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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1967
Page
2
New York stocks opened lower and then held near even as traders faced continuing inflation fears. The market failed to sustain Tuesday's advance to a 1967 high, with brokers noting a needed pause after a sharp run.
Rates of dividends shown are annual disbursements based on last declarations. Footnotes a to vi explain extras, stock dividends, liquidating payouts, ex-dividend dates, and special cases including new issues, deferred actions, and warrants. Sales figures are unofficial and some issues may be in bankruptcy or foreign tax regimes.
Portland Oregon AP deputy Loren Caddy faced a peculiar rescue when a large labrador German shepherd mix was wedged in a 50 cup coffee maker left in a junk pile in Elsie McGarry’s yard. He sprayed detergent and carved the dog free in stages.
A University of North Carolina Greensboro anthropology professor, Dr. Harriet Kupferer, is missing after Hurricane Beulah. She had left Greensboro in late August to study Mexican Indians on Isla Mujeres off the Yucatan Peninsula. Radio reports from the area described widespread damage and heavy losses. Dr. Kupferer has taught at UNCG since 1961.
In Germiston near Johannesburg the Early Church for Sportsmen at St Boniface Anglican Church shifts Mass from 7:30 am to 7:00 am to help sport lovers reach venues on time. The church magazine notes the change aids players starting games with their teams.
North Carolina and South Carolina show fair to partly cloudy skies with warm days and mild nights. Highs mostly in the 70s to 80s, 86 in mountains, lower 80s elsewhere, with overnight lows in the 40s to 60s. Showers possible Friday into Saturday. Georgia expects partly cloudy, warm, then a chance of scattered showers in the northwest. Precipitation total half to one inch or more, easing to cooler weekend conditions.
Adir Aronson, management services supervisor of Peat, Marwick & Mitchell in Atlanta, will address the Piedmont Chapter of the National Association of Accountants at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the Holiday Inn in Greensboro. He will discuss Planning on EDP Installation. A social gathering and dinner run from 5:45 to 7:30 p.m. before the technical session. Annual awards for perfect attendance in 1966-67 and certificates for manuscript authors will be presented.
Harold Musselwhite of Morgan Gulf Service received a special award for exceptional customer service. The Gates Rubber Co sponsors a nationwide contest now in its 35th year to honor service station personnel who excel in service.
The Piedmont section of the American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists will hold its fall meeting at the Heart of Charlotte Motor Inn in Charlotte on September 29 and 30. Registration begins at 3 p m Friday September 29.
Sky City, headquartered in Asheville, announces plans for a sixth discount store. The 55,000 square foot single floor outlet will be built in Greenwood, D C, expanding the chain's regional footprint.
AP report from Seattle details the Episcopal General Convention debates as racial unity advocates push to place more Negroes on the church’s Executive Council and other leadership bodies. The 41 member council now has one Black member. debates also touch union plans with nine Protestant denominations and opening the convention to women delegates.
PPG Industries plans a regional glass distribution center in Greensboro to serve North Carolina South Carolina southern Virginia and eastern Tennessee. The 80 000 square foot warehouse will employ about 35 people and stock automotive replacement glass and construction glass.
Pravda in two long articles charges a British Cold War plot behind the incident involving Soviet physicist Vladimir Tkachenko. The Moscow paper repeats claims that British officials kidnapped the 25 year old in London to force defection and notes his return to the Soviet embassy.
DETROIT AP A top United Auto Workers official accuses General Motors of stealing as much market share as possible while Ford Motor Co is idled by a UAW strike. Woodcock says GM production for 1968 model cars is up. GM denies the charge. Ford faces a widespread strike with about 160000 workers. Ford and UAW negotiators push noneconomic issues as benefits rise for striking workers.
TEL AVIV reported Israeli tank gunners sank three Egyptian patrol boats carrying about 45 armed soldiers as Egypt twice tried to ferry them through the blocked Suez Canal. About 15 Egyptians in uniform jumped overboard, several casualties reported, Cairo denying the claim. Israeli observers accused Egypt of trying to create tension ahead of the U.N. General Assembly sessions.
London’s ad agency polled 91 Strand pedestrians to pick the ideal 1967 London girl. Model Jean Shrimpton topped the list ahead of Jacqueline Kennedy, with Mary Quant Hayley Mills Marianne Faithfull and Elizabeth Taylor among the top picks. Twiggy ranked ninth of eleven.
Atlanta AP report quotes Dr. Joseph Doyle, cardiology professor from Albany, saying research links smoking to heart attack risk but opposing bans. He argues against lawmaking, cites alcohol as greater harm, notes youths light up faster, and urges safer cigarettes and programs to help heavy smokers quit.
Peoria scientist Dr. G E Inglett announced at the American Chemical Society meeting in Chicago that a red berry found in Nigeria is 1500 times sweeter than sugar and 400 times sweeter than saccharin. Inglett, chief of cereal research at the USDA Northern Utilization Research Laboratory, said West African natives refuse to cultivate the fruit because it is too sweet.
AP reports noon figures from the New York Stock Exchange showing the Market Index at 40.01, Industrial at 40.01, Transportation at 40.55, and Utility at 0.07 with minor cent variations across sectors. The data reflects a flat to slightly varied market movement amid ongoing trading.
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