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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Sep 20, 1957

Page

7

County PTA Council Plans Instruction Course for Members

The Frederick County Parent-Teachers Association Council plans a School of Instruction for members October 9 and 10 at 7 15 p m each evening at Robinson School. The district director and executive director of the Virginia Congress of Parent-Teachers Association were invited to attend.

Frederick County Parent- Teachers Association Council Robinson School Virginia Congress of Parent-Teachers Association

PTA Legislative Program At Local Council Meeting

The first evening focuses on a PTA legislative program arranged by Mrs. Huyett Light with a tour of the school. The second evening offers a committee organization session and a job round table followed by refreshments and a prize for the school with the largest representation.

PTA Huyett Light Council

Whitney Nuclear Blast Postponed at Nevada Test Site

Atomic scientists again postponed the Whitney device at the Nevada Test Site due to adverse winds. The AEC tentatively set the next shot for 5:30 a.m. tomorrow to resume tests.

Atomic Test Site Nev.ip— Atomic Scientists Whitney AEC

Local Market Prices and Grain Rates Across Regions

Local market listings show prices for mixed feed 100 lb starter grain barley and corn in Rockingham Augusta Luray and other towns. Reports include grain per bushel and bag prices for flour corn barley and butter with August price ranges and notes on wholesale butter and retail flour.

Cosses Rockingham Bss Cs Boas Cans Augusta Ae Wholesale

Agricultural Poultry And Egg Markets Report And Denominational History

The Agriculture Department notes chicken and turkey prices with broilers and fryers trading light while turkeys remain steady amid heavy receipts. Farm prices show live poultry ranges and egg market quotes for Winchester and Harrisonburg. The piece ends with a question about societies preserving U S religious history and cites major denominational archives at Chicago Union Theological Yale and other libraries.

Winchester Csescasice Harrisonburg Ceorge Waveseasesceesnd

Market Quotations from Baltimore and Chicago Report

Market notes show weak demand for apples and dull tone for peaches and potatoes in Baltimore and nearby Maryland, with red delicious and cantaloupe prices listed. Chicago USDA prices detail hogs, cattle, sheep, and lamb values, including weights and lots. the piece ends with a legal-political quote about a 1956 Senate subcommittee advocating the death penalty for heroin smugglers.

Baltimore W. Va Cartons Hpr Elbertas Elbertas Usis Usis MD & Va USDA Chicago Senate Judiciary Subcommittee Price Daniels Texas

Oils Stocks Drag Market As Middle East Fears Hit

New York stocks opened lower with oils steels and aircraft shares leading declines. Oil issues fell on Middle East concerns and a Chase Manhattan Bank report showing weak August petroleum demand. Gulf Oil dropped about three points while Texas Sinclair and Standard Oil New Jersey posted fractional losses. U S Steel Bethlehem Youngstown Sheet lost ground along with Curtiss Wright Douglas and Boeing in varying fractions.

New York Middle East Petroleum Department Chase Manhattan Bank Gulf Oil Texas Sinclair Standard Oil New Jersey Youngstown U.S. Steel Bethlehem Curtiss Wright Douglas Boeing

Wheat and corn futures move on active Board of Trade

Irregular opening trading on Chicago grain shows mixed price moves across wheat corn and oats. Question and answer note Jefferson Davis political career detailing service as Mississippi congressman senator and war secretary in the 1840s to 1860s.

Chisago Board of Trade Jly Lord Jefferson Davis Mississippi Davis House of Representatives Congress Union Senate Franklin Pierce

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