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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1969
Page
2
The Dow Jones industrial average fell 6.01 to 813.49 at noon amid broad declines and only modest advances. Analysts cited ongoing economic and international uncertainty, Fed policy expectations, and concerns over Vietnam. The AP 6-stock average slipped 1.6 to 98.6 as industrials fell.
Reporters describe pressure in the United States and among allies to leverage Ho Chi Minh’s death and a ceasefire to influence the Paris peace talks. The alliance reportedly settled on a modified undeclared cease-fire amid tensions over negotiating leverage and timing.
A heavily guarded embassy residence saw a taxi arrival as President Nixon rang from California. The ambassador was struck during transfer between cars, while 15 Brazilian prisoners freed hours later arrived in Mexico City and sought political asylum. Ex-sergeant Onofrio Pinto said the group was chosen for their leadership roles in the Brazilian revolutionary movement.
In Belfast a Protestant crowd dispersed after gunfire as British troops patrolled the city center. A 23 year old Protestant, Jack Todd, was killed and a companion wounded when gunmen opened fire from a car near a Catholic area. Police treated the case as murder while an array of bombs and unexploded devices were found in the district as buses halted service and residents fled to shelters.
Senator Nixon, returning to Washington from his summer White House in San Clemente California, called off his routine Tuesday morning conference with GOP Congressional leaders in respect for Dirk Sen.
The article notes heightened tensions in Northern Ireland with British troops clashing with protesters as the White House weighs funeral attendance and ongoing economic strain. It recalls past clashes, political figures like Dirksen, and a sundry of brief memos about tax-cut votes and a boyhood piccolo hobby, all framed in a fevered weather of political theater.
A fragmented report recalls Pike’s death after a fall in a Dead Sea canyon while searching for the Dead Sea Scrolls era sites. Israeli investigators trace footprints from water pools to the ledge, noting the victim died instantly after an 80 foot drop.
North Carolina faces substantial cloudiness with showers and scattered thundershowers likely tonight and Tuesday. Cooler air moves in west tonight and elsewhere Tuesday. Lows range from 50s in the mountains to 60s elsewhere, with 40s to 70s along the coast. South Carolina will be cooler Tuesday with showers and possible thundershowers along the coast. elsewhere, a chance of showers. Lows tonight from 63 to 73.
Kenneth B. Hedrick a native of High Point has been promoted to assistant product manager in the marketing department of R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co in Winston Salem Hedrick a 1958 graduate of High Point Central High School joined RJR in 1966 as a salesman in the Columbia South Carolina field sales division He was assistant manager in the south Atlanta division before transferring to the Winston Salem marketing department in April 1968 as a marketing assistant Hedrick holds a B A degree from Guilford College.
Dirksen's death opens two Senate vacancies including a GOP floor leader post and a Illinois seat. Hugh Scott of Pennsylvania appears headed to minority leadership on an interim basis as 42 GOP senators decide, with Illinois appointing a new senator. The plane crash that injured Dirksen’s successor’s potential path is noted amid leadership reshuffling.
Atlanta Governor Maddox calls for Southern conservatives to lead the Democratic party and urges support for former Alabama Governor George C. Wallace. He says to use every available means to step in and take over as Wallace receives backing across the region.
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