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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1977
Page
2
The noon Dow fell 3.47 to 836.88 amid a slow session as investors wary of Fed tightening kept activity light. Declines edged advances 4 to 3 on the NYSE while Alcon Laboratories rose 1 percent on merger chatter and the composite NYSE index slipped to 52.47.
Fragmented OCR shows numerous ticker symbols and percentages across companies like Alcoa Amex AMBAC Avon Dow DuPont General Electric and Coca Cola. The page resembles a dense stock table with partial figures, percentages, and company codes.
The page presents a stock table with company names and figures, notes on dividends and classifications, and footnotes explaining terms such as annual rate stock dividends liquidating dividends ex dividend and warrants. It includes references to Xerox Zenith and others with unofficial sales data and spacing.
The High Point Enterprise outlines subscription pricing for daily and Sunday editions, Sunday only, and weekly carrier delivery. It notes tax details, Associated Press rights, and that carriers are independent contractors. advance payments and local delivery arrangements are not the paper's responsibility.
Attorney General Griffin Bell questioned why his name appeared on the FBI uniform crime report cover while FBI Director Clarence Kelley was listed. Bell said he would investigate who placed his name and argued the agency’s independence should not be downgraded.
Larry Flynt, publisher of Hustler, calls pornography the 1970s equivalent of communism in the 1950s and says it should not be barred from television. He compares himself to Watergate Judge Sirica and urges individuals to stand up for social change.
A state prison disciplinary panel removed Joan Little from work release at the North Carolina Correctional Center for Women. Superintendent Ethel Fincher would review the case with no clear cause given. Little, serving seven to ten years for breaking and entering, was previously acquitted in 1975 of murder in the slaying of jailer Clarence Alligood amid her claimed sexual assault defense.
About 2,000 supporters attended a Amsterdam concert hall rally titled The Miami Nightmare. Dutch entertainers mocked Anita Bryant as the Dutch Foundation for Free Human Relations funded a 40000 ad in Time magazine. Mayor Wim Polak opened the midnight event and defended protesting perceived rights violations.
Ruth Elder, famed as the Miss America of Aviation for a 1927 trans Atlantic attempt, died in her sleep at 73 in San Francisco. She had a storied career, appeared in films, met presidents and royalty, and married six times. Her husband Ralph King, 79, recalled trying to wake her.
Richard Dale Matthews 20 formerly of Booneville N C was arrested near Yadkinville on a Florida murder warrant. Matthews is wanted for the stabbing death of his roommate James Tressler of Port Saint Lucie Florida. Florida authorities plan to extradite him later this week.
Atty Gen Griffin Bell says a Justice Department opinion on whether Congress can extend the ERA ratification deadline is due within 10 days. The 1972 seven year limit requires three more states to ratify by March 22, 1979. Bell discussed the issue on Meet the Press and noted no clear precedent for extension.
Bert Lance, former Budget Director, denies any role in placing more than 1 million dollars of federal funds in the National Bank of Georgia where he is a major stockholder. A federal official supports him, saying most funds came from bankruptcy trustees and were in certificates of deposit rather than savings accounts.
Former Israeli Foreign Minister Abba Eban told reporters in Atlanta that Israel would trade slogans for compromises if peace prospects were real. He noted Prime Minister Begin was not as inflexible as hard liners and urged urgent action with patient expectations.
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