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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1966
Page
2
The report notes Wallace and his wife discuss her candidacy as a stand in for governor. He asserts he would dictate policies if she wins and signals possible 1968 presidential plans while defending progress under his administration. The remarks come as he addresses a packed House chamber amid campaign chatter.
National List shows NASD quotations as interdealer prices around 10 20 am today with prices not including retail markup markdown or commissions and lists several names shortened in the text
About 1,200 Fayet teville State College students boycotted classes in protest of administration practices. Student leader George Langford said the boycott will continue until the administration changes its attitude. President Rudolph Jones said the administration is eager to learn why students are unhappy. A meeting with Langford and his committee occurred in the administrative building. no statement followed.
New York AP reports that cotton futures opened today without any actual trades recorded, indicating a quiet start to the trading session.
US 1st Air Cavalrymen near Tailach Long reported heavy fighting with North Vietnamese troops. A wounded private first class had been hit in the head and was missing at dusk, then found alive at daylight. Medic Spec. 5 Jasper Tassalequa of Clarksville Tennessee gave plasma. the trooper regained consciousness and was expected to recover. Name not released.
AP analysis notes President Johnson believes Congress debates have not limited his Vietnam policy. Bundy and advisers say hawks and doves argued among themselves, leaving Johnson latitude for a limited war. He stressed no escalation and prudent use of force, while risks of wider conflict remain uncertainties for months ahead.
In New Bern North Carolina the Beaufort County Board of Education faces a federal discrimination suit filed by the NAACP on behalf of local Black residents. The action alleges a "freedom of choice" plan publicized 26 Black students and subjected them to harassment threats and intimidation despite compliance with the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
Winston Salem AP report on the Porth murder trial notes the defense nearing completion. Testimony includes letters from Hilda Porth to her son William and details of alleged affairs with Nancy Johnson. Evidence references arsenic concerns in Kathy Porth’s 1963 death and statements by Sheriff Ernie Shore regarding the death.
Virgil Halford a 29 year old lifer testified that Candace Messler and Melvin Lane Powers are being framed in the 1964 Mossler murder. He said Mulvey told him he struck a deal to testify and would be freed from a habitual indictment. The defense seeks to counter Billy Frank Mulvey who testified for the state about a murder-for-hire plot.
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