Self-Service Shoe Mart Opens in Main Street Building
The former Big Bear Store at 1110 S Main St is remodeled as Pre Way Self Serve Shoe Mart. It offers about 20000 pairs of men women and children shoes on display with no sales staff. Charles R Pope manages the store which buys in large volumes to keep prices low. The air conditioned shop has off street parking and hours 9 to 9 daily, offering hosiery and specialty shoes.
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Big Bear
S. Main St
Charles R. Pope
Kingsport
Johnson City
Earl Whetsel
Eastman
Eastman Kodak Corp
Chemical Plant Explosion Claims Eleven Lives in Kingsport
An explosion at the Eastman Kodak chemical plant in Kingsport Tennessee killed eleven people and injured at least sixty. The blast damaged the 400 acre complex’s acid division causing widespread debris and glass as guards secured the area and investigators began probing the cause.
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Kingsport
David McBride
Johnson City
Eastman
Catholics Back Separation of Church and State
More than 150 Roman Catholic laymen joined in a statement affirming the separation of church and state. The sponsors, from education, business, science, politics, labor and the arts, warned against efforts to undermine this principle and noted a controversy over Catholic involvement in the presidency.
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Washington
John F. Kennedy
Gavin urges new road plan to spur development
Gavin calls for revising a 15 year state highway program to improve transportation for new growth areas. He promotes a comprehensive study of the system and stronger east west links while campaigning in the western mountains amid a Greensboro Daily News poll showing him ahead in Guilford County.
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Terry Sanford
Guilford County
Gavin
Greensboro
Sanford
Richard M. Nixon
John F. Kennedy
Daily News
Large Selection of Luggage and Trunks in Town
Advertisers claim a vast assortment of luggage and trunks and offer a simple hold plan or PCS credit card option. The message emphasizes the store as the largest selection in town for any purchase.
Johnson Will Whistlestop In South
Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson with an 11 car campaign train begins a five day whistlestop tour through the South. The 3500 mile trip covers eight states for the Democratic vice presidential nominee and includes 68 appearances. The itinerary runs through Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Georgia Florida Alabama Mississippi and Louisiana.
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Washington
Lyndon B. Johnson
South
Texas
Harry S. Truman
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Sen. Johnson
Greenville
S.C
Anderson
Rocky Bottom
Carolinas
Johnson
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Build Highways to Spur North Carolina Development
A State Highway Commission recommendation urged building two major highways from the Tennessee line to the coast with a priority on developing new areas in North Carolina where new revenue sources are desperately needed.
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Tennessee Line
State Highway Commission
North Carolina
Khrushchev Expects Fast U S Summit With New President
Soviet Premier Khrushchev believes the next U S president will quickly agree to a brand new Big Four summit on world problems. He praised the recent talks with Prime Minister Macmillan as productive while noting no change in Western disarmament deadlock. Nehru and Sukarno attended Khrushchev’s gala, while Nixon and Kennedy offered no rush to meet, amid Western skepticism.
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John Scala
New York
Khrushchev
Lieve
United States
Britain
Harold Macmillan
Macmillan
Rich
Ard M. Nixon
Sen
John F.kennedy
United Nations
Nehru
India
Indonesia
Sukarno
Bootlegging Pep Pills Big Business
Federal official says bootlegging pep pills is a multimillion dollar business. Maurice Kerr of the FDA San Francisco district told a Consumer Concerns clinic that enough Stay-awake pills are manufactured annually to keep every man woman and child awake for a week or more.
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San Francisco
Federal Food and Drug Administration
Maurice P. Kerr
FFDA
Consumer Concerns
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Nash Jewelry
North Main Street
Soviet
Hospital Care Association
Cassie
Oldsmobile
Olds
Highland Motors, Inc
High Point, N. C
Michael Shayne
Nbc-Tvi
Harllee
Home Center
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