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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1965
Page
2
The American Stock Exchange activity shows gains fractions to over five points led by a strong rise in Du Pont as market indicators improve. The Associated Press average for 60 stocks climbs to 344.4 with Industrials up about two points while rails remain mixed and tobaccos uneven.
The Associated Press averages are presented aloud as part of a daily sports briefing. Key figures and team performances are summarized with focus on notable shifts, player contributions, and emerging trends across leagues.
The report notes officials identified issues with the rocket system during the Surveyor project and aim to prevent similar trouble in future launches, seeking smoother operations for a spacecraft mission.
Regional NASD listing notes quotations at 10 30 a m with inter dealer bid prices. It adds that bids are representative and exclude retail markdowns or commissions and that ask prices include an approximate markup.
President Johnson proposed consolidating the Weather Bureau and the Coast and Geodetic Survey into a new Environmental Science Administration. The plan, Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1965, would create a federal environmental data and warning system and affect weather, hazards, and environmental information for national needs.
U S advisers were wounded as South Vietnamese troops reported 57 killed and 91 wounded over two days at Be. Military officials counted more than 300 Viet Cong killed and up to 700 wounded from U S air strikes. Five U S advisers died and 13 were wounded in the Communist attack.
Raleigh AP reports a 1965 peach crop forecast six times larger than the 1964 crop, which was heavily damaged. The news notes this expansion could boost farmers in North Carolina as crop prospects improve after previous losses.
Greenville AP report details a high profile theft case involving Jane Hollingsworth and her mother Eula Hollingsworth linked to a $400000 to $550000 plunder from John D Hollingsworth textile plant. Jeffrey Farrell testified, implicating relatives and a sister in law, with Farrell receiving probation after pleading guilty.
Washington AP Chairman Harold D. Cooley of North Carolina urges two revisions to the cotton law. The plan lowers the national acreage allotment from 16 million to 14 million acres and permits equalization payments to go directly to farmers, expanding exports by making American cotton more competitive with world prices.
The administration's 1.5 billion anti poverty bill cleared the House Education and Labor Committee in a swift three hour session. The panel, by voice vote with one Republican, kept the program active to June 30, 1967 and raised funding from 800 million to 1.5 billion, removing governors veto power over community action and youth corps projects. Rep. Ayres criticized the rushed process.
Representatives of outdoor advertising groups and women's garden clubs testified before House and Senate Road committees on a bill to regulate interstate billboards. Armistead Maupin called the measure unconstitutional and vicious, while Mrs. Hutchins urged drivers to see scenery rather than billboard canyons. The rally drew support from ten farm organizations and related groups.
The governor’s bill faces scrutiny as remarks prompt questions about a bond issue for higher education. A student’s inquiry leads to debate on public opinion and the governor Moore’s role.
The excerpt shows two girls, Sue and Stewart, clinging with both hands as they discuss how to pay their fares. Sue insists she is determined to hold on, while Stewart scoffs at the idea.
About 1000 additional police and policewomen will patrol New York City's parks and recreation areas this summer to curb crime. Police Commissioner Michael J. Murphy said facilities will be used "free from the anxiety that he will be molested."
President Johnson called for a joint effort with all industrialized nations including the Soviet Union to improve Southeast Asia life. He noted over two billion dollars in U S aid to South Vietnam since 1954 and said aid would continue and expand despite wartime losses and Communist attacks on aid workers.
Raleigh based AP reports a utility spokesman calls a proposed town charter for Bessemer City purely local and highly revolutionary. He contends the bill's condemnation provisions clash with the public utilities law governing power companies and rural cooperatives. The measure would let the town condemn the distribution system to enter the power business.
Representative Udall of Arizona criticizes the congressional seniority system, saying it lets the oldest members run committees and chairmanships, favoring entrenched power over merit.
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