Spring Furniture Market Opens Strong in High Point
Robert Marks reports from High Point as the spring Southern furniture market begins with attendance described as normal but slightly ahead of the 1965 spring market. Buyers from across the nation attend, placing orders early. Manufacturers praise the mood and foresee a strong market while urging help for small retailers to compete with larger stores and avoid quotas. See SPRING on Page 8.
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Robert Marks
High Point
Moitz Brueckner
la Zboy Chairs Inc
Monroe
Mich
Mar
Ket
Brueckner
Furniture Plaza
Nicholas Martini
Meyer - Gunther - Martini Inc
New York City
Martini
Howard Neiderman
Howard
Bert Fenn
Tell City Chair Co
Tell City
Ind
Neiderman
Southern Furniture Market
Don Bennett
Craft Associates ‘Inc
Wilkes-Barre
Southern Furniture
Klopman Mills
Denton
Davidson County
Sunday Enterprise
Election turmoil narrows U S drive in South Viet Nam
In Saigon, Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge says South Viet Nam's political crises slow the military push against the Viet Cong and hinder economic reconstruction. He warns the Aug 15 national election is a risky, untested path and notes military setbacks, though some progress was made last month.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge
Lodge
CBS
Nguyen Cao Y
1St Corps
Hue
da Nang
U.S. 1St Marine Divi
Carmichael’s clash with guerrillas spans heavy casualties
Carmichael reported battles against guerrillas resulting in nearly 300 killed. Lodge warned that revolutionary development and rural uplift programs suffered a setback in the 1st Corps area. About 750 Americans, both military and civilian, were evacuated from Da Nang during the crisis, as the ambassador noted a shift in momentum on the military front.
Strike Deadline Near In New York City Merger
New York's largest city moves toward a third newspaper strike as the deadline nears for merging Journal-American Hearst World Telegram and Sun. Some unions hold last minute talks while AFL-CIO declares no new talks. The Herald Tribune plans to merge Sunday editions with May 1 changes, reducing the number of dailies in Manhattan.
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New York
New World Journal Tribune, Inc
Aeokret
Afl-Cio
Joba
Ace
Afl-Cio TE Sas Oeen
Journmal-American
Scripps Howard World-Telegram
Sun
Herald Tribune
Journal - American
Department of Justice
Manhattan
Ee Eeers
Howev
Senator McGee backs bigger US troop buildup in Viet Nam
Senator McGee of the Foreign Relations Committee urged sending more American troops to South Viet Nam to occupy and secure cleared areas after Viet Cong sweeps. He warned of a vacuum if locals handle pacification and said faster, broader manpower expansion is needed to stabilize liberated zones.
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eSi
D-Wye
South Viet Nam
Viet Nam
Laren
United States
McGee
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Viet Cong Slip From Allied Trap Near Quang Ngai
A Viet Cong and North Vietnamese regiment slipped through a U S and South Vietnamese trap six miles northwest of Quang Ngai after finding a hole in the perimeter. Allied forces had moved in on tips from a Viet Cong defector to strike at the 1st Viet Cong Regiment and the 21st North Vietnamese Regiment. The two units had been battered by Marines in Operations Utah and Texas in March, leaving about 220 Communist dead after a 49 hour firefight. allied casualties were light.
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Saigon
South Viet Na
Quang Ngai
U.S
Utah
Texas
Troop Airliner Crash Toll 81 17 Survivors
An American Flyers Lockheed Electra turboprop crashed near Ardmore Oklahoma on a flight from Fort Ord to Ardmore with 98 aboard, killing 81 and injuring 17. Seventeen survivors were hospitalized. the wreckage sprawled over rugged hills as rescue continued overnight.
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Carl Rogan
Ardmore
Okla
Ajord
Calif
Arling
Ft. Benning
Buckle
Oklahoma
Ing
Reed Pigman
Pigman
Ardizora
James Schuller
General Hospital
Richards Herera
Can
James Gor
George Donoman
Bellerose
N.Y
Van
Deeny
Gorman
Ft. Ord
Air Force Base
Ruby Hickman
Fort Worth
Tex
John Adair
Weevils Swarm Huntington Beach in Beach Town Plague
Huntington Beach Calif AP reports a two week infestation of weevils curculionidae darkening the sun over the Pacific Coast town. millions of six legged insects with brown and white stripes consume crops and welcome residents with flits as open field breeding continues.
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Huntington Beach
Calif
Pacific Coast
ABC Agents Raid Southern Pines Area Arrests Made
State Alcoholic Beverage Control Board agents conducted raids on more than six locations in the Southern Pines area on Friday night. Several arrests were made for illegal possession of liquor as searches extended to Cameron, seven miles north of the town. Raids began about 4:30 PM.
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Southern Pines
N.C
State Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
Cameron
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Spring Furniture Mart
Parlor Furniture Co. of
Chicago
Inn. Y
MMOL
Weevils Bay
ABC
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