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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 07, 1957

Page

3

Market Quotations Wall Street Irregular Early Trading

New York stock market shows uneven movement in moderate volume with most changes minor. General Tire & Rubber advances about 3 points while Sperry Rand climbs on Navy contract news. Aluminum Ltd. slips. Northern Pacific little changed. Futures quotes listed for oats soybeans and lard accompany the session.

New York General Tire & Rubber Sperry Rand Navy Aluminum Ltd Northern Pacific

Chicago Wheat and Corn Futures Edge Lower on Weather

Wheat futures opened slightly lower on the Chicago Board of Trade as markets weigh improving Southwest weather. Old crop May wheat at 2.17, July 2.0712, September 2.097, December 2.13. New crop July and later prices shown. corn May 1.2918, July 1.32, December around 1.245.

Chicago Board of Trade

Dress pattern advertisement for Half Size patterns

Slimming as a diet for Half Size figures. Step in dress with side-buttoned lines and three sleeve versions. Printed Pattern 4829 in Half Sizes 1444 1642 18 2014 2214 2414. Sige 16 takes 4 yards 35 inch. Printed directions on each pattern part. Send fifty cents plus 5 cents per pattern for first class mail to Anne Adams Winchester Evening Star Pattern Dept New York. Include name address zone size and style number.

Anne Adams Winchester Evening Star Pattern Dept West 17Th St New York N.Y

Livestock and Produce Prices Across Markets

Baltimore USDA cattle hogs and calves quotes show steady to higher prices with steers around 18 to 26 dollars per 100 pounds, hogs mostly 18 to 19 dollars, calves 11 to 25 depending on grade, and sheep and sows with modest activity. Chicago USDA quotes list mixed hogs 18 to 19.50, cattle 17 to 26, and sheep values at 21 to 28 per hundredweight, with various grades and weights.

Baltimore Usis & Usis USDA Chicago

Agriculture Department Market Report Highlights Variability

The report notes offerings vary by area with demand fair to good and prices at the farm ending at noon today. Live poultry and eggs show mixed prices across markets in Winchester Harrisonburg and surrounding regions, including broilers fryers and various egg grades with notable discrepancies.

Winchester Egg Market

Daily Across and Down Puzzle Clues Referenced

A word puzzle clue set lists across and down entries including Puppet Strike Indian Peer Slope Beginning Search for Pole Girl s nickname Ovum Large wine Skin Two-spot Manufac tured A Hittie BS Reach Newest Gain Marry Regret Argent fabbr Foreboding Candie Thin naile Bound Land measure Organs of hearing Wild on pose Flood Anthropoid ape.

Formosa to Get U. S. Missiles

The United States will bolster Formosa with Matador guided missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads. The U S Embassy said a missile-equipped U S Air Force unit will be stationed on Formosa. Communists have vowed to take Formosa and have built up offensive capabilities opposite the island.

Taipei Formosa United States U. S

Local Market Feed and Grain Prices From City Markets

Local markets list daily prices for mixed feed grain barley corn meal wheat and butter. Items include 100 lb mixed feed at 3.40, yellow corn 35 to 40 cents per unit, flour retail around 6.90, rockingham wheat about 2.00, Augusta butter wholesale 0.65 per pound, and various barley and corn rates. The Star disclaims typos and graphics errors in the feed.

Seana Ceee Went der BO Rockingham Aspa

Former U S Senator Nebraskan Named American Mother of 1957

Hazel Abel of Lincoln Nebraska 68 a former U S senator and construction firm president was named American Mother of 1957. The award announced by the American Mothers Committee at its annual conference highlights her work with youth and juvenile delinquency prevention. Abel born Plattsmouth Nebraska led the firm after her husband died in 1937 and later stepped aside for her son. She is to be honored at a Waldorf luncheon next Friday.

New York Hazel Hemple Abel Lincoln Neb U. S Daniel A. Poling American Mothers Committee, Inc Abel District of Columbia Puerto Rico Hazel Abel Plattsmouth, Neb George Abel University of Nebraska Dwight Girwold Mothers Committee Waldorf-Astoria Hotel

Municipal Court Plea List Includes Drunkenness and Driving Fines

Beverley Ellis of Winchester receives 12 months and 4.75 dollars costs for petty larceny and vagrancy. Donald M. Nixdorff of 610 Amherst Street pays 14.25 dollars for reckless driving. Cecil Marvin McCourt tied to Richmond and Berryville is fined 14.75 dollars for drunk in public. James Harris Pennington of Berryville Route 1 is fined 10.25 dollars for drunk in public. Lester T. Richardson of 664 North Loudoun Street pays 14.25 dollars for passing a red light. Elmo George Hines of 17 North Braddock Street is fined 14.75 dollars for drunk.

Beverley Ellis Winchester Donald M. Nixdorff Amherst St Cecil Marvin McCourt Richmond Berryville James Harris Pennington Rt. 1 Lester T. Richardson Loudoun St

Reno’s Population and Divorce Residency Rule

The Reno population is listed at 32 497 permanent residents. A divorce becomes legal only after a transient resident remains for six weeks.

Reno Nevada

Civil War Battlefield Tour Returns to Washington Area

A Chicago group tours Civil War sites including John Brown raid scenes at Harpers Ferry and Antietam nearby. They visit Sharpsburg Leesburg Ball's Bluff and end with a dinner at the Stuart Hotel in Washington with Rev Joseph T Durkin before returning by United Air Lines.

Pers Ferry John Brown Ferry Hill Farm Shepherdstown Lee Potomac Sharpsburg Leesburg Ball’s Bluff Statler Hotel Washington Joseph T. Durkin Georgetown University Chicago United Air Lines

Chicago Civil War Round Table's Centennial Effort Expands

The Chicago Civil War Round Table, founded December 3, 1940, now counts over 300 members. It was the first of its kind, with about 40 similar groups nationwide studying Civil War battles, the era, and personalities. Members support the Civil War Centennial association advancing centennial celebrations.

Atlanta Chicago

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Wall Street Jly Chicago Grain Griculture Dep't Hittie M.L Shore Mrs. Abel U. S. Senate Elmo George Hines N. Braddock St Investors Loan Corp S. Loudoun J. L. Hockman Mer Kenneth E. Henry Pagel Nashville Stone River Chattanooga Gettysburg Richmond and Petersburg Shiloh and Vicksburg Fredericksburg Chancellorsville the Wilderness Spotsylvania Sherman Campaign Comery Maes Lucerne Ria Muk Shenandoah Valley National Bank Strong Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Chevrolet Fisher Chevy
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