Fred M Councill Named General Manager at Heritage Furniture
Fred M. Councill of Boone becomes general manager and vice president of Heritage Furniture Co. a division of Drexel Enterprises Inc. He focuses on sales and marketing amid industry growth consolidations and rising brand emphasis. He succeeds Charles M. Shaughnessy effective Nov. 2.
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Robert Marks
Fred M. Councill
Boone
High Point
Heritage Furniture Co
Drexel Enterprises Inc
Councill
Heritage
Charles M. Shaughnessy
Drexel Enterprises
Shaughnessy
Drexel
Councill’s rise in Western North Carolina furniture scene
High Pointer of Week from Western North Carolina is connected to Gov Dan Moore as an uncle. Councill grew up in Boone and attended UNC Chapel Hill before service in the Air Force. He began at Morganton Furniture in 1955 and moved to High Point in 1959 as Heritage sales director. He notes rising sales in eight weeks and an active fall market with multiple furniture markets yearly.
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Heritage
North Carolina
State of
Dan Moore
Councill
Boone High School
Lenoir
University of North Carolina At
Chapel Hill
Air Force
Business
Morganton Furniture Co
High Point
Fred
After 22 years let us quit whipping ourselves about the atom bomb
A reflective editor's notebook argues the atomic bomb ended World War II with fewer American and Allied casualties than a full invasion would have caused. It notes Truman had no stockpile to share, cites debated civilian tolls, and urges accepting the complex history rather than guilt. The piece credits prior reporting and revisits key dates from July 1945 to August 1945.
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Harry Truman
America
Iwo Jima
Pacific
Tokyo
Japan
Europe
Kennedy Fulbright group accused of dishonest tactics
A Citizens for Kennedy Fulbright letter suggests Democratic delegates may be bought to back Kennedy while pretending to support Johnson. The piece notes 51 signatories to past conventions show few real delegates, and states RFK and Fulbright have dissociated from the group. Also covers governors planning an October Atlantic conference aboard the Independence and a Tower fund drive for Berg for Florida's 1968 Senate race.
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Richard A. Raznikov
Citizens For Kennedy - Fulbright
Amsterdam Ave
New York
Raznikov
Kennedy
Johnson
Robert F. Kennedy
DN. Y
J. William Fulbright
D- Ark
Kennedy-Fulbright
John Tower
Rtex
Texas
Edward J Ee Berg-Fla
U. S. Senate
Tower
Florida
George Smathers
D. Fla
North Carolina Legends From Devil Grounds To Pirate Haunts
The article surveys North Carolina folklore including the Devil's Tramping Ground near Siler City with tales of nocturnal wanderings and vanishing markers, and the Devil's Footprints in Bath tied to 1850 horse racing tragedy. It covers pirate lore from the Outer Banks with Calico Jack and Bluebeard, captures Brunswick Town’s surrender and St Philip's Church funding, and notes the State historic site restorations.
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Chatham County
North Carolina
Siler City
Bath
Elliott
Cape of Heaven
State Board of Conservation and Development
Blowing Rock
John Rackham
Calico Jack
Edward Teach
Bluebeard
Brunswick
St. Philip’s Church
Overtime Pay Seen as Police Budget Pressure
Davidson dateline reports Col. David B. Kelly says overtime pay creates a real problem for riot control in New Jersey. The piece also notes a Denton incident where 177 gallons of non tax paid whisky were seized from a wrecked car linking to Wilkes County moonshine. A Fire department effort in Healing Springs gains momentum, while two beagles vanish prompting a deputy sheriff to file a stolen report. A couple marks 50 years of marriage with a playful remark about a wedding band.
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Thomasville
David B. Kelly
New Jersey
Kelly
North
Denton
Alcohol and Tax Division
Fall Madness in Auto Show Glitz and Street Safety Riffs
In a panel of lighthearted notes a town contemplates fall auto shopping mania the perils of bike riders on Main Street and a stale High Point area sign. A college dorm mix up with a father and son adds humor to reflections on urban life.
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