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for We the People of North Carolina Vol. 20 Issue 11, April 1963
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The Carolinas Virginia Nuclear Power Associates power plant, located in Parr, South Carolina and the first in the southeast, is now critical and achieved the production of electricity with atomic fuel. A controlled chain reaction was produced for the first time in March, an heralds in a new era in electric power generating techniques for the region.
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Peanuts have risen from being a cheap but highly nutritious food source, to North Carolina's number three cash crop. During the American Civil War, peanuts became a delight of Union soldiers in the south, and after the War the word spread and the demand grew. Peanut production has expanded rapidly, and six counties in the northeastern region of North Carolina grow 70 percent of peanuts produced in the state, valued at more than $40 million a year.
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