Furniture Market Opens as Southern Show Draws 5000 Dealers
The Southern Furniture Exposition opens Monday in a 14 story building drawing more than 5000 retail furniture dealers from 11 Southeastern states. Attendees anticipate a normal summer show with vendors prepping new lines and forecasts predicting a 3 to 5 percent rise in 1960 sales.
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Robert Marks
Southern Furniture Industry
North Carolina
Paul H. Broyhill
Broyhill Furniture Factories
Lenoir
Broyhill
Chicago
Exposition
Southern Furniture Manufacturers Association
Southern Retail Furniture Association
Emerywood Country
Exposition Building
Planation
William D. Dixon
Federal Trade Commission
Eisenhower to address nation on Far East tour impact
President Eisenhower leaves Hawaii to return home and defend his Far East trip in a coast to coast address. He plans to blame Communist instigation for Tokyo riots and will argue his Asia visits boosted American prestige despite canceling a Japanese stop.
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Honolulu
Eisenhower
Tokyo
Hawaii
Andrews Air Force Base
Washington
Travis Afb
San Francisco
Philippines
Formosa
South Korea
Okinawa
Asia
Peiping
Japan
Johnson Wins Kentucky Support in Democratic Roll Call
The Associated Press reports Lyndon B. Johnson secured 27 of Kentucky's 31 Democratic National Convention votes, bringing his unofficial total to 23144. Kentucky delegates showed strong support for Johnson though binding instructions were not issued, with three district votes remaining doubtful and split support among Kennedy and Stevenson allies.
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Associated Press
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Kentucky
Senate
Bert T. Combs
Johnson
Louisville
Jefferson County
John F. Kennedy
D-Mass
National Democratic Committee
A. B. Chandler
W. B. Ardery
Adlai E. Stevenson
Kennedy
Stuart Symington
Missouri
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Stevenson
Richard M. Nixon
Midwest
Lightning Strikes Golfers at Sandy Run Shelter
A thunderstorm struck a tin roof shelter near the No 4 tee at Sandy Run Golf Course in Warner Robins Georgia injuring about 20 people and killing two veterans of a Robins Air Force Base civilian tournament. Several injured were treated at a local clinic before being moved to a Macon hospital.
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Warner Robins
Warner Robins Clinic
Macon
Sandy Run
Robins Air Force Base
Raymond Selph
Maryland narrows case on Arkansas musician in family killings
FBI arrest of Melvin D. Rees Jr., 31, in West Memphis, Arkansas, charges two Florida cross state line slayings tied to the Carroll V. Jackson Jr. family murder case. Rees, a former Maryland music student and musician, faces federal counts for abducting Mrs. Jackson and Susan Ann, while other related deaths remain under investigation.
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Baltimore
Carroll V. Jackson Jr
Virginia
Arkansas
FBI
Melvin D. Rees Jr
Jackson
Susan Ann
Gambrills
Janet
Rees
Washington,d.c
West Memphis
Ark
Margaret V. Harold
Harold
Islaying
Washington
J. Edgar Hoover
University of Maryland
Sanford Narrowly Edges Lake in High Point Precinct 6
Sanford carried seven precincts to Lake's many, with a pivotal unanimous win in Precinct 6 giving him a 3,718 to 3,327 overall victory. Lake led in several precincts including 12 Cloverdale School area, 14, and 18, while Seawell and Larkins supporters boosted both sides. The record margin in Precinct 6 surpassed the May tally.
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High Point
Terry Sanford
Sanford
Dr. I. Beverly Lake
Lake
Stalcolm Seaiwell
John Larkins
Emerywood
Cloverdale
Sanford Victory Sparks Bedlam of Happiness in Raleigh
In Raleigh the North Carolina state headquarters for Terry Sanford erupted in celebration as supporters filled the Carolina Hotel ballroom. Sanford and wife Margaret Rose greeted cheering crowds as cameras clicked and runoff primary results flashed on the announcer’s display.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Terry Sanford
Carolina Hotel
Sanford
Margaret Rose
Sanfords
Hodges Sends Telegram to Sanford on Governor Nomination
Governor Luther Hodges sent a telegram to Terry Sanford congratulating him on his Democratic nomination for North Carolina governor. The message, released from Raleigh, NC, was sent from Bismarck en route to the national governors conference and praised Sanford’s anticipated victory and service to the state. Hodges and wife voted in Leaksville before departing. Lake supporters accuse administration backing Sanford. Malcolm Seawell, once attorney general, was eliminated in the May 28 first primary.
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Bismarck
N.D
Luther H. Hodges
Terry Sanford
Sanford
Raleigh
N.C
Bob Giles
Hodges
Montana
Leaksville
Sanord
I. Beverly Lake
Lake
Malcolm B. Seawell
Administration
Sanford Wins Democratic Nomination for North Carolina Governor
Terry Sanford defeated Dr. Beverly Lake in the North Carolina Democratic run-off by a margin over 76 000 votes with 350 928 to 274 706 from 2065 of 2094 precincts. Sanford emphasized opposition to forced integration while Lake campaigned on halting token integration. Lake conceded at Sanford's headquarters amid a crowded Carolina Hotel ballroom scene.
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Raleigh
Terry Sanford
Beverly Lake
Sanford
Lake
Fayetteville
Wake Forest Law School
NAACP
North Carolina
Thestate
Carolina Hotel
Dr. Lake
Terry
Dog's Life Sad tale of a shipbound beagle named Pick
A beagle named Pick tells of a life aboard the Berlin with Capt. Guenther Roessing as Valerie Adams and her British family try to obtain an import license. With vaccination papers left behind in Southampton, the dog laments being unable to disembark in New York Harbor while awaiting permission to go home.
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New York
Atlantic
Berlin
Guenther Roessing
Heidi
Valerie Adams
England
Valerie
John Adams
Connecticut
Southampton
Capt. Roessing
Roeesing
Lloyd's
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Summer Mart
George Davis
Atlanta
Congoleum-Nairn Inc
Bill Schletzer
G. Sincerbox
W. R. Jones Jr
H. B. Nelson
W. B. Woodruff Jr
Murray Dixon
Southern Furniture Market
David Cox
Man
Seawell
Larkins
Lee Sanford
Robert Morgan
Joe Mull
Piedmont
Edgecombe
Nash,Pender
Columbus
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