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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1960
Page
3
Apples and potatoes market reports from Baltimore and Philadelphia style listings. Beef, pork, and dairy prices shown for US regions with cattle hog and sheep quotes and a Chicago grain futures snapshot. The piece includes USDA and AP data on livestock and grain, with trade activity notes across multiple centers.
Richmond area market prices show No. 2 red winter wheat at 1.97 per bushel No. 2 yellow shelled corn 1.33 per bushel No. 2 white shelled corn 1.38 per bushel No. 2 oats 0.76 per bushel No. 2 yellow soybeans 2.03 per bushel all figures per bushel.
Municipal Court in Hatboro, Frank W. Griffith, charged with drunk in public and resisting arrest, fined 15.25. assault on an officer 60 days 1.75 costs. disorderly and fighting 27.25.
A 100 foot hollow Echo balloon designed to orbit about 1 000 miles up will be launched aboard a three stage Thor Delta rocket from Cape Canaveral. After inflation the balloon will circle the Earth for about a month serving as a relay for signals between Bell Labs Holmdel and NASA Goldstone while a transmitter aids tracking.
In New Brunswick New Jersey Mr and Mrs Willard Ferguson report their 10 year old Eskimo dog Rex thrives on ice cream and spaghetti while avoiding meat. The owners say Rex keeps a low food bill despite pet care.
The Miller School PTA will host a county PTA gathering at Robinson Memorial School to hear Dr. Davis Y. Paschall State Superintendent of Public Instruction speak on Promising Developments in Public Education in Virginia. Each group will have a room before the joint session address.
Andrew Jackson faced pressure from his wife to join a church. He spoke with a parson who asked if he could forgive his enemies. He replied with a fiery line: By the Eternal, I am not THAT old yet.
A federal jury returned a verdict for Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co. in a Pittsburgh trial over lung cancer damages. Otto Pritchard, 61, of Pittsburgh, seeks 10 million dollars claiming Chesterfield cigarettes caused his cancer, with his right lung removed in 1953. Dr. Leo Henry Garland testified as an X ray expert.
Historical reports note that experimental, clinical, and statistical evidence have not definitively established a causal connection between cigarette smoking and lung cancer. Researchers point to inconsistent findings and call for more rigorous studies to clarify risks and mechanisms.
Former Cuba military intelligence chief Col. Manuel Antonio Ugalde told Senate investigators that Soviet technicians are constructing a large airstrip in a swamp along Cuba's southern coast, signaling Soviet military activity on the island.
Carrillo describes a 12 mile long and 260 yard wide strip with a concrete base thick enough to support any plane. Ugalde, once a Batista field commander, testified amid claims that Soviet and other Communist missions are now across Cuba.
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