New Facade and Bridge Planned for Southern Furniture Exposition Building
Henry A. Foscue announced Saturday a new Main Street facade and a second floor bridge linking the Wrenn Wing to the South Wing at the Southern Furniture Exposition Building in downtown High Point. Designed by William Freeman Inc, the modernization features a 200-foot canopy, ceramic panels with bluestone and terra cotta trim, and vertical pilasters in a updated contemporary motif. The 19-foot-high bridge will be steel with aluminum sash trim and glass, improving traffic flow at market time.
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Wrenn
Market Activity Setting Records at Southern Furniture Market
Enterprise Sunday Editor Robert Marks reports a record setting buyer attendance and brisk buying pace at the fall Southern furniture market in High Point and nearby towns. Buyers from across the nation and abroad, including top officials from major stores, seek mid to upper price merchandise with emphasis on design and construction. Contemporary styles rise in demand while French, Italian Provincial and Early American remain steady.
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Southern Furniture Exposition
Furniture Plaza
Thomasville
Lexington
Hickory
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Lenoir
Exposition Building
High Point
Canada
Furniture Factories Marketing Assn
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Drought Endangers Forests Across North Carolina
The Associated Press reports forests across North Carolina are extremely dry with no rain in sight. Fires burned in Gaston and Lincoln counties while officials warn conditions could spark a mass outbreak. Water shortages urged conservation as officials warn frost could worsen dry conditions and further threaten forests.
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Lincoln
Gaston County
Kings Mountain
Lincoln County
FN. Graven
Belmont
W. L. Powell
Pittsboro
Haw River
Cherryville
R. R. Woltz
Woltz
Raleigh
Paul W. Tillman
State Forester’s Office
Lord Home Becomes Britain’s New Prime Minister
Lord Home, after quelling a Conservative revolt, was presented to Queen Elizabeth II and pledged a no nonsense government. In a fireside chat he promised plain talking and full sharing of government thinking with Britons. He kissed the Queen’s hands, signaling acceptance of office and readiness to form a government at age 60.
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Britain
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Home becomes British PM as troops land in Germany
Lord Home wins the Conservative leadership after a swift rise from foreign secretary to prime minister. He will relinquish his titles, seek a Commons seat in a safe district, and ask Harold Wilson for a Parliament delay until elected. Parliament reconvenes Oct. 29 amid Profumo scandal fallout and Labour opposition.
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Algeria will not resume peace talks with Morocco
Algerian Foreign Minister Abdelsaziz Bouteflika said no more peace talks will occur while Moroccan troops remain on Algerian soil. He urged the 32 nation OAU to consider charges of aggression. Balafrej accepted Tunisia’s invitation to a Tunis peace conference, contingent on Moroccan troop withdrawal.
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Morocco
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Sa‘hara
Bouteflika
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Beida
Habib Bourguiba
Tunisia
Bouteflikal
Ahmed Balafrej
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Wrenn Street
Rockefeller Attacks Goldwater In GOP Battle For Primaries
Gov. Nelson Rockefeller says Sen. Barry Goldwater has taken positions on foreign aid the World Bank and UN membership not in the public interest. Rockefeller, in New Hampshire for the March 10 primary, urges debates and argues over fundamental Republican principles while Goldwater refuses to clash in public forums.
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N.H
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Barry Goldwater
World Bank
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United Nations
Rockefeller
Goldwater
New Hampshire
Goldwater Sees New Guard Rising in GOP Nomination
Senator Barry Goldwater argues that Republican kingmakers have lost clout for the 1964 nomination. He says a new generation of state leaders, with direct contact to him, will influence the race while old-guard figures struggle to unite against him. He questions former Dewey era brain trust influence.
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Arizona
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Washington
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R-Ariz
Thomas E. Dewey
Nework
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Dewey
Tito Shrugs Off Boat With Flu
President Tito of Yugoslavia appeared in public in Williamsburg Virginia after a flu layoff. The 71 year old leader, upbeat and joking, said he felt well and hoped to stroll the streets, then watched the West Virginia Pitt game on TV. He added he would return to the United States unofficially.
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Tito
Yugoslavia
Losking
United States
Tioi
West Virginia
Pitt
Madame Broz
James River Plantations
Big Airlift Feeds U S Armored Force Move
U S airlift launches from Texas to Western Europe for the largest armored airlift in history. Four hundred fifty officers and men fly in seven C135 jets to Germany and France to link the 2nd Armored Division with Rhine Main Sembach Ramstein and Etain Phalsbourg Chamblemont bases. First phase costs 20 million dollars. Lead plane from Bergstrom AFB Texas arrives on time after a 10 hour flight.
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Hodges Opens New Highway at Canton By Pass Dedication
Secretary of Commerce Luther Hodges announced that the Interstate 40 opening unlocks North Carolina's western territory. He spoke at the Canton by pass dedication near Buck Creek Interchange, with several hundred attendees observing the ceremony.
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Buck Creek
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