GOP nominee hunt narrows in North Carolina race
Fayetteville AP report says state Republican leaders focus on Charlotte businessman David Stickley and Winston-Salem figure Nab Armfield as possible gubernatorial nominees. Other contenders include O H Doggett and Donald Badgley. Charles Jonas’ withdrawal clears path for Armfield thoughStickley may bow out. Goldwater enjoys broad GOP backing as 26 NC delegates head to convention uninstructed.
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David Stickley
Charlotte
Wyatt A
Nab) Armfield
Winston-Salem
GOP
J. Herman Saxon
Stickley
Armfield
Saxon
Stick
Charles R. Jonas
Jonas
North Carolina
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Fayetteville
Goldwater
Goldwater Attacks Johnson Poverty Plan at Fayetteville Breakfast
Arizona Senator Barry Goldwater accused President Johnson of dividing Americans with his poverty plan. Speaking in Fayetteville at a Southern fundraiser, Goldwater urged support for the GOP and claimed the South will lean Republican next November. He argued the cure is job creation through free enterprise and criticized Democratic economic policy.
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Barry Goldwater
Sen. Goldwater
Fayetteville
Kinston
N.C
Arizona
Johnson
Goldwater
South
Ntal
Franklin D. Roosevelt
F.D.R
Democratic Party
United States
Five Boys Drown After Ice Breaks on Forsyth Pond
Five boys aged from 5 to 8 drown near Winston-Salem after breaking through ice on a 2 acre pond near the Salem Woods development in Forsyth County. Witness Mark Casstevens described the ice cracking and rocks used to probe the hole as others attempted to help.
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Forsyth Pond
Winston-Salem
N.C
Salem Woods
Forsyth County
Baptist Hospital
Richard Har
Casstevens
Ricky
Young Casstevens
Kesner
W. L. Garrison
Garrison
High Point Winter Furniture Market Opens With Optimism
Buyers from 11 southeastern states arrive for a five day winter market at the Southern Furniture Exposition Building in High Point. Industry leaders predict another strong year as 1963 closed with a record backorder situation and furniture spending rising to 5.2 billion from 1962.
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Southeastern States
High Point
South
Southern Furniture Exposition
Furniture Plaza
Henry A. Foscue
Foscue
Globe Furniture
Department of Commerce
Market Schedule for Week at Southern Market
Market opens Monday at 8:00 a.m. with a Southern Buying Syndicate Breakfast in the Sky Room and a 2:00 p.m. Southern Retail Furniture Association seminar. Tuesday features a 7:30 a.m. SRFA Breakfast and 2:00 p.m. SRFA seminar with an industry market party at Plantation. Wednesday includes SAFA Executive Committee at 7:30 a.m. Friday marks market closing.
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Southern Buying Syndicate
Sky Room
Southern Retail Furniture Assn
SRFA
SAFA
Viet Nam Helicopter Down in Mekong Bridgehead Fight
Communist gunners downed a U S helicopter near the Mekong River as clashes continued with American supported Viet Nam troops. Two American crewmen and a Vietnamese observer were missing and believed dead after the craft fell in the South China Sea. The Providence cruiser docked in Saigon during a goodwill visit as rescue operations recovered the injured.
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U.S
Mekong River
Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S. 7Th Fleet
Providence
Mekong
South China Sea
Inside Reading GOP Dispute Deadlocked At Convention
Contemporay back page note reports a GOP dispute at the High Point convention center with a deadlock ongoing as television sports and classifieds sections appear on page 2-A.
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High Point Convention Center
Margaret Smith Wins Voter Favor In Maine Senate Saga
Sen. Margaret Smith of Maine, nearing 66, contemplates a White House bid in 1964 after a record string of reelections and strong GOP support. The piece notes her enduring popularity, the Maine three party dynamic, and her potential role if nominated for president or vice president.
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Tom Henshaw
Washington
Margaret Chase Smith
U. S. Senate
White House
Maine
Smith
Senate
Horace Hildreth
Sumner Sewall
Margaret Smith
Lucia Cormier
Lewiston
Lucia
Margaret
Eyewitnesses Say U S Forces Shot To Miss In Panama Violence
Eyewitness accounts given to U S officials indicate U S forces aimed not to kill during the Panama mob violence on January 9. Reports show four U S soldiers and about 20 Panamanians dead. a separate unconfirmed claim said Panamanian autopsies suggested six may have been killed by Panamanian gunfire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.S
Panama
Santo Tomas
Johnson
Dean Rusk
Ruby Seeks To Present Evidence In Bond Hearing
Jack Ruby's lead attorney seeks to introduce evidence on Oswald's Kennedy and Tipitz killings to support freeing Ruby on bond. The Dallas bond hearing tests admissibility of such evidence, with potential testimony from about two dozen witnesses affecting the bail decision.
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Ruby
Dallas
Tex
Jack Ruby
Lee Harvey Oswald
John F. Kennedy
J. D. Tipitz
Oswald
Dallas City Hall
Joe B. Brown
Kenann Sde
Melvin Belli
Aj, Waal
FTC Proposes Warnings on All Cigarette Packs
The Federal Trade Commission proposed compulsory danger warnings on every cigarette pack and a ban on advertising claims that smoking is not a health hazard. A second rule would bar tobacco ads from stating tar and nicotine quantities without government verified tests. The move follows the Surgeon General report urging remedial action and stresses that much current advertising may be false or misleading.
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Commission
FTC
Yankee Image Bad In Panama
AP dispatch details U S involvement in Panama amid flag incident and canal control tensions. The piece links violence to U S Latin American relations and hints at radical ties from Cuban school graduates, noting nationalist sentiment and local reactions.
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Yankee
Panama
United States
Johnson
Latin America
U.S
Panama Canal
Fidel Castro
Balboa High School
Uncle Sam
el Dia
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Hunt Narrows
Fayetteville, N.C
Enterprise Sunday Editor
Sampan
Viet Nam
Business Theatre
Oseeeear
Sen. Smith
Nelson, A. Rockefeller
Sen
Federal Trade Commission
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