Fall Furniture Market Opens With New Offerings
Retail buyers from all states and 20 foreign nations converged on Piedmont North Carolina as the October Southern Furniture Market opened with a promise of more new merchandise than ever before. Industry leaders anticipate strong buying while noting cautious retailer spending and shifting design trends toward multipurpose pieces and varied fabrics. The High Point area hosts showrooms, renovations, and new hospitality expansions as the market runs through Oct. 22 with 35 000 visitors expected.
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Jim Hawkins
Piedmont
North Carolina
Robert Gruenberg
Southern Furniture Market Center
Max Meeks
Furniture Plaza
Ivan Garry
High Point National Furniture Mart
Meeks
Gruenberg
High Point
Thomasville
Lexington
Hickory
Lenoir
Winston- Salem
Garry
SFMC
Coliseum rules on photography and lost bracelet request
Action Line replies that professional photography is forbidden by contract and strong lights would disrupt events at the Coliseum. No pictures may be used without written permission from both the artist and the Coliseum Complex. A reader seeks a brass Officers Club bracelet from Ft. Benning 1944 Fall Tournament mixed doubles.
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Coliseum
Anon. A
James Oshust
Ft. Benning
J.N. Rawleigh
Rawleigh
K.L.M
Ford Cleared Of Misuse of Campaign Funds
Special Prosecutor Charles Ruff said President Ford is cleared of allegations that campaign contributions were diverted to his personal use during 1964 to 1974. Ruff noted no corroborating evidence and that no laws were violated. Ford to address the issue in a 7:30 p.m. EDT news conference.
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Washington
Ford
Charles Ruff
Michigan
Ruff
White House
FBI
Clarence M. Kelley
Justice Department
Kent County
Mich
State Health Officials Urge Continued Shots
RALEIGH AP Health officials insisted swine flu vaccine did not cause the deaths of three elderly patients and a younger man after inoculations in North Carolina this week. Secretary Phil Kirk urged continued vaccination and noted daily deaths among those over 65 from other causes.
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Raleigh
Phil Kirk
Kirk
Martin Paines
North Carolina
State Health Services Commission
Personality Clash Ends CBS President Arthur Taylor Era
Arthur R. Taylor, 41, was dismissed from his $480,000 per year post as CBS Inc. president after only 15 months, with CBS citing no specific cause. A company insider cited a personality clash with Board Chairman William S. Paley, 75, as the reason, while Paley and CBS stated the move does not reflect on ratings or the family viewing concept. John D. Backe, 44, former president of CBS Publishing, was named interim head at the same meeting.
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Arthur R. Taylor
CBS Inc
CBS
Taylor
William S. Paley
CBS Sinc
Cbs-Tv
Paley
New York
Arthur Taylor
International Paper Co
John D. Backe
CBS’ Publishing Group
Parents Charged In Death Of FourYearOld Girl
In Cleveland Tennessee AP reports a couple previously convicted of abusing their infant daughter in 1973 are now charged with beating four year old Melisha Morgana Gibson to death. District Attorney General Richard Fisher said the child was taken from Wanda Gibson Maddux and Ronald Maddux while they served prison terms and returned in May. They said they found her dead on a living room mattress after waking. An autopsy showed severe injuries including a split liver and ruptured left kidney. Police noted no signs of forcible entry and the couple suggested a break in may have occurred.
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Cleveland, Tenn
Richard Fisher
Fisher
Melisha Morgana Gibson
Wanda Gibson Maddux
Ronald Maddux
Cargo Jet Crash Kills 100 In Bolivia
Bolivia declares three days of mourning after a chartered Boeing 707 struck a street crowd and a youth soccer practice, killing more than 100 including the four American crew members. President Banzer ordered nationwide mourning and led funeral plans.
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Santa Cruz
Bolivia
Hugo Banzer
la Paz
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