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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1962
Page
12
AP reports a wind and snow storm halted traffic and buried many animals in Mongolia last weekend. In Belgium, six miners died and two were injured after a collapse at the Petit Mine yesterday.
Farmers and dealers report mixed prices across cattle hog and sheep markets in Chicago. Barrows and gilts 16.25 16.50 per cwt for 190 225 lb and lighter. mixed lots 15.25 16.25 for 180 230 and 230 260 lb ranges. sows 12.50 13.75. Slaughter steers steady to 50 higher for prime and high choice. heifers cows up to 25. Prices vary by weight with prime heifers 1122 lb at 27.50 and multiple prime loads around 27.25. Bulls and dealers 17.00 33.00.
Market report lists hogs veal sheep and cattle prices from Front Royal with per hundredweight ranges. Hogs yield heavy butcher 14.10 to 15.90 and gilts 15.85 top. veal prime heavy 29.00 to 33.50. slaughter cattle and stocker feeder items shown for bulls cows steers heifers and calves with multiple quality grades and price bands.
Stock bids listed include American Furniture at par 1 with 4 percent Bank of Clarke County 10 par and Middletown State Bank 56 percent National Fruit Prod Co 5 percent Valley Redi-Mix Corp Winchester Storage 100 par and Winchester Orchard & Farm Supply 20 par The snippet reflects brokered quotations for multiple local companies.
The list highlights next week’s double feature schedule across days and color prints. Eva Marie Saint leads All Fall Down with Warren Beatty Karl Malden and Angela Lansbury. Bob Hope Lana Turner star Bachelor In Paradise in color with Janis Paige Jim Hutton Paula Prentiss. Also Sweet Bird of Youth in color with Paul Newman Geraldine Page Shirley Knight Ed Begley Rip Torn. The Horizontal Lieutenant in color with Jim Hutton Paula Prentiss Jim Backus Miyoshi Umeki. Family Drive-In shows The Canadians in color with Robert Ryan and The Naked Edge with Gary Cooper Deborah Kerr. Sunday lineup includes Exodus with Eva Marie Saint and I ieee Mineo and starts Thursday with Operation Petticoat Cary Grant Tony Curtis and Imitation of Life Lana Turner John Gavin Newman.
The Valley hosts its long running tournament with queen Bliss Robinson of Lacey Spring crowned in August. A luncheon at 1 p.m. will introduce Queen Robinson during a brief pause.
Winthrop Rockefeller hosts an invitation only cattle sale at Winrock Farms Ark with about 3,000 attendees last year and buyers from 15 states plus several foreign countries. A bull auction topped $59,000 as bidders place $500 to $1,000 or more per jump in a large tent near the main barn.
Kay Gable widow of Clark Gable is seen with the Wiketon Flying cargo airline executive in Los Angeles. Gable died November 16, 1960. Prescott has been married and divorced.
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