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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1967
Page
2
The New York Stock Exchange market widened gains in a brisk recovery, with active trading. The Associated Press average of 60 stocks at noon rose 1.8 to 317.7, as industrials gained 3.2, rails 0.9, and utilities 0.6, after yesterday's blizzard session.
New York stocks show a mixed close with varied results across sectors. Major names like Gen Elec and Allied Chemical move modestly while smaller issues and utilitys show differing gains and losses amid unspecified trading dynamics.
David Wood son of Dr and Mrs George Wood of High Point will take over as merchandising manager for Sears Roebuck in Tuscaloosa Alabama next week after three years in Sears manager training in Columbia South Carolina. He is married to the former Marie Hufford of High Point they have two children.
The Senate subcommittee found federal agencies seek access to tax records for varied reasons including an Air Force employee investigation a disbarment case a Civil Service Commission inquiry into a federal job and a FCC probe of a radio station licensee. It notes many government statistics come from tax returns and cites ongoing proposals to gain more data.
Indicted guests escaped by breaking windows and climbing onto the roof of the pent house as a blaze roared through the rooftop dining room. Bill White of Dothan Alabama, a truck line president, helped lead others to safety and sustained a bleeding hand. Eight people were injured mainly by smoke inhalation and the building was evacuated while downtown hotels housed stranded guests.
The noon stock index report shows slight gains in several industrial and transportation shares. Notable readings include the Industrial index at 47.84 and Transportation at 52.87 with modest advances, while overall market movement remains cautious.
Cloudy and quite cold tonight with lows from 15 to 25 in the mountains and 25 to 35 elsewhere. Thursday mostly cloudy with a risk of rain in the southeast and snow in the northwest by late day. Highs mainly 30s inland and 40s along the coast. Precipitation totaling 0.5 to 0.75 inches or more, rain or snow or sleet in the mountains, mainly rain elsewhere.
In Rockingham North Carolina a 76 year old man named Will Ingles rambling to visit his boyhood home led to his death. His body was found face down in a pine thicket about 75 yards from a road and from his homeplace after he was last seen Monday near Prison Camp Road five miles from Rockingham. Weather had been freezing.
A U S photo reconnaissance plane was downed in North Vietnam five hours after the Tet truce began. The RF101 jet crashed 15 miles north of Dong Hoi and the pilot was rescued from the Gulf of Tonkin. Over 22 incidents were logged in the first 110 hours with eight significant, mostly patrol fire or sniper exchanges in South Vietnam.
In Tokyo based AP report Maoist forces widen anti Soviet drive with protests in multiple Chinese cities. New China News Agency cites demonstrations against Soviet revisionists as Beijing warns of palace or armed coups while Red Guard factions clash with army loyalty.
The East Coast endures a severe blizzard with up to 15 inches of snow in parts. Temperatures plummet to near zero from the Canadian border to Tennessee, with Oneida Tennessee reporting 9 below and Glens Falls 28 below. At least 39 deaths linked to the storm. New York City records 11 degrees as Governor Rockefeller opens state armories for the homeless and heatless. Major airports face closures. Philadelphia tests a snow melting machine that fails in freezing conditions.
President Johnson outlined a wide program to aid youths and children in a special message to Congress. He proposed strengthening Head Start, funding a follow through effort in early grades, extending Head Start to younger years, and piloting programs to benefit needy preschoolers through Head Start and related initiatives.
Lunar Orbiter 3 meets the moon today to begin a circling search for the best landing spots for U.S. astronauts. The craft will slow with a deboost maneuver and enter an oblong lunar orbit to photograph rough terrain from new angles.
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