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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1971
Page
2
Major banks including Morgan Guaranty cut prime lending to 5% from 6% prompting firmer trading on the New York Stock Exchange. The Dow slipped 0.51 to 867.92 at midday after earlier losses, with decliners still ahead 3 to 2 but shrinking. Caterpillar fell 1.5% after reporting Q3 earnings down 37% from a year earlier.
Summary of terms used on the New York Exchange for stock dividends and ex-dividend events. Includes ex dividend designation, stock distributions, declared or paid dividends, in arrears, new issues, and related conditions such as rights, warrants, and bankruptcy status.
Premier Lon Nol says he set up a military dictatorship to stop anarchy and end democracy. He announces a new government claiming it will lead Cambodia to victory as emergency powers replace legislative authority and the assembly is dissolved into a constituent body.
AP Special Correspondent William L. Ryan reports Premier Alexei N. Kosygin enduring protests in Ottawa as demonstrators target him during a seven city tour. Security shifts kept him away from protesters while he charmed Canadian audiences at a gala concert before travels to Montreal Edmonton Vancouver and Toronto. He criticized U S economic policy indirectly amid Canadian reception.
H Rap Brown, accused of trying to rob a Manhattan bar, was to be arraigned in his Roosevelt Hospital room. He remained in fair condition after bullets were removed from his abdomen and thigh. no bail set for Brown. Three companions face $100000 bail for grand jury action as police confirm fingerprint ID amid tight security.
The stock averages section shows noon values for Ralls ind Util Fon, Ld, and related groups with daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly figures. It lists high and low values for 1970 and 1971 periods, noting changes from the previous day and other reference points.
President Nixon is expected to name a new Marine Corps commandant within a month. Gen. Leonard F. Chapman Jr., retiring Jan. 1 after 36 years, would not name a successor but said the next leader will maintain strict discipline. The corps, with about 200,000 personnel, remains in high readiness after a Vietnam-era buildup.
A USC team of two biologists and a nurse emerged from an 8 by 15 foot spherical underwater lab off Freeport Bahamas after six days. They lived in 50 feet of water recording heart and respiration while exposed to cold. The group included Mr and Mrs Plimanis and Dr Robert Given studying decompression risks for divers.
Noon New York stock indexes show slim changes with the Dow Jones Industrial Average near 867.92 up 0.51 and the broader market mixed across sectors. Transportation and utilities show fractional moves while industrials and finance hover around prior levels amid subdued trading.
In Memphis Tennessee a memorial service for Elton Hayes age 17 touched off violence including a firebombing of a grocery store and a helicopter struck by gunfire during the Orange Mound remembrance. No injuries were reported and the district attorney classified Hayes death as a homicide.
FCC Chairman Dean Burch argues government intervention in radio and TV news risks greater harm than stations falsifying reports He says no agency should authenticate news and the FCC will not be the national arbiter of truth He notes distortions should be addressed only when staff are instructed to distort or stage events to mislead the public.
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