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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1954
Page
3
The New York market rose across most issues today with tobacco shares under pressure after the American Cancer Society linked cigarette smoking to cancer. Reynolds Tobacco and Liggett & Myers fell on volume while steel and auto shares led gains.
Livestock and produce prices show bacon? No. Apples Del 12 baskets near term. Asparagus pyramid crates Md Colossal 4.50-5.00. Potatoes new NC 1.90-2.00 per 100 lb. Cobblers 1.90-2.00. par 1.10-1.5 per 50 lb. Poultry arrivals moderate, market barely steady with limited demand. fryers, fowls, hens, pullets, and turkeys priced across various weights. Cattle 150 head. slaughter steers 14.50-20.00. calves 18.00-21.00. hogs 22.50-26.25. sheep 19.00-22.00. mixed lots and primes noted.
In the U S Russian chess tournament tensions rose with protests over time clocks. Referee Hans Kmocht overruled the Russian, and a second protest lingered past midnight as the Russians built a 13 6 lead midway through the third round of the six day event aiming to clinch the 32 game event.
Agriculture department reports Winchester area prices for No 1 fowl and related poultry mostly steady with broilers and fryers holding firm. Demand quiet and Thursday markets show weakness with off quality poultry discounted, prices ranged around 24 to 27.98.
Chicago grains opened firm with limited activity on the Board of Trade. Highlights include Wheat July 1.92 14 92, Sep 1.95 1 14, Dec 1.99 99, Corn July 1.57 44 3, Sep 1.53, Dec 1.43 73, Mar 1.47. Soybeans July 3.80 14 80, Sep 2.69 57, Nov 2.50 12, Jan 2.54, Mar . Lard July 15.90 95, Sep 14.35 40, Oct 13.65, Nov 12.72, Dec 12.85.
Local market listings show prices for flour corn meal feeds and grain. Regional ranges appear for barley wheat and corn with figures from Rockingham and Augusta counties alongside wholesale butter prices and egg mash costs.
A group of 33 Scouts travels from the Adirondacks to Lake Placid and the Olympic Arena ice show. They camp near Montreal and visit Camp Tamaracouta and Quebec City spending nights in White River Junction and Catskill before reaching New York City and a New Jersey camp, returning to Winchester on August 22.
Five Clarke County 4-H boys and two girls attend the State 4-H Short Course at Virginia Polytechnic Institute in Blacksburg this week. About 1100 participants from across the state are expected. events include a poultry judging team led by Larry Larrick, Billy Haussenflug, Carroll and Billy Shephard aiming for State honors.
Mrs. W E B Hart was re elected president of the Clarke County Tuberculosis Association at the annual meeting in Berryville. Officers named include Mrs R E Byrd first vice president L C Kackley second vice president Mrs R N Dorsey secretary Mrs J D Griffing treasurer and Rosalie Murphy executive secretary. Eighteen directors were named for the coming year including Mrs Griffing Mrs Dorsey Mrs Hart Gilbret McKown Miss Agnes Mitchell R M Ware and W B Layton.
Clyde W. Tombaugh, the man who found Pluto in January 1930, is described as the only living person who has discovered a planet. He now directs the optics laboratory at White Sands Proving Ground in New Mexico, following years of skyward search.
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