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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1969
Page
2
The Piedmont market report notes highs near the upper 70s to low 80s and lows in the 40s to 50s. Southern states like South Carolina enjoy sunny, warm conditions with mild nights. highs expected the 80s as clouds increase midweek.
B Walker Shoe Co announced the acquisition of the Beaver Creek Brand from West Jefferson Canning Co. The new corporation Beaver Creek Foods Inc will be a Walker Shoe subsidiary. Beaver Creek’s products include canned greens and dried beans.
Wellington Hall shifts Branch Storey from Thomasville to Ft. Lauderdale to run Florida contract division mini galleries and design centers. Storey, formerly with Alderman Studios, teamed with Paul H. Stanford named marketing representative for contract sales based in Ft. Lauderdale. Stanford previously worked at Dictaphone Corp.
Hickory Furniture Corp plans to sell 400,000 common shares in an initial public offering registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm currently has 500,000 closely held shares outstanding and will use the proceeds to fund expansion and retire debt.
Hanes Corp joins with Gibor Textile Enterprises Ltd to import panty hose beyond Hanes production. Items will be manufactured to Hanes specifications and marketed as two way stretch hosiery fitting most women by foot size and length, expanding availability at demand.
Washington AP notes two more Army servicemen from North Carolina killed in Vietnam. The Pentagon identified Spec. 4 Wiley B. Moss of Rockingham Route 3 and Pfc. Melton E. Smith of Route 7, Gritton, among the fallen in action.
Senator John G Tower watched from a helicopter as U S forces battled North Vietnamese troops 40 miles northwest of Saigon in bamboo jungles. In the seven hour fight 33 enemy troops were found dead, with 16 rifles and nine rocket launcher components recovered. three U S soldiers were killed and seven wounded.
A 250 mile march from Raleigh to Statesville enters Hickory led by Golden Finks with 64 youths. Police escorted the group amid counter demonstrations and a bottle was thrown by local Negroes near a church rally. The report also recalls a separate account of a Mexican prisoner recounting an attempted execution days earlier and injuries from an escape attempt.
A higher court ruled the trial court erred by accepting a deathbed identification from a young woman. The conviction was reaffirmed and Simmons was sentenced to death again, though the sentence was never carried out.
Police detained three people during a two week 210 mile march from near Asheville to Raleigh to meet Gov. Bob Scott. About 50 participants joined by some area sympathizers as Alderman Shores and his wife, the only whites at a church rally, described a five minute disturbance near Hickory.
A cross section of 1968 households reveals rising tax discontent as locals like a Menlo Park businessman and a Lake Forest executive denounce local state and federal taxes. The survey notes high resentment toward the 10 percent federal surcharge, calls for budget reform, and concerns about loopholes benefiting the rich.
The Department of Housing and Urban Development approved an $11,088,986 grant for the Central Downtown Urban Renewal project in Winston-Salem. The funds include $450,000 to relocate 155 businesses and 39 families as part of the redevelopment plan.
Houston AP reports Haskell Karp, 47, Skokie, Illinois, who survived 63 hours with a mechanical heart, developed pneumonia after receiving his second heart at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital. Doctors say he remains responsive but tired as kidney function falters. Surgeon Dr Denton Cooley noted low rejection risk and cited donor Barbara Ewan, 40, who suffered brain damage and cardiac arrest near Lawrence, Massachusetts, prior to the operation.
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