Thomasville Furniture Posts Lower Quarter Net
Thomasville Furniture Industries Inc reports a quarter ending February 28 with net sales of 15,372,746 and net income of 954,801 or 35 cents per share on 2,710,645 shares. For 1966 the quarter yielded 1,122, with 2,693,105 shares. Directors declare a regular 17 1/2 cent dividend payable April 20 to holders of record April 6. Thomas G. Jennings elected to the board succeeding the late Doak Finch.
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John Jones Named Furniture Sales Engineer for Eastern Region
National Springs Corp. named John Jones as furniture sales engineer for the territory covering Eastern North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia, effective April 1. Jones has spent 17 years with the firm in various capacities.
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Former Bar Owner Sought as Kennedy Witness in New Orleans
In New Orleans authorities seek Gordon Novel a 29 year old former French Quarter bar owner as a material witness in the Kennedy assassination. Judge Braniff set bail at 50 000 and a grand jury subpoena was issued though Novel claimed Washington DC on personal business. Novel reportedly left New Orleans after selling his Jamaican Village bar and faces possible immunity from harassment if he agrees to testify.
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Easter Plans Unshaken by Early Spring Weather
The earliest Easter in 16 years approaches as winter weather fails to dampen traditional sunrise services and Easter parade preparations. Pope Paul VI led Catholics in Good Friday observances and preparations for Holy Week in New York and across the country.
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High voltage dress lights up New York show
At the 1967 IEEE convention in New York a sleeveless white tent dress wired with electroluminescent lamps demonstrates a wearable lighting concept. GE calls it an astro gown and while cost runs to hundreds of dollars the dress twinkles when connections loosen.
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Maps missing from UNC library in Chapel Hill
UNC officials search for 55 historical maps, some over 300 years old, missing from locked library storage. William Powell says about 50 libraries and collectors have been asked to watch for them. some other items are missing as well and an inside job is suspected. A Camden battle manuscript from 1780 is among the items believed stolen.
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Wachovia Drops Interest Rate
Wachovia Bank trims its lending rate to 5 percent effective immediately. North Carolina National and First Union National also announced reductions earlier in the week, joining the move in lowering rates.
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Eight Killed In Collision In San Antonio
Eight people died in a car collision on the South Side of San Antonio while en route home from a church meeting. Doctors said several others were injured and might not live.
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North and South Carolina Weekend Weather Forecast
North Carolina: fair to partly cloudy and cool tonight with low 33 to 43. Saturday partly cloudy and somewhat warmer with highs 62. South Carolina: fair tonight, mild this afternoon, cool tonight with lows 36 to 46. Partly cloudy and mild Saturday with highs around 66. Five day outlook calls for near normal temps in the west, cooler east, day highs mostly in 60s, nights 30s to upper 40s, with 0.5 to 0.75 inch of rain likely early next week.
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Filipino bootblack nailed to cross in Good Friday act
In Pampanga province a 35 year old bootblack, Eusebio Libres, and a devotee of Nazareno, was nailed to a 12 foot cross for a Good Friday act of thanksgiving after a long illness. He wore a crown of thorns and white loin cloth. Ether was given as nails were driven and he lost consciousness before being removed for medical care.
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African Boers and the Dutch settler legacy
The term Boer denotes Dutch farmers in South Africa. It describes the Dutch settlers who became farmers and their descendants, shaping colonial and postcolonial South African history.
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Educators Die in Vietnam Plane Crash Near Da Nang
Eight U.S. educators and a pilot were killed when their small twin engine plane crashed into a mountain in turbulent rain north of Da Nang. The group led by Dr. James Albertson included professors and deans from Wisconsin State University, Gustavus Adolphus College, Bemidji State University, University of Illinois Chicago, Harvard and Agen cy for International Development staff. The party had been in Vietnam to study high school education sponsored by the AID. Weather forced an alternate landing in Da Nang then a resumption. the Hue leg was canceled.
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Balancing Extremes in Church Authority
United Church scholar Rev. Dr. Walter D. Wagoner argues in The Seminary that Catholic obedience is centripetal while Protestant obedience is centrifugal. He contends both traditions are moving toward balanced views of church authority.
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