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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1972
Page
2
Stocks hold gentle advances as Dow 30 climbs to 924.67 at noon, with the AP 60 stock index up to 331.0 and the NYSE showing 8 to 5 advances over declines. Commerce reports a January trade deficit of 318.9 million and a 2.3 percent rise in the leading business indicators to 134.8 percent of the 1967 average.
The page lists Dow Jones averages with no change for rails utilities and industrials around 924.67 1.88. noon figures show various sector readings such as rails at 53.51 with slight gains and bonds at 74.08 with minimal change. Year and month age figures appear alongside highs and lows for 1970 1971 1972 eras.
Iowa declares Muskie will receive 19 of 46 national convention delegates and McGovern 13 with 14 uncommitted. A prior count suggested 18 for Muskie and 10 for McGovern with 18 uncommitted. Mississippi Democrats from Loyalist and Regular factions move toward merger to form a unified Miami Beach delegation.
AP update shows noon NYSE index figures with sections for industrial transportation and utility sectors. Market values listed include 59.04 for index, 64.19 for another measure, and 38.37 for utilities with small changes noted.
Republican Ashbrook and Democrat Jackson fault the accord over Taiwan and Laos withdrawals. Los Angeles Mayor Yorty warns appeasement could hurt the U.S. Lindsay McCloskey McGovern Humphrey offer mixed takes praising diplomacy but urging clearer outcomes.
GOP insiders discuss the Nixon era contest as Muskie Humphrey and Kennedy figures loom. Dole notes Kennedy’s rising influence and the risk of a protracted convention with no clear winner. Strategists prefer a Humphrey challenge to Nixon, while Muskie tops Democratic odds and McGovern gains underrated strength.
In Man West Virginia a memorial flood at Buffalo Creek killed residents as families sought missing kin in a refugee gym. Angela Hoosier, eight, asked for her mother and grandmother while others described homes swept away and jobs lost as survivors faced an uncertain path forward.
The High Point Enterprise lists mail subscription rates for 1 year and 6 months, daily and Sunday, daily only, and weekly options. It notes distribution details, home delivery contacts, and the Independent status under AP News. The notice includes address and charges, with tax details for North Carolina subscribers.
In San Jose California Angela Davis a 28 year old Black militant faces murder kidnapping and conspiracy charges connected to an attempted escape plot that ended in four dead. Lawyers begin screening jurors as a guarded trial starts following a bail release after capital punishment was struck down.
In Wilmington North Carolina a double patrol covered a 17 block Negro district after predawn sniper fire and store damage. Four fires were reported with police noting one white man arrested for unusually and dangerously armed. A Confederate flag was raised at ROWP headquarters led by Leroy Gibson, former RCWP leader.
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