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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1966
Page
2
The Dow Jones at noon up 2.17 to 858.40 as markets pause amid moderate volume. Airlines, nonferrous metals, electronics and drugs stay hot while steels, chemicals and electrical equipment pull back from early gains.
Quotations from NASD at 10:30 a.m. show bid and ask ranges for Eckerd Drug Hardee's Hatteras Yacht Henredon Furniture Life Assurance Co NC Nat Gas ThermoPlastics Corp. Bids reflect representative inter-dealer prices excluding retail markdowns and commissions while asks include approximate markup.
New York AP reports cotton futures opened without actual trades. Traders awaited early session developments as prices reflected limited market activity and cautious liquidity.
Market report shows index values with small changes at noon. Prices listed include several stocks with minor shifts, reflecting slight movements in the New York market.
Air forces from the United States and Vietnamese pilots pressed strikes on Communist positions in South Vietnam. A total of 826 combat sorties were flown, with 103 missions over North Vietnam despite poor weather. Guerrilla attacks increased in the South, including a village overrun 18 miles from Saigon and defense losses cited in weekly U.S. casualty reports.
Representative Kornegay urges immediate passage of a measure to resume airline operations without seizure or compulsory arbitration. The plan would appoint a 150 day airline board to seek a settlement, extend stand still provisions 180 days, and apply future national emergency rules. The strike has grounded five carriers, affecting 60 percent of U.S. air service and crippling travel and air mail in North Carolina.
A regional forecast shows North Carolina partly cloudy and hot through Friday with widely scattered thunderstorms on Friday. Lows: mountains 56 to 60, elsewhere 69 to 76. South Carolina partly sunny Friday with lows tonight 67 to 77.
An 11 year old girl Brenda Sue Brown was found dead in a Shelby woods with fatal head wounds and no rape confirmed by a pathologist. Police questioned a juvenile, later released, and searched areas near Morgan Street School after a nine year old sister reported an exposure incident.
Greensboro AP report details testimony from Dorothea Dix Hospital doctors about Glenwood Williams and Joseph Spence, both charged in the death of taxi driver Alton Maynard. Doctors call Williams potentially dangerous and murderously angry, with Williams admitting jail fear and ongoing legal trouble.
Federal jury hears Harold Belton Andrews testify he stole four new cars in 1965 and that three went to individuals he believes were connected with the SCLC. An SCLC official denies knowledge of any purchases.
Tropical storm Ella with top winds of 50 mph moves northwest toward the Caribbean but remains weak and disorganized. The U S Weather Bureau says Ella should stay weak on a west northwest path at about 10 mph for 12 hours, with the center far from land through Thursday. Dorothy remains a 75 mph Atlantic threat west of the Azores to shipping.
The five day ocean search for Brig. Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell and two air ferry employees focused on a 54 470 square mile area as ships collect floating debris. Coast Guard says items checked were trash from ships at sea. Navy and Coast Guard vessels including the Hornet participate with eight merchant ships joining the hunt.
The Charlotte metropolitan area including Mecklenburg and Union counties led the nation in murder rate in 1965 with 15.0 per 100 000 and 6 percent of U S homicides. The FBI noted cautions on cross city comparisons and the national rate was 5.1.
Capt. William E. Cowell led a helicopter crew that reached Dieter Dengler in the jungle and hoisted him aboard by about noon. Pararescue A1C J. C. Lenard described the cable length and Dengler’s condition as he recovered, with Dengler later flown back to the United States for treatment. The Pentagon announced Dengler’s name while keeping escape details restricted for security.
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