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The highest coastal sand dune in the nation is the 140-foot tall Jockey's Ridge, which is located at Nags Head on North Carolina's Outer Banks. This article contains information on the conservation campaign led by Carolista and Walter Baum to save the dune and make a state park out of it.
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Pianos can die from too much dryness or too much moisture. Enter Hendersonville inventor Allen M. Foote, who solved the moisture problem. Foote invented a miniature heating rod in 1947 to remove the excessive dampness out of pianos. He has subsequently sold over a million of the units worldwide.
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11399
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The 1975 North Carolina General Assembly has fifteen women members. This article provides a brief profile on each of them.
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11400
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Now in her seventh term, Representative Nancy Winbon Chase of Wayne County has served longer in the North Carolina General Assembly than any other woman. During two of her terms she was the lone woman legislator among 119 males. Chase discusses her time in the legislature.
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11403
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When the Presbyterians moved to a new church in Concord, their old one stood vacant and unused for seven years. Then A. A. Hartsell obtained it and converted it into a filling station. Gas and oil are dispensed and car repairs are made where once a large congregation gathered to worship.
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Walter Murphy, a native of Salisbury, has served in 17 sessions of the North Carolina General Assembly. He is in charge of the 18th Amendment repeal drive in the state.
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On December 1, 1941, R. Y. Sharpe opened his business, Pilot Freight Carriers, Inc., in Winston-Salem. Today, the company, still family-owned, is among the country's major truck lines. Pilot has forty-four terminals along its routes, with 850 tractors, 1,700 trailers, and other specialized carriers to move the freight. The staff numbers around 2,200. Sharpe, president of the company, is featured in We the People of North Carolina magazine's Businessman in the News.
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11417
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On July 1, 1975, the reorganized Department of Transportation came into being. It had been operating on an interim basis since 1973, until the General Assembly passed on the final details. This article presents information on the department.
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There are twenty-four railroad companies operating in North Carolina, from the Aberdeen and Rockfish (46.92 miles) to the Yancey Railroad (12.83 miles). Gross revenues amounted to $227 million in 1972 in North Carolina alone. However, profits are not as bountiful as passenger travel declines and fuel prices go up. This article examines some of the problems facing railroads.
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Currently housed at Duke University, the National Driving Center will move to its new home in the Research Triangle Park at the end of 1975. The center is the \"only safety organization in the country that is devoted specifically to the driver and to the aspects of driving that he affects and that affect him.\"
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We the People of North Carolina
(NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 33 Issue 7, July 1975,
p50-51, 97-98, il, por
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Warren H. Wheeler was a Piedmont Airlines pilot six years ago. Wheeler Flying Service was a sideline one pilot (himself) and one plane. Today he still flies for Piedmont, but his company, Wheeler Airlines has eleven planes and twenty-eight employees. Wheeler is a commuter airline serving North Carolina and Norfolk, Virginia with twelve flights daily.
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The Carolina Motor Club, headquartered in Charlotte, organized in 1922 under the direction of Coleman W. Roberts. The club was an early pioneer in the field of tourism in a time when most travelers just passed through the state.
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Petro Kulynych is the senior member of the five-man team that functions in Lowe's Companies' Office of the president. He joined Lowe's in 1946 and is the only living member of the original Lowe's team of employees. His direct responsibilities are purchasing and expansion, and his title is executive vice-president. Kulynych is featured in We the People of North Carolina magazine's Businessman in the News.
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Kinston and Statesville won the prestigious National Civic League's All America City & Community Award for 2009. The award is given to communities that identify problems and solve them. Only ten awards are presented nationwide.
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11441
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In this article, written by a prominent, but unnamed member of the United Dry Forces, the writer explains how the supporters of Prohibition organized to defeat the repeal of the 18th Amendment in North Carolina.
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