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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1966
Page
2
Moderate trading amid a mild market loss with auto stocks down and airlines showing weakness due to continuing strike. Electronics aerospace and chemical sectors also declined, signaling a broad but measured downturn in New York trading.
A Marine assault encounter describes helicopter landings under heavy fire in a valley. Two ships crash with crew injuries as rotor blades cut debris and flames rise while Lt Col Summer Vale observes the chaotic scene from an aerial vantage point.
Detectives traced Theodore Speck through cab rides and taverns, identified a 12 inch knife sold to a former associate, and linked his prints to a townhouse crime scene. Miss Amarao recognized Speck from hospital photos as authorities widened the hunt to a skid row hotel near Chicago. A murder warrant was issued as tips poured in.
Representative George W. Andrews urged a congressional probe into Justice William O. Douglas's character amid his fourth marriage to Cathleen Heffernan. House members criticized Douglas while Andrews prepared a resolution seeking inquiry not impeachment.
New York AP reports cotton futures opened with no actual trades registered as the market began for the day.
General fair conditions tonight and Tuesday with lows from 57 to 65 in the mountains and 62 to 70 elsewhere. Five day temperatures Tuesday through Saturday stay near normal then rise briefly before cooler air midweek. highs include Asheville 80s, Charlotte 88, Raleigh 88, Columbia 92, Charleston 89 with lows in 60s and 70s. Rainfall expected at about half an inch or more, with local totals around an inch as scattered showers or thunderstorms move through mainly mid period.
National Guard troops were withdrawn to armories as a new alarm fire hit the riot-torn West Side. About 2,700 guardsmen were pulled off the streets after three nights on duty, with 1,236 administrative and supply personnel sent home and 1,465 leaving streets for standby armory duty. Maj. Gen. Francis P. Kane said troops would be back on the streets Monday night if needed as police resume normal patrols.
The Associated Press reports North Carolina saw 20 more traffic deaths over the weekend, bringing the year total to 830. The toll included a bus collision near Charlotte, a tree crash in Roanoke Rapids, a rural road death near Snow Hill, a Salisbury pole collision that killed three youths, and multiple other fatalities across Edenton Warrenton Liberty and Greenville. A 40 year old race driver from Bennett and a Boy Scout drownings and shootings also added to the fatalities.
Washington AP reports pessimistic union negotiators expect the five airline strike to last at least another week. On its 11th day the walkout has shut most nondefense operations and disrupted summer travel as travelers seek other carriers rail lines and buses. The AFL-CIO official Joseph Ramsey blamed airlines for slow talks and warned of layoffs and ticket office closures signaling an extended stoppage.
A fragmented stock page shows various sectors including Industrials Utilities and Rails with mixed figures. Indices read roughly 888.02 down 1.34 and 312.57 down 0.22 while other rail and utility listings display small changes.
A white motorist fatally shot East Point patrolman George Burnett after a confrontation with two Black officers. Burnett, 26, had served about nine months. A statewide alert was issued for the killer as Dekalb County investigated another officer’s Saturday body gunshot death.
Police traced Richard Speck for the nurses massacre after Dr. Leroy Smith, a surgeon, noticed a tattoo reading born to raise hell on the wounded man in the emergency room. Witnesses linked Speck to a rooming house meeting with Gerrald, and investigators pursued Skid Row searches.
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