Market Presents Challenge of Meeting Responsibilities
Editorial from High Point Enterprise discusses the winter 1968 furniture market facing weather disruptions and the broader shift in marketing patterns. It notes High Point as a national market hub, the rise of regional markets, four annual dates versus two, and the need for adequate facilities to sustain the Market of the Pros.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Southern Furniture Exposition
Associated Press
Post
Oitice
Sie
S ‘Ieee
Econd
High Point Enterprise, Inc
Ward-Griffith Company
National Advertising Representatives
Sons of NC Governors Vie for Democratic Nomination
CAPUS WAYNICK surveys how J. Melville Broughton Sr and W Kerr Scott rose to governorships and how their sons enter the race. Broughton Sr, a Raleigh lawyer and Baptist layman, became governor after a deciding runoff. Scott, a dairyman and Agriculture Commissioner, won via runoff and later Senate service. The sons differ in faith, style, and career path, signaling an eventful campaign for party unity in November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capus Waynick
North Carolina
J. Melville Broughton Sr
Raleigh
State Senate
Old Tabernacle Church
Wilkins Horton
Chatham County
Broughton
Scott
Alamance Dairyman
Presbyterian
Rotary Club
We, the People
Carolina Power and Light Co
U. S. Senate
State Highway Commission
Proper Role Of Police In A Turbulent Year 1967
A Sunday sermon laments rising crime and police dangers in 1967. It cites Romans 13 to defend law enforcement, calls for citizen prayers and support, stricter courts, and school civics to curb youth crime, urging united action in 1968 to prevent anarchy and preserve American civilization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vietnam
America
St. Paul
PTA
Sleet and Courage in a Winter Morning
A fragmentary local note recalls Susan Hoffner slipping on ice at her grandmother’s yard and the mother’s playful heroic poem. It also mentions Higdon Furniture’s winter show debut in Quincy Florida and National Highway Safety Sunday pushing safer driving. The piece closes with reflections on winter hardship and community resilience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susan Hoffner
Green Oak Drive
Susan
National Foundation For Highway Safety
Isolationist Drift Poses Challenge as Congress Returns
Drew Pearson notes rising isolationism in the US with Europe and Vietnam tensions. Mexican President Ordaz urges tariff restraint and Pan American cooperation, while Bolivia’s Barrientos pushes arms sales and aid, affecting OAS votes and Panama’s Ritter bid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Boondocks
Europe
Latin America
de Gaulle
Saigon
Vietnam
United States
Diaz Ordaz
Mexico
Rene Barrientos Ortuno
Bolivia
Ordaz
Pan-American Coopera
Capitol Hill
Everett Dirksen
Ill
GOP
Hnly
Galo Plaza Lasso
Ecuador
Punta del Este
OAS
New York
Barrientos
Johnson
Eduardo Ritter-Asian
Panama
Marco Aurelio Robles
Ritter
Robles
Mexico City
Luis Raul Betances
Pan American Union
Enriquillo del Rosario
Also Mentioned on This Page
High Point Enterprise
W. Kerr Scott
Charles M. Johnson
R. March Jamison
Higdon Furniture Company
Quincy
Fla
Chicago
Atlanta
Higdon
First Union National Bank
Israel
Holy
Jerusalem
North Main Street
N. C
D. A. Rawley
C. H. Kwood
Randall B. Terry, JR
Joseph Wley
Drew Pearson
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