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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1968
Page
2
AP stock market report shows varied afternoon quotes on the New York Stock Exchange with percentages and figures for several issues. Notes explain dividend and distribution codes and status such as declared dividends and stock splits.
NORFOLK AP A Navy court martial sentenced Dennis R. Ciesielski 26 Milwaukee Wisconsin to one year confinement at hard labor a bad conduct discharge and reduction to the lowest rank for willfully missing the destroyer Dewey bound for Vietnam and disobeying orders He accepted the sentence saying his conscience guides him though he may not be free physically He opposed the war calling it not a just war and faced the prospect of appeal with mixed feelings and defiance of duty.
A lone young man robbed the Caroleen branch of the North Western Bank in Rutherford County, taking about $9,000. Sheriff Damon H. Huskie described a white male around 21 to 22, 140 pounds with sandy hair in a blue and white pin striped shirt. FBI noted a note claimed robbery and that no weapon was seen.
The Supreme Court denies its parking lot smells of old rags and buried cats. Robert I. Schramm, who lives nearby, sought a court order to clean the lot and continued the fight. The court said the lot is owned by a private firm it leases from and cannot be sued without consent.
Partly cloudy through Saturday with scattered showers mainly in mountains. Highs warm in afternoons, mild at night, cooler along the upper coast Saturday. Tonight lows mostly in the 50s, upper 40s in the mountains.
The forecast covers North and South Carolina with above normal temperatures from Saturday to Wednesday, highs mainly in the upper 70s to lower 80s, and nightly lows in the 50s to around 60. Mountain and coastal areas differ slightly, with some upper 40s in the mountains and scattered rain or showers Sunday through Wednesday totaling about one quarter to three quarters of an inch.
Democratic Sen. Eugene McCarthy and others press Hubert H. Humphrey to announce a campaign role as Republicans including Nelson Rockefeller face pressure to reveal their presidential plans. Truman backs the effort while Rockefeller contemplates a formal declaration amid party tensions and Vietnam policy disputes. Kennedy campaigns in California and Fresno area highlighting migrant farm issues and criticism of Johnson administration foreign policy.
A Senate subcommittee report claimed Col Nguy en Ky commanded CIA saboteur air crews and flew opium from Laos to Saigon in a confidential program code named Operation Haylift. Ky and the U S embassy denied any firing or opium involvement, calling the report groundless.
The Fine Arts Department of High Point College presents a Sunday 4 pm recital in Memorial Auditorium. Performers include Jane Wagner and Rayle Lass Lave with works by Bach Schumann Debussy Poulenc Zipoli Gardner Read Schroeder Jongen and Franck. Both majors are active in music education. Open to the public.
Adams Millis Corp reports first quarter ended March 31 net sales of 5.86 million and net earnings of 225,791, or 14 cents per share. prior year period saw 5.51 million in sales and 219,007 in earnings, also 14 cents per share. earnings adjusted for a two for one stock split with new shares to be distributed May 2.
Mehell's Grove Methodist Church hosts a bake sale and hot dog supper on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. WSCS sponsors the bake sale and Methodist Men sell the hot dogs to raise funds for the Mitchell's Grove National Building fund.
A court-ordered amputation was performed on Agnes Jeffries of Goldsboro North Carolina to treat a gangrene infected right leg. Navy doctors at Millington near Memphis carried out the operation after Jeffries initially refused consent citing emotional distress. Her condition was reported improving and she was moved from Blytheville Arkansas to Millington for care.
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