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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1956
Page
11
Edward F. White, 33, a Tazewell County miner, drowned after falling from the Wolf Creek boat dock on the Virginia side of Holston Lake Saturday night. His body was recovered from about 15 feet of water at dawn Sunday.
Baltimore reports mixed farm and market quotes with apples and potatoes showing mixed strength. US 1s and Florida cargoes noted. Virginia Winesaps and Porto Ricans listed. Baltimore livestock sees steady to weak demand with top quality scarce. New York stock market opening shows irregular, lower tendencies with Union Pacific and Royal Dutch Petroleum among movers.
Local market listing shows various feed and grain prices including mixed feed at 3.45 per 100 pounds and egg mash, broiler mash, and flour prices. Wheat and corn prices per bushel appear with multiple regional entries and notes on butterfat and wholesale butter.
Chicago grains edge lower as selling from late yesterday carries into the session. Wheat May 2.25 to 2.25 7 8 3 4, July 2.06 1 2 1 8, corn May 1.52 1 4, July 1.56 55 7 8, oats May 65 3 4, May soybeans 3.22 21 1 2. Prices shown for nearby and futures contracts with several second-month and deferreds listed.
Agriculture Department reports market steady with ample supplies and steady demand. Poultry prices show small gains for broilers and fryers, turkey fryers noted, and heavy hens priced. Egg markets in Winchester and Harrisonburg list various Grade A and B classes with mixed weights and regional listings.
Former President Harry S. Truman turns 72 with a train trip to New York and a voyage on the United States to Europe. He will receive an honorary degree from Oxford on June 20 and return July 5. He asked Missouri Democrats not to name him a 1948 convention delegate to remain a free agent in Chicago.
Robert L. Pizzano named chairman of the membership drive for the Winchester Community Concert Association. He leads a committee detailing this annual effort as the drive proceeds this year.
During the week of May 14 prospectors mail letters to former campaign workers and set a downtown headquarters for drive week. The group aims for 1 000 new and renewing members to fund artists and attractions next season. Three concerts are planned with a potential fourth, starting January 17 1957 by the Chicago Opera Ballet. The season ends May 15 with The Randaliers at Handley Auditorium.
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