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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1977
Page
2
The noon Dow Jones average rose 1.81 to 865.90 as gains outpaced losses on the NYSE with Texas Utilities active at 21% unchanged and a 250000 share block traded. The NYSE composite rose to 53.19 and volume reached 7.93 million by noon.
A crowded screen shows varied moves with ClarkE CleveO ConEd Enstch Exxon General Dynamics and DuPont among active names. Investors weigh price shifts in utilities, manufacturing and consumer goods as trading steadies through a volatile session.
The High Point Enterprise lists subscription prices for daily and Sunday, mail and carrier delivery, with NC tax note and terms. It notes Associated Press rights and second class status, plus caveats about carrier payments and independent contractors.
Sixteen Ugandan men pleaded guilty to treason in the first public trial over a plot to overthrow Idi Amin. The Kampla city court hearings were broadcast by Uganda Radio. Defendants face a maximum death by firing squad.
Walter Pidgeon, 78, was taken off the critical list at St. John's Hospital in Santa Monica after a tracheotomy and breathing troubles from a blood clot on a lung. He was alert and taking fluids and will receive supplemental oxygen two or three times daily as he recovers from brain surgery.
Billy Carter will join Buck Owens and Roy Clark on Hee Haw for a series of comedy bits. Tapings begin mid October in Nashville with Carter paid a normal guest figure, according to spokesman David Ward. The show airs nationwide on 226 outlets.
An old slave cabin will be moved to the Chatham County fairgrounds for a museum dedicated to Black history. The site will feature pictures and artifacts from slave days and notable Black achievements in North Carolina. The fair began in the 1940s and held its first event in 1950 drawing about three thousand attendees despite rain leaks.
Pensacola Florida AP Navy Lt. Jim Bauer a combat vet and nonflying administrator with the Blue Angels has resigned his commission to enter the Josephinum School of Theology in Worthington Ohio next month He plans to become a Roman Catholic priest in the Diocese of Springfield Cape Girardeau Missouri Bauer says warrior and priest roles need not conflict and notes his eight years in the Navy along with a family Navy background Bauer began considering higher service during his time at Southwest Missouri State University and says he joined the Navy by choice and remains bound by his oath.
The first tropical storm of 1977 formed in the Gulf of Mexico south of New Orleans with 40 mph winds. Forecasts from the National Hurricane Center expect slow strengthening as Anita moves west northwest at 5 to 10 mph. Tides near the Louisiana coast ran two to four feet above normal.
George Meany said the United States should not claim long established canal rights. He criticized past involvement in Panama and questioned retaining territory far from home due to the canal’s 1904 origins and U.S. forces participation.
Brockway considers a new glass container plant in Person County with 60 initial employees 30 in management and 30 ununionized workers, later rising to about 300. Potential sites include Roxboro Reidsville NC and Danville VA with right to work laws limiting union pressure. Local officials note low wages and warn a unionized plant could impact county growth.
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