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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1966
Page
2
The New York market fell sharply in early afternoon trading as airline shares weighed on the Dow. Investors faced broad losses the worst since the Kennedy assassination era, with concerns centered on the failed strike settlement terms and ongoing union disputes.
The text lists footnote codes and meanings for dividend types and stock actions such as extra, liquidating, ex dividend, stock dividends, and special payments. It includes year references like 1965 1966 and terms for earned or paid statuses, with numerous abbreviated tags (a to ww) and conditions as guidance for interpreting the table.
In Chicago on Sunday, over 3,000 white protesters shouted white power and hurled rocks and bottles, driving about 350 civil rights demonstrators from an all white neighborhood. Dozens were injured and many arrests reported as clashes escalated around Marquette Park amid housing bias protests led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The scene saw arson threats to cars and police inaction amid a volatile response.
Forecast shows mostly sunny and warmer conditions across both states with highs in the upper 70s to mid 80s. Nights cool to the 50s and 60s. Tuesday through Saturday trend toward slightly above normal temps, with scattered showers and thunderstorms mainly in the mountains and along the coast, totals near one inch or more outside the mountains. Major city temps listed include Asheville 83 61, Charlotte 88 68, Raleigh 88 68, Columbia 92 71, Charleston 89 71.
Greensboro AP report says the ACC executive committee ruled the University of South Carolina must forfeit all its conference football victories from last season. The decision follows a Friday ruling by commissioner Jim Weaver that SC must forfeit part of the 1965 championship shared with Duke for illegal financial assistance to two varsity players. The committee also said it has authority to change conference by laws.
Mansfield warned last week that if the current trend continues Viet Nam could become a major war. He said the danger is real and noted that escalation begets escalation as tensions rise.
Fragmentary text warns that escalating assaults may trigger a prolonged, open-ended war. The stance implies broad military or political escalation with uncertain outcomes. No specific actors or dates are clearly identifiable in the readable portion.
Richard Speck, 24, pleaded innocent to indictments charging him with murdering eight nursing students. In Circuit Court Judge Alexander Napoli asked about fees for a lawyer, and Speck answered no to paying them. Gerald Getty was appointed as his attorney.
Fragmentary text references bonds and classifications such as public utilities industrials and second grade rails. No clear event person place or organization is identifiable from the readable material.
U S air travelers face renewed delays after unions rejected a tentative settlement, grounding flights for over three weeks and canceling thousands of reservations. The impasse hurts passengers and inflicts losses on airlines while officials seek to revive travel and tourism.
A dynamite blast at 12:15 a.m. ripped the trunk off Joseph Banisch's car at 1527 Tamworth Drive and shattered windows at the adjacent residence. No injuries were reported as investigators noted multiple sticks bound together caused the explosion in a southeast Charlotte neighborhood.
Through a Deed of Trust dated September 13 1961 Fletcher E Baldwin and wife Margaret M Baldwin defaulted on the note. R L Scales as Trustee will sell at the Guilford County Courthouse Greensboro on August 22 1966 at 12 10 PM the property near 709 Bee Street High Point NC for cash with 5 percent good faith deposit. Sale is subject to taxes and special assessments.
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