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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1960
Page
13
Brig. Gen. Robert M. Blanchard Jr. arrived in Taipei to assume command of the Army section of the U S Military Assistance Advisory Group. Expected to oversee advisory and aid operations in Formosa.
Delegates from the local BPW club, including Mrs. Kenneth Henry and Mrs. Betty Lou Bradfield, will attend the 38th annual BPW State Convention at the Cavalier Hotel in Virginia Beach. Judge E. Sachar of Plainfield N J will be guest speaker on the theme Effective Living.
The Frederick Clarke County Christian Workers Training School of the Methodist Church will be held in Braddock Street Methodist Educational Building September 19 to 23. Dr. Harry G Balthis of Ore Mond executive secretary of board of education of the Virene Conference met May 10 with the school board to plan the coming term. faculty to be announced later. Area charges include Berryville Brucetown Francis Asbury Gainesboro Xernstown Marvin Chapel Middletown Montague Ave North Frederick Stephens City White Post Braddock St and Market St. St Louis is named as the world’s largest raw fur market.
The Front Federal Credit Union plans a check-off at the Viscose plant to raise eight thousand dollars for John S. Mosby Academy. National TWUA supervision froze local funds and named Will Davis as administrator with a hearing set for 10 a.m. Thursday. Local 371 president William Lillard comments on union meetings and legality of the bond purchase amid national intervention.
Relatives and friends visiting in Winchester Martinsburg Hagerstown and Star t Bay area over weekends and past week. Notable gatherings include Mr. and Mrs Lester Burkhart visiting son Kenneth and daughter in law in Winchester and a family reunion hosted by Mr. and Mrs Garland Dorsey in California. Mothers Day dinner hosted for Mrs Raymond Swartz with guests including Mrs Carroll Smith and families.
Saturday auctions in Frederick County and Berryville raised 15775 from three sales. A Paper Mill Road lot with a dwelling sold for 4000 to an agent, Henry Whiting trustee announced. Two Front Royal Road lots with six rooms each sold for 3500 to Walter Shade, Dabney Watts conducting. Berryville sale of May W Castleman real estate brought 8275, J Fred Jones as agent. Edward Williams executor, W D Orndorff cried the sale.
New York observers reported a 40 ton Soviet space ship sighting over the city at 4 17 a m as a pulsing light that tumbled across the sky. Moscow said the 2 4 ton pressurized cabin would separate from its carrier and burn up on re entry with no plan to return it safely to earth.
Mt. Carmel Baptist Church hosts a ham and turkey supper on Thursday to raise funds for Men’s Day. Home delivery can be arranged by calling MO 2-5822 or MO 2-2422.
U S District Judge J Skelly Wright ordered New Orleans public schools to desegregate next September after advising the Orleans Parish School Board to submit a plan or face a plan from the court. In Atlanta, Negro student leaders weighed eco sympathy marches despite a warning from Gov Vandiver. Roy Wilkins marked the Supreme Court ruling anniversary noting only six percent of black children in the Deep South attend integrated classes six years after the decision.
Market movements turn negative after early gains fade amid expectations from a Paris summit. Dow and AP indices drop, with declines across aircraft, chemicals, oils, rails, and electronics while some autos show slight improvement.
Baltimore livestock sales show 150 cattle and 100 calves offered with no clear trend across classes. Hogs total 400 with barrows and gilts steady on light sales. sows absent. US No 1 2 and 3 hogs mixed grades 190 to 220 pounds fetch around 18.00. Sheep not present.
Chicago livestock market reports hogs at 190 to 250 pounds with sales to 25 high er for mixed lots 1 2 and 2 3 180 to 220 pounds at 17.00 to 17.75 per hundredweight and late bulk 220 to 250 pounds at 16.50 to 17.50 per cwt. About 43 head weighed in for weight and grade.
Virginia Markets report Richmond area grain prices per bushel for No 2 Red Winter Wheat 1.95 No 2 Yellow Shelled Corn 1.34 No 2 White Shelled Corn 1.39 No 22 Oats 0.75 No 2 Yellow Soybeans 2.03 all quoted per bushel.
The report lists cattle and calf lots with varied prices per hundredweight and per head. Mixed grades range from 9.75 to 30.00, with standard Holsteins and utility categories. Sheep show prime and choice lambs at 21.00 to 26.75 and cull ere comparisons down to 4.50.
Chicago grain prices show mixed to firmer moves at session start with wheat up and soybeans varying. May contracts range from about $2.05 for wheat to $2.13 for soybeans, while corn and oats hold near flat to slight changes.
In Chicago thieves using a light touch stole 53 000 small light bulbs valued at about 4000 dollars from the Westinghouse lamp division. Police report no injuries and no immediate suspect names released.
Film star Marilyn Monroe once resided in a Los Angeles orphanage during her early years, a detail noted in biographies and historical profiles. The site of her stay is often cited in discussions of her difficult upbringing and rise to fame.
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