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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1969
Page
2
American garbage collection resumes in Charlotte after service disruption. Officials report normal routes and prompt pickups as crews work through backlog. The city urges residents to place containers curbside on regular schedule and to report missed pickups via the city waste line.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average stood at 824.84 at noon, down 1.75 from the previous close as gains and losses fluctuated in a fairly active session. Early morning strength had shown NY trading higher, with the market briefly up over 2 points before turning lower.
A mixed weather brief covers South Carolina, Virginia, Georgia, and North Carolina with showers and warm highs in the 70s to 80s. A Memphis sanitation strike story recalls union grievances and a temporary halt in duties after talks with the city, union dues and seniority issues cited. The report notes a child in critical condition at Womack Army Hospital after a fall in Fort Bragg daily showers.
A heavy storm drenched Gastonia on Saturday night, dropping over an inch of rain in minutes and flooding parts of the city. Two to three feet of water inundated homes while electrical service was disrupted. no injuries were reported. Police rescued car occupants who climbed from a stalled vehicle under an underpass as floodwaters swirled around it.
Forecast calls for humid conditions with a mix of showers and thundershowers along the coast and inland. Temperatures tonight dip to the 50s to 60s with upper 60s to mid 70s tomorrow, as performers including Oscar Wright of Princeton and Jim Hill of Tannerstown entertain with fiddling and a Turkey in the Straw jig amid festival activities.
PIPESTEM West Virginia AP reports David Morris at 25 warns that mountain music will vanish as modern America encroaches. With the Appalachian South Folk Festival last weekend, Morris aims to reverse the trend. More than 400 attendees heard authentic old time mountain music from fiddles banjos guitars and dulcimers played by 20 musicians from five states.
Fayetteville North Carolina AP James M Shores 21 is charged with murder in the death of his 13 month old daughter Tonna He remains in Cumberland County jail after arrest July 20 on assault on his wife assault on a child driving under the influence and lacking a valid driver's license The Fort Bragg soldier was arrested after a complaint from Mrs Shores and officers found the child in a shed near the Shores house
The Goodrich Co denies factual basis for GAO charges that its brake tests for the A7D attack plane were falsified. GAO alleges data alterations risked abortive stops, with Sen Proxmire urging a full probe. Goodrich cites a $90,246 April contract and asserts brakes performed satisfactorily on the aircraft.
In Belfast, 200 people were injured during a weekend of sectarian clashes as shops boarded up and debris cleared. Prime Minister James Chichester-Clark considered steps to restore order with Cabinet plans for potential measures. British troops guard key sites as authorities weigh martial law options. Georgia Governor Lester Maddox urges federal aid without federal control, convening a desegregation-focused regional meeting in Atlanta for August 16 with leaders from ten Southern states invited.
Ten young Negroes were arrested Sunday on charges of following a car full of white teens and firing at them at least six times. Police said the group, linked to the Black Panther party, faced charges from riot and assault to deadly weapon. The incident followed a weekend of unrest with dozens detained and several injured, amid broader tensions over school integration and regional politics.
Charleston South Carolina two crewmen were rescued from the grounded shrimp trawler Fairway as it broke up at Folly Beach in heavy rain and surf. Fire Chief Claude R Stewart said rescue workers reached the ship and a boat maneuvered near before the two men swam to it.
At the National Fancy Food and Confection Show in New York a novelty hippo meat product is introduced in 4% ounce cans. A company touts hippo as a South Africa favorite, with 1,200 cans per hippo and a moon-rock candy twist, alongside other exotic offerings and kiwi fruit confections.
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