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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1967
Page
2
New York stock session shows a sluggish, irregular tone with the Dow up 0.53 at noon to 895.34. General Motors nearly unchanged while Ford and Chrysler slip slightly as analysts cite a wait-and-see mood ahead of post-holiday developments.
An attorney for several municipalities compares Duke Energy projects to the Dixon-Yates power controversy, arguing federally licensed nuclear stations threaten municipal ownership and fair access. Duke defends its low power rates and urges residents to seek redress at the Federal Power Commission as cities line up to join Keowee-Toxaway.
Lists terms and codes related to dividends including ex dividend ex distribution and stock dividends. Covers declared paid in stock and cash values on ex dates and notes on special cases such as warrants, rights, and foreign issues. Includes references to arrears and accumulative issues and bankruptcy or reorganization flags.
North Carolina and South Carolina face mainly partly cloudy skies with a chance of showers and thundershowers. Temperatures trend cooler Thursday through Monday with day highs mostly in the 70s to low 80s and mountains at 50s to 60s nights. Rainfall totals reach roughly half an inch in mountains and up to three quarters inch elsewhere, favoring Thursday and coastal periods.
In Greensboro eleven of twelve defendants plead innocent in U S District Court. Robert Philmore Hill’s arraignment was postponed to Sept 12 for counsel. The group faced charges of conspiring to prevent school integration in Rowan and Cabarrus counties through violent acts.
Cotton futures opened quiet in New York with no actual trades registered as of the day’s start AP report.
Drexel Furniture Co and Ingersoll announce a joint effort to market hospital beds produced by Ingersoll. Drexel, a division of Drexel Furniture, already makes furniture for hotels offices churches and schools through its Southern Desk unit.
THOMAS D. Gilliam Jr of Drexel Furniture Co. is named president of the Sales and Marketing Division of the Southern Furniture Manufacturers Association. He succeeds Robert E. Sachs of Fox Manufacturing Co., who becomes a director. Lyons Heyman of Fox will serve as vice president for another year. New directors include J Wayne Burris, Howard L Gardner, Jim McCall, and Jack Sheer.
In Culpeper Virginia Army units barred Nazi mourners from burying George Lincoln Rockwell as his body remained at the cemetery gate. Gen Carl Turner announced burial would be reconsidered while protesters cried Heil Hitler and MPs arrested several attendees.
Communist troops moved into the provincial capital under heavy fire and freed 997 prisoners in a bold action aimed at disrupting South Vietnam's presidential election. In the five province war zone there were 29 incidents including strikes on a jail, power station, helicopter field, advisory camp, Seabee camp, and radio station with 70 Vietnamese soldiers killed and 104 wounded. three Americans killed and 44 wounded.
The Senate Labor Committee approved a $5.06 billion antipoverty package despite dismissing many presidential proposals. The plan would fund $2.26 billion for current fiscal year, with $2.5 billion over two years for job creation and a $300 million loan fund to rebuild businesses damaged by rioting.
Market data shows mixed activity at the New York Stock Exchange at midday with small changes across sectors. Industrial shares edge up while transportation and other sectors show minimal movement amid thin trading.
Three Soviet writers went on trial in Moscow as part of a crackdown on an underground literary movement. The defendants named include Alexander Dobrovolsky and Vadim Deione Evgeny Kuschev and Vera Lashkova a 21 year old theatrical production student. The trial cited Article 70 Anti Soviet Agitation and Propaganda with potential penalties up to seven years or more.
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