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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1970
Page
2
The market stayed cautious but firm as investors responded to stronger second quarter growth and July earnings. The Dow rose 3.63 points to 710.98 at noon while the AP 60 stock index gained 0.8 to 235.9. IBM climbed about 2 percent to 225 and several names in utilities and other sectors posted mixed moves.
The American Stock Exchange reports noon prices with mixed results across sectors. Notable figures include Petr SCene and various energy and industrial stocks showing gains and losses, while many issues list fractional changes and short-term movements.
A canoe accident on the Neuse River near Goldsboro Claims the life of Sam Reeves a 22 year old biologist and apparently Danny Beals 13 both Newport residents The rescue squad recovered Beals body later while Reeves body was found by his Troop 61 group Reeves drowned while attempting to save Beals Kyle Brown 12 survived Beals and Brown were in a canoe that overturned near a two foot waterfall life preservers were worn and others waited for signal before proceeding.
City firefighters answered two minor calls on Thursday both without fires. Jean Morton reported car engine smoke due to a water leak at Triangle Lake Road. At Westchester Mall firefighters washed gasoline that leaked from a truck onto the parking lot.
Charlotte Mecklen burg County schools delay opening to Sept 9 to allow a stay of the desegregation order. The board voted unanimously to postpone while seeking relief from higher courts. The order orders busing to achieve a 70 30 white black ratio across schools and affects elementary and secondary levels.
Captain Jeffrey MacDonald testified at an Army hearing into the murders of his wife and two daughters. The Green Beret physician from Patchogue New York showed tears but denied killing them as cross examination continued. The closed hearing aims to determine if a general court martial should be sought and featured testimony from MacDonald family and a mystery witness.
The Army postponed LT William L. Calley Jr.'s My Lai massacre trial, originally set to begin August 24, and will hold a closed pretrial hearing on that date to address defense motions. Calley faces premeditated murder charges for 1968 killings of 102 Vietnamese civilians.
At the 23rd annual Conference on Aging in Ann Arbor the act’s designers celebrate its 35 years. Wilbur Cohen recalls drafting the law and facing attacks from Alf Landon. He notes the 1937 Supreme Court upholding the act amid Roosevelt’s victories and court-packing claims.
Washington AP report says North Carolina congressmen split along party lines on Nixon’s veto override. The House upheld a 4.4 billion Education Office appropriation 289 to 114 with seven Democrats for and four Republicans against.
Rizal Yuyitung editor of Manila’s Chinese language paper and Quintin Yuyitung publisher of the Chinese Commercial News were convicted in a Nationalist Chinese military court in Formosa. Yuyitung got three years and Quintin two years for printing pro Communist material from Peking News Agency and for financing rioters. The case drew international press groups and Amnesty International observers.
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