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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1965
Page
2
New York AP reports selected stock transactions on the New York Stock Exchange at 1 30 p m. Highlights include Gulf SO Zenith and other listings with percentage changes and prices. The brief item lists trade activity and stock movements amid a food price context.
Dow Jones reports cotton futures virtually unchanged at the open with no major shifts in the latest session. The market shows varied performance across sectors including industrials bonds utilities and public utilities with disclaimers on dividend footnotes and distribution dates.
A compact listing outlines old market terms including ex dividend and ex rights alongside provisions like without warrants with warrants and next day bankruptcy or reorganization under securities. It notes foreign issues subject to interest equalization tax and various abbreviated codes.
Nixon faults the Johnson voting bill as too narrow and states its impact would hit only a few Southern states while supporting literacy tests as fair. Goldwater blasts centralized power, arguing the Constitution already bars racial discrimination but reserves voting qualifications to states. He warns against sweeping away existing laws in the name of urgency.
City council debates bids for the Magic Block as High Point College remains the sole proposal. Officials discuss minimum price after appraisal and confirm the redevelopment commission owns about 70 percent of the property amid ongoing disputes. Edward Silver urges sale to keep the block local and urban renewal argued to benefit High Point. A separate resolution approves plan modifications to the railway tracks and mall development not conforming to NC law.
President Johnson disclosed that his 1964 income tax due of about 100000 was not fully covered by withholdings and he borrowed part of the amount. He noted his overall income from salary 100000, expense account 150000, and private investments under trusteeship. He cited his 1955 heart attack and urged crusades against cancer and heart disease to support economic life.
Maj. Gen. John K. Hester of the 17th Air Force sustained a brain injury after a parachute failed to open during a qualification jump at Wiesbaden Germany. The incident follows Brig. Gen. Joseph Stilwell's back fracture and injuries in a Ft. Bragg jump two days earlier.
The Alamance County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation office was instructed to hire Negroes following a letter from H. D. Godfrey of Washington, administrator of the rural Stabilization and Conservation Service. The local committee, chaired by Homer L. Foster, noted no Black employees and a reopening of postings is required by April 10.
The discussion centers on constitutional rights and whether voting privileges can be denied by color. Hoffa insists union membership rights to vote or participate cannot be restricted and notes the Chattanooga refund request was rejected, with the executive board approving his action.
Fifty county boards of education in North Carolina can abolish district lines and unite each county into a single district. The State Board of Education approved petitions, with 129 of 170 units already single district. The board also set sites for technical institutes and named college presidents.
The Senate enacted a bill increasing daily expense allowances for lawmakers by eight dollars retroactive to the 1965 session. The change aligns lawmakers with state boards raising per diem from twelve to twenty dollars a day. An amendment to delay the effective date was rejected as lawmakers argued about salary issues and homecoming timing.
Officials discussed whether North Viet Nam may back off hard demands for U.S. withdrawal as negotiations potential. Washington kept doors open if Communists show intent to end the South assault while air strikes and pressure were seen to influence Hanoi. London noted signs of cautious hope as talks theory emerged amid global diplomacy.
Hollywood AP reports actress Annette Funicello former Mousketeer is expecting a baby in October. The 22 year old star revealed the news after meeting with agent Jack Gilardi on January 9.
Roger Maris, slugging outfielder for the New York Yankees, was charged with assault and battery after Jerome A. Modzelewski, a Chicago Fort Lauderdale model, swore out a warrant alleging Maris beat him outside a tavern. Maris denied the charge and Yankee manager Johnny Keane supported him.
Amos E. Kunderd of Goshen Indiana a world renowned gladioli developer died Thursday at age 98. He built a global reputation for breeding and cultivating rare gladiolus varieties and influenced ornamental gardening nationwide.
Gen. D G Crear 76, retired from the free army in 1946 as a distinguished member, died Thursday of a heart ailment in Ottawa AP report notes his service and retirement.
President Johnson defers judgment on an economic boycott of Alabama until Dr. King drafts final proposals. He says the White House seeks a Viet Nam settlement but Hanoi shows no readiness to talk under productive conditions. Johnson defends nonlethal gas use and signals possible bank regulator reform. He invites Soviet leaders to visit and notes plans to revisit Veterans Administration hospital closures.
In Anderson two 18 year olds, Robert Lee Johnson and Blassie Lee Johnson, were charged after an alleged beating of their eight month old daughter Carolyn Michel Johnson. The infant suffered fractures in multiple bones and burns and was listed in fair condition at Anderson Memorial Hospital. The parents face assault and battery charges and child neglect with bonds set at 5000 dollars each.
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