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30784
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For the past eight months, state sales tax is been part a large part of the tax collection drama in North Carolina. Compared to other state tax schedules, sales tax is running behind previous years, falling nearly $20 million dollars from 1957 to 1958.
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30785
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In the third quarter of 1957, insured employment reached a new high, moving upward from over 829,000 to over 857,000. Although seasonal trends are present, employment levels have been higher since 1956 when insurance covered was lowered from coverage of eight to four or more workers per business. Employment increases were seen in all industry groups except service, and gross wages were up 5 percent of those in 1956.
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30786
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State funds reaching over $108 million were paid in 1956-1967 for the salaries of 33,438 teachers, principles, and supervisors. There were 892 more instructional personnel paid that in the previous year, and the average classroom teacher received an average salary of $3,131.74. The North Carolina General Assembly was also able to set a pay schedule for teachers and principles related to educational degrees and number of teachers overseen, while retirement laws increased the minimum benefits for teachers, similar to other state employees.
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30787
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North Carolina ranks third in the U.S. commercial blueberry production by acreage, and the cultivated fruit crop may become even more important. In 1955, blueberries yielded an estimated $11 million and were marketed as fresh, canned and frozen. Agriculturists are now working to select and breed superior varieties to provide not only a better market product but also hybrid varieties that are drought resistant and useful in erosion control.
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30788
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Over 167 new industries have located to North Carolina, providing a wide variety of products to be manufactured in the state. Food products, textiles, tobacco, apparel, lumber and wood products, furniture, paper, publishing, chemicals, stone, fabricated metals, machinery, electrical supplies, petroleum products, and other miscellaneous materials are being manufactured from the mountains to the coast.