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VOL. XXVI
Eden, N. C., March 18, 1968
NO. 18
show is billed as the largest in scope to
be held in any community of similar
size in the state.
The Laurelcrest Carpets display will
be a three-part showing, featuring a
continuous showing of a tufting indus
try movie, “The Magic Needle”, a
waterfall carpet display showing prod-
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bedspread and KARASTAN mills at Eden are shown in new aw pnoto.
Barastan Mill (left) has achieved world-renown as a pioneer in styling and color
leadership in carpet and rug industry. Bedspread Mill is widely known for its high
Quality iGop-pile colonial-type bedspreads, highly styled printed bedspreads, beauti-
*11 matelasse bedspreads and draperies. These two mills provide 1,500 jobs.
Laurelcrest Will Participate In Show
The Laurelcrest Carpet Plant, at
Laurel Hill, will participate in a four-
iiy show, “Industry On Parade”, to be
i®ld in the National Guard Armory at
Laurinburg, March 28 through March
3l.
The show will feature industrial
Products made in the Scotland County
^rea and is jointly sponsored by the
Liurinburg Chamber of Commerce and
lie Laurinburg Area Industrial Man
agement Club.
More than 20 firms, including vir-
tually all major manufacturing organi
sations in the area, will participate.
Lpward of 10,000 visitors from a wide
irea in the two Carolinas are expected
*or the event, whose official opening
^ill be attended by several visiting
lignitaries at 1:30 p.m., Thursday,
^arch 28.
The schedule for the general public
^ill be Thursday, 1:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.;
Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.;
iPd Sunday, 1 p.m. tO' 5 p.m.
The displays, many professionally
iisigned and developed, are already
°®ing assembled. In some cases, special
^erk on these entries is being conduct-
in distant parts of the nation. The
Senator Albert Gore To
Speak On RCC Program
Senator Albert A. Gore (D-Tenn.),
a ranking member of the Senate Fore
ign Relations Committee, has accepted
an invitation to be the speaker at the
closing Great Decisions forum sponsored
by Rockingham Community College.
In view of his recent participation in
the Senate hearings with former Sec
retary of Defense Robert McNamara,
and the hearings last week with Secre
tary of State Dean Rusk, Senator Gore’s
presentation is expected to be quite
timely and informative.
Senator Gore will speak at 8:00 p.m.
Monday, April 1, in the Morehead High
School Auditorium. This Great De
cisions forum will be open to the public.
Textile Imports Hit
All-Time Record Level
Textile imports in January of this
year reached the highest level of any
single month in history, according to
figures by the Office of Textiles of the
U. S. Department of Commerce.
Imports of cotton, wool and man
made fiber textile products in January
were 291.2-million square yards. The
previous high was 280.3-million square
yards m September of 1966.
Imports of products made of man
made fibers and blends were 31 per
cent higher than the previous record
monthly high in August of 1966.
January was the month in which
the first step of the new “Kennedy
Round” tariff reductions was in effect.
Overall reductions in textile tariffs
averaged 13 per cent.
Substantial rises were recorded in
imports of wool and man-made fiber
textiles. The man-made fiber textile
imports were 119.1-million square yards
compared -with 79.6-million square
yards in January of last year. Wool
imports were 12-million square yards
compared with 9.9-miUion square yards
a year ago. Cotton textiles were 160.1-
million square yards compared with
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Scholarship Deadline
April 1 is the deadline for submitting
applications for scholarships given by
the Fieldcrest Foundation and the Mus
cogee Foundation. Those who plan to
apply for scholarships should forward
their applications to the Scholarship
Committees as promptly as possible.
Dr. William McGehee, director of per
sonnel research and training, whO' is
chairman of the Fieldcrest Scholarship
Committee, said the committee would
begin reviewing the apphcations April
1 and would act as expeditiously as
possible in selecting the winners.
Names of the recipients will be an
nounced not later than June 1, he said.
The Fieldcrest and Muscogee Schol-
arslups are worth $2,800 each on the
basis of $700 a year for the four years
of college attendance. A total of 30
Fieldcrest Scholarships have been
awarded since the program was start
ed in 1960. The Muscogee Foundation
has given eight scholarships in the past
four school years.