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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1960
Page
7
Clara Ingram Judson, an 81 year old author of 79 children’s books, died Tuesday. She was slated to receive the Laura Ingalls Wilder award from the American Library Association in June, a top honor for children’s authors.
In New York a varied market showed strength in electronics and selected issues while aircraft stocks lagged. Dow Jones at noon stood 621.07, with gains in Zenith Havey Universal Match Motorola and General Telephone, while DuPont Goodyear and International Harvester softened.
Chicago grain futures opened firm for corn while other grains and soybeans held steady. Wheat was unchanged to fractions lower, July around 1.85. Corn showed slight gains, July near 1.21 to 1.25. Oats were flat to higher, July about 0.72. Soybeans varied, July near 2.13 to 2.14 per bushel.
The note references small lamb lot details with 102 lb lambs priced around 24.00 to 24.50 per hundredweight and ewes selling for 5.00 to 7.00, indicating an unsettled sheep market without a clear trend.
Nixon surpasses the 666 delegate threshold with support from Tennessee and Florida. Official counts show Nixon at 686 delegates versus Goldwater 29 and Rockefeller 1, with uncommitted 124, as Democrats gauge their convention math toward a 761 needed nomination.
The House Ways and Means Committee approved a 293 billion dollar public debt limit starting June 30 for one year and backed extending current corporate income and excise tax rates to preserve roughly four billion in annual revenue. A 10 percent telephone service excise tax would expire without action, with a compromise 5 percent option rejected.
Notice that Duquesne Distributors partners Asa Kirkpatrick Wingert and Lawrence Winston Wallace Jr will appear before the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board on June 3 1960 to apply for a license to wholesale beer and wine above 3 2 percent alcohol at North Kent Street Extended Winchester Virginia.
Don Bertram sat on a sidewalk in Great Bend Kansas about 12 30 a m as a windstorm caused several thousand dollars in damage. A motorist thought he was injured but he explained he was waiting for the store to open at 10 am to buy a living room suite on sale for 39 88. He endured the wait and the cold.
Citizens voted 3 703 to 2 096 to move Norfolk County seat from Portsmouth, end its 1801 reign, and build a new courthouse in Great Bridge, 15 miles away.
Bertram admitted to stealing furniture saying he did it at the request of a friend who wanted the items. He stated the purpose was to help the unnamed friend acquire the furniture.
In Formosa two days of communist shelling hit the Nationalist held Matsu islands ending a three month quiet. Nationalist officials warned of possible further attack and noted 49 shells also struck Quemoy, the other offshore island about 150 miles to the south.
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