Furniture Mart Looms as Biggest Furniture Market
Enterprise staff writer notes the nine day fall market along North Carolina's Furniture Highway aims to be the largest in history. Buyers from many states and several countries converge on High Point and surrounding factories as manufacturers unveil new styles and affordable merchandising.
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Jim Hawkins
North Carolina
High Point
Furnibecom Deasdeeadmer
Thousands Mass To Protest Policy Across U.S. In 1969 Demonstrations
In New York and California crowds estimated around 13 000 joined protests against U S Viet Nam policy. Berkeley led a 3 000 strong march to Oakland where police blocked further action as signs were ripped and a protester was struck. At least 5 000 were reported on hand at the Berkeley gathering with spillover into other cities and campuses nationwide.
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National Liberation Front
Viet Cong
Fifth Avenue
68Th Street
New York City
U.S
United States
Associated Press
Horst Faas
New York
California
Berkeley
Oakland
Allison Fording
We Dana
Berk
City
Hickory Area Mart Opens First
Hickory hosts the October furniture market with new factories, refurbished showrooms, and higher prices due to rising costs for materials and labor. Buyers face limited rooms and shifting market dates as manufacturers adjust to supply challenges.
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Hickory Area Mart
Robert Marks
North Carolina
Downed Chopper Crew Rescued by Two Helicopters
U.S. Sky cavalrymen described a combat rescue after a quartet of crewmen on a downed Airmobile helicopter were saved. A CH47 Chinook and a heavily armed escort helicopter lifted the UH-1 or similar craft to safety as B52 bombers provided air support.
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U.S. 1St Cavalry Division
U.S. Command
Nuclear Propelled Rocket Seen As Soviet Secret Weapon
London dispatch notes Nikita Khrushchev boasted of a fan tastic secret weapon in 1963 for Western spying. The piece cites The Penkovsky Papers and outlines a 1960 test rush that ended with the rocket failing to lift off and the Nedelin catastrophe.
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London
Nikita Khrushchev
Washington
Penkovsky
Britain
United States
Shchev
Zorza
Mitrofan I. Nedelin
Sukarno Demands Law and Order Amid Army Crackdown
Grim-faced Sukarno ordered the army to halt its anti-Communist drive as Suharto consolidates power after a Sept. 30 coup attempt. Officials say Sukarno seeks a new party line, while the army refuses to back a fresh political bid.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Sukarno
Suharto
Counmy
anti-Com
How Indonesian Revolt Developed
A fragmented account outlines the coup attempt in Indonesia that sought to toppling Sukarno and his council from power. It traces the bloodshed, military divisions, and international reactions as a short-lived bid for control destabilized the capital and threatened civil war.
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Aan
Sna I
Jung
Sukarno
Wcattery Saela
Sukar
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