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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1962
Page
14
Lexington report explains how the Kentucky athletic teams earned the Wildcats nickname in 1909 from a Commandant Carbusier remark after a football victory over Illinois. The phrase they fought like Wildcats quickly stuck as the team’s enduring moniker.
The report shows hogs and cattle with mixed prices across weights. Slaughter steers sold 28.50 to 34.00 per hundredweight, with prime 1,200 to 1,425 pounds listed. heifers and bulls priced accordingly and stock feeders showing varied ranges for calves and yearlings.
A list of stock quotations with par values including American Furniture Bank of Clarke County Potomac Edison Shenandoah Valley Apple Cider Virginia Storage and Winchester entries. Prices shown include 4% Bank of Clarke County 10 par ACPO suhasites 75 Green Chemical 40 Investors Loan 41 Life Insurance of Virginia 118 Middletown State Bank 52 Natl Fruit Prod 6% Potomac Edison 4.70 pfd 160 Shenandoah Valley Apple Cider 100 par 160 Winchester Storage 100 par 100 Winchester Orchard Farm Supply 20 par.
The Soviet Union detonated a 15 megaton nuke at Novaya Zemlya, the second in a series that began August 5 with a 40 megaton blast. The Uppsala Seismological Institute announced the event, signed by expert Markus Baath.
A market roundup from Front Royal listing hogs with top barrows and gilts at 19.60, veal grades from 23 to 34, sheep and lambs around 13 to 23, slaughter cattle including steers and cows with prices from 11 to 26, yearling steers up to 26.50, calves and hogs priced across standard to prime grades for sale.
Market report lists hogs with top weights around 19.95 to 20.50 and various grades, feeders under 60 lbs priced per head 9.00 to 14.00. Veal ranges from 22.50 to 34.00 for standard to prime. Lambs show multiple weights with bids from 10.25 to 23.60. Slaughter cattle and heifers present price bands across standard to choice grades.
In Los Angeles a judge awarded Edie Adams custody of Ernie Kovacs two daughters from his previous marriage. The girls Bette Lee 15 and Kippie Raleigh 13 testified they preferred living with Adams. Kovacs' first wife Bette Kovacs 39 wept as Adams' lawyer argued she sought custody for money, not for the girls. The children had lived with Kovacs and his second wife since 1955.
Columbus Ohio reports from the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station focus on lawn nitrogen effectiveness. The test finds that the source of nitrogen matters less than the nitrogen’s application to the grass.
The State Corporation Commission fined Western Union Telegraph Co. $14,800 for alleged failure to report taxable Virginia property. Counsel John R. Tucker Jr. argued some property was not reported due to exclusive federal jurisdiction, though the SCC refused to accept proof.
An SCC spokesman said Western Union failed to report property in Loudoun County. The issue involved a secret federal government review and dates cited include September 16 and September 10 of this year.
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