North Carolina Trade Fair Opens in Charlotte
Charlotte hosts the first North Carolina Trade Fair for 10 days in the Merchandise Mart and Coliseum with more than 300 exhibitors and 400 booths. Gov. Terry Sanford and Luther Hodges attend. Over 1,000 buyers from multiple states and nearly two dozen foreign countries have applied. Notables include Ronald Reagan and Miss North and South Carolina. Celanese Corp showcases synthetic fabrics and on site machinery to produce synthetic thread. Early attendance estimate was 300,000 visitors. organizers expect higher turnout.
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Charlotte
North Carolina
Richard Mauney
State Department of Conservation and Development
Merchandise Mart
Coliseum
Terry Sanford
Mauney
Ronald Regan
South Carolina
Marlene Schmidt
Celanese Corp
Kennedy Hosts Frank Sinatra Aboard Cape Cruise
President Kennedy spent 32 hours at sea on the Marlin with Frank Sinatra as a guest aboard a flotilla including Peter Lawford and other Hollywood figures. The party cruised to Cotuit Bay while Mrs. Kennedy skied water despite chilly conditions and Salinger confirmed Sinatra’s presence.
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Hyannis Port
Mass
Kennedy
Frank Sinatra
Hollywood
Peter Lawford
Sinatra
Lawford
Mrs
New Bedford
Cape Cod
Cape
White House
Pierre Salinger
Charles Spaulding
New York
Cotuit Bay
40 and 8 Votes To Remain White Only
In Indianapolis the 40 and 8 veterans group ended its 42nd convention by voting down efforts to remove the white only clause from its constitution. The 80,000 member organization remains aligned with the American Legion which bars use of the legion emblem without changing membership rules. Clifton L. Baker of East Orange New Jersey was elected president succeeding Reginald C. White.
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Indianapolis, Ind
40 And
Veterans
American Legion
Legion
Clifton L. Baker
East Orange
N.J
Reginald C. White
Retired Admiral Named Battleship Commander in Memorial Build
Gov. Terry Sanford announced Rear Adm. William S. Maxwell USN Ret will be superintendent of the USS North Carolina Battleship Memorial to be berthed at Cape Fear River as a war memorial after its Oct. 1 arrival from Bayonne New Jersey. Maxwell engineered the ship's construction and later trained her crew. he will oversee display and maintenance and help select the rest of the memorial staff.
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Wilmington
N.C
North Carolina
Terry Sanford
William S. Maxwell
USN
Adm
Maxwell
Bayonne
N.J
Cape Fear River
Navy
American Association of Mechanical Engineers
New York Board of Standards and Appeals
Averill Harriman
Naval War College
Industrial War College
Submarine School
Postgraduate
Naval Academy
Merchant Marine Academy
Marion Davies Dies at 64 A Hollywood Legacy Ends
Hollywood mourns Marion Davies, 64, cancer deaths at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital after long career from Ziegfeld Follies to early talkies. She married Capt. Horace Brown Jr. in 1951 and left a $2 million gift for a UCLA clinic wing. Her life mirrored a modern Versailles with vast charity and social influence.
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Hollywood
Marion Davies
Cedars of Lebanon
Capt
Horace Brown Jr
Versailles
Santa Monica
Marion
Brown
Marion Davies Children’s Clinic
Ucla Medical Center
Vanderbilt
Washington
Holy Land project shifts to Gaffney from Dunn
Reports indicate promoters of a Holy Land replica have moved the $22 million project to Gaffney South Carolina. Dunn officials privately note earlier hopes faded and options on 2000 acres near Bunn Level will expire Oct 1. The plan envisioned replicas of Jerusalem Bethlehem and Nazareth as they were in biblical times.
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Dunn
N.C
Holy Land
Gaffney
Ned Champion
Dunn Chamber of Commerce
Christialand Inc
Harnett County
South Carolina
Bunn
Jerusalem
Bethlehem
Nazareth
Ski Runs Under Way Near Blowing Rock North Carolina
Blow ing Rock Ski Lodge Inc plans an 1800 foot and an 800 foot ski run near Blowing Rock with artificial snow for a three month season from fall to early March. The 50 acre development includes lakes, a service building, cafeteria, first aid station, 500 car parking, offices, a nine hole par three golf course and summer fishing and swimming facilities.
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Blowing Rock
N.C
U.S
Thal ‘Heimer
North Carolina
Thalheimer
Library May Be Named For Hammarskjold
United Nations delegates informally discussed naming the new U N library under construction The United Nations Dag Hammarskjold Library in memory of the late secretary general.
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Hammarskjold
United Nations, N.Y
General Assembly
U.N
United Nations Dag Hammarskjold
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Joseph P. Kennedy
High Point Enterprise
Hugh Morton
Battleship Commission
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Mother Cabrini
Leonard
N. Wrena
Ing
Two Lakes
Spon
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Savings and Loan Foundation, Inc
Reader's Digest
Saturday Evening Post
College Street
Piedmont
Horace G. Ilderton, Inc
Dodges & Lancers
Horace
Tlderton
S. Main St
DODGE
Renault
Peugeot
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