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When Fred Turnage was elected mayor of Rocky Mount in 1973, he was the youngest person ever elected to that office. He has been mayor ever since. He dealt with some contentious issues during his tenure as mayor, including Sunday “blue†laws; liquor by the drink; and the merger of the city and county school systems. One of his greatest challenges was the flood of 1999. Turnage plans to retire after his ninth term.
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11231
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John T. Minges was elected mayor of Rocky Mount in 1964 and is retiring this year after serving five terms. He is the single individual most responsible for ushering the city of 40,000 into the Age of the New South. Minges discusses his tenure as mayor, his role in turning a city from a \"one-crop town\" into a city and how other cities might achieve the same results.
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We the People of North Carolina
(NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 31 Issue 11, Nov 1973,
p108-109, 262-264, por
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15167
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Citizens of Rocky Mount elected Fred Turnage mayor in 1973, and he served the city for the following thirty-four years. He dealt with some contentious issues during his tenure, including Sunday \"blue\" laws; liquor by the drink; and the merger of the city and county school systems. In 1977-78, he served as president of the North Carolina League of Municipalities. He died on July 31, 2011 after a battle with pancreatic cancer.
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