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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1966
Page
2
The New York stock market edged higher amid quiet trading as durable goods orders rose 3.6 percent in September and several big firms reported strong third quarter earnings. The Dow rose to 285.5 led by industrials while KLM Royal Dutch slumped 13 percent after announcing a $14 million common stock issue.
New York AP report notes cotton futures started the trading day quietly as no actual trades were recorded on opening.
Johnson arrives for a visit amid student demonstrations in New Zealand. About 250 university students march with placards against U.S. policy and the Vietnam War, but police do not disperse them. He later meets Prime Minister Holt and addresses Parliament stressing resistance to aggression and a new Asia free from terror.
In South Viet Nam De Cao Ky dismissed a cabinet crisis and named one of seven rebel cabinet members to head the government next week while away at the Manila conference. Ground fighting continues in the Mekong Delta near Dong Ha with reported enemy and allied casualties.
Police kept order as rampaging youths injured five high school teachers, broke store windows, and threw fire bombs in Oakland. The clashes began at Castlemont High School with about 250 participants, amid ongoing racial trouble that led to arrests of 20, including 10 adults and 10 juveniles.
Police rushed to East 14th Avenue between 81st and 86th as three gasoline bombs ignited small fires and a police car was damaged. Officers sealed a five block area after 8 p.m. amid jeers and screams, with no report of major injuries. Gov Brown, seeking a third term, was unaware of the disturbance during stops in Fresno and Modesto. Names of offenders were not released.
Frosty interior conditions advised for both states tonight with clear skies. In North Carolina expect scattered frost in the mountains to the western coastal plain with lows from 27 to 35, interior lows near 30s and coast around 40, followed by a sunny and slightly warmer Friday afternoon. South Carolina sees frost interior tonight, clear skies, frost from the mountains to the central coast plain, with 30s inland and warmer afternoon values.
A Texas scientist isolates a cancer causing element in cigarette smoke. While health scares ease, several illnesses linked to smoking remain, and a December NCHS study will outline related health risks as FTC reviews tar and nicotine disclosures. Increased prices and new super king size units shift industry profits amid tighter ad rules and rising consumption.
With election day under three weeks off the House faces a jammed agenda and uncertain quorum. Major bills on antipoverty urban renewal and an anti inflation rider were postponed amid fights over ethics reform and public works. Senate actions included narcotics rehab school aid Viet Nam veterans benefits and consumer labeling while a foreign investors tax measure moved toward adjournment and allowed voluntary campaign funding.
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