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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1966
Page
2
Active trading this afternoon showed mixed results with ace aerospace and color television stocks slipping while chips and certain issues advanced. The session followed yesterday’s decline with little new data to sway sentiment, and dividend rate notes in the table explained various payout types and timing for 1964 through 1966.
North Carolina’s new motor vehicle inspection program took effect today after a 1965 General Assembly vote. By December 31 all vehicles must pass a safety inspection at one of 3,813 stations statewide. Drivers pay 1.50 dollars. failed vehicles can be rechecked at no extra charge.
A string of witnesses traced the alleged defendant Powers in the hours before the slaying of Messler. Bartender Badar Sheehan testified Powers visited the Stuff Shirt lounge around 7 p.m. and again between 12:30 and 1 a.m. seeking an empty bottle. Other witnesses tracked a Miami flight and a trailer firm tie as investigators sought proof of opportunity in a brutal murder tied to a family affair.
L R Stewart of Thomasville devoted time to his St Mary s Episcopal church and claimed he held every church job but preaching. He supported Acacia Lodge Masons Kiwanis Emerywood Club and Oak Grove area. He left a wife two daughters and six grandchildren.
A Raleigh jury ruled the state must pay 98 164 dollars for Haigh and Motel Properties, far less than the owners asked. The ruling concerns ten adjacent lots near the State Legislature, with the decision set by the Superior Court.
AFL-CIO construction leaders say the St. Louis civil rights suit against the labor council may reflect Johnson era pressure to restrain wage demands. They note past friction over integrating workers and stress the case concerns jurisdiction rather than race.
Forsyth Superior Court denied three defense motions in the first degree murder trial of Robert E. Porth a 57 year old missile engineer charged with killing his wife Hilda Borchart Porth. The body was found on a mountainside near Pulaski Virginia last August. The judge then ordered jury selection continued as veniremen were questioned and alternates sought. District Solicitor Thomas W Moore Jr exhausted challenges after dismissing several prospective jurors and Western Electric employees among others.
Wallace NC A spokesman for Carolina Oil and Gas Co said it would be early next week before finishing an exploratory well in Maple Hill Pender County. Gates (Pat) Scholar president of Hart Field Drilling Co said drilling on the Cowan property began Tuesday about 25 miles southeast of Wallace. The well is described as a closed hole and findings will not be disclosed soon. this operation starts a series of wells planned in southeastern North Carolina.
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