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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1968
Page
2
Market rises on broad advance after State of the Union
New York stocks climbed broadly after President Johnson’s State of the Union message, with no surprises in proposals and Fed data showing a year’s first new industrial output record. Dow up 5.44 to 889.22 at noon. Averages led by IBM gain post opening delays.
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New York Stock Exchange
Associated Press
Rai
IBM
Dan River Mills
Gulf & Western Industries
St. Regis Paper
American Machine & Foundry
Goodrich
United Aircraft
Raytheon
International Telephone
American Smelting
du Pont
American Stock Exchange
Slick Corp
Mary Carter Paint
Susquehanna
Warner Bros
Seven Arts
ReichCh 26 18 17 percent stock and dividend notes
A fragmentary AP style list from 1968 outlines various stock and dividend terms including ex-dividend and ex-rights statuses, stock dividends, and related payment notes. It references fiscal terms used in U S markets and mentions 1967 and 1968 contexts.
Weather Forecast for Southeast States
Forecasts predict mostly sunny and warmer conditions in North Carolina on Friday with lows in the 20s to 30s, South Carolina near 80 during the day and lows 27 to 35, Virginia clear with lows 22 to 28 and mild Friday, Georgia mostly fair with highs in the 50s to 60s and lows 34 to near 40.
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North Carolina
South Carolina
Virginia
Georgia
Dow Jones Averages Report Amid Market Activity
Market movers tracked the Dow Jones averages as investors watched security prices and bond yields. Analysts noted fluctuations across key stocks while bonds traders awaited cues from central bank statements.
Elderly Newlywed Couple Dead in Rural North Carolina
Kannapolis police say a letter found in a rural China Grove home indicates Joe Bessman Thompson killed his wife and then himself. The elderly couple, married just a month, were both about 75. the woman was Boe Wellman Antanas before marriage. Coroner Len Hunnicutt confirmed the deaths occurred in the kitchen area of the Rt. 1 residence.
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N. C
Bob Ketchie
Rt. 1
China Grove
Joe Bessiman Thompson
Thompson
Boe Wellman Antanas
Len Hunnicutt
Pilot Life names Greensboro group team manager
Willis L. Brown a High Point native and High Point College graduate is named group team manager for Pilot Life Insurance Co in Greensboro. Brown joined Pilot Life's group division in December 1955.
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Willis L. Brown
High Point
High Point College
Pilot Life Insurance Co
Greensboro
Brown
Pilot Life
M and S Building Specialists Moves to New Greensboro Road Site
M and S Building Specialists transfers operations from 518 English Road to 1107 Greensboro Road and reports about three times more area at the new site. The firm says the move expands their facilities and capacity.
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M & S Building Specialists, Inc
English Rd
Greensboro Rd
English Road
Wake Forest to Host 9th Annual Management Seminar
Residents of High Point may attend the 9th annual management seminar on Wake Forest University's campus in Winston-Salem. Dr. Ralph C. Heath, director of the Management Institute, says this year’s program runs February 21 through May 2, with sessions on various weekdays and Thursdays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Wake Forest University
Winston-Salem
Ralph C. Heath
Thenagement Institute
Casualties Rise Sharply in Vietnam Week Report
American casualties jumped with 1,323 wounded and 184 killed, 711 of the wounded hospitalized. South Vietnamese casualties also rose. enemy tolls fell to 2,216 killed, while government forces suffered 357 dead, 946 wounded, and 110 missing or captured.
Tax Bill Debate Rages Over Growth and Dollar Outlook
Congress critics split on a proposed tax increase with Wilbur Mills warning of price hikes and a dollar erosion while Gerald Ford and Russell Long oppose any rise. Proxmire calls the budget plan a serious misstep urging cuts in public works and social programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbur D. Mills
Dark
House
Ways and Means Committee
Gerald R. Ford
Johnson
Russell B. Long
N-La
Senate Finance Committee
William Proxmire
T-Wis
Senate
House Economic Committee
Proxmire
Congress
Cielp
Viet Cong Leader Dies In Ambush Near Saigon
U.S. paratroopers killed Lam Hiep 28, commander of the Dong Hai Regiment's D800 battalion, in an ambush on a trail 25 miles north of Saigon. The operation also left one American dead and one wounded amid broader clashes across South Vietnam with heavy Viet Cong and North Vietnamese casualties.
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George Esper
Associated Press
Saigon
U.S
Demilitarized Zone
Hiep
Lam Hiep
Que Son
da Nang
North ‘Vietnam
South Vietnam
Quang Ngai
Two Sisters Die In Mysterious Sudden Deaths
In Santa Maria California two sisters died mysteriously five years apart after screaming for about 10 seconds and then stopping. Patricia Rush 23 woke husband Army Staff Sgt Robert Rush at 6 am and collapsed despite resuscitation. Beverly Stephens 17 died similarly in 1963. police await autopsy results. The Stephens family fears for their remaining daughters Barbara 17 and Diana 11.
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Calif
Army
Robert Rush
Patricia
Rush
Everett Stephens
San Luis Obispo
Beverly
Stephens
Barbara
Diana
Soviet press paints Jones trial as state repression
Izvestia portrays LeRoi Jones case as brutal harassment of a writer by the United States, while noting that only the Worker exposes the tormentors and that Soviet law punishes any activity against the state as anti Soviet slander with limited avenues for appeal.
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Izvestia
United States
LeRoi Jones
The
Worker
Jurors Receive Newsletter From Klan Leader During Trial
Three jurors in the Ku Klux Klan case received mimeographed newsletters bearing the name of Klan leader J. Robert Jones during a luncheon recess. The sheets urged that the trial was a travesty of justice and claimed a conspiracy between Hill and the FBI. Judge Stanley warned jurors not to read outside publications.
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N.C
Ku Klux Klan
J. Robert Jones
Edwin M. Stanley
Jones
Hill
FBI
Robert P. Hill
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