Furniture Durables Poised to Overtake Automobiles in Demand
In High Point the furniture industry signals a shift as durable goods move toward furniture supremacy. Automobiles remain a lead product but the gap narrows with continued growth in furniture production, distribution, and retailing across the Southern market.
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America
The Soul's Sabotage Sermon on Talent and Duty
A sermon warns against wasting God given gifts citing Mathesalah and the Do Nothing Congress. It urges using talents for service before judgment, contrasts idle living with Christ's Mission, and calls readers to complete their Father’s business.
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Mathesalah
Harry Truman
Congress
Washington
Senate
House of Representatives
Walter Page
North Carolina
Christ
War policy debate shows Nixon under fire from doves
The author laments a divided nation over Vietnam and praises the President’s challenge while criticizing antiwar leaders like Fulbright Church and Muskie. The piece argues Congress should share war-power decisions and outlines historical limits on executive power in wartime.
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Vietnam
Congress
Republic
McCain Sees Haiphong Raids as Personal Triumph
Haiphong bombing raids drew praise from Admiral John McCain, Pacific commander, who pushed Nixon to strike the Haiphong harbor. Henry Kissinger had long pressed questions on Vietnam in NSSM-1, shaping early White House policy directions.
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Washington
Haiphong
John McCain
Pacific
Nixon
Haiphong Harbor
White House
Henry Kissinger
Vietnam
Controversial Haiphong Strike Debate Spreads to White House
In 1970 the Joint Chiefs urged strikes and mining of Haiphong port to cut North Vietnamese supply lines. The CIA warned such bombing risked Soviet retaliation and wouldn’t stop infiltration. McCain pressed the President in Honolulu and San Clemente, while Kissinger backed action. NATO?
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Joint Chiefs
Haiphong
Central Intelligence Agency
CIA
Russia
South Vietnam
Honolulu
San Clemente
Calif
Nixon
Kissinger
North Vietnam
Haiphong Harbor
Saigon
Creighton Abrams
Vietnam
Pentagon
Defense
Mel Laird
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Freedom Porch Bravo
Furniture veteran Morrison shaped service over price
W W Morrison, a Greensboro retailer and longtime adviser to the National Retail Furniture Assn, pushed dealers to offer real service, not just low prices. He helped build High Point market's rise and recalls Mrs. Roosevelt visiting his store, praising homes as a civic asset. Morrison remains active at 84, while successors take over the Furniture Plaza management and nearby showrooms.
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Morrison
National
Ross Crane
Otto
Henry Zanke
Morrison-Neese
High Point
Leo J. Heer
Southern Furniture Exposition
Heer
Washington
National Retail Furniture Assn
Spiegel
National Association
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Greensboro Daily News
A&m College
N.C. State University
Raleigh
Anson County
Morven
Greensboro
Presbyterian Home
Joseph J. Cox
Furniture Plaza
S. Main
Max Meeks
Paul Fine
WMFR
Ernest O’banion
Holiday Inn
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