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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1976
Page
4
Stocks show a muted session after Citibank trims its prime rate by a quarter point to 6 4 percent. The Dow slips 1 58 to 1000 55 as traders weigh Treasury bill yields and rate signals. American Cyanamid remains the volume leader at 25 44, with Citicorp up 4 to 35 25.
Fragmentary OCR shows a High Point Enterprise masthead and a note about Associated Press rates by mail. It mentions daily and Sunday pricing, carrier rates, and subscription terms but the readable content is incomplete and garbled.
The Associated Press reports bank and industrial issues show varied shifts while major indexes hover near midday levels. Notable components include American furniture and consumer goods equities among others, with a broad mix of gains and losses across sectors. A later note cites a Las Vegas will dispute involving Howard Hughes and Dietrich, detailing several fractional bequests and possible executors amid conflicting claims.
Washington AP reports supporters of a vetoed Hatch Act revision will wait until 1977 to reintroduce the measure. Rep. William L. Clay says the effort to amend the act to allow federal workers to campaign or run for office will resume next year if a Democratic president is elected and notes broad support for extending political rights to federal employees. The vetoed bill would have allowed office seeking under any party label but barred campaigning on duty, in the workplace, or in uniform, with continued restrictions for sensitive DOJ IRS and CIA positions. The House vote to override Ford’s veto failed 243 to 160.
Secret Service agents reported a rapid 18 reading on a decimeter in the Ambassador’s bedroom at Spasso House Moscow during Nixon’s 1959 visit. Tests showed high radiation there and in adjacent staff quarters, but not in other embassy areas. badges remained normal.
President Ford predicts Jimmy Carter will win the Democratic nomination after Carter’s Pennsylvania victory and Humphrey’s withdrawal. Ford, campaigning in Texas, shifts to attack Carter while Reagan envisions a spiritual revival and less federal education control. Ford acknowledges an underdog Texas GOP race and hints at a potential Ford Carter contest if nominated.
Holfhouser announced contract nonrenewal after The News and Observer disclosed excessive fees by Louchheim's agency and profits from commissions on mechanical work. Reports tied Krouch and his wife to stock and bills, while Bridges offered no comment until AG release. The work is finished, papers follow.
Policing source says Larry D. Bullock a 25 year old vice squad officer died after being shot during a narcotics search in a low income Durham housing project. John McCombs Jr. 20 was arrested for first degree murder. Other occupants were taken into custody or made witnesses as narcotics were found. Bullock, married with no children, had served three years in the force including three months in the vice squad. He was from Bahama and played high school football there.
After announcing he will not run in the New Jersey primary Humphrey said he will seek re election to his Senate seat He doubted any candidate could win the nomination on the first ballot and promised a hard look after primaries New Jersey Governor Brendan Byrne urged Democratic governors to back Carter for party unity
AP reporting from Tokyo says a Chinese official blamed a counterrevolutionary for the explosion at the Soviet Embassy in Beijing. Tass noted two Chinese guards killed. Tanjug said guards were blown into the air and badly injured. Reports offered few details and investigations were ongoing.
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