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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1967
Page
2
The New York stock market moved higher Thursday afternoon after a hesitant start. Trading was active with the AP average up 0.7 at 327.2 at midday as industrials rose 1.8, rails gained 0.3 and utilities fell 0.4 amid a broader pullback from Wednesday’s decline.
The article explains that dividend rates in the table are annual disbursements based on the last quarterly for semi annual declarations. It defines footnotes a through xw and explains ex-dividend and stock dividend terminology.
Over the counter cotton futures opened in New York with a 25 cent advance over the prior close.
The North Carolina House passed a bill to require most public body meetings to be open to news media and private citizens. The measure would still allow secret sessions for the General Assembly legislative committees and the Council of State, with exemptions for state licensing boards and land or personnel matters. A criminal-penalties section was removed.
George E. Pete Schultheiss a leading Metropolitan Life agent at High Point office will join a four day conference with company officials and field representatives at Banff Alberta Canada during the week of June 1923. He resides at 728 Ferndale Drive. Last year he placed more than 1 000 000 in personal life insurance ranking among Met Life top leaders.
The Board of Directors of Stanley Furniture Co Inc has authorized a cash dividend of 10 cents per share payable June 15 to stock of record June 14.
The Senate cleared a compromise bill to defer most undergraduates and place 19 year olds high on the induction list. If enacted, the four year measure would amend the 1948 Selective Service Act, affect deferments, and shift priority toward younger draftees.
The United States issued its first paper currency in 1861 called demand notes. They were payable on demand at government offices and intended to become legal tender by 1862.
Curtis Eystone replacing lawn with concrete caused a ditch bridge to collapse under a 21 ton truck. The accident created a growing water lake in the front yard, damaged driveway fences and a water main, with about 5 000 dollars in property damage and 25 000 to the truck. Eystone and family relocated to a hotel as water filled the home.
In Goldsboro North Carolina Rev Ed Beck former Kentucky All America basketball star told the North Carolina Methodist Conference that the church appeals to many because it is harm less He urged clergy and laity to share ministry and to launch new ways to proclaim the Gospel Conference statistician D D Traynham reported a net gain of nearly 2000 in membership for the 56 county area now totaling 206437 Ministers elected to the Lake Junaluska regional conference next year include Graham S Eubank Charles Mercer Wade Goldston J W Early T Collins O K Ingram and B L Davidson
Forecast for North and South Carolina and Georgia with partly cloudy skies and warm temperatures. North Carolina sees widely scattered thunderstorms mainly south, lows 54 to 60 in the mountains and in the 60s elsewhere. South Carolina expects more coastal thunderstorms, lows in the 60s to around 70 on the coast. Georgia remains clear to partly cloudy with scattered afternoon and evening showers, highs 85 to 92, coastal lows near 70 and inland in the 60s.
Acme Electric Corp of Olean New York announced a $1 million plant to be built on a 40 acre site at Interstate 95 and U S 74 five miles west of Lumberton North Carolina Officials and Lumberton leaders met with Governor Dan Moore at the governor's mansion in Raleigh for a breakfast briefing James W McLaughlin treasurer and controller outlined the project timeline and location
The Senate Committee on Higher Education favored a bill to create a regional university system with East Carolina College Appalachian State College and Western Carolina College as its initial members. An amendment to add North Carolina A and T Greensboro was rejected 15 to 9 and NC College at Durham said it would not apply at this time.
Four U S Air Force 100 Supersabre pilots attacked a Viet Cong concentration reporting 13 fortifications destroyed and 20 severely damaged in the Mekong Delta 67 miles southwest of Can Tho. Among the pilots was Capt Glenn G Perry Jr 28 of High Point NC. They also sank three sampans.
The AP reports noon figures for the New York Stock Exchange index showing daily market movements in New York. Investors monitor shares as trading lands on a quiet session with variable prices across key groups.
The 107th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the U S adopted a paper titled Vietnam Some questions for Christians and reaffirmed civil disobedience before adjourning. It raises moral queries about the war, asks Americans to weigh God’s will against national action, and includes questions on bloodshed and government strategy.
Washington reports that President Johnson bypassed Senate leaders as the State Department formed two citizen panels to advise on the Israeli Arab crisis. The move prompts reactions from Fulbright Mansfield Dirksen and others while borders of policy shift remain unsettled. A House panel also weighs aid policy, with Rep Gallagher to lead a drafting subcommittee.
In Salisbury North Carolina Larry Thomas Gregory 19 a recent Boyden High School graduate and track star drowned at Lake Norman while attempting to rescue two companions Charles Shuler and Mary Gantt both of Salisbury The two youths reportedly went under after being taught to swim by Gregory and Sylvia Payne of Kannapolis watched from a boat Two fishermen heard screams and rescued Shuler and Gantt leaving Gregory drowned in the lake as authorities investigated the accident
The article notes seven wounded in the operation and 129 air strikes aimed at rail lines north of Hanoi. An American Phantom was shot down and the crew listed missing, marking the 583rd U S combat plane lost over the North. In the delta, Viet Cong Tay Do battalion clashed with South Vietnamese militia near Saigon as two Vietnamese division battalions neared the field.
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