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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1966
Page
2
New York trading opened modestly lower as airlines decline amid congressional efforts to end the long air strike. Tech and electronics issues buoy some sectors while rubber tobaccos rails steels and oils slide. The Associated Press 60 stocks at noon fell 1.0 to 302.2 with industrials down 1.9 and Dow Jones down 2.51.
Inter dealer quotations from NASD quoted around 10:30 a.m. today show inter dealer market prices that vary during the day. Prices exclude retail markups or commissions and reflect inter dealer transactions.
Dr. Benjamin D. Thaw installed a five times stronger air conditioner in West Hartford triggeringEva Nair and her husband L Nair a lawyer to seek a permanent injunction damages and a zoning violation ruling. A July 1964 temporary injunction limited operation to 10 p m to 8 a m and awarded Mrs Nair 3500 for disturbances from May 1964 to July 28 1964. The judge noted ongoing noise concerns and potential muffler remedies.
Quotations compiled by the NASD at about 10 30 a m today indicate bids are representative inter dealer prices excluding retail markdown or commissions. Ask prices have been adjusted upward to include approximate mark up and related costs.
Washington AP Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield of Montana said he will call for Senate action on the civil rights bill on October 6 the day after Labor Day. The House measure faces rougher going in the Senate due to opposition and a potential postponement, with Mansfield noting he has not yet read the bill and expects it to go to committee before any floor vote.
Saigon AP reports Viet Cong mortars struck near Baria 35 miles southeast of Saigon forcing candidate Robert Bingham 28 of Boone North Carolina to halt his tour. He was with the 62nd Airborne and attached to the 7th Army. no American casualties. The piece notes incumbent James T. Blythehill? Broyhill of Lenoir, North Carolina, may run again in the November 8 general election.
The Lunar Orbiter launched from Cape Kennedy aims to reach lunar orbit after retrorocket firing near 550 miles from the moon. It would capture 352 photographs of the surface, starting with the right limb on August 18, revealing the mystery backside first photographed by Luna 3 and Zond 3 missions.
Senator James Eastland chairs the committee as the battle over the measure looms after Labor Day. Southern opponents may filibuster the bill once it is joined in debate, Mansfield notes Dirksen predicted Congress would face strong opposition in the expectant showdown.
Ottawa AP reports seven bodies recovered after the Heron Road bridge under construction collapsed over the Rideau River. Rescue workers faced mud, rain, and limited equipment as they search for two missing workers amid 53 injuries, 18 critical, with heavy concrete and steel debris trapping victims.
Variable cloudiness and warm humidity linger in South Carolina through Friday. Scattered showers possible mainly in the afternoon and evening. Lows tonight near 76 degrees.
New York AP reports cotton futures opened with no actual trades. The brief note indicates markets started quiet as prices remained unchanged awaiting further bids and activity.
Former White House aide Jonathan Daniels writes in The Time Between the Wars that Franklin D Roosevelt maintained a secret romance with Lucy Mercer early in his career. Mercer later married Winthrop Rutherford. Daniels notes Eleanor Roosevelt grew bitter yet later reconciled as FDR neared death.
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