Southern Furniture Market Eyes 60s Value Boom
High Point editorial lauds the Southern Market October 24–30 1959 as the lead center for furniture value growth. Dr. C Stewart Sheppard predicts American furniture, TV and Hi Fi spending will rise about 75 percent in the 1960s as retailers boost value and efficiency in the South. The piece notes increased showroom investment, better plant capacity, and expanded motel and hotel facilities to accommodate rising visitor traffic along Routes 28 70 and planned interstates. It anticipates larger households and dual home living driving demand.
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C. Stewart Sheppard
Graduate School of Business and Public Administration
Cornell University
High Point
South
Florida
Mid-West
Cavitaliine
Sheppard
The Eyes Have It Vision and Virtue in Seeing Good
A meditation on seeing beyond faults and the beauty around us. The piece cites Jesus Matthew 5 8 Henrys worthiness and Helen Keller to argue that true sight comes from within. It contrasts pessimist and optimist perspectives and ends with a call to perceive daily divine glory.
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Sawney Webb
Tennessee
Dwight R. Moody
Chicago
Moody
Helen Keller
Christ
NC Bond Issues Face Test as Grants Stir Debates
Raleigh Lynn Nisbet reports controversy over reduced grants to aged and disabled could jeopardize nine state bond issues voted Tuesday. Nine bonds were broadly supported except one for 12 million to mental institutions, with editors urging voters to approve all bonds to fund overdue improvements and avoid mixing welfare payments with general welfare needs.
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Raleigh
Lynn Nisbet
Clarence Poe
Nisbet
North Carolina
Seawell Attacks Oil Firms Over Price Fixing
Attorney General Malcolm Seawell denounces price fixing by major oil companies calling the policy a threat to free competition. He plans to seek an injunction on grounds they harm the public interest and as a potential campaign weapon amid gubernatorial speculation.
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Malcolm Seawell
Seawell
Truman urges Bible study on government in Dallas speech
Former President Harry S. Truman, addressing Baptists in a Dallas church, urged Americans to learn what the Bible says about government. He cited the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the good neighbor policy as grounded in biblical teaching from Luke's tenth chapter.
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Jesus
Harry S. Truman
Dallas
Truman
High Point Enterprise Rates and Delivery Details
The High Point Enterprise provides home delivery and subscription rates with advance payment terms. The notice lists year rates and acknowledges advertising representatives and distribution arrangements, noting independent contractor carriers and standard newspaper policies.
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High Point Enterprise
High Point Enterprise, Inc
North Main Street
High Point
N. C
Associated Press
Oatee Lac
Washington Notes Humor and Khrushchev Visit Light Up Banquet
The Washington notebook recalls Hal Holbrook as Mark Twain at the White House Correspondents' banquet and a Texas oil lobbyist's large party for a new bridge. Treasury counsel David Lindsay carts golf clubs in a map tube. Khrushchev's Washington stay leaves a child misimpression and barbershops busy with Soviet visitors.
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Washington
NEA
White House
Hal Holbrook
Mark Twain
Holbrook
Twain
Mr. Twain
Treasury Department
David Lindsay
Lindsay
McGee Warns U S Faces Russian Challenge At High Point
Democratic Senator Gale McGee told the High Point Executives Club the United States risks being overtaken militarily and economically by Russia unless the nation defines its goals and uses its abundance. He refuted segregation and urged focus on public interest in labor disputes while criticizing excessive vocational courses and emphasizing education reform.
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Gale McGee
High Point Executives Club
United States
Russia
South
Sen. McGee
Old Soldiers and the Legacy of Generals Marshall and Lee
A nostalgic comparison of George C. Marshall and Robert E. Lee, highlighting duty and integrity. Marshall led U S Army expansion in World War II and served as special envoy, secretary of state, and defense secretary before retiring at Pinehurst. Lee refused public office and memoirs, later associated with Washington and Lee University.
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George C. Marshall
Robert E. Lee
Marshall
Hitler
Poland
Roosevelt
Eisenhower
Bradley
Clark
Hodges
Patton
Europe
Gen. MacArthur
U. S
Germany
Japan
Lee
Washington and Lee University
China
Defense
Pinehurst
United States
Arlington National Cemetery
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Sidney Lanier
Georgia
Glynn
Miller
Angelus
Christ Jesus
the Bible and Government
Aly
Ashington
Foreign Aidriveaway
Qgrams
Washington News Notebook
George Washington
State Department
Texas
Dale Miller
Lone Star State
Khrushchev
Brad
Mr. Clean
Statler Hotel
Larsen
Robert Marks
Wyoming
The
France
Emerywood
Chapel Hill
Morehead Planetarium
Zeiss
Morehead
A. F. Jenzano
Fels Planetarium
Philadelphia
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