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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1959
Page
10
D. D. Bragg of VPI warns high summer heat harms egg production and can cause deaths. Solutions include heat reflecting roofs, insulation, reflective paint, aluminum asphalt coatings, roof sprinkling, fans, foggers, and extra water stations while maintaining ventilation and avoiding high humidity issues.
Shenandoah Valley Inc executive committee backs merger of Norfolk and Western and Virginian railways and orders President Payne to forward the resolution. The group also schedules a joint meeting with Blue Ridge Parkway Association in Front Royal in September and approves a June 25 directors meeting in Harrisonburg. An information desk on Valley attractions opens at Natural Bridge next Friday under George Barnes. Pat Oglesby will run it. A revised Valley promotion folder is to be distributed nationwide.
Sylvia Kansas AP reports Alice Lorain Smart wed Arthur Learned in a Sunday ceremony in Sylvia. The couple plans to reside in Kansas and begin their life together.
In Macon Missouri a 70 year old farmer Mike Kordash lured three neighbors with a fake cow search then shot two men Forrest Vansickle 70 and Charles Hermis 55 before killing himself The remaining neighbor escaped with a bullet near his ear Sheriff Claude Bloomberg reported the killings occurred eight miles southeast of Macon The case followed the death of Kordashs wife two weeks earlier in despondent mood Oshkosh Wisconsin a local barber shop quartet group faced an error in its program title misprinting the word barbershop in the societies name
Prices rose at ten Virginia slaughter cattle sales in 1959 with 730 steers averaging 27.61 per cwt and 283.46 per head, higher than 1958. Heifers averaged 26.25 per cwt and 224.23 per head, with small grade spreads and most cattle bought by Virginia packers. The Virginia Tech report notes sales began in 1957 to help small feeders via producer organizations and the Extension Service.
G. D. Mickelwall reported an overturned automobile in front of his La Jolia residence. Before he could investigate, the two occupants of the foreign make car lifted it upright and fled the scene.
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