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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1968
Page
2
The Dow Jones average fell 7.68 to 842.12 while the AP 60 slid 2.1 to 307.7 as blue chips sagged. Gulf & Western led volume with losses in Fansteel, Control Data, and Monogram Industries amid mixed early trading.
The New York Stock Exchange noon prices show mixed moves across major shares. Trading lists include Allied and Alcoa with variable highs and lows, while firms such as Motorola, Disney, and Polaroid appear with notable shifts in value amid broad activity.
New York cotton futures advance at the open with the No. 2 grade up five cents per bale from the previous close. Early quotes show a mixed pattern across nearby and distant months with modest gains and slight losses in some contracts.
SAIGON AP U S military command announces a new directive to withhold certain information from the press on attacks, casualties, and base security to deny the enemy intelligence. Brig Gen Winant Sidle will brief reporters on the policy, which aims to limit data aiding enemy attacks.
Deer crossing is reduced by metal foil strips on roadside trees, say the Hunters Association. The improvised barriers deter deer from crossing at night, lowering collision incidents reported.
The San Francisco strike at the San Francisco Printing Co. is settled with 15 unions approving threeyear contracts. About 3,000 workers were idled at the Chronicle and Examiner. pickets withdrawn after Mayor Alioto announced the settlement following mediation by UC law professor Sam Kagel.
ATLANTA AP SRC report analyzes the February Orangeburg unrest sparked by segregation at a bowling alley. It cites police violence against students from South Carolina State College and Claflin College, with three students killed and many wounded. The findings condemn racial inequities and urge nonviolent resolution over heavy force.
NAACP officials in Orangeburg announce plans to sue the State of South Carolina after three Black students were killed and more than 30 wounded in a Feb 8 clash with state troopers near South Carolina State College. Interviews with wounded students precede the suit.
Nixon dismisses Rockefellers draft talk as irrelevant for now beyond possible write in effect in New Hampshire. He notes polling does not determine the GOP nomination and cites Johnson era politics as the real issue. Fortune magazine reports broad business opposition to a Kennedy bid, with Kennedy acknowledging possible validity of the criticism.
Forecast notes cooler, mainly clear and fair but chilly in parts. North and South Carolina show nightly lows in the 20s to 30s with light showers or snow flurries midweek. Georgia expected cold tonight then a slight warmup Tuesday. Temperatures generally stay below normal through Thursday with little weekly change.
A three death crash near Siler City raises North Carolina weekend highway toll to 22 and the year total to 200 with two months left in 1968. Victims include David Millard Johnson 16 Roger Dale White 16 and Michael Eric Maness 17 months.
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