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Eden, N. C., January 22, 1968
New Rug Lines Well Received At Market
The new offerings of the Karastan
®nd Laurelcrest Carpets divisions were
extremely well received at the Home
furnishings Market in Chicago during
the week of January 8.
Walter B. Guinan, president of the
t^srastan division and operating head
ut the Laurelcrest Carpets division re
ported “it was one of the most success
ful markets in memory and the new line
introductions were received with tre
mendous enthusiasm.
“Karastan’s quality image and repu
tation with the trade was further en
hanced at this market. This was also the
first January market at which we were
able to present new lines developed by
the present Laurelcrest organization and
RALPH F. LANGLEY
J. PAUL KITCHENS
Langley, Kitchens Named To New Posts
Ralph F. Langley, formerly manager
of the Nye-Wait carpet plant at Auburn,
R- Y., has been appointed manager of
Laurelcrest carpet plant at Laurel
Rill. He replaces Robert J. Saunders,
Laurelcrest manager, who resigned.
. J. Paul Kitchens, greige mill super-
^utendent of the Karastan Rug Mill, was
burned manager of the Nye-Wait plant,
Replacing Mr. Langley.
The assignments were announced by
Robert A. Harris, vice president-manu
facturing, Fieldcrest Mills, Inc.
HJr. Langley had been manager of the
Rye-Wait plant since 1965 and prior to
loining Fieldcrest was vice president-
boanufacturing of Roxbury Carpet Com
pany, Framingham, Mass. Active in in-
Rustry and civic affairs^ he has had
olose to 25 years of experience in the
bug manufacturing business.
He is a native of Massachusetts and
a graduate of the Lowell Textile Eve
ning School and the American Manage
ment Institute. He served with the Army
in the European Theatre in World War
II. He is married and is the father of
two daughters, ages 16 and eight.
Mr. Kitchens is a native of Atlanta
and a graduate of the Textile School at
Georgia Tech. He joined Fieldcrest
Mills as a management trainee in 1959
and worked through the Karastan Mill
on various training assignments. He
served as assistant foreman and as fore
man of the weave room and since April,
1967, had been superintendent of the
greige mill. He served in the Army Sig
nal Corps 1954-1957 before returning
to Georgia Tech to complete his educa
tion. He is married and has a daughter,
eight.
the response of distributors and dealers
was very gratifying,” Mr. Guinan said.
The Karastan division introduced five
new broadloom lines ranging in price
at retail from $8.95 to $22.00 a square
yard in wool, acrylic and nylon. A
Chinese Oriental style rug was added
to the Karastan rug collection and two
contemporary type area rugs produced
at Auburn were also shown. Laurel
crest introduced four new wool lines
and a new polyester shag broadloom.
Karastan’s advertising and promotion
program for Spring includes nine con
sumer magazine advertisements on the
new Chinese Oriental design rug and
Coquille, an Antron nylon broadloom
that has generated excellent sales at a
comparatively high $17.95 a square
yard since its’ introduction last year.
For the first time a Karastan ad will
appear in a mass general magazine.
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Textile Groups Hit
New Tariff Report
Three organizations representing seg
ments of the U. S. textile industry is
sued a joint statement January 16 say
ing the U. S. Tariff Commission failed
almost completely “to deal with the
future impact of imports.”
The organizations were the American
Textile Manufacturers Institute, the Na
tional Association of Wool Manufac
turers and the Northern Textile Assn.
“The question of prospective impact
comprised one of the most important
elements of the industry’s presentation
to the Tariff Commission,” the joint
statement said.
Meanwhile four South Carolina law
makers Tuesday warned of trouble
ahead in the U. S. textile industry unless
Congress provides broadened controls on
rising imports.
Sens. Ernest F. Hollins, D., and
Strom Thurmond, R., and Reps. W. J.
B. Dorn, D., and Albert Watson, R., said
a new Tariff Commission study ordered
by President Johnson failed to consider
the future impact of imports.
Rep. Phil Landrum, D-Ga., chairman
of an unofficial House textile commit
tee, said the issuance of the commis
sion report sets the stage for hearings
on tariff legislation.