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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1977
Page
2
The noon Dow rose 3.24 to 981.30 after a sharp three day drop, led by light bargain hunting and short covering. National Semiconductor slid 1 4 to 25 percent after reporting a 40 cent quarterly earning decline. NYSE volume ran 9.33 million shares in two hours.
A fragmented list from the New York Stock Exchange shows varied stock prices and changes for numerous companies, including AbbLab, Hess, Bank of America, Coca Cola, Exxon, Goodyear, General Electric, Motorola, Johnson & Johnson, and many others. The page also contains press wires and High Point Enterprise publication details and subscription rates.
A dense listing shows bid and asked prices for numerous companies and securities. Stocks, bonds, and utilities are tabulated with numerous named firms such as Coca-Cola, Lowe's, Pan Am, RCA, and Xerox, alongside New York indices and market commentary. The page includes a long table of stock quotes, dividend notes, and index figures with percent changes and references to market sectors and banks.
The Associated Press provides stock and bond averages with figures for American, Rail, and Utility stocks. Data include highs and lows, current values, and percentage changes, reflecting market activity and index performance dated 1977.
Students at two Howell Township elementary schools plan to return after winter break as asbestos coated ceilings are removed at six others. Removal begins today and will take about a week. Officials aim to ban sprayed asbestos in all New Jersey schools and survey other buildings for risks.
Salt Lake City AP report notes ACLU lawyers plan to meet to delay Gary Gilmore's January 17 execution. Jinks Dabney says he is confident Gilmore will live beyond the 17th and that they will seek a stay. Gilmore, 36, awaits firing squad for a Provo motel clerk killing after a robbery.
In 1976 the election outcome remains unsettled until Congress counts electoral votes. Carter is poised to receive 297 electors, Ford 240, Reagan 1, with the formal tally on December 14 in Washington, after electors met in state capitals.
In Sanford, Lee County, Robert and Violet McLeod were sentenced after being convicted of child abuse. The couple testified their children lied about repeated electrical shocks and harsh punishments. Mary Ann Branson, 12, testified of wired pens and shocks. three other children are in social services custody. An appeal is planned for Superior Court.
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