Furniture Buyers Plan Good Fall
The Southern furniture market in High Point shows optimism for a strong fall as buyers from at least 20 states converge on downtown showrooms. Hyman Meyers of the SRFA says interest is high and retailers anticipate comparable business to last year, with sales up at least five percent in the first five months of 1964. The market aims to attract about 85 percent of the retail buying power within a 300 mile radius, closing Friday.
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Jim. Hawkins
Innarrance
Sregistrati
Heer
High Point
Meyers
SRFA
Kennedy Offer To LBJ Described By Schlesinger
AP reports historian Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr says Kennedy offered Johnson the 1960 ticket the night of his nomination to unite Democrats though staff and liberals doubted Lyndon B. Johnson would accept. Schlesinger cites Life Magazine excerpts from his forthcoming book.
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New York
South
John F. Kennedy
Johnson
Schles
Lyndon B. Johnn Jincan Amata
Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr
Life Magazine
White House
Schlesinger
Kennedy
Meet Mars Craft Signals Study Atmosphere Density
The craft will pass behind Mars as its radio signals passing through the planet's atmosphere are measured to determine the density and depth of the air. The article notes this will be covered further on page 2A.
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Mars
Combat Infantrymen Landing In Viet Nam
The first large force of U.S. combat infantrymen, 3,900 men of the 1st Infantry Division, landed at Cam Ranh Bay in Viet Nam. The initial 1,000, known as Big Red One, dig in on sand dunes as the rest of the division’s 2nd Brigade prepares to follow. Troop totals rise to 71,000 with the landings, with Col. James Simmons saying the mission includes protecting the harbor-improvement effort by the 35th Engineer group. Air Force strikes targeted north of Hanoi and Yen Bai with multiple depots and ordnance sites attacked and several buildings damaged.
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Cam Ranh Bay
Saigon
Viet. Nam
U.S
Viet Nam
James Simmons
U.S. Air Force
Hanoi
Yen Bai
Yen Se
U.S. Nam
Army First Infantry Division
James E. Sim
U.S. Navy
U.S. Mons
South Viet
Katzenbach Backs Coleman's Federal Judge Nomination
Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach expressed full support for former Mississippi Governor James P. Coleman’s nomination to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. In Senate testimony he rejected charges that Coleman’s segregation era statements negate his fitness, calling moderation and respect for law devotion to principle. Civil rights groups have criticized the Johnson nomination amid ongoing civil rights litigation in the circuit.
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Washington
Nicholas Katzenbach
Mississippi
James P. Coleman
Senate Judiciary
Katzenbach
Coleman
5Th Circuit Court of Appeals
Caleman
Johnson
Sth
Harris survey on white views of Negro demonstrations
Louis Harris finds white Americans uneasy about civil rights protests yet a majority of Black respondents view dramatic action as necessary. Whites oppose demonstrations by 62 to 24 percent, while Blacks back them 63 to 14 percent. A national balance favors whites, amid mixed personal testimonies from both communities.
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Louis Harris
Cly- Harris
Fullerton
Calif
Fort Wayne
Ind
Stamford
Conn
Chicago
United States
Ten Men Rescued From Atlantic After Air Force Plane Crash
FALMOUTH Mass AP Ten men were rescued and eight bodies recovered today from the 1949 crew of U S Air Force plane down in the North Atlantic Coast Guard said one more member of the crew was missing.
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Falmouth
Mass
U.5
Air Force
North Atlantic
Coast Guard
Poeh
Coast Guard reports possible flare sign of missing crew
Coast Guard in Boston says flares sighted may come from missing crew. Rescued men were taken to U S and German destroyers near the crash site 145 miles northeast of Nantucket. A four engine radar plane ditched in fog late Sunday night. Bodies aboard the destroyer Barry with three survivors. Helicopters from U S carrier Wasp and German vessels aided in the rescue amid 50 to 100 yard visibility and rough seas.
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Coast Guard
Boston
U.S
Nantucket
Barry
Newport
R.I
Wasp
Reserves May Be Called for Wider Vietnam War
The New York Times reports high ranking officials expect reserves to be needed to sustain a larger U S war role in Vietnam. A defense budget rise is anticipated to fund more personnel and matériel as ground forces in Vietnam may total 100 000 to 150 000, with conventional battles likely replacing hit and run patrols.
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New York
New York Times
Viet Nam
The
Times
Hanson W. Baldwin
United States
Johnson
U.S
South Viet Nam
France Smiles Over Tourists as France Courts Americans
In a light hearted take, Paris promotes itself to American visitors with a new Operation Smile campaign. The piece notes France’s shift from stereotype of greed to gracious hospitality aimed at tourists, highlighting welcoming scenes at Orly Field and Parisian officials praising bargains in perfumes.
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Hugh A. Mulligan
Associated Press
Sen. J. W. Fulbright
France
Crazy Horse
Paris
Niagara Falls
Uip
Les Americaines
America
Orly Field
St. Cyr
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