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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1954
Page
3
Bible School will be conducted at Salem Church of the Brethren for ten days beginning on Tuesday. Miss Thelma Halderman will be in charge of the school which will meet from 9 to 11 30 a.m.
The Town of Middletown Virginia invites written bids for a gas franchise adopted June 7 1954. Bids due July 5 1954 at 7 30 PM at the Town Hall with acceptance conditioned on paying advertising costs. The ordinance grants a 30 year franchise to a specified corporation to use streets and public grounds for gas transmission distribution and sales with town oversight and restoration obligations.
A quiet mix of gains and losses persisted in early New York trading. General Electric rose on 3,000 shares to 43, Radio Corp. moved up on 4,300 shares to 285, with other gainers including Bethlehem Steel Chrysler Phelps Dodge American Cyanamid American Can Santa Fe Eastern Air Lines. laggards were Studebaker Douglas Aircraft Kennecott Cooper Du Pont American Tobacco New York Central and Sinclair Oil. In Alaska, permafrost underlies nearly all land except a southern belt, complicating construction and drainage projects.
Fruit and vegetable prices list Del and close USIs for apples with bulks in 2 and 2 1 4 inch up to 4 50. Asparagus sold in pyramid crates with Md Colossal 4 50 5 00 Extra Fancy 4 00. Potatoes SC Sebago and NC Cobbiers with 100 lb sacks 1 50 2 00, 50 lb sacks 95 1 10, washed variants 85 1 25. Sweet potatoes too few to quote. Poultry steady on fryers, heavy hens weak. Demand selective. Young chickens as low as 25 cents, better stock slow at 28 30. Colored fowl dressed 22 cents, most supply unsold. Turkeys ducks light fowl few sales.
USDA market data shows cattle and hogs with limited activity. Baltimore bids list calves 16.00-12.00, cows 5.00-?. Chicago salable hogs 180-230 TH, sows 16.25-18.75. Cattle and sheep ranges include steers 16.00-23.50 and lambs 22.50-24.00 with various weights and grades.
The snippet lists futures prices for Corn Oats Rye Soybeans and Lard across multiple months and delivery periods with figures like Corn Jly 1.57 Sep 1.52 and Soybeans Jly 3.88-87 Sep 2.69 3-4-70. It reads like a busy commodity snapshot from a historical market page.
Local market listing notes daily prices for flour at retail. Several stores across the area show current tags and weights. Prices may vary by shop and quantity.
Chicago grains opened with wheat easing slightly while other grains held steady on the Board of Trade. Trading was slow as markets began the day.
Agriculture Dept live poultry prices show market steady to unsettled in Winchester area. Receipts light with off quality poultry discounted. Farm prices end today with broilers 21 24c, fryers 29 30c, heavy breeders 25 26c, small turkey fryers 27 28c, young hens 31c. Eggs: U S Grade A large white 38c, Grade A large brown 38c, Grade B large white 30c.
A 44 year old office manager received a five year prison term after pleading guilty to manslaughter. He slipped a “love potion” into chocolates, killing Betty Grant aged 27 and her coworker June Malins.
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