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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1970
Page
2
New York early trading shows narrow gains with the Dow at 793.62 as analysts anticipate a move past 800 on renewed credit easing expectations. Advances outpace declines on the NYSE, and glamour issues rebound from a recent selloff amid richer price earnings.
Associated Press reports growing pressure on Pope Paul VI to allow married priests. A 25 000 member Italian priest survey favors free choice on celibacy, while Dutch leaders push to end mandatory celibacy. Vatican talks between Cardinal Alfrink and Villot were not disclosed as alarm rises among clergy.
The four-spined stickleback male builds a nest akin to a bird using a sticky kidney secretion. It weaves water plant fragments into a basket like structure with growing stalks forming the framework.
The UNC disruption case against Alex Willingham of Shreveport was postponed after a witness refused to testify without a subpoena. The university hearing committee stated it lacked power to compel testimony, leaving the case and three others unresolved pending further direction from Chancellor Sitterson.
North Carolina shows scattered showers or thundershowers and cooler nights with 40s to 50s. South Carolina: partly cloudy and slightly cooler Friday with lows 55 to 65. Virginia: fair tonight and Friday with highs 65 to 72. Georgia: partly cloudy tonight with 47 to 57, highs 70 to 80 Friday. Extended: weekend showers possible in North Carolina, cooler Monday, weekend highs in the 60s. seas of low 170s noted.
Sales congresses are held in Charlotte Winston Salem and Raleigh Wednesday Thursday and Friday of this week. Sales training begins at 9 15 a m and 12 30 p m at each location.
Henredon Furniture Industries, Inc. declares a regular quarterly dividend of 15 cents per share. The dividend is payable May 1 to stockholders of record April 10.
Wachovia Bank and Trust Co reports average loans of 944,694,937 for the first quarter this year, up from 891,899,955 in the same period a year ago, indicating growth in lending activity.
Gov. Claude Kirk suspended Manatee County school officials for the second time in four days and sent aides to Bradenton to take control of the 17 000 pupil system amid a desegregation order. He plans to act personally today while a federal judge considers contempt. Davidson says they will follow the law.
Royal Albert Hinson testified that he Robert James Pitts and Clifford Hicks robbed and shot York businessman Woodrow Boyd on May 11 in York South Carolina. He said the trio went to the Boyd home seeking six to eight thousand dollars and that Pitts faces murder charges with Hicks awaiting trial.
The island hosting the Statue of Liberty was known as Bedloe's Island until 1956 when President Eisenhower approved a resolution officially changing its name to Liberty Island.
The 4th U S Circuit Court of Appeals hears arguments on a Charlotte Mecklenburg desegregation plan amid disputes over cross town busing and grade structure. The Justice Department questions abuse of discretion in ordering broad busing while the school board resists altering grade layouts.
In Boston the court stenographer Lipman presses his claim to reproduce and sell copies of the 960 page Kopechne inquest transcript. The Supreme Court had ordered secrecy and impounded records, while Lipman had contracts with news agencies to supply copies.
The article details last minute maneuvering as officials debated a Supreme Court nominee. Griffin reports White House awareness of Cook's stance while Mrs. Smith's vote looms. Brooke and Hart weigh risks and a potential tie breaker as Cannon answers the buzzer under pressure.
Jimmy Lee Wingard, 23, of Charlotte received the maximum 10 year term after being convicted in Mecklenburg Superior Court of partially blinding storekeeper James R. Wolfe by tossing a chemical solution in his face. Wolfe testified Wingard entered the store January 17 and offered merchandise before the assault.
North Carolina Democrats Sam J. Ervin and B Everett Jordan voted to affirm G Harrold Carswell for the Supreme Court. The Senate rejected the nomination 51 to 45 in the final tally.
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