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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1966
Page
2
New York stocks erased an early dip to post a gain as President Johnson’s hint that a tax hike may not be needed balanced news he faces surgery. Trading stayed active after a sharp start following overnight reports of his scheduled operation to address minor health problems.
A 1966 AP section lists NYSE stock transactions with 1:90 p.m. prices and extensive footnotes on dividend types and corporate actions. It explains codes for dividends including annual, stock, liquidating, and post dividend actions along with notes on in bankruptcy, foreign issues, and ex rights. Sales figures are unofficial.
Harry Kamish spokesman for the Manhattan Bronx local of the Postal Workers Union says a chaotic situation is brewing in New York unless action is taken. This local is the nation's largest branch of the National Postal Union.
North Carolina lows in the 30s with a warmer Saturday and scattered mountain showers. Highs in the 50s mountains and 56 to 66 elsewhere. South Carolina fair with morning 32 to 42 and a few afternoon showers in the northwest. Weekend warming, then slower changes through next Wednesday with light rain totaling one tenth to three tenths of an inch.
The North Carolina Negro Baptist Convention ended its annual meeting in Fayetteville by adopting a resolution opposing black power and the Ku Klux Klan and criticizing the Raleigh administration for violence and civil rights methods.
Charlotte Observer writer Tom Higgins reveals an absentee ballot application filed in his name was forged and notarized, with the document later approved by the Yancey County elections board. He: moved to Gastonia, hasn’t lived in Burnsville three years, and challenges the processing of the Oct. filings.
Reinforced U S infantry repelled two Viet Cong assaults near the Cambodian border 65 miles northwest of Saigon and found 35 bunkers as air strikes and artillery softened the positions. 25th and 196th Infantry units linked up to repel ongoing attacks with heavy fighting continuing into the night.
An unexplained explosion causing a loud blast across Guilford Davidson and Forsyth counties near 7:20 a m unsettled residents who reported shattered dishes and frightened calls to authorities. Jet noise heard by one Arcadia observer suggested a sonic boom though civil aviation towers and the Union Cross radar station had no information to confirm an aircraft incident.
Cleveland AP. Police detective Robert Schottke testified in the retrial of Sam Sheppard that hours after Marilyn Sheppard was bludgeoned, Sheppard told him he believed the detective was mistaken and that he loved his wife. Schottke described interview at View Hospital and noted Sheppard denied involvement with other women.
Johnson argues inflation is higher under the Kennedy Johnson administration than under Eisenhower, noting wage gains. He says Americans have more money to meet higher prices and dismisses inflation as a major election issue. He won’t commit to a tax increase to curb inflation, though odds look slimmer.
LBJ said the Pope may propose a Christmas truce and halt bombing but any plan must be a two way street. He noted attacks on the U S Embassy in Saigon and a National Day celebration and urged reciprocity if they want bombing stopped. He declined to defend Nixon over Manila withdrawal terms.
A severe early winter freeze gripped North Carolina breaking many daily lows. Charlotte fell to 22 degrees the coldest ever for fall, Raleigh-Durham hit a new low, and other cities set records. The Blue Ridge Parkway remained partially closed due to ice with reopenings planned as conditions warmed. A warming trend was expected later in the day but subfreezing temperatures could persist tonight.
Much of the assassination materials are stored unseen in a top security wing of the archives. Autopsy photos may stay unseen by all but government investigators under a government Kennedy family agreement. Most evidence has been at the archives about two years since the Warren Commission finished. Technically it belonged to the Justice Department until Tuesday. Officials would not comment.
President Johnson will be hospitalized for several days after a throat polyp removal and abdominal hernia repair. Doctors expect the operation to take under an hour with placement at an unspecified hospital, possibly Bethesda Naval Hospital, as White House officials say no decision has been made.
The archives guard force detects any entry into secure rooms or stacks. The National Archives houses official U.S. documents and is famed for displaying the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights.
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