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Fragmentary business note shows mixed percentages and codes such as 1.4, 63, 61 and 12 percent. No identifiable companies or dates are readable to confirm a concrete market event or outcome.
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1967
Page
2
Fragmentary business note shows mixed percentages and codes such as 1.4, 63, 61 and 12 percent. No identifiable companies or dates are readable to confirm a concrete market event or outcome.
The Dow Jones declined to 88.85 at noon, down 1.12, after slipping below 860 early. By the end of the first hour the average was down as much as 2.79, with losers ahead of gainers by nearly 3 to 2. The AP 60 stock average fell 0.6 to 317.5, with industrials down 0.3 rails 0.9 and utilities 0.1.
The Associated Press reports that cotton futures opened without registered trades in New York. The item includes a fragmented futures table listing rates and footnotes on dividends and issue statuses.
Quotations from the NASD reflect representative inter-dealer prices around 10:30 a.m. today. Markets change as the day progresses and prices exclude retail markups, markdowns, or commissions.
The readable text shows scattered numbers symbols and names with no clear event or outcome. It appears to be garbled data possibly from a sports or financial table lacking coherent context. No identifiable entities or concrete facts are extractable from the fragment.
The North Carolina Local Government Commission sold 7.5 million dollars of Guilford County bonds. A syndicate led by North Carolina National Bank of Charlotte and First National Bank of New York City bought the issue at 3.3819 percent. The bonds average 11.47 years to maturity and provide 7 million for a school building program plus 500 thousand for a technical institute.
The noon stock index report shows slight declines across major shares with minor changes in key listings. Apparent quotes include small movements in several tickers reflecting a steady trading session in New York.
Market overview shows the Dow Jones averages with declines across most segments. Industrial and public sectors mix with modest losses and mixed sector performance noted in the brief.
Sunny and cool this afternoon across North Carolina with fair conditions tonight. Lows mostly in the mid and upper 30s in the mountains and in the 40s elsewhere. Wednesday will be fair and warmer with highs in the lower to mid 70s. In South Carolina expect mostly sunny and cool this afternoon with highs in the low 70s. Tonight will be fair and cool with lows 45 to 54. Wednesday looks generally fair and slightly warmer with mid to upper 70s highs.
Carolina Power & Light Co reported 1966 gains with energy sales up 13.4 percent. Operating revenues rose 10.6 percent to 134.9 million and net income increased 5.9 percent to 23.3 million. The electric utility plant value climbed to 587 million from 531 million a year earlier.
Wilbur Groome, High Point manager, says Southland Life’s 1966 in force life insurance topped 2.8 billion dollars, up 8.1 percent from 1965. Total life sales surpassed 500 million, and assets reached over 413 million. Benefit payments to policyowners reached 34.264 million, with 61.1 percent to living owners.
The North Carolina Senate moved toward passage of a bill requiring photographs on driver licenses. The measure would raise the license fee from 2.50 to 3.25 dollars and faces opposition over the cost. Sponsors cited improved identification and fraud prevention while critics warned motorists would pay more for a photo id.
Case witnesses describe Speck’s possible movements after the murders. Samuel Mazzone testified about a ship at Calumet harbor and a marina job search. George Mackey said Bargellini offered a ride to a drug store, with Speck seated beside him and mentioning New Orleans. McKay and Getty sparred over the sketch and Speck’s look. Speck appeared unmoved, wearing glasses and avoiding eye contact.
Fifteen miners died and nine were seriously injured in a Balmer North Mine blast near Natal. Dessie Quarrin and Guy Benzi, both residents of Natal, were recovered from deep inside the mine more than 13 hours after the explosion at Crows Nest Industries Ltd. The blast occurred as workers entered the mine, with survivor Robert Clegg describing a sudden door and flash.
Britannica reports fifty eight percent of US plywood production originates domestically.
National Guardsmen were summoned to combat a woods fire burning over 200 acres near King's Mountain. The blaze, discovered Monday, risks spreading with high winds. no homes or injuries reported. About 50 guardsmen plus bulldozers joined seven rural departments and the U.S. Forestry Service, with crews from Gastonia and Kings Mountain units.
Sen. Robert Morgan told a joint House Senate Higher Education committee that competition between the Consolidated University of North Carolina and East Carolina College would benefit state education. He noted cost estimates are unclear, a doctoral program may start in 1969 or 1970, and about 250000 dollars could be needed for first doctoral degrees. He cited admissions standards and the schools' roles serving regional needs. The talk emphasized regional university trend and ECU's service to eastern North Carolina.
J Robert Jones grand dragon of North Carolina Ku Klux Klan says three Greensboro members have been kicked out. He names Rev George Dorsett national UU of A, James Catfish Cole and Clyde Webster as ousted. Dorsett counters that Shelton acted without authority and no charges were filed.
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