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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1966
Page
2
The Dow Jones industrial average hovered around 790 as trading began with a 1.90 point drop amid a choppy session. A table of noon prices noted stock figures, dividends, and ex-distribution markers, reflecting a cautious mood and mixed signals on gains.
The discussion centers on speeding up benefits to counter rising living costs. Byrnes backs an 8 percent increase funded by the surplus, with more changes next year. Burke proposes immediate essentials of Johnson’s program plus raising the wage base. A committee vote favored considering the approach but postponed action until next year citing limited time before adjournment.
The report notes officials plan a six-country visit, with a return to Washington about 36 hours before Johnson leaves Monday. Moyers will brief LBJ and prepare for a second 26,000-mile run. The Air Force backup team has started training and is in good health.
Mostly cloudy and cool tonight with a few coastal showers. Lows in the 40s to 60s. Thursday mostly cool with showers on the coast in the fore noon. North and South Carolina temperatures Thu through Monday are forecast to run 2 to 7 degrees below normal with Asheville 66 41 Charlotte 71 46 Columbia 75 49 Charleston 75 52. Cooler inland tonight with drizzle fog and coastal showers lingering.
Two unidentified Salt Lake City men left their wives at a Thistle Utah gas station and drove 13 miles before a Spanish Fork officer Howard Zabriskie stopped them. The incident highlights men taking wives for granted and the subsequent correction by authorities.
Florida Highway Patrol halts use of radar air to ground surveillance after Attorney General Faircloth calls traffic arrests with such devices probably illegal He urges 1967 legislature to legalize and modify laws to curb highway risk Reid Clifton deputy director curtails radar and electronic timer use citing hearsay concerns and ground arrests from planes
Friends of Greek shipping magnate Stavros Niarchos urged a quick change back to his status before the December Mexican marriage to Charlotte Ford, noting he remains legally married to Eugenia Niarchos under Greek law. Niarchos, 57, had an earlier 1947 marriage with Eugenia and three children. He obtained a Mexican divorce prior to marrying Ford, who gave birth to a daughter last May. Niarchos is in Paris with no denial issued.
The market shows no actual transactions as futures open subdued. Weather outlook suggests light to moderate precipitation in western and eastern regions later in the period, with amounts from one-tenth to four-tenths of an inch.
U S military leaders in Saigon warn a fresh North Vietnamese assault could target the demilitarized zone to influence elections in three allied nations. Rough monsoon weather and rain favor the Communists, while U S forces brace with added artillery and plans to reinforce 1st Corps and move a fifth army division into South Vietnam.
In Manila for a Viet Nam summit the 1960s president’s bed became a topic of secrecy with Imelda Marcos overseeing decor and officials delaying beds. Newsmen toured rooms as diplomats and staff faced accommodation shortages, fueling speculation the bed was smuggled in overnight.
Bavarian police report two couples with six children and a grandmother crawled through a minefield death strip on planks of wood to reach West Germany on a foggy night. The fathers cut a barbed wire barrier and praised safety under God as they fled. A 32 year old Czechoslovakian army officer on border duty also escaped.
Singapore AP report says Indonesia's Subandrio treason corruption and complicity trial recessed for a half hour and will resume next Tuesday with the defense and prosecution presenting final summaries. The Sia radio said the court would hear closing arguments after the adjournment.
Greensboro city traffic engineer Gene McCombs explained to a civic club this week that many small holes in streets likely indicate a leak search by Piedmont Natural Gas Co. A single large hole means a leak has been found.
West Berlin's Wilhelm Foerster Observatory said the Soviet Union launched a satellite today, while Bochum observers claimed it has been in orbit since Monday. A Bochum spokesman offered no verification and Soviet confirmation was unavailable.
Charlotte AP reports North Carolina National Bank declares a quarterly dividend of 30 cents per share payable December 28 to holders of record December 9. Addison H. Reese, president, says annual dividends for the year total $1.20 per share.
More than 6,000 GE workers resume duties at Evendale Ohio jet engine plant near Cincinnati as a federal judge halts a strike for an 80 day cooling off period. The Defense Department monitors eight other GE plants in five states amid efforts to protect war production.
Police in Columbus Ohio hunt a so called sadistic killer who bludgeoned prominent theologian and civil rights leader Dr Robert W Spike to death. Detective Captain Tom Sawyer says no solid leads amid 10000 students on campus. Dr Spike was found in a hotel guest room wearing only a raincoat with head wounds. Coroner cites possible hammer strike. No motive established.
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