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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1965
Page
2
A dense list of noon stock quotations across many issuers on the American Stock Exchange includes numerous tickers from Ford to Shell, Sears, IBM, Coca Cola, and General Electric. The report notes last prices highs and lows, with percentage changes and volumes for a wide array of companies and sectors.
Details recount the fate of Grainger one of three Americans seized near Tan My by Viet Cong. After hunger strikes and a desperate escape, Grainger was recaptured and shot, his body buried in a concealed grave. The report notes Hertz remains missing and a bomb attack on the U S Embassy in Saigon.
Market update notes the Dow Jones averages hovering around 9046.9 with a small uptick of 0.55 points. The brief cites related figures including 146 and 162.504 as points of reference, with minor changes noted in related indices.
Sheriff McLeod found no proof to support Dr. Aaron Butler's claim that his home was shot at last Wednesday night. Butler and other Pembroke faculty faced tensions amid disputes over Indian student treatment and campus firings.
D. S. Titus appointed manager of the F. W. Woolworth store at College Village Shopping Center in High Point. He has eight years with the company and previously managed the store in Broadmoor Mart Shopping Center, Meridian Mississippi. Titus is married with four children and will live at 1116 Meadowlawn in High Point.
Grainger, a Sumter native, planned a three year Viet Nam tour and aimed to bring his wife and children over. He shared an apartment near Tan Son Nhut Air Base with several Air Force officers as the heat in their tent exceeded South Carolina’s August heat.
Quotations from NASD at 10:30 a.m. show bid and ask prices for various companies including Amer Furn, Colonial Stores, Gulf Life, Jefferson Standard Life, Lance Inc, Harris-Teeter Markets, and more. Some bids and asks include minor adjustments for markups and commissions. The text shifts to a narrative describing visits to Grainger's apartment, noting a cool breeze and Grainger's Yale education amid heat and tent life.
RALEIGH AP The House and Senate courts committees adopted amendments to a court reorganization bill creating a district court system. Senate committee approved 31 amendments while delaying two technical ones. The bill would allow enforcement of lower court judgments and remove district bar from nominating district judges.
Edward Marcus of Neiman Marcus says tax withholdings haven’t hit income yet while colors appear brighter and younger shoppers emerge. A leading Wash department store cites 10 to 15 percent higher sales than last year with Los Angeles showing gains. Sears reports March sales up 8.8 percent systemwide despite Easter shifts. Goldblatt Brothers notes first warm sunny spell drives early demand.
Two tornadoes hit a 10 mile corridor near Coldwater within 80 minutes killing 20 and injuring at least 200. Resorts Pearl Beach and Crystal Beach were wrecked, cars and a house trailer tossed. local residents recounted survival stories as another tornado struck Manitou Beach, killing six in a Ferguson farm family.
Two grassland fires near Hamlet in Moore County burned about 4000 acres before forest officials announced they were out of control and then contained. Each fire scorched roughly 2000 acres on Wildlife Department land, with no injuries or homes lost. Prisoners aided in patrolling the burned zones as crews reported efforts successful by Monday night.
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