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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1970
Page
2
Stock prices moved modestly lower at midday with the Dow Jones 30 off 4.52 to 760.06 as declines outpace gains on the NYSE. Analysts suggest a base-building phase with pockets of strength and potential erosion in glamor stocks while sectors like airlines and oils lag.
NASD quotations show representative inter-dealer prices around 11 a.m. These markets fluctuate during the day and do not include retail markups, markdowns, or commissions.
As schools reopen across Dixie, protests and boycotts surface while the Supreme Court says it will hear Oct. 12 cases from Georgia Alabama North Carolina on neighborhood schools racial balance and busing. Desegregation tensions appear in Florida Georgia Alabama Virginia Tennessee and Mississippi with pickets boycotts and some students moving to private schools.
The U.S. 199th Light Infantry Brigade and the 3rd Brigade of the 9th Infantry Division will be deactivated within six weeks as part of Nixon’s withdrawal plan in South Vietnam. The move lowers American strength by about 10,000 and reduces total forces to 384,000 by October 15, with these brigades among the first major combat units pulled out in phase four.
About two dozen Raleigh Sanitation Department workers stayed home today amid a labor dispute after a two hour work stoppage and a one day walkout. A city spokesman said a decision on action would be made later as garbage collection ran at near normal levels. The suspended workers, Local 1887 of the AFSCME, formed a picket line at the sanitation headquarters and some crews operated with reduced staff.
The Supreme Court will hear two death penalty challenges in the new term likely the week of Oct 19. The cases from California and Ohio question due process in jury discretion over death vs lesser penalties and trial of guilt and punishment in one sitting. Defendants include James Crampton of Toledo and Dennis McGautha of Louisiana.
The Justice Department asks a Raleigh federal court to require provisional voter registration in NC without literacy tests. The elections board may comply with little disruption, citing uniform procedures since 1969. The move would affect 61 counties and follows literacy test battles tied to the Voting Rights Act.
North Carolina health and agriculture officials clash over parathion use. Agriculture Commissioner Jim Graham supports continued use with a regulatory bill, while Dr. Martin Hines says regulation cannot prevent exposure. Hines cites about 30 poisoning cases and deaths of a 7-year-old boy as context.
Cape Kennedy launches reveal a secret satellite aimed at tracking Red China and Soviet missile activity. The craft seeks a stationary 19,000 to 24,000 mile high orbit over Southeast Asia for 24 hour reconnaissance, with cameras and sensors to spy on bases and movements.
Senators George McGovern and Jiko Fulbright address a national NBC audience accusing U S policy of prolonging the war. They fault Nixon Vietnamization and warn Washington and Beijing Moscow power centers. They urge a timetable for withdrawal as Senate weighs the Hatfield McGovern amendment amid domestic strain from the conflict.
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