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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1967
Page
2
The New York stock market rose modestly this afternoon with active trading. While steels and motors showed weakness, selective strength in blue chips lifted the averages and gainers outpaced losers by a solid margin.
The text catalogs numerous abbreviations and notes used in a New York stock index table to describe dividend types and timing. It lists designations for annual rates, cash versus stock dividends, ex dividend statuses, delays, prior years, and special issues. It also references bankruptcy notes and foreign issue considerations.
The NASD over-the-counter quotations reflect representative inter-dealer prices around 10:30 a.m. today. Markets shift through the day and prices exclude retail markup, markdowns or commissions.
An explosion in the engine room of the stranded Torrey Canyon halted salvage work. One man, thought to be the salvage master of the Dutch tug Utrecht, was badly burned and died shortly after. The tanker carries about 80,000 tons of oil. rescuers evacuated the captain, three crewmen, and two salvage officers.
Forecast shows scattered showers ending in the east tonight with possible thundershowers in the southeast. Elsewhere gradual clearing. Lows range from the 30s in the mountains to the low 50s on the coast. Wednesday brings decreasing coastal clouds and mild conditions with mountain highs in the 50s and coast highs 56 to 64. Occasional rain ends tonight in South Carolina with cooler northwest and milder southeast. Gradual clearing tonight. Lows near 40 in the northwest to the low 50s along the coast. Wednesday morning coast clouds then fair and mild.
Gordon L. Hopper executive director of Downtown St. Louis Inc will address the Piedmont Triangle Advertising Club Thursday at 7 pm at Swains Charcoal Steak House Greensboro. He will present a sight and sound program on downtown revitalization hailed as a nationally recognized redevelopment effort.
Jerrold W. Stevens of 1726 Oberlin Dr Winston Salem has been appointed agency manager in the High Point detached office of Metropolitan Life Insurance Co Winston Salem district. The detached office is at 341 S Wrenn St High Point.
The House Health Committee approved a bill to classify LSD and other hallucinogens as restricted substances under the Uniform Narcotics Drug Act. The committee also sent a $1.2 million nursing education program appropriation to the Appropriations Committee, providing $300 per student for hospitals offering diploma programs.
The House Manufacturers and Labor Committee approved a bill to raise maximum weekly compensation from 37.50 to 42 and total benefits from 12 000 to 15 000 with disfigurement awards up to 4000. J W Bean of the North Carolina Industrial Commission said premiums would rise about 5.2 percent, offset by a 3.2 percent cut last year. If adopted, this would mark the first benefit increase since 1935. The session also debated Daylight Saving Time exemption with sponsor Rep Ernest B Messer absent.
Chicago AP reports Oren Lee Staley of the National Farmers Organization faced a threat to his wife and three children amid a six day milk holdout aimed at raising the price to two cents per quart. Police did not disclose locations of the threat but the family was returned home. Staley spoke from NFO HQ in Corning Iowa as violence and arrests mounted and FBI inquiries continued.
New York AP report highlights Twiggy and Yvonne dAngers in town for personal appearances. Twiggy plans to sell a 42 piece clothing line to American stores while Yvonne explains her career and ongoing deportation case linked to a 1961 marriage.
Five premature infants were delivered to Mrs. Fredrik Lars Jansson with hormone fertility treatment. Four girls and one boy, weighing 16 to 28 ounces, were placed in incubators. Two newborn girls died, leaving three babies in critical condition as doctors monitor their progress.
NYSE index figures show minor gains in industrial transport and utility groups while finance shares climb. AP reports small percentage changes for noon trading with varied sector movement across the market.
The speaker says profit is not the whole picture and highlights guidelines for original listing. Ownership must be dispersed with at least 1,700 owners holding 100 shares or more, with some exceeding a million shareholders. The Exchange also imposes de-listing standards.
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