. Corn slipped, July around 1.28. Oats were unchanged to modestly higher, July at 61. Soybeans unchanged to fractional lower, July about 2.274.
Mrs. Marriot Smith Taylor, 58, longtime woman's editor of the Chicago Daily News since 1945 and on the staff since 1939, died Sunday of cancer in Chicago. She started as a writer for Crowell Publishing in Springfield Ohio and later worked for the Chicago Tribune. She was born in Springfield.
New York trading showed modest gains across key issues as steel wavered and copper moved higher. U S Steel fluctuated, Allied Chemical rose, Gulf Oil and Texas Company gained. In Baltimore fruits and vegetables slipped with broad offerings and steady old barley prices amid wholesale activity.
Cattle 200 and calves 125. Cows steady vealers not fully established. Canners and cutters 16.00-18.50 mostly 17.50. One lot 190 lb vealers steady with Monday trade at 31.50. 260 lb good grades 27.00. No other sales posted. Hogs 400 butchers scarce. 25-50 cents lower. Us 1 2 3 190-220 lb butchers 24.00. 44 head No 2 3 255 lb 23.25. About 100 head 270-275 lb 22.00. 353 lb No 3 20.00. Sheep 50 head small lot 127 lb slaughter 9.00. packer hog 81 lb 5.00.
The National Geographic Society reports a chain of falls eight miles wide on the Mekong River in China handling an amount of water about twice that of Niagara.
USDA Chicago market daily report shows hogs weak to 25 lower across weights from 195 to 350 pounds with mixed prices 20.00 to 23.75. Cattle and calves total 8,000 with steers and heifers steady to 50 lower. prime steers 1,164 pounds at 32.50, high and good to low choice ranges 25.00 to 30.50, cows 15.50 to 24.00, bulls 21.50 to 24.00. Sheep slaughter 1,500 with lambs 19.25 to 23.25 and miscellaneous prices for other grades.
A further stay in the Virginia Maryland Potomac River fishing rights dispute extends to Oct 13. Former Justice Reed, special master, granted the postponement at request of a Virginia Maryland commission pursuing an out of court settlement. The commission met at Mount Vernon to begin talks amid a challenge to a historic compact.
Local markets section flagging corrected items and disclaimer on typographical errors. The Star states it does not assume responsibility for possible typos.
Prices paid at the farm for broilers, fryers, turkeys, and hens show varied figures. Broilers 14 to 34 pounds range, heavy hens around 21 to 22, light hens 13 to 15, breeder hens 24, and turkey fryers 28 across markets. Winchester and Harrisonburg markets list Grade A and B eggs with prices from 28 to 41 cents per dozen, reflecting regional variations.
Herb Braverman a 42 year old television producer died Sunday of a heart attack in Hollywood He worked with stars including Jerry Lewis Dean Martin and Bob Hope and served as West Coast producer for The Tonight Show.
Davenport Iowa AP Harry Lee a 72 year old nearly blind Chinese cook who has lived in the United States for almost 40 years faces deportation to Red China The Immigration Service gave him 30 days to supply sworn affidavits proving he has not left the country since 1924 He entered as a stowaway in 1918 and says he has filed alien reports for more than a decade He came to the area in 1944 and now receives 90 dollars a month in Social Security The case was described as checked during a slow period by an immigration official
Firemen responded at 8 25 p m to the Braddock and Montague intersection where a flooded carburetor started a small car fire. The 1948 Chevrolet sedan owned by Mrs Frances Clark sustained about 10 dollars in damage to the motor and hood paint. Reuss and South End answered the alarm. The article notes the dairy cow’s water needs.
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