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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1958
Page
9
An uneven New York market weakened slightly in moderate trade with most major shares off small fractions. Industrials, rails, chemicals, utilities and farm equipment mostly lower while some leading aircrafts stay mixed. Worries about France and week‑old profit taking frame cautious mood as steel output hints appear.
Local markets list fixed price ranges for mixed feed 100 lbs at 3.18, wheat per bushel 2.05 to 2.16, No 2 yellow corn per bushel 1.56, flour 100 lbs 5 90, corn meal 5 pounds 32, and regional items including Luray Rockingham Augusta with noted price spans.
Poultry and eggs markets show irregular demand with generally adequate supply. Broilers for fryers steady to mildly higher, with prices around 2 percent to 34 pounds per 100 or per unit and small turkeys steady. Winchester and Harrisonburg egg markets report mixed grade prices for A and C grades and sizes.
Australia and New Zealand state they have abundant beef for steaks hot dogs and similar items and are looking to the United States to expand imports.
Baltimore livestock sale shows 1300 cattle and 225 calves with fed steers and heifers in limited supply. Prices range from 17 to 34 dollars for various grades and weights across cattle hogs and sheep, with slow to moderate demand and mixed lot availability.
USDA report shows hogs 19.00 with heavy bulk sales Friday. prices for 190-230 lb butchers 22.25-22.75, 240-270 lb at 22.50-22.75, 280-310 lb 20.75-21.65, sows 17.75-18.75, 325-400 lb 18.75-19.50. Cattle calves steady to 50 lower. fed steers 31.00-33.00, bulk 28.00-30.50. good steers 26.00-27.50, standard 24.50-25.00, heifers 26.00-28.75, bulls 18.25-23.50.
Hollywood veteran Samuel Goldwyn champions writers and presents UCLA with a 1958 creative writing prize worth 1000 dollars. George Seaton, president of the Motion Picture Academy, delivers a keynote on writing for film and stage, urging persistence and resilience among budding authors. Actors and directors echo his view that criticism aids growth and that some writers endure without fame.
Chicago grain futures started slow with irregularly steady prices. Wheat mixed with gains and losses, May price around 2.18. Corn and oats showed small moves, with May contracts near parity or slight shifts.
Pennsylvania Republicans face a light turnout that could aid Arthur McGonigle of Reading, backed by the party organization, as Harold Stassen runs on an independent line. Other races include Democrat Wilbur? Lawrence and Lt. Gov. Roy Furman in the gubernatorial and Senate contests, with Nixon’s 1960 prospects shaping GOP strategy.
The text notes that several thousand Micmac Indians descend from Aboriginal peoples who observed Cabot near Cape North in 1497 in Nova Scotia. It also mentions Independence Missouri as the origin point of the Santa Fe Trail in 1831 and the Old Oregon Trail in 1843 linked to former President Harry S Truman.
Cattle or feeder cattle ranges show steers 31.00 to 35.00 and 23.00 to 31.00 for standard, while cull and utility movers run 12.00 to 23.00. feeding steers 27.25 per hundredweight. Sheep reports 3,000 head with slaughter lambs easing 25 to 0 lower. No 1 pelts 20.50 to 21.75 for 90 to 106 pounds, weights 110 to 120 pounds drop to 19.00. Utility to good lambs 17.00 to 20.00, culls 15.00. Good and choice slaughter lambs 8.00 to 9.50, cull and utility 5.50 to 8.00. Several decks and loads unsold late.
Kiwanis Clubs in the United States and Canada will sponsor Work and Pray for Permanent Peace Week from May 25 to 31 for the third year. Locally the program at the 감사합니다.
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