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11214
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The Episcopal Church founded Ravenscroft in 1862 and operated it until 1968, when a decision was made to transfer the school to an independent board of trustees. This article presents information on the school's operation and program offerings.
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We the People of North Carolina
(NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 31 Issue 9, Sept 1973,
p36, 38-39, 52, 54, il, por
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11215
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William L. Bondurant is Governor Holshouser's Secretary of Administration, a job that is generally rated as one of the most demanding positions that the state pays a salary for. Bondurant is discussed in this ongoing series of brief profiles of major newly elected and appointed state officials.
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11216
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Thomas H. Wright, Jr. is president and chairman of the board of Wright Chemical Company located in Wilmington. He is featured in We the People of North Carolina magazine's Businessman in the News.
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11217
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In the November 6 election North Carolinians will vote to decide whether or not counties will have the local option to serve mixed drinks. This article provides information on what a \"For\" or \"Against\" vote will mean in the individual counties.
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In 1923, J. Spencer Love formed a new textile company in Burlington and named it Burlington Mills. This year the company, now Burlington Industries, is celebrating its 50th anniversary as the world's largest textile manufacturer, with 84,000 employees and plants in 91 communities and in 10 other countries. Projected sales for this year are expected to reach $2 billion.
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11221
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Tenney Deane is Secretary of the Commerce Department, the agency that administers ten authorities, boards, and commissions. Decisions made by these entities probably affect more people in the state than any other department. He is discussed in this ongoing series of brief profiles of major newly elected and appointed state officials.
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11222
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Leonard Moretz is president of Carolina Mills, Inc. which was founded in Maiden, North Carolina in 1928. He is featured in We the People of North Carolina magazine's Businessman in the News.
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11223
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According to Natural and Economic Resources Secretary James E. Harrington, three bills that originated in the 1973 North Carolina General Assembly \"will have more effect in more ways on more people than any single bill passed by the General Assembly in the last 50 years or more.\" He is referring to three land use planning bills...\" one dealing with coastal area management, another with mountain area management, and a third with all the state's land. Legislators feel the bills will pass the 1974 Legislature.
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11224
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This article presents reactions of local governments to the state's three new land use bills, - the Coastal Area Management Act, the Mountain Area Management Act, and the State Land Use Policy Act.
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11226
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The Land Conservancy Bill was introduced in the 1973 North Carolina General Assembly. The purpose is to level the playing field when the state is competing with private buyers to buy land for uses such as preservation or limited recreational development. The bill creates the North Carolina Land Conservancy Corporation, a nonprofit organization which would have the authority to acquire land for the state or to sell the state's land with approval of the General Assembly.
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11232
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This article presents information on North Carolina's chances of getting an offshore oil terminal and whether it is to the state's advantage to have one.
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11233
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The Conover Manufacturing Company, with headquarters in Conover, began operations as the Conover Glove Manufacturing Company in 1961. Today the company's plants employ over 700 people, and its product line is one of the most complete lines of work gloves produced by any one company in the country.
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11234
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Adams Concrete Products Company was founded in Willow Springs in 1946, by T. Floyd Adams Sr. and his son Rod D. At that time the company produced one form of concrete masonry unit. Today the company markets over 150 shapes, sizes and colors of concrete masonry. The main office has since moved to Raleigh, and the company has seven production facilities throughout the state.
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11235
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In February 1971, RCA began manufacturing its Permacolor line of outdoor antennas in Asheville. The plant is located in Swannanoa and employs 150 people. The company also makes indoor antennas and an outdoor antenna with a built-in rotator.
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11236
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The Mount Oliver Pickle Company, in Mt. Olive, is one of the largest operating from a single plant in the industry. The company sells primarily along the Eastern Seaboard, with heavy sale in North and South Carolina and Virginia. The company sells more pickles in these three states than all other pickle firms combined.
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