Furniture Bellwether Of Economy
The South's furniture industry anchored at High Point and along 300 miles of furniture highway is a buoyant economic indicator as markets like the October show draw 5 000 buyers. Growth aligns with a rising young U.S. population and a surge in modern styles, with High Point hosting hospitality friendly markets and new lines expanding into 1964.
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South
High Point
Simmons Co
Grant Simmons
U.S
Simmons
Lexington
Thomasville
Statesville
Hickory
Newton, Lenoir
Drexel
Winston-Salem
North Carolina
Chicago
Big Lift Meeting Its Goals
The 2nd Armored Division airlift from Texas to Germany reported 60 transports landing 3,588 troops within 24 hours. West German officials, including Kai-Uwe von Hassel, watched the operation as it neared a 63 hour projection for full landing and raised concerns about U.S. troop reductions in Europe.
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Frankfurt
Germany
2Nd Armored
Texas
Kai-Uwe von Hassel
Rhein-Main Air Base
Robert S. McNamara
Europe
Rhein-Main
Ramstein
Mildenhall
England
Texas- Europe Air Bridge
U.S. 2Nd Armored
United States
America
West Germany
U.S
Former lawman Hangs Self in Greenville Jail
James W. Boykin 36, a former highway patrolman and Greenville police officer, hanged himself in his cell at 6 30 a.m after being jailed for attempting to crack a Belk Tyler department store safe. Coroner planned an inquest. Boykin left a wife and six year old son.
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Greenville
N.C
Guy Co. Langston
James W. Boykin
Boykin
Belk- Tyler
Langston
A. G. Whitaker
R. B. Ellis
Pitt County
E. W. Harvey Jr
State Highway Patrol
Greensville
Erratic Ginny Threatens Florida Coast With Slow Move
Hurricane Ginny posed a threat to the Florida coast from Cape Canaveral to Palm Beach as watches and possible warnings were issued. Forecasters said the minimal hurricane could still loop or swing south before reaching the east coast, with tides expected to rise one to three feet and winds extending outward hundreds of miles. The Red Cross deployed 35 disaster workers as Ginny set a beeline for the lower Florida coast.
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Ginny
Florida
Gordon Dunn
Miami Weather Bureau
Dunn
Jacksonville
Palm Beach
Middle Atlantic
Middle East
Cape Hatteras
Red Cross
Miami
Ginny's Movement Captured by TIROS VII Rainfall Imagery
Two TIROS VII satellite photos taken 30 seconds apart on October 22 show Hurricane Ginny. The Weather Bureau Center at Wallops reported the storm center near 31.0 N 75.8 W about 300 nautical miles east of Jacksonville, Florida.
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Ginny
Tiros VII
Weather Bureau Satellite Center
Wallops
Jacksonville
Flate
Ashington
Rusk to announce no withdrawal of U S troops in Europe this week
Washington reports that Secretary of State Dean Rusk will declare in West Germany that the United States will keep all 250000 troops in Europe. The move aims to reassure Germany amid the ongoing airlift of 14500 U S troops from Texas and address Gilpatric's hints at possible overseas adjustments.
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Washington
Dean Rusk
West Germany
United States
Europe
Rusk
U.S
Texas
Roswell L. Gilpatric
Chicago
Gilpatric
State Department
White House
Frankfurt
George C. Marshall
Robert McCloskey
Ludwig Erhard
Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Gerhard Schroeder
McCloskey
South
Berlin
Southeast Asia
Bank Robbery at Rockwell Nets $42154, Suspect Flees
A red haired armed bandit robbed the First Union National Bank in Rockwell North Carolina of 42154 after entering the vault and demanding money. About 4000 dollars was dropped as the suspect left in a car found east of town. Two tellers and two employees reported the quick heist with no arrests made.
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Rockwell
N.C
First Union National Bank
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Rowan
Salisbury
North Carolina
Charlotte League Weaver
Beaver
Mildred
Shuping
Ann Peeler
Woodson Stiller
Stiller
Edith Murray
Rockswell
Bank
R. W. Brown
Yugoslavs Clash With New York Police Over Tito Visit
The Yugoslav mission to the United Nations cancelled a public reception for President Tito and his wife after disputes with Police Commissioner Murphy over security. Stevenson said no formal protest was filed, while Tito received heavy security and federal protection remained in place during the visit.
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New York
Goslav
Unit 1
Sioner
Michael J. Murphy
Murphy
Tito
York
Ity
Adlai E. Stevenson
U.S. Am
Jay Rutherford
U.S. State Department
News City
Striking Of Ship Off Cuba Probed By U S
The government opened an investigation into the strafing of the American owned bulk carrier J Louis by Cuban planes off Cuba. Havana radio claimed an attack on a vessel in the area as the ship carried 31500 tons of bauxite ore from Jamaica to Corpus Christi Texas.
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Washington
Cuba
Havana
J. Louis
Ocho Rios
Jamaica
Corpus
Corpus Christi
State Department
High Sea
River Ferry Capsizes Near Seoul Killing Many
A river ferry carrying school children capsized near Hoju, southwest of Seoul, killing 37 pupils and 12 adults. Rescuers saved 88 others from the water as the vessel overturned while unloading. The passengers mostly were fifth and sixth graders from Anyang. The principal was among the dead.
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Seoul
Korea
Anyang
Hoju
Here
Fames
Soviet Wheat Buyers Confer In Washington
Soviet and U S officials meet in Washington as rumors swirl of a 40000 ton corn sale to the Soviet bloc. Trade talks focus on shipping costs and a possible first post Kennedy era deal with an Iron Curtain nation amid ongoing wheat sales negotiations in the U S.
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Ovid A. Martin Sont
Washington
U.S
Administration
United Tes
Kennedy
Soviet Bloc
United States
Orville L. Freeman
George W. Ball
Sergi A. Borisov
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William A. Shires
Shires
Cape Canaveral
Fort Lauderdale
3D Financial Society
N. Y
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