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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1969
Page
2
The President spoke of a cautiously improving outlook as early gains faded into mixed market moves. By noon, 60 stocks advanced at 332.4, with industrials up while rails and utilities slipped. steel and electronics showed strength amid broker notes on investor caution and policy hints including a potential surtax reduction.
The report recounts a tense exchange between U S and North Korean officials after a U S plane was shot down near the Korean coast. Two of 31 crewmen are confirmed dead, two bodies recovered, while Soviet vessels aided in the search and the Soviet press offered limited accounts.
President Nixon discussed deterring missiles with a limited defense system and said deployment would not be political. He pledged to submit tax reform to Congress next week and defended civil rights enforcement while addressing Roy Wilkins’s critique and perceived compliance patterns in the textile sector.
Prague reports reveal Josef Smrkovaky ousted from the eight man executive committee as the Presidium is trimmed from 21 to 11. Gustav Husak is named to take over party leadership, with Karl Polacek and Petr Colotke added as reformers in the Dubcek line.
A tornado watch was issued covering multiple North Carolina counties including Cabarrus, Randolph, Guilford, Orange, Onslow, Chatham, Hoke, Harnett, Cumberland, and others. The advisory warns residents to stay alert, monitor weather updates, and seek shelter if threatening conditions develop. Officials urge people to avoid unnecessary travel during the watch.
RALEIGH AP The House debated and approved on third reading a bill creating Wilmington College and Asheville Biltmore College as additional campuses of the Consolidated University of North Carolina. The Senate has not yet acted. The House also sent to the Senate a bill to grant regional university status to Pembroke State College and completed action to reorganize the State Board of Conservation and Development, increasing members from 24 to 27. A campus security bill would keep outside agitators off state campuses during crises, authorizing administrators to declare campuses off limits. Another measure would require signed admission agreements, with students under 21 signing with parents or guardians, prohibiting participation in unlawful demonstrations or seizures on campus.
In TRIVEBER, AP report from Occupied Jordan, Sirhan Bishara Sirhan's father defends his son and vows revenge against Americans. He denies responsibility, claims Kennedy provoked his son, and says his son seeks peace not war, while criticizing U.S. politicians.
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