Market Slump Deepens as Dow Dives at Noon
Stocks drop broadly in quiet midday trading. The Dow Jones industrial average falls 6.33 points to 791.78 amid caution after a New York Federal Reserve statement urging continued restraint. Major sectors slide while 16 of the 20 most active issues decline. Merck Pfizer and Schering lead drug gains.
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NEW York
New York Stock Exchange
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Nixon
Associated Press
Merck
Pfizer
Schering
Itek
Freeport Sulphur
North and South States Face Cold, Snow Showers Likely
Forecast warns hazardous driving across North Carolina and Virginia with warnings extended to Georgia and South Carolina. Cold nights with teens to 30s, daytime 30s to 50s, and mixed precipitation midweek into the weekend.
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North Carolina
Virginia
German Measles Immunization Drive Aims Countywide
Concord North Carolina health officials announce a Rub Out Rubella campaign to immunize every child aged one to 12 in Cabarrus County. Campaign chairman Dr Linney Baker says the drive begins January 25 and is led by the health department medical society and the Concord Jaycees to wipe out German measles countywide.
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Cabarrus
Linney Baker
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Concord Jaykees
Baker
Curry Becomes Partner in Local Accounting Firm
Wayne C. Curry joins Dixon Hauser and Odom as partner number nine. Curry, a Davidson County native and High Point College alumnus, expands the partnership as the firm grows.
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Wayne C. Curry
Dixon, Hauser and Odom
Curry
Davidson County
High Point College
Wachovia promotes Robert B. Chambers to High Point office
Winston Salem native and Guilford College graduate Robert B. Chambers has moved from the Wachovia Insurance Agency in Charleston South Carolina to become account executive at the firm's High Point Office. Wachovia Insurance is a subsidiary of The Wachovia Corp.
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Winston-Salem
Guilford College
Wachovia Insurance Agency, Inc
Charleston
S. C
High Point
Wachovia Insurance
Wachovia Corp
Currie Named General Director at Reynolds Metals
Thomas R. Currie is appointed general director of Reynolds Metals Company new corporate training and development department in Richmond Virginia. Currie has led sales training and directed the function for two years since joining Reynolds in 1965. He is a High Point native with a University of Richmond marketing degree.
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Reynolds Metals Company
Richmond
J. D. Reynolds
Currie
Reynolds
High Point
Virginia Beach
The
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Auto Dealers to Attend 53rd NADA Convention in Miami Beach
A large delegation of franchised North Carolina auto dealers will attend the 53rd annual convention and exposition of the National Automobile Dealers Assn. January 17 to 21 at the Miami Beach Convention Hall. The NCADA will be led by officials including president George W. Lyles Jr. and Mrs. Lyles of High Point. The event will feature national speakers, workshop clinics on automotive topics, and business sessions.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
National Automobile Dealers Assn
Miami Beach Convention Hall
Miami Beach
Fla
North Carolina Automobile Dealers Assn
George W. Lyles Jr
Lyles
High Point
Pollution Study Aims to Assess Government Environmental Impact
Gov. Bob Scott announced a study by the State Department of Administration to measure how state government operations affect the environment. Report due by July 1 with recommendations, including facility emissions and sewage, and a push for local zoning where appropriate. He also discussed politics, party leadership, and economic issues.
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Yates
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Lynwood Holton
Virginia
Nixon
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North Carolina
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Simmons
Jimmy Johnson
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State Highway Patrol
Atlanta Students Plan Protest March
Atlanta high school students backed by Gov. Lester Maddox planned a march to protest a fifth U.S. Circuit Court order requiring city schools to integrate their teaching staffs by February 1. Schools closed due to freezing rain. officials planned talks with U.S. Judge Frank Hooper on plans for immediate and overall staff integration.
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Sam Massell
Letson
U.S. Dist
Frank Hooper
Steve Watts
Watts
McCarthy Opens Talks With Viet Cong Foreign Minister
Senator Eugene McCarthy held a two hour meeting with Mrs Nguyen Thi Binh the Viet Cong foreign minister at her Verrieres les Buisson estate near Paris to discuss ending the Vietnam War and potential coalition government options An aide said no firm comments followed the discussionMcCarthy plans further talks with North Vietnamese delegates and with Phillip Habib at the Vietnam peace talks before returning to Washington.
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Deferments From Draft Next Target
In an appearance on Face the Nation Secretary Melvin Laird says the Nixon administration aims to end most draft deferments. He notes some medical and hardship cases would remain as the plan moves toward equal treatment and phased elimination of occupational and student deferments.
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Belafonte Tops U S Best Dressed List 1969
New York AP report lists 1969 best dressed with 5 men and 1 woman to Fashion Hall of Fame. Honorees include Harry Belafonte Cary Grant Douglas Fairbanks Prince Philip Acheson Baroness de Rothschild. Women include Gloria Vanderbilt Ali McGraw and Barbara Stanford names.
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Charlotte Ford
William Rayner
Charles Revson
Robert Sakowitz
Pamela Zauderer
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Asteroid Eros Seen as Potential First Space Target
Scientists say a study of asteroid Eros and similar bodies could yield better insights into the solar system’s history than moons or planets. Eros orbits between Mars and Jupiter in a belt of rocky debris ranging from 500 miles to tiny fragments.
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Jupiter
Southeast Snow Worsens Driving Conditions Across States
Snow and ice disrupt travel from Georgia to Tennessee with blocked roads and impassable interstates. The Georgia patrol reports glazed northern roads and multiple counties closing as freezing rain falls, while Tennessee records heavy cold and lingering ice with dozens of fatalities over the week. Florida faces cold impact on crops as frost warnings shift harvest timing.
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