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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1967
Page
4
The first nine months of 1967 show a 16 percent rise in crime over 1966, with violent crimes up 15 percent overall and robberies 27 percent higher. FBI Director Hoover calls for concerted action and greater state local police support with funding for training, communication, and technology.
Evangelist Billy Graham has postponed his announced Christian university project amid mounting financial and upkeep concerns. He may wait a year to see if another school offers a ready campus, while continuing his extensive ministry.
Six members of the President's Cabinet open a two day conference on Communities of Tomorrow How Rural How Urban. The piece notes mass rural to urban migration, farm declines since 1950, and a National Advisory Commission on Rural Poverty's work. It discusses potential remedies and the lack of specific proposals while warning that the unskilled keep moving to the city.
Drew Pearson notes the Christmas shopping crush will drive up to 50 million dollars in losses to shoplifters across stores. He observes that many offenders are respectable citizens including housewives teens and employees, with only about one in ten caught and fewer brought to court.
A collage of humorous observations on sports overlap with other topics. References include a southpaw Tigers youngster, teachers focusing on IQ, overlapping seasons, Census poverty notes, a Molotov cocktail recipe, urban population changes, ice skating design faults, a cousin’s relapse into retirement hobbies, television warnings, cigarette health probes, and a light jab at the Cubs. It ends with a quip about Lyndon Johnson and a satirical FBI Ten Most Wanted profile.
Directors approve a merger proposal trading 8.8 shares of Hatteras for 1 share of preferred stock with an estimated $10.90 per Hatteras share based on prior close. The plan preserves current management and aims to place Hatteras in NA Rockwell’s aviation line, pending tax rulings and stockholder vote.
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