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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1969
Page
2
The stock market eased after a morning surge with the Dow Jones Industrial Average showing slight gains and many leaders retreating. Woolworth rose about two points and Procter & Gamble edged higher as the Associated Press stock average nudged upward, while declines persisted among some industrials.
Quotations from the NASD were reported throughout the day with stock averages noted. Prices exclude retail marks and markdowns of commissions.
Forecast calls for variable cloudiness through Wednesday. Showers likely tonight and Wednesday, especially Piedmont. Mild days with cool nights. lows 55 to 63 in North Carolina, 60 to 67 on the coast and 58 to 55 inland in South Carolina. Virginia will be mostly cloudy with scattered showers in the extreme southwest tonight, otherwise fair, with highs in the 70s on Wednesday.
Thomasville police detectives investigated a break-in at Main Street Junior High School earlier on Monday. Entry was gained through a broken small window. Officers said nothing was missing.
Uncertainties surround Nixon administration desegregation policy as federal aid cuts loom for segregated districts. HEW may suspend aid pending Supreme Court review, with Finch ordering examiners to reexamine discrimination cases while awaiting 5th Circuit action on Taylor County, Florida.
Atlantic City reports union leaders promise aid to a new White House inflation commission. They blame high interest rates and rising land and material costs for construction delays, while praising cooperation with the panel. President Nixon appoints C J Haggerty and other building trades leaders to the commission amid wage tensions and strike activity.
State police and the FBI pursue a possible link between the disappearance of Linda Mae Piso Qi and her child and the discovery of a stolen green Pontiac convertible at a department store lot. The case involves a nearby Army family, a separate arrest for a rape charge, and a kidnapping report in New Kensington with threats against a police officer.
Life magazine reports Black and white Marines at Camp Lejeune NC are on the edge of open war. Armed patrols guard streets and base areas as tensions rise. A Camp Lejeune spokesman confirmed patrols and alarms but denied frequent racial assaults. The piece notes past crimes and a 1968 death alleged by Black Marines to be racially charged.
RALEIGH AP A new law granting special driving privileges for Tar Heels with a first drunken driving offense is causing DMV issues. Judges have increasingly given the privileges to repeat offenders, often unaware of previous records. Since July, more than seven judicial errors have been spotted.
Informed sources say Israel again allowed Jordan to repair the 40 mile Yarmuk canal from the Jordan river, in return for Jordan curbing Arab guerrilla activity and enforcing a ceasefire in the Jordan Beisan valleys. A 30 man crew began repairs Monday and water flowed again by Monday evening. The United States mediated the talks at Jordan’s request.
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