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11272
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Blount-Harvey in Greenville has been in business for fifty years. Locally owned and operated, the business has not fallen to chain stores. Blount-Harvey serves customers with a personal touch, offering the most modern clothing and brand names.
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We the People of North Carolina
(NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 31 Issue 11, Nov 1973,
p179, 250-151, il, por
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11273
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The FAYETTEVILLE OBSERVER, begun in 1816, is the oldest North Carolina paper still in publication. This article provides information on the FAYETTEVILLE TIMES, a new morning edition published by the Fayetteville Publishing Company.
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11274
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Stanley R. Taylor began what is now U.S. Furniture Industries in an eight-car garage in 1946. Now one of the largest furniture manufacturers in the state, the company manufactures and markets all types of furniture for residential, institutional, restaurant, contract and mobile home use.
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11275
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Edward M. O'Herron Jr., is chairman of the board of Eckerd Drugs, Inc., a seven-state, 196-drugstore chain. He is featured in this month's WE THE PEOPLE MAGAZINE's North Carolina Businessman in the News.
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11276
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J. Howard Coble is Governor Holshouser's Secretary of Revenue. He heads a department of approximately one thousand people who collect the revenues that enable the state government to operate. Coble is discussed in this ongoing series of brief profiles of major newly elected and appointed state officials.
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11286
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This article describes three smaller of communities within McDowell County, each with a different terrain.
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11292
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The old Burwell School, located in Hillsborough, will undergo reconstruction. The school operated from 1837-1857 as a women's Presbyterian school and later became a normal house after the Burwell family left in 1857 to teach school in Charlotte. Governor Sanford purchased the site for preservation in 1963, and several exterior buildings including, the old kitchen and the schoolroom, need restoration. The primary building remains in excellent condition and requires only minimal work.
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11300
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After the famous day when the Wright brothers flew around Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, Orville Wright sent a message through the Kitty Hawk Weather Bureau station. This article gives information on how the press reacted to that first flight in 1903. THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT, a Norfolk newspaper, wrote an inaccurate story of the flight the next morning. Other out-of-state papers picked the story up and the inaccuracies of the flight continued to filter through the media before it was corrected.
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11317
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This article contains information on the new Wachovia Building in Winston-Salem. The structure stands thirty stories tall and occupies a city block.
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11327
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Manfred W. Emmrich is the new chairman of the Employment Security Commission. He is discussed in this ongoing series of brief profiles of major newly elected and appointed state officials.
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11329
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Camp Willow Run, located on Lake Gaston a few miles from Littleton, has a unique feature. The sleeping arrangements are fourteen Southern Railway retired box cars that have been paneled, air-conditioned, and made habitable for sleeping. A second fleet of retired cars from the Norfolk and Western Railway are waiting to be refurbished. All the normal recreational facilities and activities of a summer camp are available at Willow Run.
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11330
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W. Scott Harvey heads the North Carolina Department of Commerce; this department administers ten authorities, boards, and commissions whose decisions will affect most North Carolinians at one time or another. Harvey is discussed in this ongoing series of brief profiles of major newly elected and appointed state officials.
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11331
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J. D. Pickard is president and chief executive officer of Piedmont Natural Gas Company in Charlotte. He is featured in this month's WE THE PEOPLE MAGAZINE's North Carolina Businessman in the News.
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11332
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The name of this commission is misleading; it has nothing to do with industry, such as locations for plants or state assistance to new and expanding industries. Its main function is administration of the Workmen's Compensation Act and adjudication of disputed claims under the act.
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11333
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In January 1973, Jesse Helms became the first Republican United States Senator from North Carolina to take his seat in Congress since the late 19th-century. This article examines what he did during his first year.
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