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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1964
Page
2
New York reports moderate trading as rails dip and utilities mix. Optimism grows over avoiding a major auto industry strike despite union rejection of management’s counter offer. Motors show brief strength while steels follow. tobacco stocks rise on health findings. AP index stands at 316.6 with mixed sector moves.
A family group traveling in a station wagon towards La Esperanza Orphanage near the Mexican border was killed in a crash. The driver Rev Lawrence Elton White, 49, a pastor, died along with seven others including Margaret Huss Armijo, 20, of Albuquerque and her children Jo Ellen, 16 months, and another passenger Susan Huss, 2.
Coe noted Mao’s declaration was widely spread among Black Americans who now speak of armed self defense and fighting for freedom by any means necessary including guerrilla war as a bus passengers’ remark joined the scene.
New York senator Keating says the odds were against him and he will not conceal convictions for unity. He has disagreed with Goldwater on many issues, voting his own views as New York’s senator. Kennedy toured from Cape Cod to discuss senatorial renomination with Mayor Wagner, with reports that Wagner may back Kennedy. The Conservative ticket decision hinges on Luce’s entry when Keating’s position is clear. Mrs Krag notes a common traveler problem of packing too many items.
BeIRut AP Charles Helou a 51 year old journalist lawyer and diplomat was elected president by a 92-5 vote in Parliament two ballots blank armed security forces cordoned the square as balloting took place Helou who is Lebanon’s fourth president since 1943 will take office Sept 23 and is an advocate of neutrality and opposed to involving Lebanon in Arab conflicts He succeeds Gen Fuad Chehab who refused a second term after taking office in 1958 following U S Marines intervention to quell civil war
Spartanburg South Carolina mother Mrs Robert Coffee and her 16 year old son Chip drove to Washington with $30 in their nine year old car to seek a $5,000 loan to refinance and save their home. Her husband is hospitalized for diabetes at Columbia and she is unable to work. She believes President Johnson can help and hopes the nation’s heart will aid her family.
Deputy Secretary Vance told Congress that the Johnson administration has not altered U S policy on Vietnam despite sending more troops. He urged Cypriot leaders to cooperate with the United Nations and accepted Gen Nguyen Khanh as a key step in stabilizing South Vietnam. Johnson sent a message to Makarios urging continued peace efforts as Greece moves to reinforce Makarios amid Cypriot tensions.
AP notes gains and losses roughly split on Monday as the Federal-State Market News Service reported 10,164,384 pounds sold at an average of 62.12 dollars. South Carolina sold 5,838,512 pounds at 64.50 and North Carolina 4,325,872 pounds at 5. Quality improved with more fair and good lugs and primings, while high demand lagged and some grades weakened.
London AP reports British officials said indications surface that outsiders tried to free a second man tied to the Great Train Robbery. The Home Office noted possible help given to Douglas Gordon Goody at Manchester Strangeways prison where he serves 30 years for the seven million dollar heist. Last week Charles Wilson, another robber, was aided in an escape from a Birmingham prison and remains at large.
A 17 year old sailor from Bainbridge Naval Training Center, Roanoke Rapids, N.C., John David Blanton, was killed when the car he rode in overturned several times on U S 222 near Port Deposit, Md. Three others were injured. The vehicle veered off the highway and came to rest on a guard rail.
Durham lawyer Art Vann a Democratic party figure was charged with federal income tax violations for failing to file returns on over 82000 dollars of gross income from 1959 to 1961. His counsel noted returns were filed late but taxes plus interest were paid, and the case alleges a misdemeanor rather than fraud.
Hillsboro North Carolina AP A habeas corpus hearing is set for August 27 in Orange Superior Court for Frank J. Rinaldi a 34 year old UNC graduate student charged with the Christmas eve slaying of his pregnant wife The defendant who has been in Orange County Jail since August 11 seeks bond pending trial The case was reopened on new evidence after a Recorder's Court judge freed him on a similar charge earlier remaining in jail while awaiting further action
New York AP reports House Speaker John W. McCormack, a 72 year old Massachusetts Democrat, says Barry Goldwater will not carry more than eight states in the November election. He predicts the emotional white backlash to the civil rights bill will ebb by election day and that Goldwater's conservative views could trigger a backlash the other way.
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