Furniture Plant Leveled By Fire
A fierce blaze at Plymouth Furniture Co on the city edge destroyed the four one story units. Fire walls but no doors, wind fanned flames to 100 feet. About 200 workers unemployed. no injuries reported. Fire crews from several departments fought the blaze and stored water from a stream due to no hydrants.
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Don Follmer
Plymouth Furniture Co
Super Highway
Joel Paul
Guil-Rand
Paul
High Point
Guil- Rand
10-A
Horneytown
Deep River
Alamance
Pinecroft-Sedgefield
Joe Robertson
Plymouth
FUI
Plot to Slay Rusk Feared in Saigon Bomb Plot
U S Secretary of State Dean Rusk faced a possible assassination plot in Saigon as Viet Cong bombings near the Saigon electrical transformers and a military installation wounded two. Police tracked a suspect after a 11 pound explosive failed to detonate during a high tension visit by Rusk, Lodge, and Nguyen Xuan Oanh.
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Malcolm W. Browne
Saigon
U.S
Dean Rusk
Rusk
Thanh
Lodge
Nguyen Xuan Oanh
Bien Hoa
De Gaulle Reported Recovering After Prostate Surgery
Paris AP report says President Charles de Gaulle, 73, is in very satisfactory condition after Friday prostate surgery. A medical communique from Elysee Palace says he rested with nourishment and took steps in his room. Officials foresee a return to duty within a month, though doubt remains.
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Patrick McNulty
Paris
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
Elysee Palace
Europe
de' Gaulle
High Point spring furniture market awaits readers
For Your Sunday Reading The Enterprise Sunday highlights the High Point market along North Carolina's Furniture Highway with stories and pictures from High Point to Lenoir. Dr. Douglas Knight of Duke University discusses modern university challenges, a Harvard English scholar analyzes Shakespeare's enduring appeal, and a Texas feature explores the Land of Lyndon, President Johnson's birthplace and home.
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High Point
North Carolina
Lenoir
Enterprise
Douglas Knight
Duke University
Harvard University
William Shakespeare
Texas
Lyndon
President Johnson
Jetliner Crashes Near Dhahran Killing 49 Aboard
A Middle East Airlines Air Liban Caravelle from Beirut crashed into the Persian Gulf near Dhahran amid a desert sandstorm. All 49 on board perished including 23 Americans, many tied to ARAMCO. Rescue operations extended to helicopters and small boats as survivors were not found. The flight originated in Beirut with a late afternoon takeoff, the wreckage located about 10 miles off the Saudi coast.
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Bahrain
Persian Gulf
Dhahran
Saudi Arabia
Beirut
Middle East
Air Liban
Arabian American Oil Co
Aramco
U.S. Navy
Middle East Airlines
Arabian
Gulf
Lebanon
Ben Hecht Dies At 70 In New York Apartment
NEW YORK AP Ben Hecht a noted writer and playwright died in his Manhattan apartment at 70 the cause appears to be a heart attack Hecht who rose from Chicago Journal reporter in 1910 to author of stories plays novels and motion picture scripts is best known for The Front Page written with Charles MacArthur in 1928 Hecht collapsed at West 87th Street residence as his wife and police attempted resuscitation
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New York
Ben Hecht
Hecht
New Yorker
Chicago Journal
Front Page
Charles MacArthur
West 87Th Street
Manhattan
Sales Boosters at Southern Furniture Market Laud Fair Opening
Five manufacturers from Sprague & Carleton Inc Ward Furniture Meyer Gunther Martini Richardson Nemschoff and Pennsylvania House speak at Furniture Plaza press conference in High Point praising New York World's Fair impact on home furnishings. They note strong market attendance and discuss inventory and delivery, urging retailers to act to sustain sales.
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Robert Marks
Sidney A. Ladin
Sprague & Carleton Inc
Keene
N. H
Ladin
Furniture Plaza
High Point
Kenneth L. Booth
Ward Furniture Manufacturing Co
Fort Smith, Ark
Nicholas Martini
Meyer-Gunther-Martini Inc
New York
Booth
Leonard Nemschoff
Richardson-Nemschoff . Sales Inc
Sheboygan
Wis
Richard McClure
Pennsylvania House Furniture
Lewisburt
Longer Sessions Opposed By Senate Leaders
Senate leaders from both parties oppose round the clock sessions urged by floor manager Mansfield as the civil rights bill faces a sixth week of debate. Mansfield says action is needed while Humphrey insists nonstop sessions may proceed if amendments aren’t approved. Southern foes accused of a sit-in and protesters fill the galleries.
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John Chadwick Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Mansfield
Heath
Dirkson
Illinois
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Humphrey
Belgium doctors end 18 day strike in dispute over socialized medicine
Belgium's 12 000 doctors and dentists ended their 18 day strike but the socialized medicine law dispute remains. Premier Lefevre urged a prompt agreement after intensive talks with university rectors as intermediaries. Government faces labor pressure to resist major changes while doctors fear a flood of patients and low set fees could undercut practice and income. A one year trial period was requested by the health plan.
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Brussels
Belgium
Lefevre
Inet
Belplan
Princeton Exposes Hoax Student Oznot Revealed
Princeton University admission officials admitted a hoax created by four sophomores from Princeton and two students from Columbia and Michigan State. Oznot, described as an exemplary student, did not exist as a real applicant, the prank aimed to inject levity into campus life and involved a fabricated letter of acceptance.
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Princeton
Oznot
Princeton University
Columbia
Michigan State Universities
Alden Dunham
Lafter
Dunham
Joseph David'university
Oznat
Nassau Hall
East
Lansing
Mich
East Lansing
Wiliam H. Oznot
Columbia Universj
Charles A
University Press Club
Lieppe
Freeport
N.Y
Pos- Ll
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