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for The State Vol. 25 Issue 21, Mar 1958
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12352
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The new lighthouse, located on Oak Island, North Carolina, will go into service sometime after May 1, as the brightest light in our country. Partially assembled with the assistance of helicopters, the new lighthouse will emit 2,000,000 candlepower in good weather and 20,000,000 in poor visibility.
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12942
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North Carolina workers are changing the way they handle patients with mental disabilities. In addition to the four mental hospitals and the three training schools established for mentally defective children, the state has augmented the corresponding budget as well as abolished hospital waiting lists for afflicted patients.
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12943
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Stoneman's Raid, a Union harassing campaign during the Civil War, rained death, destruction, and terror on Western North Carolina. In an effort to research the 2,000 mile long trail of burning, pillaging, and unrest, Boone native, Dr. Ina Woestemeyer revisits this historic ordeal.
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12948
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Utilizing empiricism as well as methods passed down from previous generations of Native American \"doctors,\" used a variety of techniques to cure illnesses. Sweathouses (bagnios), flagellation with rattlesnake teeth, moxabustion, inunctions with bear grease, deer tendons as sutures, use of ground up shells, and ingesting local plant life, are a few methods.
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