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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1977
Page
2
The New York stock market opened mixed with a slight Dow uptick to 934.84 as gains led by General Motors were offset by declines. The NYSE composite edged down 0.06 to 54.80 while the American market gained 0.10 to 112.53 amid weather and economic uncertainty and strong volume early trading.
Fragmentary OCR listing company names and percentage figures across several industries. Readable items include ColGas ColGas CocaCola DuPont Exxon PepsiCo PPG ProcterG Philidelphia National brands and various percentage values, suggesting a crowded financial or stock-ticker page.
A scrambled OCR list shows numerous ticker like brands and company names with figures on shares and changes. The snippet hints at varied equities including Texaco, Uniroyal, US Steel, Xerox, and Teledyne with percentages indicating gains or losses.
The High Point Enterprise summarizes weekly and noon stock figures with mixed results across utilities and industrials. Figures show various price movements, with rail and oil shares among notable entries under AP and Associated Press reporting.
Santa Fe AP profile of Gary Austin a wood carver and whittler whose figures are skinny tattered and woebegone yet humorous. The piece recalls his youth fleeing a West Texas ranch in the late 1930s and his effort to recapture that time through his mellow observational carving.
Gary Austin, former rancher near San Angelo Texas, carves Old West figures drawn from his life and stories. The subject characters include kin and local lore, reflecting a rough era he once knew and now embodies through wood sculpture.
Senate Budget Committee backs up to 250 for hardest hit families in winter fuel bills. President Carter expected to support the plan as part of an emergency move tied to a tax cuts and spending package. The package totals 16.8 billion for eight months with state grants to fuel suppliers.
Angolan President Agostinho Neto told Ambassador Andrew Young in Lagos that he wants ties with the United States. Neto described friendly but complex relations with the Russians and indicated openness to U.S. friendship amid civil war dynamics.
Federal suit in Charlotte reveals survivors and families received 21.5 million in settlements from the 1974 Eastern Air Lines DC9 crash that killed 72. Insurance companies seek reimbursement, alleging air traffic controller negligence at Douglas Municipal Airport. The disclosure marks the first size estimate of wrongful death and personal injury settlements.
A North Carolina General Assembly joint committee expects to back legislation overhauling rate setting in the insurance sector. The proposal from North Carolina independent agents would allow rate increases to take effect prior to final approval, while preserving the commissioner’s office and avoiding full rate competition. The plan follows agent complaints that delays in approvals have led to insurers dropping coverage.
Blackley notes that alcohol and drug issues now involve more women and young people. He says women engage in more activities outside the home, making problems more visible, and that these groups face the same tensions once borne by men. The section will focus more on these groups and on education for medicine and alcohol combinations.
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