Market buoyant at Southern Furniture Exposition High Point
The South's large spring furniture market shows strong buyer attendance and heavy order placing across High Point showrooms. Manufacturers report best spring opening in years with volumes about 10 percent above last April. Buyers from major outlets fill the Exposition Building and Furniture Plaza as activity spreads to Thomasville Lexington Hickory Lenoir and Drexel along North Carolina's Furniture Highway.
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Robert Marks
South
Big Spring
High Point
Southern Furniture Exposition
Furniture Plaza
Thomasville
Lexington
Hickory
Lenoir
Drexel
North Carolina
AP says AP in healthiest condition in history
The Associated Press reports from its annual meeting that the cooperative remains strong with a gain of 14 members and subscribers in the past year. Directors cited investments in technology and efficiency while reaffirming cooperative structure as key to success.
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James Devlin
NEW York
Dallas
Alas
Associated Press
Asis
John F
Kennedy
Alaska
Johnson
Be Proud Of North Carolina Roads
California has more people than any other state in the Union and Texas is the largest except Alaska. North Carolina leads in paved farm to market roads and is among the three best systems in America. The Highway Commission chairman Merrill Evans asserts constant improvements to prevent school buses from being stopped by mud.
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California
Union
Texas
Alaska
North Carolina
Scott
America
Merrill Evans
Highway Commission
Runoff primary predicted by William A Shires
A North Carolina survey from 20 counties shows a consensus that a runoff is needed to decide the Democratic governor nominee with L Richardson Preyer likely in a June runoff. Dan K Moore leads in most counties, while I Beverly Lake trails, a Moore Lake runoff found unlikely.
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William A. Shires
Raleigh
North Carolina
L. Richardson Preyer
Dan K. Moore
Dr. I. Beverly Lake
Preyer
Court Bars Protests At Fair
A New York judge issued a temporary restraining order barring interference with all transportation to the World’s Fair opening Wednesday. The order targets planned protests by civil rights groups led by CORE figures in Brooklyn and the Bronx and warns of disruptions on subways highways and tunnels. Lawmakers and public figures reacted as demonstrations were proposed, while Johnson Truman Humphrey and others weighed potential impacts on civil rights legislation.
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New York
Unetinga Tne Anh Mo Crneny
MMoueE UCU _Eame Wu
Queens State Supreme Court
Civ
Isiah Brunson
Brooklyn
Congress of Racial Equality
Herbert Callendar
Bronx
Arnold Goldway
Flushing
Queens
Jamaica
Johnson
Congress
Harry S. Truman
Truman
Senate
Difficult Issues Remain in Rail Talks Mediators Report Gains
Washington AP report says federal mediators told President Johnson there are definite gains in emergency railroad bargaining to avert a nationwide strike. Reedy notes some very difficult issues remain as intensive talks continue and Johnson urges renewed effort toward settlement of the five year work rules dispute.
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Washington (Ap
White House
Johnson
George Reedy
Tors
Reedy
Inside Look at Baker Case and Johnson’s Image
Louis Harris notes the Bobby Baker case unsettles views on Lyndon Johnson but is unlikely to decide the next election. The Senate’s prestige has fallen more than Johnson’s, as Baker’s dealings erode confidence in government. Johnson still maintains a bare nationwide majority in favorable ratings on corruption handling.
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Louis Harris
Bobby Baker
Lyndon Johnson
Washington
Baker
Senate
Johnson
Lyndon. Johnson
LBJ
Jess
Harris
New Cutback Signals U S Nuclear Materials Shift
In a broad foreign policy address, President Johnson announced a planned 20 percent cutback in enriched uranium production and a 40 percent cutback in plutonium outputs over four years. He tied the move to broader efforts to reduce nuclear explosive materials and argued for a quieter path in U S relations with Cuba and China.
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New York
Press
New
Khrustantial
York
Johnson
Khrushchev
U.S
Cuba
Western Hemisphere
Central Intelligence Agency
State and Defense Department
United States
Red China
Congress
Viet Nam
Richmond
Viet
Nam
Potter’ Stewart
Western
Ane
Ope
Arthur J. Goldberg
High Court
Darlington Manufacturing Co
Darlington
D.C
Deering Milliken Co
Deering Milliken Inc
Deering Milliken
Afl-Cio I Textile Workers Union of America Es
National Labor Relations Board
Boy Dangles From Rope As Balloon Rises
In Mill Valley California Danny Nowell, assisting a balloon crew, slipped a rope around his wrist and was lifted as the balloon rose to about 3000 feet. Pilot William Berry slowly lowered the craft after cutting burners. Danny survived with a sore hand after the balloon drifted two miles and landed in a tree. he was treated in San Francisco.
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Mill Valley
Calif
Danny Nowell
Danny
William R. Berry
Concord
Berry
San Francisco
Europeans Rate Johnson A In Domestic Affairs
Western diplomats say Johnson earned an A for domestic policy in confidential European embassy reports. They caution that foreign policy grading was deferred amid election year tensions as the United States weighs De Gaulle’s influence, European unity, and Washington’s stance on integration.
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Endre Marton
Washington
Johnson
Hasj
Congress
Johnson’slomat
United States
de Gaulle
France
Europe
Charles de
Gaulle
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Maurice Couve de Murville
Eddy Gilmore
London
Shires
Savey
N. C
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D-Minn
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