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11918
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Expected to create a $25 million dollar a year industry for North Carolina, the U.S. Geological Survey has identified one of the world's largest phosphate reserves in Beaufort County. Texas Gulf Sulpher Company and Magnet Cove Barium Cooperation have begun pilot operations in the region, attempting to harvest some of the 700 square miles of land containing the deposits.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 31 Issue 14, Dec 1963, p17
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11919
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The nation's fourth largest apparel mart, the Charlotte Merchandise Mart, is becoming an increasingly powerful economic force in North Carolina. Boasting 90,000 different buyers and store owners, the Charlotte Merchandise Mart serves a ten state area whose 22,000,000 people have $27,000,000,000 in annual buying power. Strengthening local apparel manufacturing businesses as well as the North Carolina textile industry, vice president and general manager, William R. Overhultz, claims that the Charlotte Merchandise Mart will continue to grow, stimulating the economy as well as the, \"Southeast's greatest marketplace\".
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 31 Issue 14, Dec 1963, p20-21, 23, il, por
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