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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1970
Page
2
Stocks showed tentative firming in light trading as the Dow rose to 754.72 and the AP 60 averaged 258.0 amid mixed results. Utilities and drugs fell while oils and building materials gained, with traders cautious over the GM walkout and weak economy.
Today's New York Exchange stock list is incomplete due to transmission difficulties causing gaps in quotation data and market updates.
A.P. Stock Averages Inter-dealer NASD quotations as of about 11 a m. Prices reflect inter-dealer prices and do not include retail markups markdowns or commissions as markets move through the day.
Netti Deaton of Bell Drive Thomasville was given a four to six year suspended term in Superior Court after conviction on embezzlement. She must repay 26449.51 stolen from D. K. Miller Optical Co. between December 1967 and February 1970, with monthly payments of 100 until 16500 is repaid.
Ten High Point Chamber of Commerce directors attend a one day Leadership Conference at the Carolina Hotel in Pinehurst. Calvin Rice announces the event sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce of the United States and the North Carolina Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives. Incoming officers are listed among participants.
At noon in New York the stock market shows mixed results with the industrial index around 47.62 and the transportation and utilities sectors easing. Finance shares slide, with the overall market tone slightly negative as traders weigh near term prospects.
Davidson College will sponsor a High Point area Davidson Dinner on Tuesday November 24 at 6 30 p m at Emerywood Country Club. Guest speakers include Prof. Charles E Lloyd and Lester Strong. Reservations may be made by contacting Robert D Davis Jr.
A bazaar sponsored by the Missionaries of Church of God of Prophecy will be held Saturday at 4 30 p m at 1315 Boundary St. Homemade Bene and baked goods will be sold.
The 10-A Fire Dept. conducts its annual meeting at the fire station tonight. Officers for the coming year will be elected. The meeting begins at 7:30.
The board of directors of the North Carolina World Trade Assn will meet Friday at 3 p m at the Carolina Country Club in Raleigh. The group aims to serve businesses and individuals in North Carolina interested in world trade, exports and imports. The NCWTA headquarters moved to Raleigh and is listed at P O Box 5971 Raleigh NC 27607.
NCNB Corp increased its quarterly dividend from 18 to 21 cents. The payment is scheduled for Dec. 23 to shareholders of record Dec. 3, raising total yearly dividends to 75.1 cents per share.
Integea Corp approved a regular 5 cent per share cash dividend payable December 18 to shareholders of record December 4. The company reported operating earnings through September up 16.3 percent from the same period in 1969.
Jefferson-Pilot Corp along with D Carriage Walls and Associates says it has an agreement in principle to acquire all capital stock of Enterprise Company of Beaumont Texas for cash. Enterprise Company owns The Beaumont Enterprise and The Beaumont Journal in Beaumont.
Blue Bell Inc reports year sales of 238.761 million up from 202.733 million last year a 17.8 percent rise. Net earnings reach 9.616 million versus 7.92 million a year earlier up 21.4 percent. Earnings per share climb to 3.81 from 3.13.
The Piedmont chapter of the National Society of Accountants will hold a technical meeting on November 19 at the Elks Club in Winston-Salem. Social begins at 5 30 p m with dinner at 6 30 and the program at 7 30 p m.
Guilford College students begin Thanksgiving holidays at 12 noon Tuesday November 24 with classes resuming at 8 a.m. Monday November 30.
Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel Commission announces new tolls effective January 1 to spur use of the 17.6 mile span between Delmarva and Virginia Beach. The plan replaces 85 cents per passenger and $4 per car with a flat 5.25 dollar toll, trims pickup truck charges, and raises five axle truck tolls to 15 dollars amid prior financial strain and a Navy ship crash.
Warren Harding and Dean Caldwell completed a 27 day ascent of El Capitan in Yosemite. They declared the ascent of Wall of the Morning Light their first and last. They plan future expeditions to Jirishanca in Peru and Angel Falls in Venezuela.
Five sticks of dynamite in two lit fuses were found on the Woolco roof at Gastonia Mall by a store employee early morning. Police say the dynamite likely was dropped during the night and may be linked to a prior blast at a nearby department store. no injuries reported.
Witnesses describe Mitchell and Lt. Calley in the My Lai massacre context. Brown notes Calley’s court martial at Ft. Benning could delay Mitchell’s testimony. Dur si testifies he helped push Vietnamese into a drainage ditch on Calley’s order but did not shoot.
John Paul a former radioman testified at the Calley court martial that he saw 15 bodies along the My Lai trail and reported no hostile fire from the village on March 16 1968. He corroborated prior witnesses and described heavy fire near the village edge while recounting radio calls about smoke and bodies.
Air drops from one plane and six U S helicopters arrive to aid cyclone and tidal wave survivors in East Pakistan. Yet relief remains hampered by lack of Pakistani air force helicopters and coordination delays with pilots.
James Nathaniel Westbrook, 22, was convicted in Mecklenburg Superior Court of murdering Carla Jean Underwood, 17, and sentenced to death by gas chamber on January 22. Johnny Frazier, 22, a co defendant, faces trial as an accomplice. Jury of five women and seven men did not recommend mercy.
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