Southern furniture market opens with optimistic July timing
Stable prices and broad merchandise mix drive a confident outlook as buyers from 11 Southeastern states begin visiting the Southern Furniture Exposition Building and other showrooms in High Point. Early attendance and distant retailers arriving a day early signal strong turnout for the week long market.
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Enterprise
Southeastern States
Southern Furniture Exposition
Furniture Plaza
High Point
Leo Heer
Heer
No-Man's Land Janitor's Airport Knife Incident Draws Legislative Attention
Illinois janitor Joseph Newkirk caused a disturbance aboard United Flight 853 from Chicago to Los Angeles with a pocket knife after a quarrel over whisky. Pvt. Donald James Schwalbach disarmed him. FBI and FAA officials seek federal statutes to cover such interstate air incidents. Newkirk remains jailed en route to Hawaii.
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Los Angeles
Illinois
Congress
Joseph Newkirk
Argo
Ill
United Air Lines
Chicago
Newkirk
O'’hare Field
Nevada
Donald James Schwalbach
Highland Park
FBI
Federal Aviation Agency
Washington
FAA
U.S. Atty
Tom Sheridan
Hawaii
Soviet Leaders Hint at Increased Military Spending
Secretary McNamara said the United States will reexamine defense needs as the Soviet Union signals higher military expenditure. Khrushchev had suspended plans to cut armed forces by over a million men, while Kennedy aides discuss a fresh appraisal of U S fighting power amid the Berlin crisis and possible mobilization talk.
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Washington
Robert S. McNamara
Soviet Union
United States
Khrushchev
Moscow
McNamara
Berlin
Kennedy
Roswell L. Gilpatric
Rusk
Kremlin
National Press Club
Soviets Parade Air Power in Moscow Display
In Moscow 50,000 spectators watched Premier Khrushchev and Yuri Gagarin as the Soviet air force showcased new craft at Tushino Airfield. Officials highlighted a delta wing bomber claimed to exceed sound speed and a flypast of 10 heavy supersonic bombers, signaling strength amid Berlin tensions.
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Stanley Johnson
Moscow
Soviet Union
Kremlin
Berlin
Khrushchev
Yuri Gagarin
Tushino
United States
Footprints and clothes spur search for girl
Sa mpling on Polar Mesa spurs a manhunt for 15 year old Dennise Sullivan missing since a July 4 abduction in Rockville Conn. Investigators tied Abel Aragon a 35 year old Brice Utah native to the case after a fatal shooting prior to his death by suicide.
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Moab
Utah
Dennise Sullivan
Rockville
Conn
Salt Lake City Tribune
Polar Mesa
the Tribune
Nathan Ince
Abel B. Aragon
Brice
Aragon
FBI
Jeannette Sullivan
Charles Boothroyd
Dennise
Boothroyd
Portuguese Transport Save Sinks After Storm Off Mozambique
A Portuguese transport named Save carrying troops and laborers ran aground and burned off northern Mozambique. Up to 237 dead or missing, 490 aboard with 253 saved, as helicopters and planes evacuated the injured to Beira and Lourenco Marques amid military censorship and ongoing search efforts.
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Lourenco Marques, Mozambique
Maritime Ministry
Mozambique
Beira
Lourenco Marques
Save
Calle
Portugal
Angola
Linde
Quelimane
Rusk Accuses Soviets of Coercion Threat to World Peace
Secretary of State Dean Rusk warned the Soviet Union seeks a long term crisis by imposing coercion on the world. He cited the Kremlin’s reluctance to join the United Nations and called for a stronger free world, NATO resilience, and approval of Kennedy’s foreign aid plan.
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Rusk
Soviet Union
Washington
Dean Rusk
United Nations
United States
Kennedy
Free World
U.N
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Congress
Three Textile Union Men Released on Parole in Henderson Conspiracy Case
Three of eight textile union members convicted for conspiring to destroy mill facilities in Henderson during a long strike were freed on parole. Abbott Pegram and Walker, detained since 1960, join others as parole eligibility advances following prior releases and a governor‑ordered sentence reduction for one inmate. The 1958 59 strike sparked violence as plants reopened with non union labor.
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Raleigh
N.C
Henderson
Howard Hepler
State Board of Paroles
Robert Edward Abbott
Calvin R. Pegram
Warren Walker
Boyd Payton
Harriet-Henderson
Malcolm Jarrell
Johnny Martin
Terry Sanford
Abbott
Pegram
Walker
Vance County Superior Court
Hepler
Payton
Lawrence Gore
Charles Auslander
Carolinas
Textile Workers Union of America
Gore
Auslander
Martin
Paroles Board
Johnson Matthews
Jarrell
TWUA
Highway Patrol
National Guard
Baby Elephant Kita Slows as Ball Yanked Swallowed
Detroit officials report Kita the 1100 pound baby elephant worsened after swallowing a rubber ball. penicillin shots were given to treat esophageal infection as feeding resumed and veterinarians work to reduce swelling and prevent dehydration.
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Detroit
Kita
Frank G. McInnis
The
Zoological Park Commission
McInnis
Rita
Belle Isle Children’s Zoo
William K. Appelhof
Detroit Zoo
Missile launch attempt ends in spectacular failure
In Arguello California a 98 foot Midas III missile failed to lift from its pad at 8 59 am observers on a hilltop saw a flame burst from the base followed by black smoke and a plume of white smoke from the Atlas booster The missile rested undamaged on its seaside launch pad 150 miles north of Los Angeles with ignition apparently failed but purge operations saved the vehicle
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Point Arguello
Calif
United States
Russia
Midas Ili
Los Angeles
Axis Sally Walks Out Of Prison
ALDERSON West Virginia AP Mil dred Gillars the Axis Sally of World War II walked out of federal prison today with a flourish. The starring voice of Nazi propaganda broadcasts was still the actress. She was convicted of treason in March 1949 and sentenced to 10 to 30 years. Released on parole, she was driven away by a sister. Gillars, 60, refused further comment.
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Alderson
W.va
Mildred Gillars
Miss Gillars
E. Em Nieminen
Ashtabula
Ohio
Sally
UAW demands salaries and union bets at GM and Ford
The United Auto Workers pressed demands at GM and Ford as new contract talks began. At GM the union sought salaries for all workers, ending short paychecks, plus better unemployment benefits, plant relocation, subcontracting controls, and a 30 day union membership requirement. At Ford the union demanded overtime controls, production standards, seniority, and job assignment reforms.
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Charles C. Cain
Detroit
General Motors Corp
United Auto Workers Union
Ford Motor Co
Leonard Woodcock
UAW
GM Department
Auto Company
Ford
Chrysler Corp
American Motors Corp
Big Three
AMC
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