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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1969
Page
2
The New York based stock market report shows mixed movement as industrials and blue chips fluctuate, with the Dow Jones averaging modest gains while major indexes inch up or down. Investors watched a broad mix of names including American, Texaco, and General Electric as profits and dividends influenced trading dynamics.
E. J. Albertson of Albertson Garden Center attended the 17th annual Landscape Award Program in Washington. He was one of four North Carolina attendees as Mrs. Pat Nixon presented awards to 45 winners at the American Association of Nurserymen event at the Statler Hilton Hotel.
Attorneys for the senator and nine others in the case date Sanrema in North Carolina report variable cloudiness tonight and Friday with a turn to cooler temperatures. Lows tonight are expected 45 to 50 degrees.
Boston AP reports five Massachusetts Supreme Court justices held an unscheduled consultation fueling speculation of a fast decision on a proposed inquest into Mary Jo Kopechne's death. Attorneys urge witness cross examination. normally the justices meet last Tuesday monthly, potentially Oct 28.
In Atlanta, Mayor Ivan Allen Jr ordered American tags lowered to half staff to honor war dead while state buildings under Gov. Lester Maddox flew flags at full staff. Maddox displayed a flag from his car radio antenna. A candlelight march took place in New York with about 10,000 people in Midtown Manhattan. Over 22,000 gathered near the Washington Monument in a peace demonstration. In remarks, Miss King, widow of Mrs. Luther King Jr., criticized spending billions on Vietnam while neglecting life at home. The protest ended with a silent encirclement of the White House. President Nixon dismissed the voices but acknowledged future attention. A separate incident noted Miss Kopechne’s body found in Ted Kennedy’s car on Chappaquiddick Island. A Spearfish Vietnam veterans group hired a plane to distribute 5,000 leaflets to 2,000 demonstrating students.
Students and faculty at multiple colleges and universities in North Carolina joined large antiwar demonstrations over Vietnam. Across Chapel Hill, Pembroke, Greensboro, Wake Forest, and Raleigh, crowds marched, flags were raised or lowered, and memorial actions or speeches accompanied the daylong activism. At Pembroke and elsewhere turnout varied from a few dozen to several thousand, with students citing casualties and urging policy change.
Raleigh officials received a petition from Jeremia Webb of Weldon urging Gov. Bob Scott and Atty. Gen. Robert Morgan to investigate the June 28 shooting of two Halifax County teens near a vacant Enfield house. William Lee Frederick 17 died weeks later. Julia Ann Cherry 14 was shot in the leg and placed at Hobbs School for Girls in Kingston. The petition criticizes authorities for dropped charges against the white house owner Preston Randolph and cites refusals to press charges in several cases. The petition was part of a program by the Peoples Program Low Poverty, backed by the Durham based Foundation for Community Development.
Edward M O Heron Jr of Eckerd Drugs and Miller Newton of Miller's Office Equipment announce a merger pending Eckerd board approval. Miller's, based in Charlotte with branches in Concord and Gastonia, will operate as a subsidiary, retaining identity, management, and staff. Miller's design and service teams will join Eckerd's.
Washington AP report covers Secretary George P. Shultz and Cabinet members endorsing Nixon’s welfare overhaul. The plan would require job training registrations, aim to move 1.8 million off welfare rolls, and offer a guaranteed minimum income of 1,800 dollars per year for many families. Work or training becomes a central feature with a Work Incentive Program pilot already testing the idea.
Andrews North Carolina reports highway commissioner J Boyd Crisp missing after a flight from Andrews Air Force Base toward Raleigh Durham. Civil Air Patrol said it coordinated 60 members and seven planes, with search focusing on mountain routes to the Raleigh Durham airport.
The 1963 Nobel Prize goes to Max Delbrueck Alfred Hershey and Salvador Luria for discoveries on replication and genetic structure of viruses. The trio, linked to Caltech Carnegie Institution MIT, boost understanding of inheritance and viral diseases. Cash prize is $75,000 with prize events in Stockholm and Oslo.
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