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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1957
Page
12
In London Covent Garden a saloon named the Marquis of Anglesey receives an invite meant for its namesake peer. Sponsors of the Central Council for the Care of Cripples gear up for a grand charity ball expected to draw crowds if the porters join the event.
A mailed invitation to a Welsh peer goes to Reg Grist of a Bow Street saloon after postal workers mistake the card for a local event. Socialite chair Mrs Harries cues open invitations to welcome porters and landlords, while the typist panics at the village name Lanfairpwilgwyngyligogerych wyrndrobwilllantysiliogogogoch.
In Philadelphia a 15 year old white boy William Flack had emergency surgery after being stabbed in a street fight with Negro youths. Doctors could not yet say if he would walk again. The incident followed a series of black white clashes tied to the Little Rock integration crisis. Seven Negro youths were jailed, others sent for youth investigation. Police reported similar stabbings and curfew enforcement in Camden New Jersey as parents kept teens at home. A local radio station serving Black listeners was silenced for 25 minutes by a bomb scare tied to the unrest.
Royal Marines guard their famed obstacle course after boys tried to dip around the 80 foot cliff and river rope sections. A spokesman notes youths sometimes succeed, but the guards prevent potential injuries at the training site. The Charleston site in West Virginia was purchased in 1887 by George Clendenin, a Virginia Assembly member.
New York markets opened with a slow sideways tilt in early trading. Kennecott and Johns Manville posted substantial gains after yesterday's news that a merger between Johns Manville and Bestwall Gypsum was terminated. Chrysler, Douglas Aircraft, Anaconda, American Smelting, Standard Oil of New Jersey and Baltimore and Ohio posted fractional gains.
Baltimore market notes show apples steady with varying grades and sizes and multiple regional price ranges for Red Delicious Golden Delicious and Jonathans. Cattle hogs sheep and calves quoted with mixed trends in Chicago and Baltimore as the first U.S. poultry course dates to 1892 at Cornell University.
Prices paid at farm 11 am today show broilers and fryers at 22 to 23 cents with 15 to 16 for lighter lots. Turkey prices steady with heavy hens 23 to 24 and toms 20 to 21 cents. Egg markets in Winchester and Harrisonburg list Grade A Large 49 cents, Grade A Medium around 8 to 0? with other grades noted in local lines.
Readable market listing shows mixed feed prices at BetaD, Bran, Mash and grain quotes for barley, corn and wheat. Includes local spot prices for Rockingham Augusta Luray and butterfat, with Wheat Rockingham 1.90 2.15 and corn Rockingham 1.45 1.55. Ends with charity note supporting COMMUNITY CHEST.
Chicago grain prices edge lower on the opening of trading. Wheat and corn futures show modest declines across contracts from December through July. Soybeans slip in early trading with several months posting smaller losses. Lard prices rise slightly with mixed moves across near term contracts.
Market totals show hogs and veal with numerous weight and price ranges. Slaughter cattle list includes steers heifers cows bulls by quality, plus feeder cattle yearling and calf categories with varied prices.
STANARDSVILLE Va W T Chapman Greene County treasurer for three months died at his home on his 55th birthday He formerly chaired the county school board for one year and was a Democratic party member for 30 years He operated a cattle farm Survivors include his widow one daughter four brothers and a sister Funeral services set for tomorrow at 2 p m at Grace Episcopal Church Burial plans incomplete
A diesel powered freight train halted suddenly near Flemington New Jersey after exhausting its fuel supply. The engineer requested 200 gallons of diesel oil from Flemington to restart the train.
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