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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1969
Page
2
The New York stock market opened mixed and headed lower by noon as losses outpaced gains by about 400 issues. The Dow Jones industrial average stood at 943.37, down 8.32, with IBM off 10 points amid fresh civil suits and broad selling driven by higher interest rates and tighter credit.
The bulletin covers North Carolina South Carolina Virginia and Georgia with details on tonight through Saturday temperatures and precipitation. It notes warmer conditions cloudiness and possible snow flurries in mountains and rain or mixed precipitation at times along the coast and in western portions. Also referenced is a Senate subcommittee report on U S military commitments and Vietnam era logistics trends.
Washington AP reports a House subcommittee foresees no alternative to an all-out military effort to bring Vietnam war to a steady conclusion if peace talks in Paris fail.
A dwelling at the corner of W Green Drive and Redding Street suffered extensive fire damage today. Amos Hardin, 17, his sister Pansy Hardin 22, and two-year-old Frances Hardin narrowly escaped death after a fuel spill ignited when a circulator toppled. The back door was locked, and all three escaped through a bathroom window, receiving hospital treatment for cuts from broken window glass.
City police investigate a first degree burglary at an Russell Street apartment and Sheriff’s deputies report $2000 in checks stolen from Byrd Motor Lines on Jackson Lake Road. A separate daytime break in at Clara Cox Apartments endangers Gaynelle Barnes who heard a man flee after a scream. A young black male about 16 or 17 in dark clothes is described. Investigations continue.
North Carolina’s 13 electoral votes were cast in Raleigh with twelve for Nixon and one for Wallace. The ballots arrived in Washington unsigned, prompting a rush to retrieve a signed copy. An exchange followed between GOP electors and Secretary of State Thad Eure over who was responsible for the oversight.
Gov. Bob Scott, his five children and first lady Jessie Rae Scott attend church as Raleigh braces for a busy week. He faces a tightened schedule with cabinet appointments and a groundbreaking ceremony for a $3 million Overton Corp. plant in Kenly, plus appearances at the North Carolina Soybean Producers Association meeting and the swearing in of a state official.
Moscow AP reports the Soviet Union will end a mission in mid May with a soft landing on Venus. Venus 5 vehicle launched an unmanned landing on a 155 mile journey that it hopes will yield photographs and data. Alma Ata observatory photographed the craft 90 000 miles from Earth and sent pictures to Moscow.
Corazon Amarao, 25, who hid during Richard Speck’s 1966 nurse massacre, marries Alberto Atienza, 22, in San Luis Batangas. She later identified Speck as killer. Atienza, a law graduate, serves on town council and eyes U.S. study while she pursues nursing and may work near Washington D.C.
GREENSBORO AP Burlington Industries reports 41.6 billion in sales for 1968, up 19 percent from 1967, with earnings of 8.10 dollars per share. The company runs more than 130 plants in 98 American cities and foreign countries, added four new plants last year, and plans 125 to 150 million dollars in expansion in 1969.
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