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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1957
Page
3
In Kansas City the expectant hippo Cleo was the star at a large baby shower at Swope Park Zoo. 4 000 to 5 000 attendees watched as gifts were opened and hay bales tied with red and white ribbons were revealed while Cleo observed.
National commodity and stocks report showing apples, cantaloupes, peaches, potatoes, and sweet potatoes prices in Baltimore markets with U S and Md Pa listings, plus USDA reports from Baltimore Chicago and New York stock markets noting fractional changes and opening blocks in airlines, steels and motors.
Agriculture Department notes fair to good demand for broilers and fryers with ample supply. Turkeys steady. Farm prices as of 11 a m show live poultry with various weights and turkey fryers listed, plus egg grades and prices in Winchester and Harrisonburg markets.
A disclaimer states local markets are correct in regular listings but the Star disclaims responsibility for typographical errors. The note underscores reliance on readers to verify prices and details with market sources.
Market notes from Front Royal Livestock Market covering hogs veal lambs slaughter cattle and stock feeders. Price ranges given for hogs cattle veal and lambs including barrows gilts sows calves and yearling steers with figures for choice good standard utility and canners across categories. Offers detail on weights from 60 to 300 pounds and price spans from 11.50 to 28.50 per hundredweight.
Richmond defeated East Carolina 40-7 while Furman edged East Tennessee State 13-7. Shepherd College won 7-6 at Edinboro on a 7 yard interception return and extra point by Ted Rudd. High school action saw Warren County rout Broadway 28-0 and North Hagerstown fall to York 20-6.
Opening prices show grains and soybeans dipping on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat, corn, oats, rye and soybeans quoted across Sep to Jul contracts with mixed percentages and dollar figures printed for old and new crops.
Forty five members of Troop 45 at Sacred Heart Church attended a weekend spiritual retreat at Help Trinity Mission Seminary in Stephenson. Father Eric William delivered seven sermons and celebrated Mass while Very Rev. Stephen Quinn hosted. Scouts slept in tents and ate in the main building. The group also visited a Trappist Monastery in Berryville and was assisted by Brothers Pascal Haas and Kenan Ryan.
Fort Hill barely defeated LaSalle 13-6 after trailing by a touchdown in the final period as George Mason posted a 32-6 victory in a hard fought night. Fort Hill had never lost to LaSalle, keeping its unbeaten streak in question hours earlier.
King Faisal of Iraq announced engagement to 16 year old Princess Fazilet. Princess traces lineage to thrones of Egypt and the Ottoman Empire. Romance began during a Turkish vacation this summer.
Rep Brooks Hays D Ark urged churches to make solving the racial problem a priority. As president of the Southern Baptist Convention he arranged the conference between President Eisenhower and Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus about Little Rock.
The speaker from Newport urged Baptists not to fear the racial issue and advised respecting ministers who take stands on social problems. He praised the Eisenhower Faubus conference as worthwhile but warned progress requires mutual understanding between the President and Governor.
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