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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1972
Page
4
The High Point Enterprise announces leadership structure with D A Rawley as president and C H Lockwood, David A Rawley Jr, and Joseph P Rawley in executive roles. The independent newspaper outlines governance and management titles for the publishing group.
A public warning outlines a push to end the October and possibly the April furniture markets in High Point, NC, as Chicago and other regions push two annual markets. SFMA leadership, Chicago developers, and national buyers are cited as driving forces behind a shift that could erode High Point as the furniture capital. Time is running out to head off this disaster.
The piece analyzes 1971 job gains versus high overall unemployment near 6 percent. It notes 30.8 percent unemployment for black teenagers in October and rising high-unemployment areas from 36 to 60. Projections for 1972 vary with predicted job growth, dollar devaluation, and defense cutbacks, while new graduates enter a tight job market.
Three-week study details Henry Kissinger as the chief one man ministry behind President Nixon. He directs strategy on the India Pakistan crisis, Vietnam war decisions, Middle East diplomacy, and Paris Vienna NATO talks. He drafts option papers, monitors cables, and guides policy while Nixon makes final calls.
The State Department roles are reduced to messenger work while Kissinger directs policy. briefing papers are prepared by diplomats yet excluded from key strategy meetings. Congress seeks disclosure but Kissinger refuses to testify, keeping White House Papers out of public view.
Floyd Mehan completes a centralized 50 000 square foot warehouse at 401 Fraley Road enabling 300 000 square feet of work through mechanization to handle 20 million yards of cloth with four operators. Omnico expands with four new plants in New Mexico and a Western Division at Santa Fe Taos Espinosa and Las Vegas. USI grows jeans from 60 day old women’s lines to 1.4 billion in annual volume with men’s jeans added. Mehan, executive VP of manufacturing, oversees Omnico’s four plants in North Carolina Virginia and New Mexico as he plans further expansion and plant openings. He travels with wife Myrt to inspect USI plants in Taiwan Korea Hong Kong and New Zealand.
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