Wall Street Tales Turn Sour as Millionaire Investors Fail
A Washington Post column recalls once wealthy market insiders who rode top stocks like Xerox Gulf and Western and Texas Instruments. Simpkin, a former big earner, now fumes on flight to New York as margin calls and plunging shares erase his fortune.
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Washington
Xerox
Litton Industries
Gulf and Western
Texas Instruments
Ling Temco Vought
Penn Central
Fairchild Camera
Wall Street
Simpkin
New York
Planet Oil
MGM
Boeing Aircraft
Savings and Loan
The
Washington Post Co
High Point urged to broaden city leadership to include more Negroes
Dr Otis Tillman chair of the Model Cities Commission told High Point officials that Negroes must be included in city leadership. He criticized a councilman who said finding qualified Black appointees is hard, arguing that white status should not be a prerequisite. He spoke after returning from a Model Cities conference in Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Hubbard
Enterprise
High Point
Otis Tillman
Model Cities Commission
Tillman
Florida
Councilman
Miami
Sammie Chess Jr
Council
Chess
Paul Clapp
Mouel Cities
Ed Post
The
Bar Association
James Lovelace
Formosa Formaldehyde Plant Planned Near Denton by Du Pont
Du Pont will build a formaldehyde plant near Denton to cost over 1 million dollars with early 1972 completion. Harold A. Roscoe will oversee construction and management. The plant will employ about 15 people and operate 24/7, using water from the town's new plant.
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Denton
E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Co., Inc
Wilmington
Del
Harold A. Roscoe
du Pont
N.C. 8
High Rock-Denton Road
Roscoe
Healing Springs
Jerry Carlton
Carlton
Pineville
15 Year Old Shot At Hill Trailer Park Tragedy
A 15-year-old boy, Terry Mabe, died after a shotgun blast in a Hill Trailer Park home. The weapon belonged to J. M. Laughlin, and 13-year-old Clifton Laughlin was the playmate involved. The incident, described as a loaded gun being handled without knowledge of its status, occurred around 7 45 p.m. at Rt. 3 High Point.
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Archdale
the Hill Trailer Park
Randolph County
Julian Brady
Terry Lee Mabe
Ted Mabe
Rt. 3
High Point
Young Mabe
High Point Memorial Hospital
Brady
Clifton Laughlin
J. M. Laughlin
Democrats To Meet Tomorrow In High Point Township
Democrats in High Point Township schedule biennial precinct meetings for 1 PM Saturday across 20 precincts under the state Plan of Organization. Under revised rules 18 to 21 year olds may vote and hold office if elected, after signing a pledge to register at 21.
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High Point Township
Jim Spence
Spence
Unemployment Claims Up May Job Placements Show Little Change
May placements slipped two from the year earlier to 246 as the High Point Office of the Employment Security reported a mixed May. New applications rose 98 percent from a year ago reflecting student activity while active job seekers rose 50 percent. Openings declined 24.7 percent from May 1969 to 359, and total unfilled openings dropped 43.3 percent to 298 versus 526 a year earlier.
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High Point Office
The
Employment Security Commission
William Hollar
Hollar
Sign Variance On Agenda For 90Foot Free Standing Sign
A request to erect a 90 foot high free standing sign will be presented to the High Point Board of Adjustments at 4 pm on June 11 in the City-County Building. Humble Oil and Refining Co. representative Thomas L. Peden seeks approval to place the sign at 2114 South Main Street in a business district.
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High Point Board of Adjustments
Thomas L. Peden
Humble Oil and Refining Co
S. Main St
Dorn To Speak At World War I Veterans Convention
Some 300 World War I veterans are expected at the fifteenth annual North Carolina Department convention in High Point. Delegates from across the state attend a joint veterans and auxiliary meeting at Sheraton Hotel with a Friday registration, a Saturday opening, and a 6:30 p.m. banquet featuring Rep. William F. Dorn of South Carolina. Dorn chairs the House subcommittee on pensions and compensation.
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High Point
North Carolina
Department of the Veterans of
Yarborough
Veterans and the Ladies Auxiliary
Sheraton Hotel
Joseph S. Withington
DeSoto
Missouri
J. Bates Gerald
South Carolina
National Legislative Committee
William Pe Bryan Dorn
D-S.c
Dorn
House Veterans’ Affairs Committee
Pensions and Compensation
Road funding approved for Guilford County project in June meeting
Guilford County will receive more than 25 160 dollars for a secondary road construction project. The State Highway Commission approved the allocation at its June meeting. The half mile improvement runs from Swing Road west to Chimmey Rock Road formerly Sampson Road, including grading draining and paving through the industrial area west of Greensboro in Friendship Township south of U S 421 and north of I 40.
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du Pont
Roscoe
Davidson County
Healing Springs
West Virginia
North
South Carolina
Carlton
Denton
Raleigh
Guilford County
State Highway Commission
Swing Road
Chimmey Rock Road
Sampson Road
Greensboro
Friendship Township
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Art Buchwald
Washington Athletic Club
National General
Commonwealth United
Chrysler
Art Richardson
St. Mary’s Episcopal Church
DuPont
By Don Wrenn
Terry Mabe
High Pont
Ted Roosevelt
Betty Braber Mabe
Trinity
Christ Gospel Baptist Church
Theresa Lynne
Cathy Ann Mabe
James William Mabe
Sechrest
A. B. Asbill
William Sparks
Sechrest Funeral Home
Roy Mabe
Sinclair St
High Point Enterprise
Wrenn Street
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