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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1966
Page
2
Business and financial notes from High Point Enterprise covering stock market activity and company updates. Includes brief reports on market mood, notable price moves, and regional business developments in a concise page segment.
The Dow fell 2.39 to 779.95 as losses spread among airlines, electronics, aerospace, and office equipment stocks. The AP 60 slipped 1.5 to 281.1 with notable moves including Polaroid, Xerox, Raytheon, Kodak, and Du Pont showing varied declines or gains.
New York AP reports day by day stock and bond averages with noon figures and prior day, week ago, and month ago comparisons. It notes unofficial prices on the American Stock Exchange and provides footnotes detailing terms such as ex-dividend, stock splits, and foreign issues.
The page shows mixed shifts in Dow Jones sectors with utilities and industrials moving modestly. Prices and percent changes are listed for rails, bonds, public utilities, and industrials, reflecting varied performance across the day.
In Hodgenville Kentucky an unfamiliar traffic officer acted at a downtown intersection after a policy dispute left the town of about 2000 without police. Mayor C P Thurman stepped in to direct traffic and manage the scene.
Cotton futures opened quietly in New York with no trades recorded. Prices ranged from 21.80 to 22.40 on the board, reflecting a subdued start as markets wait for clearer signals.
Forecast for North and South Carolina shows mild conditions through Thursday with cool nights. Temperatures range from the 70s to mid 80s during the day and 40s to 60s at night in various locations with low rainfall, under one tenth of an inch, mainly as showers early next week.
In Raleigh on Lake Wheeler Road Mr and Mrs B S Sexton report nightly screeching tires and crashes as motorists miss a curve striking their mailbox and maple tree. The couple replaced the mailbox for the 16th time and painted a skull sign on the tree to warn drivers.
Dr. Jacob Koomen of North Carolina State Health Director was named chairman of the Appalachian Regional Commission Health Advisory Committee. He succeeds Dr. Paul A. Miller and will help advise on demonstration health facilities and provide technical assistance to Appalachian communities and states.
Gov. Grant Sawyer won a 55 percent renomination for a third term as Nevada Democrat. He faces Lt. Gov. Paul Laxalt in November after sweeping five opponents. Rep. Walter S. Baring was renominated for an eighth term in Nevada’s House race.
In Washington, Senate Democrats led by Mansfield concede prospects for passage of the civil rights bill are dim as Republicans and Southern Democrats oppose. Dirksen says a two thirds vote to end a filibuster is unlikely, planning a prolonged debate. The bill would ban racial discrimination in housing and juries and protect civil rights workers, while the Senate lacks a quorum to begin proceedings.
The piece questions collective responsibility in Soviet society as it details Anatoli’s troubled upbringing. It notes his troubled family, early expulsion from school, time in a juvenile camp, and later return to his village Veliki Luki where residents were left trying to understand his crime.
Mrs. Dennett testified the daughter Peverley Kinsey and her husband had a happy, comfortable marriage with no quarrels. The letter from Peverley hours before her death was read in court, and Kinsey’s actions and relationships were discussed as relatives explained their perceptions of the couple.
In a predominantly Black area near Atlanta's stadium, about 500 people shouted black power as a patrol responded after a car theft suspect was shot. At least 63 arrested and 15 injured as tear gas and firearms were used. Louis Prather wounded and listed in poor condition. A police officer suffered a possible jaw fracture in the melee.
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