Buyers Pour In at Spring Southern Furniture Market
Buyers flock to High Point venues as the Spring Southern Furniture Market opens. Alan Detweiler of Continental Furniture reports strong dealer traffic and steady prices while manufacturers work to fulfill orders quickly amid rising production costs. The event runs across the 14 story Southern Exposition Building and nearby Furniture Plaza and National Furniture Mart with a golf weekend backdrop and heavy national press attendance.
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High Point
North Carolina
Southen Furniture Exposition
Furniture Plaza
National Furniture Mart
Tony Lema
Sam Snead
New Willow Creek Golf Club
Alan Detweiler
Continental Furniture Co
Exposition Building
Detweiler
U S Opens Door to Nine Nation Cambodia Conference
The United States signaled readiness to join a proposed nine nation conference on Cambodia. President Johnson named Ambassador Averell Harriman as U S delegate, with Secretary of State Rusk announcing willingness to participate if the meeting is called. The proposal aims to consider Cambodia's neutrality and could lead to Vietnam peace talks.
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United States
Britain
Cambodia
Johnson
W. Averell Harriman
U.S
Dean Rusk
Averell Harriman
Soviet Union
Cochairman
Southeast Asia
South Viet Nam
France
China
North Viet Nam
Laos
Cam- Rusk
McNamara says aggression in Vietnam grows without nuclear need
Defense Secretary Robert McNamara told a nationally carried briefing that Communist aggression in South Vietnam has grown more flagrant and there is no military need for nuclear weapons. He cited 39,000 Communist infiltrators, 400 to 500 in a regular unit, and 89,000 Communist deaths. He noted costs of about 1.5 billion dollars yearly and outlined air and naval measures to curb infiltration.
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Fred S. Hoffman
Washington
Robert S. McNamara
South Viet Nam
McNamara
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U.S
North Viet Nam
United States
Indian forces withstand Pakistani attack at Biarbet Rann of Kutch
Defense Minister Y. B. Chavan said about 5 000 Pakistani infantry with tanks attacked Biarbet, six miles into disputed Rann of Kutch. India recalled all on leave as fighting damaged three tanks. US urged ceasefire. Britain India partition context noted.
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Rann of Kutch
Pakistan
Dominican Planes Strafe Rebel Positions Near Santo Domingo
Dominican air force planes strafed rebel army positions to clear a route into Santo Domingo for a tank unit opposing ex President Juan D Bosch. Rebels armed civilians at least 3,000 with rifles and machine guns while thousands more held gasoline bombs and gas stations handed out fuel. A rebel barracks behind the palace was strafed where Donald Reid Cabral is held for safety.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Juan D. Bosch
Donald Reid Cabral
Duarete Seare
High Court to Hear Rights Staying Case
The Supreme Court agreed to hear a government appeal from the dismissal of major charges in the killing of three civil rights workers in Philadelphia Mississippi. Justices Black and Stewart took no part. the court called for further hearings on two organizations named front groups under the Internal Security Act.
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Supreme Court
Philadelphia
Miss
New York
Legal Defense Fund
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
U.S
Macon
Harold Cox
Jackson
Louisianna
John M. Harlan
Tom C. Clark
Hugo L. Black
Potter Stewart
Subversive Activities Control Board
American Committee For the Protection of
Can Rusty Exterior Be Pretty
Chicago debates the new $87 million Civic Center's outside steelwork finished in rusting oxide. Some praise its unique, evolving look while others fear the dull, cinnamon brown rust will mar the skyline. A steel spokesman notes it was used in architecture only rarely and will change color over time. Local reactions vary from skepticism to curiosity about the building’s appearance.
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City Hall
Chicago
Steel Company
Cinamon
Governor Dan Moore Confined With Mumps at Mansion
North Carolina Governor Dan Moore was confined to the executive mansion with mumps. Aide Tom Walker said the governor would stay there for a few days and that official engagements are canceled while Humphrey’s office is notified of the illness.
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Dan Moore
North Carolina
Tom Walker
Walker
Hubert Humphrey
Humphrey
North Vietnamese Unit Infiltrates into South Vietnam
U S authorities report at least one battalion of the North Vietnamese army is fighting as a unit in South Vietnam. The defector led to the claim after two polygraph tests. The unit, tied to the 324th North Vietnamese Brigade, infiltrated via Laos and engaged near Kontum Province.
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South Viet Nam
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Vietnam
101St
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101St Regiment
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Viet Nam
Laos
Ante
West Kontum
U S Target Plans in Red ChinaOutlined by Air Force General
Maj. Gen. John P. Lavelle testified that the United States has selected targets in Red China for potential destruction in a general war. He said missiles could strike government, command and industrial centers in Red China as well as the Soviet Union and a satellite area if attacked.
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China
John P. Lavelle
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House
Pacific
Robert L. F. Sikes
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Lavelle
Southeast Asia
Red
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