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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1972
Page
2
New York AP report shows a broad market decline led by blue chips with the Dow Jones industrial average down 6.24 to 904.58 at noon. Rail and utilities also retreat while oils, electronics, and airlines lag, amid signals of a potential short term sell pattern.
Washington reports that three major U.S. automakers may add 25 to 36 dollars to the list price of a 1972 model to cover new safety equipment now standard. The Price Commission approved the pass through with no automatic future hikes unless prompted by special circumstances. Separately a nonunion construction group urged a Justice Department probe of the Construction Industry Stabilization Committee and its chair, Harvard professor John Dunlop, criticizing wage retroactivity during the wage freeze.
Connie Dierking of the Cincinnati Royals fouled out of a 1959 game versus Syracuse after picking up six personal fouls in a single quarter, highlighting a volatile defensive stretch and intense contest.
Kenneth S. Canady advances from nuclear engineer to system nuclear engineer and David C. Aabye moves from assistant nuclear engineer to project engineer in the Steam Production Department. Canady, a High Point native and NC State nuclear engineering graduate, oversees nuclear licensing and compliance duties and joined Duke Power in 1968 after Lockheed-Georgia and RTI service. he and wife Judith Clodfelter of High Point have one child.
Peter M. Soutter veteran executive opens Soutter & Company a general ad agency at 308 Church Court Greensboro. He spent six years with Behrends Harwell Henderson in High Point and previously led Henderson Advertising in Greenville South Carolina. He has held roles with J Walter Thompson Lever Brothers and General Foods in New York.
A major snow storm swept the Rockies with near zero temperatures, dropping foot deep snow in places and triggering travel warnings. Wyoming saw one foot or more in the Big Horns and Casper area, while Utah and Idaho reported stranded cattle and roads blocked by drifts. Boulder and eastern Colorado towns endured costly damage from high winds and new snowfall.
Anne Bonny and Mary Read rose as famous female pirates. They sailed disguised under Captain Rackam and fought alongside him, challenging the era’s gender norms aboard 17th century ships.
Voluntary enlistments fell short of objectives in the July December period as the draft drew almost no men. Pentagon data show 195,300 new recruits, 17,000 below goal, with Selective Service calls at 10,000. The Navy and Air Force fared better, while the Army and Marine Corps lagged. Budget cuts force manpower reductions and a possible renewed reliance on the draft later this year unless enlistment improves.
The White House announced plans for extensive live TV and radio coverage of President Nixon’s Beijing visit. Three mobile U S networks will beam activities from Peking to U S audiences with a ground station set up at U S expense. Nixon and Pat will visit Peking Hangchow and Shanghai February 21 to 28.
Inter-dealer NASD quotations as of about 11 a.m. reflect representative prices. Markets change throughout the day and these figures exclude retail markups markdowns and commissions.
The National Building Corp of Nashville will build a 15 million, 10 story, 300 bed hospital medical complex on urban renewal property in Charlotte. It includes parking for 720 cars and private office space for doctors with a motel or apartments for staff. The plan would lease the facility to Hospital Corp. of America or Hospital Affiliates, both Nashville operators with 30 to 40 hospitals nationwide. Irvin Wolf presented the proposal to the Charlotte Redevelopment Commission, which voted to seek views from local medical agencies.
A public meeting to answer questions about Oak Hollow City Park and Golf Course is set for 8 p.m. at Astor Dowdy Towers auditorium on E Green Drive. Marvin Keita, parks and recreation staff, and the city Parks and Recreation Commission will attend to field questions, with Nick Gettys presiding.
The High Point Enterprise outlines home delivery and mail subscription rates with terms for daily and Sunday editions, carrier pricing, and tax information. It notes AP news use rights and distributor independence, plus contact details for home delivery and national advertising representation.
AP reports U S casualties for last week include five Americans killed in action and 47 wounded. The U S Command notes 14th straight week with under ten combat deaths. American deaths total 45 632 killed in action and 302 493 wounded since start of conflict.
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