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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1957
Page
11
New York shares moved unevenly in early trading as turnover remained light. Chemway, which gained a point yesterday as a leading active issue, slipped about the same amount on reports about a new drug for hardening of the arteries.
Baltimore apples quoted by grade and pack size across Maryland New Jersey Pennsylvania and Virginia. Jonathan Delicious Gravenstein Rambour and McIntosh varieties shown with prices per box and per carton, cantaloupes in Eastern markets described as steady with Maryland boxes offering 2.00 to 2.5 per box.
Opening block of 2 500 shares traded with modest changes. Bethlehem Steel and peers were steady or higher, U S Steel edged lower. Caterpillar rose a solid fraction while International Harvester held firm. United Aircraft and International Nickel declined sharply, U S Gypsum slipped about a point. Baltimore and Ohio gained slightly.
Commodity notes show prices for peaches potatoes and onions with up moves for Md USIs Late Rose Elberta and White Hales, cattle hogs sheep markets in Baltimore and Chicago with detailed weight ranges and price bands for hogs dairy and beef, plus wheat corn oats rye soybeans lard futures across Sep to May contracts. U.S. USDA reports indicate limited bids, with prices varying by grade and region and some items not offered.
Market list shows price quotes for mixed feed 100 lb, starter and grower mash 4.65 per 100 lbs, barley per bushel, wheat per bushel, No 2 yellow corn per bushel, flour retail 100 lbs 5.90, corn meal five lb bag 32, butter wholesale 62, and various regional entries such as Rockingham and Augusta with price ranges.
The report shows live poultry prices for broilers or fryers and turkeys with head counts and percentage shares at different price levels. It also lists Winchester and Harrisonburg egg market grades with per dozen prices for Grade A Large Medium Small and Grade B large.
Chicago grain prices opened irregularly in slow dealings on the Board of Trade today with opening quotes showing uneven bids and small trading interest across the grain pits.
A scanned TV schedule lists Channel 4 Channel 5 and Channel 7 programs with times from 5:00 PM to 10:15 PM. Shows include news boxing detective dramas westerns game shows and plays featuring hosts actors and teams across the three channels.
Channel listing for Saturday blocks from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. features True Story and Detective's Diary mornings, Brooke Johns Show, Cartoon Circus, Footlight Theater with Since You Went Away, USLTA National Tennis Championship, Eddie Dean programs, The Goldbergs, Frontier Theater, and Evening shows Kenny and Flo.
Visitors to Mt Williams include Boots Harvey from Lanham Md Marvin Miller from Cedar Creek Grade Maurice Ambrose and others. Local residents share visits and illness news amid hot dry weather with wells and cisterns running dry.
The Winchester Volunteer Rescue Squad sets a Monday 7 30 p m meeting at the War Memorial Building to present a 9000 budget and form a permanent advisory board. Civic and fraternal groups are urged to send representatives. A July 26 preliminary meeting precedes ongoing training as 34 men have signed up. N B Shingleton provides space at 25 E Gerrard St for headquarters.
Mr Harley Place has returned home from the hospital and is somewhat improved. Mrs Amanda Crosen spent several days with friends in Gainesboro. Guests at the home of Mrs Virginia Moore were Milne of Ralston New York and Charles Stursy and son John of Berkeley Springs. Mr and Mrs Albert Thompson and John Taylor and family spent Labor Day in Pittsburgh. Mr Robert Hughes spent the weekend with his mother Rosa Hughes. A yard party will be held Saturday at Wesley Chapel Church. Mrs Lee Kerns is a patient in Winchester Memorial Hospital.
Cross Roads notes visits and trips of local residents. Families from Charlottesville Martinsburg Linthicum Portsmouth Winchester Akron and Strasburg are mentioned with relatives and hospital visits. Local social and travel updates include guests and weekend stay overs from multiple households.
Udhaigiri, a six-year-old state elephant once housed at the president's palace, crushed its attendant to death as he bent to chain the animal after a morning walk in New Delhi. Experts suggest the death may reflect the animal's vengeance for a past grievance.
Robert Paul Mayhew of N Kent Street and Kenneth Armel of Mt Falls Road were fined for drunkenness with penalties of 14.75 and 15.25 respectively. A juvenile was ordered to pay a fine and costs on a reckless driving charge.
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