Block long downtown facelift planned for High Point core
Downtown developers outline major rebuilding across a long block from Wachovia to High Point Savings. Wachovia plans full south end remodeling while the Ragan estate works mid block and Broadhurst faces a closing sale signals new fronts. High Point Savings eyes new northern bank and Dick Culler predicts drastic changes within a decade.
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Supply Control Key Held By Turkey Men
Washington AP reports turkey producers hold the key to whether supply management controls extend to livestock. They will likely vote in the first half of the year on a program limiting the number of turkeys sold in commercial markets to curb price reducing overproduction.
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Sears adds Allstate Tours and Travelodge expansion
Sears subsidiary Allstate Enterprises will market a worldwide tour service arranged by American Express Co with eighteen pages in the new spring catalog. The Travelodge chain opens a 40 unit motel on S Main Street offering free telephone reservations and plans for 200 more motels including Greensboro unit.
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Allstate
Allstate Enterprises Inc
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American Express Co
S. Main Street
Travelodge
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Australia
Canada
France
Scott King
Greensboro
New Plant Opens in 1962 for Jeffreys Engineering in Greensboro
Jeffreys Engineering and Equipment Co. of Greensboro announces a new 8,000 square foot building to house engineering and sales offices with a large display area for machine tools. The facility will support power demonstrations and expositions. Piedmont Airlines schedules a January 15 service change from Norfolk to Knoxville offering one DC-3 round trip and another Martin 404 flight op.
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Knoxville
Economy gears for production in 1962 with optimism rising
The AP reports 1962 factories plan higher output as Hodges predicts 4 percent GNP growth and NAM gives a 555 billion dollar base. Private economists see 569 billion by year end. but risks include unemployment, trade gaps, unused capacity, and international tensions. Steel output rebounds after holiday lull, with 85 percent capacity utilization expected this month.
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NEW York
Luther H. Hodges
National Association of Manufacturers
HFIC Moves Headquarters to High Point This Week
HFIC begins preparations to relocate its Chicago based Home Furnishings Industry Committee offices to High Point. New director James Webb aims to have HFIC set up by the April market with offices opposite the Sky Room in the Southern Furniture Exposition Building.
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