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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1966
Page
2
The AP reports renewed demand for defense related issues as traders expect President Johnson to emphasize the Viet Nam conflict in tonight's State of the Union. Corporate bonds mostly steady while U S Treasury bonds rise amid market speculation and dividend notes detail distribution terminology.
The civil term enters its third day as Jarrett Christian sues John Albert Platt. Separately Charles Turner sues George Williams was settled out of court, and a non-suit motion in Flossie Ashe case was allowed, with an appeal planned to the Supreme Court.
Firefighters were dispatched at 5 40 am to the Big Bear Warehouse on Courtesy for a defective sprinkler system. Trucks also went to Whittier Street for a grass fire Arch Street for a grass fire E Washington Drive for a trash fire and a Radio Tower area fire near the city limits. None of the fires were serious.
Premier Pham Van Dong and fellow leaders praise Soviet and Chinese aid in skies development and peace efforts. Shelepin cites peaceful aims for communism, while China watches closely and may reveal shifts if peace moves emerge.
U S troops killed 23 Viet Cong and uncovered a mile square tunnel system as they press their largest effort to clear guerrillas from the Iron Triangle. In five days Crimp killed 107 and captured 80, with major weapon and rice seizures and ongoing air and ground assaults around Da Nang and the Cambodian border.
George Covington executive vice president of the Chamber of Commerce spoke at last night's High Point Chapter N C Service Station Assn meeting. The dinner meeting at Brinwood Grill urged station men to assist High Point in informing visitors about the city and providing information they need.
In San Diego on May 25 1949 Jones argues a two year separation was required for divorce at that time Mrs Jones returned to San Diego after living apart since October 1949 A state law change later shortened separation to one year Jones led the North Carolina Klan launching rallies in summer to swell membership and invoking the Fifth Amendment before the House Un American Activities Committee
The report notes the first raising of the Stars and Stripes as the U S flag for American troops occurred at the Battle of Cooch’s near Newark Delaware in the context of the engagement.
Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri was cremated beside the Jumna River amid a mass Indian turnout. Hari Kishan Shastri lit the funeral pyre while Gulzarilal Nanda, the interim PM, stood in grief. Analysts name Y B Charan, Indira Gandhi, and Morarji Desai as potential successors. Kosygin attended with Soviet interest noted. The death followed peace talks in Tashkent with Pakistan’s Ayub Khan.
Torrential rains plague Rio de Janeiro as floods and slides kill hundreds across Niteroi Petropolis Teresopolis and Cachoeira de Macaca. Official toll climbs toward 150 with hundreds missing and emergency aid deployed.
Jamestown approves a 560000 bond by 131 to 9 to finance street improvements including 5.22 miles of 32 foot wide roads with curbs gutters and drainage. Plans call for late March bids and completion by fall, funded by ABC store profits after prior sewer and city hall projects. Town officials plan final plans this week and discuss at a January 19 council meeting.
The Howards became the first millionth visitors to the United States since the Visit USA program began in 1961. With Mrs Howard as the millionth visitor of 1965, Mr Howard quipped that he felt like a "million and first" guest, amid remarks on cultural differences in hospitality.
The article notes a Democratic tilt in Raleigh area labor voters while 5 000 families moving in from the northeast bring technicians and scientists into Wake County boosting Republican strength. It lists Mecklenburg Guilford Durham Forsyth and Wake as counties set to gain from reapportionment and cites small margins in Guilford Forsyth and Wake races. Economists foresee North Carolina growth staying in the Piedmont with suburbs also strengthening GOP support.
Associated Press reporter joins first U S newsman guided B52 raid led by Maj Gen William Crumm from Andersen AFB Guam. Over South Viet Nam two dozen B52s dropped more than three quarters of a million pounds of bombs on Viet Cong strongholds near the Cambodian border and southwest of Da Nang.
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