Position chair debuts at Spring Southern furniture market
Frank Hoffman, president of Lambeth Designs in High Point, unveils a new position chair with a see saw balance mechanism designed by Clark Rogers. The chair claims no springs, a pending patent, and aims to improve on the recliner. Production plans include a sofa bed and ongoing market interest cited.
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Frank Hoffman
General Steel Products Inc
High Point
Spring Southern Furniture
Lambeth Designs
Hoffman
Clark Rogers
General Steel
The
Song Co
Chicago
Lambeth
Glenn Hinds
Bruce Gurian
Kaylyn Sales Inc
N. Main Street
Anvil Brand Inc
More Showers Due Tonight in High Point Skies
High Point sees showers expected tonight under partly cloudy skies with cooler temperatures. The day reached 79 degrees, with a tonight low around 52, and a 62 degree low recorded last night.
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High Point
Extra Seating At Crusade For Christ Overflows Tent
Crowds gathered at College Village Shopping Center for the Crusade for Christ led by E. J. Is Evangelistic Team of Florida. Overflow seating was provided with benches from churches as 200 teenagers attended a session and Dr Daniels spoke on How To Know You Are In Love.
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College Village
Crusade For Christ
E. J. Ls Evangelistic
Florida
Daniels
Dr. Daniels
Lowell Leistner
Cone Mills Reports First Quarter Earnings Doubling
Cone Mills Corp reports first quarter net income of 2.75 million dollars or 76 cents a share, with consolidated net sales at 59.7 million dollars, slightly below the same quarter a year ago.
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Greensboro
Cone Mills Corp
Finch Wins Wachovia Board Seat in Bank Upgrade
Tom A. Finch president of Thomasville Furniture Industries was elected a director of Wachovia Bank and Trust Co. at a quarterly meeting. Wachovia reported first quarter highs with deposits up 96 million and loans and investments up 92 million while average daily resources topped 1 billion.
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Tom A. Finch
Thomasville Furniture Industries, Inc
Wachovia Bank and Trust Co
One Adams
Wachovia
Adams
Finch
Thomasville Co
of Inc
Bank In
Ote
Bank
Thomasville
Duke Amergy Agg Gg Fay
Winston - Salem
Poe Aramid
Trial Delay in Municipal Court Case Docket
Yesterday in municipal court Bobby Douglas 16 of Wade Street faced burglary auto larceny and two minor charges and was appointed an attorney. Darrell Gene Suggs 22 of Westchester Drive had a larceny charge dismissed. James R. Burns also charged with larceny paid a fine.
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Bobby Douglas
Wade Street
Darrell Gene Suggs
Westchester Drive
James R. Burns
Nine Point Platform Promised by High Point Democrats
High Point Democrats unveil Nine Pledges for Progress aiming to restore stable leadership, spur street construction, curb slums, and expand city services. Former Mayor Carson Stout leads a slate including Arthur Corpening and J. Harold Craven challenging GOP two-year rule.
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Forrest Cates
High Point
Democrats
Carson Stout
Arthur Corpening
J. Harold Craven
Roy B. Cul
Legislators Shelve Council Term Issue in North Carolina
Guilford County lawmakers said they would not act on High Point city council term changes until after the May 11 city administration shift. The all party delegation cited local election timing and stressed avoiding changes to city government structure on the eve of elections.
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National Wholesale Furniture Salesmen’s Assn
North Carolina
South Carolina
Maryland
West
al Moneyhan
Charlotte
Moneghan
Virginia-Carolinas
King
Moneyhan
GOP
High Point
Raleigh
Guilford County
Guilford General Assembly
Guilford
High City Council
all-Republican Council
High ‘Point Semeneau
House
Senate
Civitan Drive Aims to Fund Mental Retardation Center
High Point and Twilight Civitan clubs plan a door to door canvass on Civitan Sunday May 2 to raise funds for a Civitan Research Center on Mental Retardation at Duke University Medical Center. statewide effort across North Carolina seeks about $100000 with federal and state matches expected.
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Civitans of
High Point
Twilight Clubs
W. Ray Fowler
High Point Civitans
Harold Lichtenberger
Twilight Club
Civitans
North Carolina
Civitan Research Center
Duke University Medical Center
Civitan
Civitan Clubs of
Medal of Honor Winner to Speak at Red Cross Meeting
Captain Roger H C Donlon the first Medal of Honor recipient for gallantry in South Viet Nam will headline the High Point Chapter American Red Cross annual meeting set for May 4 at the YWCA Gatewood Avenue./J W McGuinn Jr invites all Red Cross contributors to attend and arrange rides Donlon of Saugeties New York earned the Medal for leading a dawn surprise assault at Nam Dong in Viet Nam last July He rallied comrades despite wounds and held the position for five hours until relief arrived. He later joined the 7th Special Forces Group at Fort Bragg and holds the Medal of Honor along with the Combat Infantry Badge Purple Heart Good Conduct National Defense Service Medal and Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal.
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Roger H. C. Donlon
South Viet Nam
High Point
American Red Cross
J. W. McGuinn Jr
YWCA
Gatewood Avenue
Red Cross
High Point United
McGuinn
Donlon
Saugerties
N.Y
Nam Dong
Viet Nam
Army
7Th Special Forces Group
Fort Bragg
Insurance Firm Reports Record First Quarter
Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Co. reported a record first quarter business of more than $87 million and life insurance in force rising to $2.58 billion as of March 31. Directors declared a quarterly dividend of 20 cents a share, payable May 21 to stockholders of record May 7.
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Greensboro
Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Co
Texas Founders and First Constitution Noted
A fragmented note highlights Texas history with early authorship of the first state constitution and the co founding of its initial institutions, attributed to key figures in Texas heritage.
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Texas
Merchants to Post Warning Posters Against Shoplifting
Merchants Association will post warning posters in stores to curb shoplifting. The action follows court-ordered conditions for Ra mona Stroud and Carol Ann Frazier, both 21, of Greensboro and Greens boro, who received six month suspended sentences with home curfew and store-entry bans in High Point. The posters urge reporting any sighting to police.
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High Point Merchants Assn
Ramona Stroud
Rt. 7
Greensboro
Carol Ann Frazier
High Point
Merchants Assn
Byron
David A. Dowdy Jr
Ji Haworth Yester
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Southern Furniture Exposition
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Martin Luther King
Alabama
Tom Evans
Evans
Crusade
People’s Church
Toronto
Canada
Cone
Wachovia Board
High Point Enterprise
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Democratic Executive Committee
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Dan Whit
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High Point Club
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Roger Donlon
Shirley Moretz
Big Bear
E. Green Drive
Patricia Russell
Dowdy
Tenabeee Pervace
Haworth
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