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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1968
Page
2
The Associated Press reports a heavy activity session with major indexes dropping as investors react to rising interest rates and a mixed earnings backdrop. Industrials and rails led losses while financials showed declines, signaling cautious sentiment ahead of year-end.
North Carolina will be mostly cloudy with scattered showers tonight and Friday. Lows near freezing in the mountains and 40s to 50s along the coast. highs 40s to 60s. South Carolina showers end by Friday with warmer east winds, lows around 40 to near 40 along the coast. In Asheboro the B. B. Walker Shoe Co board promoted four executives: Marshall R. Williams elected president and chief of operations. C. L. Richardson executive vice president, sales. R. L. Donnell Jr. executive vice president, manufacturing. Ear E. Henley senior vice president. Williams is Raleigh-born, UNC graduate. Richardson a Randolph County native, Seagrove School alum. Donnell Duke and Guilford grads. Henley Mt. Gilead native, Guilford College alum.
U S and North Korean representatives held their longest session since the Pueblo was captured. The four hour and 50 minute meeting at Panmunjom aimed to speed release of the eight surviving Pueblo crewmen amid North Korea demanding acknowledgment of territorial intrusion.
The University of North Carolina Faculty Council urged active recruitment of more Negro students. The report recommends centrally directed efforts, a talent search to find capable students who meet admission standards, and an experimental program to seek worthy students who do not. It also calls for Negro personnel in admissions and student aid offices at assistant director rank.
Police combed a Biscayne Bay jungle after a car sighting linked two men to a ransom plot. A suitcase held cash and a duffel bag contained a wet suit and gear. A 55 year old hermit in custody had 500 in his possession. A blue Volvo pair visited a park caretaker, raising questions about a possible parking lot or shoreline crime pattern.
President elect Nixon and his advisers see no need for new instructions to Cabinet nominees on public remarks despite gold price speculation sparked by Treasury nominee Kennedy. Press aide Ziegler said Cabinet appointees will continue to follow Nixon’s policies, with no statements before the Jan. 20 inauguration.
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