Market Quotations Open Higher on Wall Street
The New York market showed an early upturn with several key stocks advancing about one point. Babcock & Wilcox led gains up 31-4 to 96 on 1,100 shares, while Cosden Petroleum rose 1-2 to 28 3-4 on 3,300 shares and others like Chrysler Douglas Aircraft Boeing New York Central and U S Steel posted fractional increases as bonds opened mixed.
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New York (P
Babcock & Wilcox
Cosden Petroleum
Chrysler
Douglas Aircraft
Boeing
New York Central
U.S. Steel
Local Markets Daily Price List
Local markets show daily prices for livestock feed and grain items. Feed at retail includes mixed seed at 3.25 and egg mash at 4.65. Grain prices list New Barley at 1.10 per bu Wheat and No 2 Yellow Corn and flour items priced per bag or hundred pounds.
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Harrisonburg
Rockingham Co
Augusta
Rockingham
Grain prices mix on opening at Chicago Board of Trade
Chicago grain markets opened with mixed price trends across wheat corn oats rye and soybeans. Opening quotes show May and July futures across several crops with notable activity in soybeans and lard futures.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Meat and produce prices from Baltimore markets report
Prices for apples strawberries potatoes and poultry vary across Pennsylvania Maryland New Jersey and Virginia. Cattle hogs calves sheep and related commodities show mixed movements with some steady or higher values and others softer demand.
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Baltimore
Pa Delicious
Romes
Staymans
MD -Ganos
Romes & Staymans
Golden Delicious
Norfolk
Usis
Bu Pbktshor
Chicago livestock prices on hogs cattle calves and sheep
Salable hogs 9 500 with various weight brackets and prices from 12.00 to 18.25 per cwt. Cattle 21 000 and calves 400 with prime steers around 27.00 per cwt and higher prices for high and mixed choices. Sheep 3 000 with good wooled lambs 19.00 per cwt and spring lambs at 22.50 and ewes 4.00 to 6.00 per cwt.
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Baltimore
USDA
Chicago
Medical school costs in 1953 54 average
The average annual expenditure for one year of medical school in 1953 54 was 2380 dollars, totaling about 9520 dollars for the entire undergraduate period. This covered tuition fees equipment books and essential costs with a minimum annual expenditure of 1690 dollars.
Agricultural Market Report Broilers and Turkeys Steady
Agriculture Department market report shows steady demand for broilers and fryers with scarce supplies, turkeys steady, and farm price data through 12 noon. Highlights include live poultry prices for broilers under three pounds at 24 25 cents, over three pounds 25 26, turkey prices 30 32 for small fryers, plus regional egg market quotes for U S Grade A large white and brown and other grades.
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Harrisonburg
U. S
U.S
Iu. S
Winchester
Lass. de Seiessnis
Washington State Apple Blooms Two Weeks Behind
Apple blooms in Washington state are at least two weeks later than usual, with the Wenatchee Okano gan area experiencing the latest bloom since 1922. The late season may shift sales advantages to Virginia growers, who could gain about a two week head start on Red Delicious sales.
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Yakima
Wash
Washington State
Wenatchee-Okanogan
Virginia
West
Dogwood Winter Described as May Frost Amid Bloom
A commonly used term for a chilly spell in May when dogwood trees are blooming. The period brings cold unsettled weather with occasional frost, risking crops and garden plants.
Sockeye Salmon Name Origin Tied to Native Puget Sound Speech
The odd name for sockeye salmon stems from an English corruption of a local Indian tribal term from Puget Sound and British Columbia. Its flesh is noted as the brightest red of any salmon species.
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Puget Sound
British Columbia
Lions Club to Screen Navy Film at Lunch Meeting
Chief W. W. Whitmore Navy recruiter will show a Navy film during the Lions Club weekly luncheon tomorrow at 12:15 p.m. at George Washington.
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Lions Club
Navy
W. W. Whitmore
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Norge
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Bayliss & Patterson
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