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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1969
Page
2
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose on signals of continued monetary ease as investors weighed a potential shift in Fed policy. Analysts cited improved optimism about corporate earnings and a rally in tech and industrial names, with trading muted by concerns over inflation and geopolitical tensions.
The exchange centers on demands for a North Vietnamese withdrawal as a precondition for negotiations. Col La accuses Nixon of sabotaging the Paris talks by downgrading the conference and pursuing a unilateral strategy.
Atty. General Morgenthau declines to resign from his New York Southern District post prompting Republican concern and a Nixon ultimatum to quit or be fired. Nixon nominates Whitney North Seymour Jr. to replace him. Morgenthau weighs impact on his effectiveness amid ongoing investigations. Senators Keogh and Goodell criticize the move and may delay Senate action.
The Southern District of New York, covering Manhattan, the Bronx and nine upstate counties, is the nation's biggest and most prestigious federal district. It employs 73 assistant U.S. attorneys and handles about 10 percent of federal criminal cases.
North Viet Nam's chief negotiator again stays away from the Paris Peace talks as Washington says there is nothing to gain by delay. The move marks another week of disruption in the stalled diplomacy.
Barbers once served as surgeons performing bloodletting, explaining the red and white stripes of the barber pole. Britannica notes this historical link between shaving services and medical duties.
RALEIGH AP The manager of the North Carolina Automobile Assigned Risk plan said underwriters lose 1.25 dollars in claims for every dollar they take in as premiums under the assigned risk auto liability insurance plan. Paul Mize general manager told a special study commission the plan distributes applications among companies to secure liability coverage for all drivers. He said the plan is among the two or three largest in the United States and the largest by share of the market.
In Dayton Ohio a Black store Santa, Eggleston, shares warmth with white and Black children and parents at Elder-Beerman. Store manager James Welsh says over 3000 kids have visited this year. Eggleston says the reception shows progress and he enjoys interacting with kids and receiving letters.
Manson, the 35 year old cult leader, asked Superior Court Judge William B. Keene to let him defend himself in the murder conspiracy trial. He is charged with the gun, stabbing deaths of actress Sharon Tate and four others at her Benedict Canyon estate on August 9, and the subsequent knifings of Lena LaBianca and Rosemary LaBianca. A sixth family member faces LaBianca charges only.
Sarah C. Powell of High Point was among 382 to receive degrees at Clemson University's midyear graduation exercises. She earned an AB in Elementary Education from the South Carolina university.
In Raleigh AP dispatch, Senator Julian Allsbroo D Halifax urged federal court to allow the consolidation of Scotland Neck Warrenton and Lake Gaston school units or keep them separate while hearings determine constitutionality. Lawyers argued over whether state statutes create illegal regional districts. Joint suits against the three districts seek to challenge the status and timing of their openings as unit districts pending court action.
Newark mayor Hugh J. Addonizio pledged business as usual after federal grand jury indictments accusing him of extortion and tax evasion. Gov. Richard J. Hughes said removal of a public official is not authorized by New Jersey law. Indictments allege extortion of 268000 from the engineering firm Corstrad, a contractor on sewer construction and urban renewal projects.
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