Globe Furniture acquires Continental plant in High Point
Globe Furniture Co. of High Point announces the acquisition of Continental Furniture Co. as a division to bolster Colony line with bedroom and dining room furniture. Alan Detweiler of Continental will head the operation. no personnel changes anticipated.
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Continental Furniture Co
High Point
Globe Furniture Co
Henry A. Foscue
Foscue
Continental
Globe
Alan Detweiler
Colony
Furni
Burlington Industries Inc
Burlington
A. S. Caldwell
C. F. Tomlinson
J. B. Roundtree
Wescott Roberson
Wescott Roberson, and Dr. W. J. McAnally. Foscue
Colony Table
Prospect Street
Fred N. Tate
E. Green Drive
Southern Furniture Exposition
Chicago Merchandise Mart
Milan Couple Separated After Wife Forces Household Chores
Milan Italy AP A court ruled a wife who required her husband to wash dishes and dust furniture committed a serious outrage. The court granted legal separation for fault to Savino di Feo a 45 year old laborer after he said his wife Virginia 41, a school graduate, deemed housework beneath her qualifications causing the chores to be done by him.
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Milan
Italy
Savino di Feo
Virginia
President Johnson Welcomes Grumbling Governors
President Johnson rolled out the welcome mat for Democratic governors amid criticism of his policies. A White House statement said no date for a meeting is set, but the president is glad to see any governor. Governors, including Harold E. Hughes of Iowa, expect talks after Christmas as open-door policy underscores Johnson’s approach.
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Austin
Tex
Johnson
Texas White House
Harold E. Hughes
Iowa
Texas
White House
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
George Christian
Romney
Hughes
WCC Studies Path to Autonomous Regional University
Western Carolina College is under study by its board of trustees as a possible move to autonomous regional university status. A faculty committee urged action last spring, but Dr. Paul A. Reid says no change is planned in 1967 unless state leaders push for it. The college favors a statewide higher education plan guiding future changes.
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Western Carolina College
Paul A. Reid
WCC
Consolidated University System
Reid
General Assembly
Western Carolina
Board of Higher Education
DR. Reid
Dan Moore
Raleigh
College Board of Trustees
Warplanes Hit by Heavy SAM Barrage Over Hanoi
U S warplanes faced one of the heaviest surface to air missile barrages during raids Tuesday and Wednesday on Hanoi. More than 100 Soviet built SAMs were reported, with at least 57 3000 pound missiles fired on Wednesday. Pentagon sources note only four U S planes were shot down in the Hanoi area last week, implying most missiles missed or were destroyed.
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Washington
USS
Hanoi
U.S
North Vietnam
Pentagon
Johnson Administration
Marine Peacemakers Letters To Vietnam
A Brown Bagging edition presents letters from readers on Vietnam policy and peacemaking. Readers discuss U.S. involvement, antiwar sentiment, and proposals for change, with community voices contributing to the page’s debate.
United Nations Backs Space Treaty to Bar Nuclear Weapons
The U N General Assembly committee unanimously approved a treaty banning nuclear weapons in space and on the Moon, forwarding the resolution to the General Assembly for signature by 122 nations. The pact opens for signing in Washington London and Moscow and takes effect after five ratifications including the United States Britain and the Soviet Union. U S and Soviet officials called the pact a milestone toward peace in the nuclear age and said major obstacles remain.
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U.N. General Assembly
Outer Space
General Assembly
Washington
London
Moscow
United States
Britain
Soviet Union
Johnson
United
States
China
East Germany
North Vietnam
North Korea
Vienna
U.N
Moon
Cavalry Enters Coastal Viet Cong Battle Near Qui Nhon
U S cavalrymen of the 1st Air Cavalry Division battled a Viet Cong force about battalion strength in a rugged coastal sector 300 miles northeast of Saigon. After 12 hours of fighting 17 Viet Cong were reported dead while U S losses were moderate. Helicopters ferried troops into the battlefield and surrender leaflets drifted over Hanoi as bombers continued operations elsewhere.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
U.S
U.S. 1St Air Cavalry Division
Qui Nhon
South China Sea
Hanoi
Red River
North Carolina toll rises to 1594 after fatal Friday crash
The Associated Press reports that NC highway deaths reached 1594 for the year after a Friday night head on collision near Winston-Salem between there and Lexington killed five people. The victims include Leslie Julian Peck and his wife Lori Wright Peck, of Winston-Salem, plus Bill Powell Bonnie Jean McBride and Doris Godfrey all of Winston-Salem.
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North Carolina
Winston-Salem
Lexington
Leslie Julian Peck
Lori Wright Peck
Rt. 5
Winston - Salem
Bill Powell
Bonnie Jean McBride
Doris Godfrey
Biosatellite I mission fails to recover capsule in space
NASA reports Biosatellite I lost over the Pacific after its capsule failed to deploy a recovery parachute. The biology laboratory cargo drifted in orbit, likely burning up on re entry, ending the $100 million bring em back alive program.
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Honolulu
U.S
Biosatellite I
Pacific
Biology Laboratory
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Random quick thinking five year old helps mother in bath
Tina Marie Triplett dialed a number after finding her mother unconscious in the bath on Allegheny Drive Northbrook Cincinnati area. She spoke of her mommy to an employee at a GE jet engine plant who connected authorities. She recounted the scene to neighbors while her father was away at work.
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Cincinnati, Ohio
Tina Marie Triplett
Doris Koebbe
Triplett
Jack M. Triplett
Doris
Tina Marie
Allegheny Drive
Northbrook
Cincinnati
Wanda Triplett
Tina
Mike
Teresa
General Electric Co
Charles L. Calvert
Mrs. Calvert
Romney says presidential bid moving faster than expected
Michigan Governor George W. Romney said his undeclared bid for the Republican nomination is advancing quickly and that he will form an organization to decide on a White House run. He noted strong public support and polls, while stressing he remains to explore the decision. Meanwhile Democratic governors assess Johnson's impact on the 1964 elections and discuss communication with the White House.
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White Sulphur Springs
W.va
Michigan
George W. Romney
GOP
White House
Romney
Four American Women Report On War Visit From Moscow
In Moscow four American women met a Viet Cong representative, then faced blocked flights and planned a journey to Hanoi and Peking to report on the war. They travel under invitation from the North Vietnamese Women Union and intend to file individual reports back to the peace movement.
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Moscow
Hanoi
U.S
Peking
Diane Bevel
Chicago
Barbara Deming
Wellfleet
Mass
Grace Newman
New York
Joe Griffith
Ithaca
N.Y
North Vietnamese Women’s Union
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Globe Furniture
Continental Furniture Plant
Ture
Vietnam
Arthur J. Goldberg
N.C
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Associated Press
Miss Koebbe
Mrs. Triplett
Happy Romney
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