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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1958
Page
7
Blueberries in season inspire desserts from pies to cobblers and muffins. Pennsylvania Dutch specialties include Schaum Torte with a crisp crust and airy meringue and Blueberry Dumplings served bubbling hot with thick cream.
In San Francisco the AMA panel warns of adverse effects from new medicines. Experts urge a go slow approach, noting tranquilizers can help selected patients but cause complications. Doctors cite potential nervous system, allergic, and skin reactions and gland/metabolism impacts.
The New York market edged lower with leading issues down fractions while American Motors rose about a point after a SEC order restraining Louis Wolfson from further alleged violations. Wolfson's 400,000 shares were linked to a prior report he was liquidating, triggering a brief drop before the federal action steadied the stock.
Chicago board of trade opening shows grain futures mixed with wheat flat, corn rebounding slightly, oats steady to higher, and soybeans mostly unchanged. Names and figures indicate June and July contracts with modest shifts across wheat corn oats and soy.
President Eisenhower selects Leo A. Hoegh to lead the merged Office of Defense and Civilian Mobilization set to open July 1. Gordon Gray will serve as special assistant for national security affairs, succeeding Robert Cutler who retires July 21 to return to Boston’s Old Colony Trust Co.
Baltimore stock market report shows cattle 150 head and calves 175 with steady ranges. Hogs scarce with lower prices and sows at 19.50 to 20.25, sheep lambs steady with bulk 80-86 lb at 23.25 to 24.00 and small lots at 24.50.
USDA reports hogs mostly steady to down slightly with mixed lots at 23.75 to 24.75 for 190 to 300 pounds. Sows 18.25 to 20.00. Cattle and calves show slaughter steers steady to higher with prime loads around 31.50 for 1,395 pounds and high choice weights 28.75 to 30.50. heifers 28.50 to 29.00 for primes, 25.00 to 28.00 for good to high choice. cows 19.00 to 22.00.
Canners and cutters 16.00 20.00, utility and commercial bulls 23.50 25.00, good and choice wheelers 28.00 31.00, culls down to 12.00, load of good 750 lb yearling stock steers 26.00. Sheep 1 500, fully steady, high choice and prime spring lambs 26.25 27.00, bulk 25.00 26.00, good to low choice 23.50 24.75, utility to low good 22.00 23.60, a load of choice 114 lbs No 1 pelt old crop lambs 22.50, cull to choice small lots 15.00 21.00, good and choice slaughter ewes 6.00 7.50, mainly 6.50 7.00 for mixed grade lots, cull and utility 5.00 6.00.
Market notes show demand ranging fair to good for broilers and fryers with supplies steady. Prices cited include 2 to 3 percent weights and varied grades for Winchester and Harrisonburg egg markets, listing Grade A Large to Small and Grade B across multiple weights.
Local market prices list feed grain flour and corn meal with varying quotes for wheat corn and barley at several locations. A separate note quotes naturalist William Beebe advising bird-watchers to step once during each song as a non intrusive technique for approaching singing birds.
A note from the era describes swanky golf courses on the shores of Lake Victoria in British East Africa where a player may lift a ball from a hippopotamus footprint without penalty.
A demonstration on harnessing spring water for livestock use is set for Thursday at 1 30 p m at the C 8 S Sherwood farm 11 miles south on Route 522 The show teaches farmers to use springs and seeps for low cost water supplies Portable metal tank forms are available to rent from the Lord Fairfax Soil Conservation District Farmers in Frederick Clarke Shenandoah or Warren counties may rent a form Contact Paul T Moore soil conservationist for Frederick County at MD 2 3312 Ethiopian Airlines offers a stateroom option in three planes that can be converted into executive suites for Emperor Haile Selassie in Central Europe and East Africa flights
Japanese National Railways plans a 22 mile underwater tunnel between Honshu and Hokkaido starting next year with a completion expected in 1968. This major project aims to connect the islands by rail.
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