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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1957
Page
15
Daily market list shows feed and grain items with prices for products like Wheat Rockingham Corn meal Flour and Butter. Regions include Rockingham Augusta and Pella with scattered price ranges and unit sizes.
New York early trading showed a narrowly mixed market with oils stronger than other groups though modestly. Getty Oil rose about a point while Amerade gained fractionally on higher earnings and Royal Dutch slipped slightly. Nonferrous shares fell, with Anaconda Kennecott and American Smelting among losers. Lukens Steel and Republic Steel gained modestly while Bethlehem declined.
Eastern supplies insufficient to quote as asparagus weak and offerings heavy. Potatoes firm with Maine Katahdins at 1.40-1.50 per 50 lb. Florida washed at 2.00-3.00. 50 lb sacks, 27 cents for master containers. Sweet potatoes dull with demand light. New Jersey orange washed at 3.50-3.75 per 42 bu. USDA: cattle 200 head with 625 lb heifers at 20.50. half load canner to utility cows 12.00-15.00. calves, hogs, and sheep not reported.
Chicago wheat and soybeans open steady with May prices near yesterday's highs. Wheat futures show gains across contracts while soybeans rise on firm vegetable oils.
HOGS sold 769 with top barrows and gilts at 18.06 to 18.50 for 180-230 pounds and heavy butcher 236-257 pounds at 17.90 to 18.40. VEAL sold 155 with weights 169-236 pounds at 19.75 to 24.25. LAMBS sold 258 with 79-89 pounds around 23.60 to 26.60. SLAUGHTER CATTLE sold 330 with steers 18.00 to 23.00. heifers 14.00 to 20.50. cows 9.50 to 16.30. bulls 13.00 to 17.50. STOCK-FEEDER CATTLE listed values by weight and class.
Receipts of cattle and hogs at Virginia Livestock Market on May 7 reflected heavy offerings and strong food demand across classes. Prices ranged from top hogs at 26.50 to choice calves 24.00 26.50 and butcher cattle generally between 12.00 and 22.50 with varied grades for steers heifers and cows.
A missive to the San Diego Convention and Tourist Bureau from Oklahoma requests the bureau to send tourist information materials. The letter reflects interstate interest in tourism promotion and bureau resources.
Agriculture Department notes adequate supply of live poultry in most areas with good demand. Price observations include 171,540 with 14 percent at 18 42 percent, 182 with 1 percent, 1854 at 21 percent, and 19c 22 percent undetermined. Prices recorded at farm 24 hours ending 12 noon today.
The state patrol says foul play is suspected in the disappearance of 18 year old Roberta Adams of Zanesville and her two children Danny age 2 and Carrie 10 months. They were last seen April 19 en route to visit Mrs. Adams' parents.
In Hot Springs Virginia the patrol said a missing woman identified as Mrs Adams is believed to have left with two children after packing suitcases for a prolonged visit. Her husband James reported her missing May 7 and search efforts extended to Zanesville and Akron. Bath County authorities issued a general alarm.
Prescott Arizona police report notes Patrolman Charles Hines questioned leads intensely in a case involving a woman and a telephoned tip. The fragment suggests an internal review or inquiry into investigative methods.
A resident phoned headquarters to report two large buckholes in the pavement outside her home. Hines investigated and requested a wrecker to pull his police car from one hole.
Robert P. Slaughter of Webbtown, a Negro, faces trial in County Court on May 15 at 2 p.m. before Judge Harold G. Potts for striking State Trooper D. A. Sheetz and cursing in Berryville streets in the trooper's presence, with Chief nearby.
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