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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1976
Page
3
The Dow rose 17 to 988.46 as investors absorbed June CPI at 5 percent, better than May but worse than the early year average. American Airlines led activity with a 250,000 share block amid strong June earnings, while Lockheed surged on a Canada deal for 18 patrol planes totaling $697 million.
Burlington Industries, the nation's major textile operator, boosted its quarterly dividend to 35 cents a share, up 5 cents, payable Sept 1 to shareholders of record July 30. The latest quarter yielded $3,305,000, or $1.12 a share, as sales reached $580,863,000, surpassing the prior peak of $1.03 a share in Q1 1974.
The High Point Enterprise details subscription options and delivery terms. It notes independent contractors handle local delivery, with prices for daily and Sunday editions and information on postal and office handling. The piece emphasizes Associated Press rights and carrier contact for delivery or address changes.
Authorities pursue leads in Chowchilla mass kidnapping as focus centers on a buried rock quarry where 26 children and their driver were imprisoned for 18 hours in a transformed moving van. Investigators probe connections to the quarry and potential accomplices amid ongoing searches and precautionary school district actions.
Raleigh report notes unofficial record price averages on opening flue-cured tobacco sales across 12 Eastern North Carolina Belt markets. Middle Belt markets Sanford Carthage Fuquay-Varina posted a $92 average on 1,217,647 pounds. Overall Eastern Belt sales showed 6,209,784 pounds at $90.81, higher than last year. South Carolina and Border North Carolina sold 4,847,627 pounds at $94.24 with North Carolina at $89.91. Several markets like Wallace Robersonville Ahoskie Windsor Aberdeen opened. Ellerbe and Fayetteville to start next week. Most grades traded near price supports of a dollar or two above lugs.
Scientists report Viking lander measurements show about 15 percent argon and 3 percent nitrogen in Mars atmosphere. The data fuels discussion on early planetary history and the potential for liquid water enabling life evolution. researchers note the need for liquid water to persist long enough for self reproducing chemistry to occur.
In Charlotte a woman on trial for pointing a gun at a rival reached into a bag and drew a cap pistol. Sheriff’s deputy disarmed her as she claimed the weapon was nonfunctional. Judge W Pope Lyon found her not guilty but confiscated the cap pistol.
Ben F Currin candidate for state Superintendent of public instruction agrees to halt distribution of campaign cards that resemble BC headache powder packages. The move follows a warning from BC Black Drug Co of Jersey City NJ. Currin said the idea came from a supporter who paid for printing as a campaign contribution.
Eunice R Rigg, 64, collapsed from internal bleeding after dialing the operator. Wyandotte County sheriff’s dispatcher John Holt guided the ambulance by listening to sirens through the line, directing responders to a Parallel Avenue apartment where they found her semi conscious. She was hospitalized in fair condition.
In Pittsboro North Carolina a jaguar escaped from a Carnivorous Research Institute farm and hid in the woods for three days. A small group using a tranquilizer gun and a pack of dogs cornered the big cat on a rural road near Pittsboro at 10 15 pm Tuesday. The jaguar was shot with a tranquilizer bullet, escaped once, and required a second shot to end the pursuit. One dog went missing during capture.
A cease-fire intended to evacuate wounded from Tal Zaatar refugee camp failed to begin as heavy mortar fire stopped a planned five hour Christian Moslem pause. Saudi peacekeepers entered no mans land but faced shelling. Red Cross halted a third evacuation attempt.
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