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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1951
Page
3
Oil stocks such as Standard Oil NJ and Oil of California moved in volatile trading as prices fluctuated through the day. Standard Oil NJ led gains while Oil of California dipped before recovering later in the session.
Salable hogs 11 000 with 190 220 lb pigs at 23 25 23 35 top 23 50 230 270 lb 22 50 23 25 270 300 lb 21 75 22 60 around 425 lb mixed butchers sows 450 lb and less 19 00 1 00 450 600 lb sows 18 00 19 25 Salable cattle 7 500 calves 300 high choice and prime 26 38 most good and choice 32 00 36 00 a few utility grassers 27 00 two prime heifers above 37 00 bulk good to better 32 00 36 25 most utility cows 3 25 26 00 canners cutters 19 00 23 00 utility commercial bulls 26 60 31 00 good to prime dealers 38 00 40 00 cul l to commercial grades 28 00 37 00 Salable sheep 500 top 34 50 bulk 32 00 34 00 slaughter ewes 15 00 17 50.
Frederick County Park Bureau reports U S Grade A Extra eggs at 0 55 The market lists U S Grade A Large at 0 63 U S Grade A Medium at 0 50 and smaller sizes 0 35 0 40 range Cracks and checks priced lower Heavy breed hens and roosters shown with various bids Red broilers and leghorn broilers cataloged with price per pound Bronze and White breeder hens and toms listed along with young and Ola guineas Duck prices noted per pound.
Greek patrols in Korea state American Sherman tanks fired on them by mistake. Two Greeks were wounded as they crossed paths with tanks on patrol atop a hill near Chinese territory. A third Greek was lightly injured while medics struggled to treat the men amid rough terrain.
Consignments steady cattle prices with lambs down and calves hogs cattle and dairy figures listed. Cattle steers 33.50 to 35, heifers 28 to 29.60, cows 23 to 29, bulls up to 32.90, hogs 22.40 to 24.30, sows 19 to 21.25, lambs 33 to 34.25, stock sheep and ewes quoted with limited sales.
Casey Stengel praised Chicago White Sox after they split a doubleheader with the New York Yankees. In the nightcap the Sox erased a 3-1 deficit with a late rally, then edged New York 5-4 on a ninth inning score, Gumpert earning the win. Yankee hitters Berra Mantie homered in game one as Boston, Detroit, and other clubs posted results.
Geologists report the oldest rocks thus far studied in the Karelian Peninsula United States 1850 million years old. Similar formations in South Dakota show about 1460 million years. The Statue of Liberty site on Bedloe's Island was suggested by Bartholdi and approved by President Hayes and Congress.
Chicago grains opened with mixed prices as lingering volatility from the previous session kept traders cautious. Wheat led gains with July and September quotes around 2.35 to 2.38 while corn and soybeans showed modest moves and nearby lard traded near 15.57 for September.
A partial crossword fill with numbered clues for across and down entries including words like Bird's crop crowns stockings leave out and blank spots for many answers. The list also includes cryptic fragments such as UCYL HAIG On BML Jetsie and odd entries still to be solved.
Oscar C Miller of 525 Fairmont Avenue has a photograph of William McKinley’s funeral taken in Canton, Ohio in September 1901. The image was sent by his niece Thelma Wright of Wooster. Miller worked at West Side Millings Co in Massillon and rode the Pennsylvania Railroad to Canton, where crowded conditions let him glimpse the church service and hear the hymn Nearer My God To Thee.
R T Shiels leaned from a sixth floor window and dropped his reading glasses which fell through a water tank opening on a moving truck. The truck stopped and the glasses were retrieved from the water unbroken.
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