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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1965
Page
2
A 1966 construction outlay rise of six percent is forecast reaching a record level. Du Pont and IBM fell at least two percent while General Motors projects for car sales remain at or above 1965's peak. The Associated Press average slipped .2 as Dow Jones unofficially rose 1.34 to 954.06 amid delayed official averages.
The text outlines multiple footnotes explaining how annual disbursements, stock dividends, and special payments are treated for various securities. It references terms like ex-dividend dates, declared or paid figures, and classifications such as bankruptcy, reorganizations, and rights issues.
A series of traffic deaths includes a four year old Randy James Royal who died after falling into a tub of boiling water. Police report heated water used for scalding chickens. Victims listed include Ronnie Gunter 11 Jimmy Pruitt 23 Lonnie Briley 61 Charles Glance 35 and many others across North Carolina towns with ages ranging from 5 to 50.
AP note shows mixed futures for cotton with March 29.40 May 28.75 July 26.50 and later values around 23.13 to 22.75, indicating fluctuating activity in the market.
Sheriff McLeod announced the body found in a Lumberton ravine was Dewitt 37 of Fort Lauderdale Florida. Identification came from fingerprints sent to the FBI lab in Washington. Dewitt was last seen December six in Boca Raton renting a 1966 blue Ford convertible. Eight bullet wounds in the back indicated close range fire. A pair of shoes found five miles north of the car were reported by Sheriff Hendrix.
Robert Lee Lassiter 26 of Chicago confessed to using a gallon of gasoline and a borrowed match to start a blaze at the Seeley Club on West Madison Street. He said the act began after a confrontation over a large switchblade knife, and seven men and six women died in the tavern fire.
A special committee recommends a reapportionment plan to keep one senator per county, with county nominees voted districtwide. The report coincides with a special legislative session called by Gov. McNair and follows a federal court order to reapportion the Senate by April 1.
Harris survey shows opposition to protests rising with more than ten to one against antiwar demonstrators. About 59 percent consider civil liberties in a wartime U.S., while four of five doubt the antiwar movement’s sincerity. Attitudes vary by education and class, with specific quotes from respondents across Nebraska, California, New Jersey, Ohio, South Carolina, and other states.
British author W Somerset Maugham lies in a coma in a Nice hospital with doctors giving less than 24 hours to live after a stroke at Cap Ferrat. Attending physicians report no change since yesterday and confirm the death agony is underway.
A severe winter system disrupts North Dakota and Minnesota with snow and ice. Power and communication lines fail. 2000 poles snapped, 80 North Dakota towns affected. Bus crash near Pensacola kills four, injures nineteen. O'Hare incident delays Toronto flight. Thick fog paralyzes travel nationwide.
On page 1A the Gemini crew faced an abbreviated schedule and drifting pace after a sudden scrub. Ground control worked to lift spirits as a craft radio tuned to Sunday pro football games, reflecting a tense but hopeful mood.
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