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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1966
Page
2
The New York stock market widened its losses late in the session as early gains faded across the board. Sloan Selection Trust posted a fractional decline while overall listings showed little inclination to rally amid moderate trading pace.
American airmen in Saigon believe the MIG jets over North Vietnam are flown by North Vietnamese pilots trained by the Soviet Union. U.S. officials say the fighters operate from bases in North Vietnam, not China. Fliers have clashed with late model MIGs three times since Saturday, including an encounter 45 miles from the Chinese frontier. Most MIGs are based at Phuc Yen airfield near Hanoi, which has not yet been bombed by U.S. planes.
In Charlotte the widow of a former police chief received six months in jail after being convicted of discharging a shotgun into a dog’s head and cruelty to an animal. Judge Beacham consolidated charges for judgment. Dorothy Joyner, 63, appealed to Superior Court and posted a $500 bond.
Viet Cong terrorists have killed or abducted more than 4,000 Vietnamese government officials in the past decade, with rural leadership decimated and administration paralyzed. By Andrew Borowiec in Saigon, the scale includes 4,338 officials killed or abducted since 1964, plus thousands more non-official victims in 1985, as attacks spread from countryside to urban Saigon.
Raleigh AP report details white Shaw University faculty facing housing discrimination in Raleigh. Incidents include a cross burned at a white couple’s home, landlord pressure to move, and refusals or conditions tied to employment location. A renovated faculty house was used to relocate one couple. Dr Cheek notes possible similar issues among Negro faculty.
Washington AP reports mine workers vote today on a contract ending a strike affecting about half of the nation’s 100,000 soft coal miners. The pact reportedly provides a daily wage rise of at least $1 retroactive to April 1, exceeding the 3.2 percent guideline, with 23,000 miners awaiting policy-committee approval before returning to work.
MIAMI FL A former president of the Trial Lawyers Association urged impounding cars of traffic violators and charging storage costs. William Colson told the Fifth Annual Executive Safety Conference that automobiles have become a status symbol and should be jailed when misused.
M C Benton mayor of Winston-Salem NC urged publishers at the American Newspaper Publishers Association to campaign harder against nationwide voting apathy. He praised local papers Winston-Salem Journal and Twin City Sentinel for leadership and action in public affairs.
In New Orleans the Justice Department urged a uniform desegregation plan as a model for Southern federal courts. Assistant Attorney General John Doar submitted the plan to the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, aiming for full desegregation by fall 1967 under a freedom of choice framework. The proposal aligns with Education Department guidelines and seeks to standardize compliance with the Civil Rights Act across districts.
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