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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1961
Page
12
In Argos Reflector an advertisement misprints fishpox warning and a note that Carl's is closed Friday and the following week. The line invites letting it grow or moving across the street, reflecting a likely error in the notice.
House Speaker Sam Rayburn, 79, remains in serious condition at Baylor Hospital after a cancer diagnosis. Medical bulletins say he is alert and resting comfortably with no major changes in his condition. doctors await improvement before further chemotherapy.
Lagos reports a government spokesman urged cool heads as Nigerian students demanded expulsion of Peace Corps volunteers after a critical postcard by 23 year old American student Miss Michelmore. Authorities urged not to jeopardize ties with the United States while noting strong local anger.
Selective strength spread through a mid day trading session with the Dow off 0.57 at 702.58 and the AP 60 average down 0.30. Industrials, rails and utilities slipped while autos rose with Ford recovering strongly and GM and Studebaker edging higher.
Chicago hog prices show steady to 15 lower with various weights and classes quoted from 6.50 to 17.25 in ranges for 180 to 575 pound hogs. Cattle and calves trade steady to strong with loads of slaughter steers, heifers, and cows priced in the 19 to 25 dollar range and several high end lots noted. Sheep slaughter steady to weak with lambs 18.00 to 18.50 and generic ewes 3.50 to 5.00.
In Harrisonburg Virginia AP judge Thomas J Michie appeared on the Federal District Court of Western Virginia bench for the first time. Senior Judge Ted Dalton introduced the new U S attorney Thomas Mason and his assistants. He admitted three new lawyers Beverley B Bowers Norville Lapsley and Talmage N Cooley to practice.
In Montpelier Indiana the town’s only cab driver Chester Brenner spent four days in jail at five dollars a day for an eighteen dollar and seventy five cent traffic fine. Brenner said he likely could not earn that much working.
Chicago grain bids show wheat and soybeans moving in opposite directions at the opening. Wheat advances slightly while corn and oats hold, with December prices around $2.04 and $1.09 respectively. Soybeans fluctuate between gains and losses with November around $2.39 as traders gauge early demand.
Captain Emil Calemine presided a swear in for twin pairs Alan and Eliott Schultz and William and Robert Sarn, all from Akron, with Calemine noting he is a twin as well. The event highlighted the four brothers joining the Air Force together.
CAP units in Danville led by Lt. Col. Paul Rembold search the Virginia mountains north of Lynchburg for a missing B52G jet bomber. Eight CAP planes comb the region near the North Carolina and West Virginia borders after the bomber, part of Sky Shield II, was last heard at 5 p.m. Saturday and declared missing at 1 a.m. Sunday. Two orange flashes reported by a Coast Guard cutter sparked a broader air search of 21 planes over the North Atlantic.
In Albuquerque a mother left her three children in a car while she visited a doctor. A gasoline can in the car led to a blaze that killed two of the children, 5 year old Joey and 4 year old Valerie. Firemen rescued Joey but he died in the incident.
In Detroit UAW leader Walter Reuther mediates with Chrysler as Ford resumes production with 55 000 workers recalled. Chrysler's new top management under George Love and Lynn Townsend faces potential strike risk as local bargaining stalls persist despite a broader pattern of settlements at GM and Ford.
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