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31560
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Three winter storms hit North Carolina in January, leaving a swath of destruction and thousands of citizens without electricity. This article features interviews with work crews repairing storm damage in the service area of Randolph Electric Membership Corporation in Asheboro during the second of January’s severe ice storms. Randolph County experienced the costliest damages, and is requesting disaster relief funds.
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31584
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On January 12, the North Carolina General Assembly is expected to consider many critical, far-reaching issues. Among the issues are constitutional amendments granting the governor veto power and permitting gubernatorial succession, capital punishment, utilities reform, various reforms in the state’s criminal justice system, ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment, and highway construction.
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31604
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Professional sports broadcasters are the “voices” representing the Big Four Atlantic Coast Conference teams and East Carolina University. About 175 radio stations across the state carry broadcasts from the five major college sports networks. In this article, sports broadcasters discuss the preparation and game broadcasts, and behind-the-scenes support from an engineer, spotter, and statistician.
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W.C. Carlton of Morehead City retired in 1973 after serving for twenty-three years as manager of Carteret-Craven Electric Membership Corporation. The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association awarded Carlton with the Clyde T. Ellis Award for his outstanding leadership in state and national rural electric programs. This article provides background on Carlton and highlights his contributions to the rural electric program.
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Howard H. Arnold and A.N. (Drew) Wiegner of Forsyth County built their own electric cars in January, 1974, during the height of the gasoline shortage. Arnold and Wiegner are engineers at Western Electric in Winston-Salem, and built their cars to run on batteries instead of fuel. The electric cars move at three miles per kilowatt hour.
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6.A Self-Help Project for Troubled Youths by Bishop, Owen Carolina Country Vol. 8 Issue 9, Sept 1976
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31626
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Youth Unlimited, Inc., a private, non-profit Christian ministry serving juvenile delinquents and troubled youths from Piedmont North Carolina, has launched a special self-help project with Lexington artist Bob Timberlake. Postcard-size reproductions of Timberlake’s paintings are framed in barn wood and sold to the public. The project is meant to give youths the discipline of work responsibilities and also produce revenues to help support the ministry.
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31646
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The Jack Rose family of Tyrrell County has a thriving at-home business which produces and sells about one-thousand copper tooled pictures each year. The family of five artists sell their original copper tooling pieces in area crafts shops, through special orders, and in crafts shows.
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31648
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Seventh District Representative Charles G. Rose of Fayetteville believes North Carolina tobacco farmers are not getting a fair share in the market place, and he’s supporting efforts to change that situation. In an interview, Rose discusses the Congressional Rural Caucus, rural development, tobacco allotments, and import tariffs on foreign tobacco.
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Electric rates in North Carolina need to be completely revamped to incorporate a time-of-day pricing system similar to the system used for telephone rates, says State Senator McNeil Smith of Greensboro. This article discusses the peak load pricing system of electricity and North Carolina legislation.
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The North Carolina General Assembly reconvenes in Raleigh January 16 to discuss key issues. In this article, state legislators provide their expectations of the upcoming session. Lieutenant Governor Jim Hunt believes medical care and medical education could be the biggest issues, in addition to the energy crisis and its effects on the state’s economy.
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31660
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The Harnett County Sheltered Workshop is a center accommodating a wide spectrum of handicaps, such as mental retardation, emotional disturbance, blindness, deafness and any other handicap which is a barrier to employment. The center operates under the Lee-Harnett Mental Health Authority, provides vocational training, and teaches participants the proper things to do in various social settings and situations.
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The traditions of history abound in North Carolina, offering travelers rich and rewarding glimpses of the past. There are nineteen sites which have been officially designated as State Historic Sites. These sites range from a 16th century Indian ceremonial center to varied reminders of wartime battles fought in North Carolina.
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The Hoke County Forum was a series of public programs designed to involve citizen participation in a review of the problems confronting the county and its sole community of Raeford. It was sponsored by the Raeford Women’s Club, with the support from the North Carolina Committee for Continuing Education in the Humanities. Some of the major problems addressed by the forum included recreation, race relations, the family, land use and controlled growth, and the authority of local government.
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Doug Darch’s farm in rural Wake County is one of many farms fighting for survival in the war on inflation. To meet the problems of inflation, Darch’s strategy is careful planning, wise spending, self-sufficiency, and long work hours. In this article, Darch discusses silo-building operation on his farm and the challenges he has faced with inflation.
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Cortez Dean is a veteran coon-hunter who raises and trains his own award-winning dogs. He and fellow members of the Rocky River Coon Hunters Association conduct regular tests on how well their dogs perform. Dean is also involved in regular dog shows and runs a country store south of Pittsboro, which also serves as the association’s headquarters.
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