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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1966
Page
2
A volatile early session pushed the market to new highs as traders await inflation data. The NYC transit strike disruption helped small investors reach brokers, highlighting ongoing financial turmoil and tendered settlement tensions.
A historical table outlines New York Stock Exchange noon prices with notes on dividends and stock actions. It explains terms and footnotes for declared payments, stock dividends, ex rights, warrants, and special distributions, including references to years and delivery conditions.
Police killed Bailey and Scalia during a daytime intrusion at a Beverly Hills residence. The gunmen wore gloves and carried a 7mm rifle. a ransom motive is suggested by notes and calculations found in Bailey's wallet. Investigators pursue possible accomplices in the wider kidnapping attempt.
President Johnson nominated Robert C. Weaver for Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and Robert C. Wood for undersecretary. Weaver, 58, leads the department since its creation. Wood, MIT science chair, helped shape the new agency structure. Senate hearings set for Monday with expected swift confirmation.
New York AP reports cotton futures opened without any actual trade data. Traders await guidance as markets show muted activity and unclear direction for prices.
A proposed seat numbering system for counties with multiple senators or representatives is discussed in a special session. The report mentions partnerships with Firestone Synthetic Fibers Co. of Pottstown and Leonard Firestone, California subsidiary head, a Santa Anita board director, and Beverly Hills council ties.
In Charlotte a jury was to hear final arguments today in the Wehrle case. Richard T. Wehrle a 24 year old former Duke law student faces rape and first degree burglary charges. The trial entered its fifth day in Mecklenburg County Superior Court with Wehrle denying the alleged offenses and testifying calmly.
AP outlines district assignments for North Carolina lower house, naming each district by its counties and the number of seats apportioned. Counties include Onslow Pender New Hanover Bertie Hertford Northampton Halifax Martin Pitt Jones Greene Lenoir Wayne Duplin Bladen Sampson Brunswick Columbus Brunswick Columbus etc.
Washington reports North Vietnamese use of a bombing lull to reconstruct rail links and bridges from Hanoi toward China. Aerial photos show priority on northwest and northeast corridors and repairs near the demarcation line. Recon planes observe storage facilities, road patches, and more traffic on infiltration routes.
In the Da Nang region Marines faced multiple incidents with Viet Cong forces. A collision killed seven aboard two U S planes during a support mission near Qui Nhon. Marine jets sank four sampans and a mortar blast injured Marines during training at Chu Lai. Viet Cong ambushed a U S and Australian convoy on Highway 1, while senior officials in Saigon anticipated Secretary Rusk and Ambassador Harriman arrival to press peace hopes.
A fire at 1214 Downing Street severely damaged a two story residence with flames reported at 12 14 p m. Fire crews from No 2 Station were first on scene and a box alarm triggered No 7 and No 1 to respond. Names of residents were unavailable after the blaze.
Forecast calls for mostly cloudy conditions with little temperature change through Saturday. Occasional rain or drizzle tonight and Saturday. mountains may see snow mix with rain tonight and again Saturday. Mountain lows near 30s, coast lows around 40s. South Carolina also mostly cloudy with rain or drizzle, mountain lows upper 30s, coastal areas warmer.
Temperatures Saturday through Wednesday in North Carolina and South Carolina will average near or slightly below normal. A mix of sun and clouds is expected with some cloudiness midweek. Precipitation totals about half an inch to three quarters.
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