Furniture Makers Face Slump with November Recovery Hopes
Furniture manufacturers report a sales downturn starting last fall with April figures 9.7 percent below 1966 and shipments down 2.1 percent. High Point area faces reduced workweeks and scarce job openings while higher end lines hold steadier demand and some plants plan modest hiring.
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Vietnam
Southern Furniture Manufacturers Assn
High Point
Ralph Miller
Employment Security Commission
Miller
William M. Blanton Jr
Globe Furniture Co
Chicago
Midwest
New York
Texas
California
Possum in Back Yard Leads to Sheriff Action
A possum hid in a street trash can after a child alerted a neighbor. Police examined the scene as onlookers watched. The officer, following the complaint, used a board to end the animal’s life and then left the site.
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Momma
Flag Day Concert by Second Marine Band in High Point
The Second Marine Division Band will perform at City Lake Park Amphitheater in High Point on Flag Day. City officials Elks dignitaries and scouts attend as Dr Tom Hag gai leads a program tracing the flag’s history with a 7 to 8 p m concert portion.
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Marine Division
High Point
Ed Ruler
the Elks
Second Division Marine Band
Camp Lejeune
United States
Mediterranean
Caribbean
Planning and Zoning Commission agenda for Monday
The Planning and Zoning Commission will hold a 7 30 p m meeting in Room 200 City County Building to consider zoning and rezoning proposals in Randolph and Guilford counties including Thayer Coggin Phillips Fescue and High Point environs. A code amendment on signs and a discussion on a one day school at Chapel Hill are also listed.
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Planning and Zoning Commission
Guilford County
Thayer Coggin, Inc
South Road
Randolph County
High Point
Eastchester Drive
Hicks-Wood Road
Phillips- Fescue Corp
R. R. Simmons
P. C. Underdown
B. W. Bush
Hickory Springs Manufacturing Co
High Point Industrial Park, Inc
Corporation Drive
Fraley Mitchell Et al
Garrison Street
Clish Place
Lowe Avenue
B. C. Fowler
Peter Graves
Richard C. Wright
James Kirkwood, Jr
D. S. Hedgecock
Kirkwood Street
Institute of Government
Chapel Hill
Planning Board
Norman L. Zimmerman
Ray Williard
E. Peachtree Drive
Old Winston Road
Church of God of Prophecy
Old Mill Road
Oakview Road
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Robert Marks
Enterprise
Furniture Manufactur
Blanton
Globe
Continental Division
2Nd Marine Band
Sears
Sears and
SAVE
Sears, Rolbuck and CO
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