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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1969
Page
2
Wall Street's broad rally stalled with the Dow hovering around the 2000s as investors booked gains after a day of mixed earnings. Technology and industrials showed some strength before a broad pullback, while bond prices rose and volatility remained elevated across sectors.
The Office of Economic Opportunity asked Shaw University to withdraw seven federally owned cars assigned to student volunteers. The move followed a probe prompted by Rep. L. H. Fountain into a government car used to transport parents to a Rocky Mount school meeting after clashes between white and Black students. No illegal activity was found, but cars used by VISTA volunteers were withdrawn to avoid controversy.
Heritage Furniture Co a division of Drexel Enterprises announces three executives receiving new assignments. Ernst B. Kemm becomes product manager. G Stephen Read moves to sales promotion manager from assistant advertising manager. Harold C Pitzer is appointed upholstery product manager. Kemm and Pitzer live in High Point while Read resides in Greensboro.
The Most Rev. Fulton J. Sheen has resigned as bishop of the Rochester Catholic Diocese citing health reasons. He will be succeeded by Msgr. Joseph L. Hogan with uproar at times and protests surrounding U.S. policy in Vietnam shaping public mood.
MELVIN VILLAGE NEW HAMPSHIRE The American Textile Manufacturers Institute will conduct an objective and comprehensive study to determine if working conditions in the textile industry contribute to respiratory diseases. The call came at a board meeting after a report from ATMI’s special committee on occupational safety and health.
A Gaston County Superior Court jury acquitted Worth Grayson Williams, 26, of rape and two counts of kidnapping in a case involving a Charlotte woman and her 13 year old daughter. The jury deliberated three hours after testimony. Williams was jailed since May. Immediately after, Mecklenburg authorities charged him with driving without a license.
Sen. Harry F. Byrd Jr. urged the Senate to back Clement Haynsworth for the Supreme Court. He defended Haynsworth against anti labor and anti Negro charges and said the judge showed high integrity despite allegations of conflicts of interest. The administration pressed to sustain Nixon's pick amid Senate divisions.
President cites Hanoi letter urging demonstrators to press for total U S withdrawal from Vietnam. Pham Van Dong lauds the protests and claims world support. Scott says Hanoi aims to exploit the unrest while noting dissent is proper and warning of communist capitalizing efforts.
Los Angeles police report the Lennons murder case will be closed. Chet W. H. Young, 38, a former mental patient linked to the August 2 shooting at the Matinal del Rey golf course, was found dead in a car trunk east of Sonora. Investigators say he shot himself with the same rifle used in the Lennon killing. A letter to Peggy Lennon and clippings were found in the car.
Shirley Temple Black, 41 and mother of three, says she wants people to stop thinking of her as a former child star. In a United Nations interview she expresses gratitude for her past but wishes to live in the present and hopes to engage youth in UN activities.
About 40 at High Point College joined a flag ceremony and pledges for peace, while 50 at Eton College Burlington held a silent vigil. At UNC Chapel Hill names of war dead were read near the naval ROTC armory as 32 of 74 campuses scheduled observances with speakers including Howard Levy and Jack Newfield. Carlyle Sitterson announced a new plan for convocation addressing differing war positions.
Soviet space officials stressed that welding and joining metals in weightlessness will be extremely difficult. They warned the cosmonaut-assemblyman must remain outside the ship for long periods to perform assembly, repair, and other tasks.
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