Furniture Market Upturn Seen in Southern States Trade
The Southern Furniture Market opens Monday with retailers from Maryland to Mississippi expected to boost demand. SFMA officials forecast a spring rise in sales, noting pre registrations are strongest since 1958 and expecting better quality and value in furniture as prices stay competitive.
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Enterprise Sunday
Manufacturers Assn
Southern Furniture Expositionuilding
Maryland
Mississippi
Alabama
James T. Ryan
SFMA
Ryan
John S. Creech
Creech
Unique Furniture Makers
Winston-Salem
Leo Heer
Exposition Building
Hoffa Predicts Labor Will Control Major Party in 1964
James R. Hoffa says labor will take over a major political party in 1964 and elect its own president in 1968. He spoke in Miami Beach amid Teamsters convention coverage and noted a labor dominated party would push restrictive legislation.
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Miami Beach
Fla
James R. Hoffa
Teamsters Union
Hoffa
Newsday
Long Island
Bob Greene
Associated Press
Labor Movement
Greene
Teamsters
MacArthur Visits Leyte Battlefield on Souvenir Tour
General of the Army Douglas MacArthur returns to Leyte Island aboard the presidential yacht Lapu Lapu. He praises the 1944 landing as the turning point of the war, telling cheering Filipinos the invasion began the end and Japanese surrender. Crowds surge as police push back near the Capitol.
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Tacloban
The
Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
Leyte Island
MacArthur
Leyte
Philippine Commonwealth
Axis Sally To Leave Prison After Treason Conviction
Mildred Gillars known as Axis Sally is set for release from the federal women’s reformatory in Alderson West Virginia after 12 years in prison for treason. She is about 60 and plans a quiet reunion with family. reports say she has turned to religion and may enter a convent. She had hosted German overseas radio programs and provided Nazi propaganda to American troops and civilians.
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Alderson
W.va
Sally
Mildred E. Gillars
Federal Women’s Reformatory
Miss Gillars
Mildred Gillars
Berlin Timetable It Could End With Shooting
A Western view outlines potential July to October developments in Berlin amid Khrushchev threats and Kennedy responses. It notes possible military moves, new air corridors, and efforts to present denuclearized, unified Germany while preserving West Berlin’s independence.
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Berlin
Khrushchev
Kennedy
Vienna
Germany
West Berlin
East Germany
Khrushchev Proposes Peace Conference On Germany
Premier Khrushchev said the Soviet Union will increase military spending and halt manpower cuts amid Berlin tensions. He urged a summit with Kennedy Macmillan and de Gaulle to craft a peace treaty, allowing all peaceloving states to discuss proposals and respect state sovereignty.
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Moscow
Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Berlin
Germany
Kennedy
Harold MacMillan
Charles de Gaulle
JFK Ponders Berlin Course During Weekend Cruise
President Kennedy spent five hours with advisors Dean Rusk Robert McNamara and Maxwell Taylor discussing Germany Berlin and Southeast Asia aboard the Marlin off Hyannisport Jacqueline Kennedy joined the cruise and later skied and fell as a speedboat towed her. The White House described the meetings as ongoing discussions on Berlin.
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Hyannisport
Mass
Kennedy
Germany
Berlin
Southeast Asia
Nantucket Sound
Marlin
Sunny Sound
MW Monk Mecesion Stees le Wonidan
Lution
Dean Rusk
Robert S. McNamara
Maxwell B. Taylor
Dead Neck Island
McNamara
Taylor
Rusk
Jacqueline
Caroline K
White House
Grenade Thrown at U S Ambassador Nolting in Saigon
A home made grenade was hurled at the car carrying U S Ambassador Frederick E Nolting as he drove home for lunch in Saigon. It landed on the roof and did not explode. The attack followed two prior grenade incidents injuring Americans since April.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Frederick E. Nolting
Notting
Nolting
Soviet Arms Spending Push Could Alter U S Defense Plans
The Soviet Union announced higher arms spending and fewer troops, prompting a potential mid stream shift in U S defense budgeting now at halfway in Congress. Deputy Defense Secretary Gilpatric will present the Pentagon view as the Senate considers the 42.7 billion dollar military budget with manpower questions and possible draft increases under review.
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Washington
Soviet Union
U.S
Khrushchev
Pentagon
House
Senate
North Carolina Economic Growth Needs Direction and Jobs
University of North Carolina economist Lowell D. Ashby presents a 305 page study on North Carolina's economy. The analysis highlights slow growth in major industries, a looming labor surplus in the 1960s, and the need for new industries to absorb workers and sustain expansion. It points to the Research Triangle as a potential engine for a broader, innovative development climate.
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Bill Scarborough
Chapel Hill
North Carolina
University of North Carolina
Lowell D. Ashby
School of Business Administration
Buiness F Foundation of
Ashby
Hensive
Raleigh
Greensboro
High Point
Winston-Salem
Charlotte
Tractors for Freedom Letters to Be Unopened Return
Nearly 70 000 letters presumed to contain contributions to a failed tractors for Cuban invasion prisoner swap will be returned unopened. The Tractors for Freedom Committee says Fidel Castro’s demands made the deal impossible. The panel lists Eleanor Roosevelt as honorary chairman and includes Walter Reuther and Milton Eisenhower among leaders.
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Detroit
Tractors For Freedom
Fidel Casitro
Eleanor Roosevelt
Walter P. Reuther
United Auto Workers
Milton S. Eisenhower
Johns Hopkins University
Cochairmen
Joseph M. Dodge
Castro
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Axis
Boas
William K. Applehof
Detroit Zoo
Children’s Zoo
Nikita
JFK
Envoy
Frederick Nolting
Congress
U. S
Roswell L. Gilpatric
Marine Corps
Gilpatric
Europe
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