16 Nov 1977
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1977
Page
1
The Dow Jones average fell to 840.09 by noon as losses outweighed advances on the NYSE. Industrial production in October rose 0.3 percent, while personal income last month increased 1.3 percent, marking the sharpest gain since March.
National noon prices for New York stocks show varied readings across many firms and indices. Notable entries include Ambac and Avon with mixed changes, Bank of America and Bendix posting gains, and Chrysler, Citigroup, and General Motors among listed leaders. overall activity reflects broad fluctuations in a dense, multi-issue market snapshot.
A fragmented OCR item appears to reference an American sked and a national association representative role. Readable text suggests a brief news blurb about a representative from a national body, but details such as name, dates, or place are missing. The item needs fuller content to form a complete card.
Excerpts show a market index listing with transportation utilities industrials and bonds, plus detailed subscription rates for the High Point Enterprise newspaper. The page also includes Associated Press credits, publication details, and various financial ticker references and vendor notes.
Atheist Madalyn Murray O Hair failed to persuade Governor Dolph Briscoe to end religious Christmas carols in the capitol rotunda or remove the nativity scene and the granite Ten Commandments statue on Capitol grounds. Briscoe aides said the tree and celebration will continue, with possible legal action indicated if needed.
TVA announces residential customers will see about five percent higher December bills than last year while November bills show a roughly three cent per 1 000 kilowatt hours drop.
A public hearing was scheduled for Thursday in Toccoa Georgia to allow residents to tell a federal investigating board what they know about the earthen dam collapse on November 6 that killed 38 people associated with Toccoa Falls College. Classes resumed at the Bible college, and a memorial service was planned for those who died.
Rhonda Davis, a 15 year old junior at an Oklahoma City suburb high school, is kept from classes after five tardies. The handbook requires a spanking for readmission, but Rhonda refuses, prompting controversy over school discipline policy.
Houston police chief Harry Caldwell faced 180 Briargate Elementary pupils who grilled him about police work. After basic questions, a pupil asked why his bicycle hadn’t been found, testing the chief's patience and duties in a lighthearted moment.
In Green Brook New Jersey AP reports that 1977 Santa trainees will replace Ho Ho Ho with Hello there I have been expecting you. A temporary firm supplying Santas to 12 stores says experts find the Ho Ho Hos frightening children.
A 20 year old accounting student in New York notes that anti shah demonstrators doubt Iranian government financing of trips and lodging in Washington hotels. Some claim support from rich Iranian businessmen or the government, while avoiding specifics. Intermittent claims of military students in the group arise as ISA supporters and opponents differ on numbers and motives.
FDA weighs whether coal tar hair dyes pose cancer risk after studies show 3 to 6 percent absorption through the scalp. Regulators seek guidance on possible actions against products enjoying decades of congressional immunity, amid industry pushback and unresolved human evidence. Kennedy pressed for expedited testing, awaiting final institute report before action.
Wake Forest faces a split over reallocating an $85,000 portion of a $300,000 federal grant for a biology building. Some Baptists argue the funds violate the services rendered doctrine, while others push returning or redirecting the money. The board of trustees will decide, as a related study committee reviews the Wake Forest Baptist Convention relationship following campus turmoil sparked by Larry Flynt’s campus visit.
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