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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1966
Page
2
New York stocks edged lower in sluggish trading as gains from strong second quarter results were offset by tight money and fresh statements by Defense Secretary McNamara. The Dow Jones average stood at 891.14 at noon, down about 1.95 points amid a pull and tug of opposing forces.
NASD quotes show representative inter-dealer prices with bids and asks for Eckerd Drug Founders Life Furn. N. C. Nat. Gas and others. Notes explain dividend in the table and footnotes define symbols for ex dividends stock splits warrants and related actions.
The page lists various stock sectors with price changes such as rails second grade rails public utilities and industrials. It shows figures like 891.14 and 134,861 with small declines and fractional movements, indicating a mixed trading session across industries.
Secretary McNamara said airpower over North Vietnam could rise as infiltration targets increase. He noted no clear limit to air operations and hinted at boosting efforts to curb movement of men and materiel, with an expected rise in U.S. force to 280,000 before year’s end.
General to moderately fair conditions with a chance of scattered afternoon and evening thundershowers in North Carolina. High heat persists with warm nights, and lows reaching 70s tonight, 60s in mountains. South Carolina stays fair through Wednesday with scattered afternoon and evening showers possible.
Army specialist Richard Bloomfield, 25, stationed at a Nike base on Chicago's south side, was robbed and beaten aboard a subway car while about 25 passengers cheered the assailant. Detectives charged 27-year-old James Person with robbery and battery. Bloomfield was treated for a cut above the eye.
In Miami a mother donating blood left three children ages 18 months to 4% years in a parked car with windows up. Police say they died from heat exhaustion or heat stroke after about three hours as outside temps neared 90 degrees and interior car heat may have topped 130 degrees.
North Carolina Baptists vote to emphasize urban society by creating two new agencies. The General Board abolishes the Church Development Department and forms the Department of City and Metropolitan Missions led by Ernest Upchurch, and the Town and Country and Seminary Extension Department led by Roy Smith.
Edwards Air Force Base Calif AP Milton C Thompson piloted a wingless lifting body craft from 450 mph after dropping from 45 000 feet It glided to a near 200 mph landing on a dry lake Observers noted its brick like initial flight and its later controllable glide Thompson said the test completed most of the program and future tests will add rocket engines to simulate reentry from space The 22 by 10 foot M2F2 lifting body aims to ferry crew from large satellites and survive atmospheric return
Panelists debated furniture quality and warned against relying on retailers for guidance. They urged guarantees from one to ten years depending on item type, with consensus on better product knowledge for customers. Moderator Al Maynard noted strong turnout at the SRFA breakfast.
In Charlotte, about 900 of Eastern Air Lines staff are expected to be laid off as non-striking employees are put on leave without pay at the end of the day. Eastern says 3,400 will remain on payroll, with 117 of 1,006 Charlotte workers striking in the mechanics dispute.
Saigon AP reports Viet Cong leadership pressing guerrilla units to tighten control and ignore government propaganda. Directives urge muting loud speakers and destroying desertion leaflets as defections rise. 1965 desertions total 11,124 with 10,171 processed through open arms points by last week, about double last year.
Governor Dan Moore ordered a full scale inquiry after two helmeted Ku Klux Klan security guards carried a paralyzed man from a rally at the state capitol as he sang We Shall Overcome. Moore criticized the incident and urged a report from the State Bureau of Investigation while outlining broader education and tax policy positions.
Surveyor 1 sent sharp pictures of its lunar surroundings from Pasadena as scientists monitor a weakening battery. A Jet Propulsion Laboratory spokesman said the 620 pound craft photographed surface features after its June 1 landing and more images are planned if the power cell holds, despite an abnormal temperature rise from 115 to 140 degrees.
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