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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1969
Page
2
The North Carolina highway death toll over the weekend reached at least nine, with three fatalities in a crash near Albemarle. Officials note multiple wrecks across the state as patrols investigate the weekend incidents.
The AP News market report shows the Dow at noon down 3.42 points to 900.86 after a morning dip of 4.60. Losses outpace gains as banks raise the prime rate to 7.2 percent, the fourth increase since December, dampening hopes of a rally and keeping investors cautious amid possible further Fed action. The AP composite average declines 1.4 to 329.3 as industrials fall 2.6, rails 1.0, utilities 0.6.
The weekend toll raised the year’s fatalities to 287, down 36 from a year ago. State Highway Patrol reported a head on collision on N C 24 seven miles west of Albemarle. Cars were driven by Hugh E Alman 59 and Marvin H Morton 58 both of Albemarle. Nell H Morton 53 also died.
Edward McDonald Vaughn, 55, died Sunday in an NC 211 collision west of Bolton after his car drifted off the road into a culvert. C Myrick, 80, of Edenton was fatally struck on NC 37 east of Edenton when a vehicle failed to stop. Gary Bass, 26, of Raleigh died when his car overturned on a rural road near Pink Hill in Lenior County after leaving the roadway.
A Melbourne woman Patricia Hinks cried from Lansing North Carolina that she and her baby son are stranded without money. She accuses her American husband Bob Hinks of wanting to take the child and give him to another couple. Her mother says the couple met in Vancouver and wed in New York while he served as an Army Reserve major.
Hundreds of Americans join St Patrick’s Day parades in Dublin and New York. The Chicago River is dyed green while Albany, New York sends the largest grouping at 200 marchers. Eamon De Valera and Jack Lynch issue messages of good will and reunification aims. The Ancient Order of Hibernians report 345 contingents totaling 27,000 marchers including 161 bands. Black armbands mark a symbolic protest over Northern Ireland division.
In Raleigh AP report the North Carolina Chapter of DECA elected John Wesley Stone of Jacksonville as president on Saturday. Herman Funderburk of Albemarle became vice president Sharon Davis of Seventy First was secretary treasurer Leigh Wheeler of Rocky Mount was parliamentarian and Michael Brinkley of East Rowan Senior High was historian. The chapter notes 1969 membership at 10,907, the second highest in the nation.
Paul F. Ellis announced he has bought a controlling interest in The Mecklenburg Times from W. Garland Atkins of General Publishing Co. Inc. Ellis remains editor and publisher. The paper will publish Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays with Fridays edition expanded to include Mecklenburg County community news.
Chapel Hill AP Maurice M. Bursey University of North Carolina chemistry professor received a 17500 dollar Sloan Foundation fellowship to support basic research over two years. The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation awards aid to young scientists in early career research projects.
Washington AP report states a HEW review panel reversed a Raleigh North Carolina school plan ruling, finding no evidence of noncompliance with the 1964 Civil Rights Act. The examiner’s conclusion that the plan achieved desegregation was questioned, with the panel sending the case back for further consideration.
Rev. W. W. Finlator urged a church led movement to strike from the North Carolina Constitution a clause requiring officeholders to affirm belief in God. He argued the provision clashes with the federal constitution's church state separation and urged the church to act rather than wait for atheists or agnostics to oppose it.
Firemen responded to two minor fires Sunday, quickly contained by extinguishing gear. A wiring short at Sarah Rogers on Cliffside Street prompted an alarm just after 12:45 a.m., followed by a car fire on Oak Street. Saturday’s 7 p.m. blaze at Andrew Little on Loflin Street started when a wall stood too close to a hot fireplace, burning the ceiling. the house was saved with some damage.
The fedora name comes from the female lead Fedora in Sardou's 19th century play. A government mourning period followed as President Caldera sent a condolence message to the nation. Venezuela faced a Pan American jet crash near Caracas last December, killing 51 people.
RALEIGH AP A proposed merger between the First National Bank of Eastern North Carolina and Home Bank and Trust Co of Hendersonville was approved by directors of both firms. First National, based in Jacksonville, reports assets over 90 million while Home Bank has 3.8 million.
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