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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1964
Page
1
A 1964 snapshot shows booming corporate profits reaching record levels, rising wages and personal income, and a strong GNP of 608 billion. Unemployment remains low while inflation and living costs climb. Stock markets react to SEC floor-trader curbs and optimism grows with steel, auto, and rail earnings.
Harris Survey shows Gov. William Scranton favored 62 to 38 over Sen. Barry Goldwater if GOP convention ballots reflected rank and file choice. Goldwater leads Southern Republicans 82 to 18 while Scranton trails Johnson 65 to 35 in a national GOP versus Johnson contest.
The Associated Press reports 18 violent deaths in North Carolina, including two Navy men killed in a training flight and several traffic crashes on U.S. highways. Among the dead are Isaac Craig of Inwood and Milton DeKrow of Halifax, with other fatalities in Weldon Clinton and Kinston areas. A car crash on a farm field on U.S. 29-70 raised the interstate toll, amid broader violence and accidents across the state.
Washington AP Hen Lodge declared he would not support the draft plan and urged Scranton to stay in the 1964 presidential race. He argued the Republican party should nominate a prudent candidate and said a nuclear trigger decision rests with the president, not a party. Lodge, a former Eisenhower ally, spoke after arriving at Andrews Air Force Base.
Gov. William Scranton said he will not pledge delegates as he began a cross country bid for the Republican nomination in Charlotte. A 250-strong crowd greeted him, with North Carolina GOP leaders and Rep. Charles Jonas introducing him. He cited three goals: sound fiscal policy, a strong foreign policy, and ending power concentration in Washington. Charlotte was his only NC stop before visits to Atlanta and Knoxville en route to Chicago.
A garbled OCR item mentions Carmichael Kentucky and a bank opening. The fragment references a request to open a geographic account or a banking action, but lacks clear names, dates, or locations to specify further details.
A quarrel ended when Norma Lopez aged 19 and her husband Raphael fell from a fifth floor Bronx window Sunday. Norma died at once. Raphael, a grocery clerk, died later in hospital. Neighbors Ismael Rodriguez and Eva Rodriguez heard a loud scream and saw the crumpled bodies after police found a bloodstain and a 10 inch carving knife. Their daughter Amy, age 2, was found on the living room floor.
Americans reduced cigarette consumption by about 16 billion sticks after a government health hazards report. The Agriculture Department noted the drop was roughly 6.5 percent from the first half of last year as smokers curtailed purchases in response to the study.
A telephoned threat against Richardson Preyer prompted SBI and highway patrol protection Saturday night after his publicity man said the state bureau notified him. An aide said the threat claimed action only if Preyer was nominated governor. he lost the nomination to Dan K. Moore.
Dan Moore campaigns to unify North Carolina Democrats after Preyer gains in the gubernatorial race. He plans a 100 county tour and a vacation with his wife. The party split centers on Gov. Sanford and the bloc of Negro voters while Moore aims to weld the machinery and win support from Preyer supporters.
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