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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1966
Page
2
The New York market fell further in moderate trading and the Dow Jones average at noon slid 5.46 points to around the 800 level. Investors await Johnson’s plan for a new government savings bond and the possibility of as much as 8 billion dollars in additional new cash this year.
Following is a list of selected stock transactions on the Stock Exchange with noon prices. Figures are unofficial with notes explaining dividend types and special cases such as liquidating and ex-dividend statuses.
The AP reports noon figures for the New York stock index showing activity in trading. Market movements reflect broad sector shifts as investors react to ongoing economic signals and corporate results.
In Greensboro, 60 year old John Burns shot his wife Evelyn during a phone call, then barricaded himself at home. After police used tear gas to enter, Burns was found dead in the bathroom from a shotgun wound. Mrs Burns survived and was taken to a hospital.
President Johnson outlined a reshuffle with Nicholas Katzenbach to become undersecretary of state filling the vacancy left by George W. Ball who resigned. Eugene Rostow will be undersecretary and Foy Kohler, ambassador to Moscow, will become deputy undersecretary succeeding U. Alexis Johnson. Lat in American summit plans are also in development with West German Chancellor Ludwig Erhard.
Police and Harlem parents clashed outside Intermediate School 201 in Harlem after the reinstatement of white principal Stanley R. Lisser. About 40 pickets confronted barricades, four people were taken into custody, and teachers stayed away in protest. The $5 million school opened for grades five to eight with 15 teachers.
The Production Code Administration announced a revised code led by Geofrey M Shurlock. The update aims to expand artistic freedom while ensuring responsibility and social standards. It removes explicit bans on abortion and sex acts, replacing them with interpretive guidelines and stricter restraint in depictions of illicit sex.
Washington AP reports the government studies a higher interest savings bond to spur wartime lending. President Johnson hints at tax hikes to fund the Viet Nam effort while Fowler notes a potential higher rate bond not cashable before maturity and tied to the regular bond program.
Dr. Leo Jenkins president of East Carolina College said the full two year medical school study will be released to the public Thursday with about 100 copies printed. A 10 a.m. news conference on campus will accompany a statement on the report and related controversy. Three medical consultants had studied ECC readiness and recommended a community health and life services institute to train paramedics.
Partly cloudy in both states through Thursday with a few showers in the mountains and near the coast. Lows mostly 50s to 60s, highs near 70 in the mountains and mid to upper 70s elsewhere in North Carolina. South Carolina lows mid to upper 50s, highs 75 to 80. Extended period: below normal temperatures with limited precipitation totaling up to half an inch in the west and up to an inch or more elsewhere toward week end.
William J. Hudson Jr. vice president of Hudson-Belk Co. in Raleigh died today. He came to Raleigh in 1915 after Belk's in Concord. Funeral services set for noon Thursday at White Memorial Presbyterian Church. Survivors include his wife Elizabeth Sikes Hudson a son a daughter and six grandchildren.
Charles H. Percy and family abruptly depart their Lake Michigan shore villa in Kenilworth after Valerie Percy 21 was found stabbed and beaten to death in the home. Investigators pursue a cab driver lead linking a possible suspect. Authorities plan to search the lakefront and question campaign workers connected to Percy's bid against Paul Douglas. The family held memorial services for Valerie with about 300 attendees. her body was cremated.
Washington AP report details Rep Glenn Andrews plan to introduce a Thursday resolution creating a special House committee to probe Rep Adam Clayton Powell with possible censure or expulsion. A Democrats shift seeks limits on Powell while keeping him nominal chair, and members warn reforms could pass with GOP support.
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