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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1967
Page
4
The New York stock market moved higher at noon with the Dow advancing about 7 points to around 862 as blue chips led the gains. Rail stocks also rose along with steel and rubber shares and mail order retailers posted modest increases amid cautious investor mood.
Unclear OCR fragment discusses American Exchange sales figures and footnotes on regular payments, stock dividends, splits, ex-distribution dates, and types of actions like ex dividend and ex rights. Mentions reorganizations under rates and interest equalization tax references.
New York stock index data from the AP system notes movements on the day for the Noam Titertre exchange with brief remarks on market direction and liquidity. No explicit figures are provided in the fragment.
North Carolina will be fair and slightly warmer with 30s in the mountains and up to 45 elsewhere. South Carolina mostly fair and warmer with some cloudiness. Tonight lows around 35 to 40, east to 42, west cooler near 35. Georgia: mostly fair and mild today, warmer tonight, highs in the 70s and 80s, lows around 35 to 45.
AP reports No 2 cotton futures opened unchanged to 80 cents higher than the prior close with mixed quotes for Dec Mar May and July. The AP Weather Desk forecasts for North and South Carolina call for mild weekend weather with nightly lows in the 30s to upper 40s and precipitation totaling about a quarter inch through the week.
The morning session features Miller from Burlington Pedustries discussing industrial relations and negotiations. The lunch speaker is Mayor Robert Davis, with an afternoon focus to follow on Burlington matters.
A brief legislative item notes Marshall A, a state senator from Gaston, is involved in a discussion about birth control effectiveness. The snippet suggests political debate without additional context or outcomes.
Senator McClellan leads a Senate subcommittee inquiry into the Office of Economic Opportunity amid charges of lax oversight. Javits says the probe risks becoming a trial of the anti poverty agency while hearings review Nashville Houston and Asheville programs for ties to racial unrest. House debates cut in CEO funds sparks GOP push. Mahon signals tight controls on spending.
The article discusses risks that could turn lights out again and questions whether a generator failure or a deliberate action by Power Company caused outages. It recalls the 1965 blackout affecting eight states and 30 million people, noting utilities now balance reliability with selective shutoffs while facing federal oversight.
The University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill plans to break ground next summer for a $43 million addition to its chemistry building. When completed in spring 1970 the facility will house graduate activities and double the chemistry graduate enrollment.
The article recalls Jennifer Jones binding to Selznick in 1945 and again in 149, noting they had a daughter. It mentions a 1955 voting by an actress and an award to Anna Magnani for The Rose Tattoo, while noting Jones’s once prominent but rarely seen presence.
Wart Wigsty Horton may join Lt. Gov. Bob Scott's gubernatorial bid team as co-manager alongside former state Senator Jimmy Johnson of Charlotte. Johnson already works part time in Raleigh offices prepping for Scott's formal campaign launch. Horton, Wilmington scrap metal operator and C&D Board member, helped Dr. I. Beverly Lake's bids and was appointed to the C&D Board by Gov. Dan Moore.
A Tennessee furniture manufacturer was elected president of the Southern Furniture Manufacturers Association at its annual meeting in Palm Beach. Charles O. Gordon of Gordon's Inc. Johnson City Tenn. became president with Thomas Boro N C and Robert H. Spilman Bassett Furniture Industries Bassett Va. named as vice presidents. Seven new directors were elected including Jerry S. Gertson Morristown Tenn Thomas S Terrell Lenoir N C Lexington N C Harry C Gravely Ridgeway Va and Wyatt P Exum Galax Va. The next meeting will be in September 1968 at Williamsburg Va.
Reverend Dr. Jon L. Regier of New York urged serious study of a federally financed alcoholism report. He warned his comments should not be read as a NCC endorsement and corrected a misreported claim that the study advocated national policy to promote drinking in families to prevent problem drinkers.
The obituary-like reminiscence covers Charles Bickford’s varied life from roughneck to vaudeville to cinema. It recalls his clash with Louis B Mayer and blacklist in Hollywood, his borderland career in California, and his blunt, fearless persona that drew both enemies and fans.
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