U.S. Furniture Makers Bid for European Market
Sixteen American furniture manufacturers plan Cologne International Furniture Fair displays in West Germany to expand exports. Led by William E Stevens Jr of Broyhill, the effort backs a $250000 plus program managed by the Commerce Department to boost U S exports and reduce the trade deficit. Exhibitors include Martinsville firms and North Carolina makers such as Broyhill Drexel Heritage Thomasville and Kent Coffee.
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Chicago
Cologne
West Germany
William E.stevens Jr
Broyhill Furniture Factories
Lenoir
United States
Com
America
American
Martinsville
The
Lane Co
Altavista
North Carolina
Gleason shifts format as Flipper rivals NBC show
Jackie Gleason adapts the Honeymooners for a new Saturday night musical series in Florida to counter the dolphin act Flipper. Art Carney Audrey Meadows return, with Lyn Duddy Jerry Bresler leading the musical book and rapid song production. Glendale TV listings follow with Sammy Davis Jr. Show and Teenager special.
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NBC
Jackie
Gleason
Art Carney
Audrey Meadows
Baltimore Mayor Pushes Bagpipe Band in Schools
Baltimore mayor Theodore R. Keldin backs introducing a bagpipe band in public schools. School Superintendent Laurence G. Paquin asked instructors to seek bagpipe teachers, with the mayor joking about kilts and Celt heritage while predicting a first public appearance.
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Baltimore
Laurence G. Paquin
Lamps Recalled as City Honors Quigley in Starke
In Starke Florida 85 year old retired minister Rev J T Quigley receives six of the eight foot Call Street street lamps donated 43 years ago by residents. The lamps are being replaced and the city returns them to the minister as a sentimental gesture from the City Council.
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Starke, Fla
J. T. Quigley
Call
Quigley
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Neil Armstrong
David R. Scott
U.S
N.C
Stevens
Joint Export Committee
National Association of Furniture Manufacturers
Southern Furniture Manufactureers Association
American Manufacturers
U.S. Department of Commerce
Bureau For International Commerce
Blowing Rock Furniture Ind
Enoir
Broyhill Furniture Faceories
Drexel Furniture Co
Drexel
Heritage Furniture Co
High Point
Hickory Chair Co
Hickory
Kent-Coffe Manufacturing Co
Thomasville Furniture Inc. Inc
Thomasville
Jackie Gleason
Sammy Davis Jr
Elizabeth Taylor
Richard Burton
CBS
Baltimore, Md
Theodore R. Keldin
Clan Campbell
Millwood Ave
B&m
Chevrolet
R&m
Bel Air
Buick
Stude
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Ye Ae
Positrac
Dillac Iter
Loudoun ST
Virginia
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