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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1966
Page
2
New York AP reports a strong recovery swing as trading remains moderately active. Stocks gained from the open with airlines among leaders after a late selloff, lifting the New York Exchange on the session's early moves.
A gunman robbed the Citizens and Southern National Bank on Lockwood Drive in Charleston just before noon. He fled in a 1965 white Dodge reportedly bearing SC plate CF7770. The bag carried a tear gas time bomb set to detonate in four and a half minutes. Police and FBI issued alerts for a white man aged 35 to 39, about 5-11, 180 pounds, blue shirt and brown trousers. The bandit demanded a loan and was directed to trainee William N. Lawrence who handed over the money. Lawrence said he believed the robber did not intend to shoot anybody.
New York City public health nurses unanimously rejected the latest city pay offer in a contract dispute that has crippled service in health department clinics. The action followed mass resignations that began none. A violent incident is noted involving an armed man who threatened the attorney, prompting a tense security response.
James Earl Landreth of West Green Street in Thomasville was fatally injured this morning in an automobile accident at Wallingford Connecticut. Landreth was a long distance driver for Heritage Furniture Company, employed since January 1959, and was on a company trip at the time. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
A fragment from a page presents a quotation stating that the testimony of a good conscience is worth more than scores of character witnesses. The text also includes garbled numbers and stray phrases about vibrations through the ground and ants with ears.
In many cases the engineer of a train of thought exercises little control over the throttle. Cognitive drift allows spontaneous associations to steer reasoning, reducing deliberate focus and goal alignment.
In Greensboro a motion picture showing Robert Ross Tysinger, 27, of Thomasville, during his arrest for driving while under the influence was shown to a Guilford Superior Court jury without objection. Officer H F Lawrence testified the film captured tests of balance and coordination, including heel-to-toe walking and finger-to-nose, while Tysinger was unaware he was being filmed.
The House Ways and Means Committee approved a national debt ceiling of 338 billion dollars, slightly above the current level and below the administration’s request. Treasury forecasts show a 3.9 billion dollar deficit for the year ending June 30, with potential revisions from tax revenue projections.
Concord North Carolina AP jurors began deliberations in the trial of Carl H Springs a 28 year old Concord Police Department officer charged with second degree murder for the April 24 shooting of Robert Lee Brannum a 42 year old construction worker. The state seeks second degree murder or manslaughter. Witnesses testified Springs slapped Brannum before he fired. Brannum drew a pocket knife and advanced. the gunfire ended the assault. Springs was suspended pending outcome of the trial.
Temperature rather than light governs many plant processes and permits corn to grow at night when warmth increases cell enlargement. The observation highlights how heat enables nocturnal growth in crops under suitable conditions.
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