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11768
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Shearon Harris, the chairman and chief executive officer of Carolina Power & Light Company, became, on May 2, 1978, the chairman of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, the largest and most influential business federation in the nation.
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11770
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This article recounts a successful performance by the North Carolina Symphony at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. The event follows up on their first out-of-state trip in March 1977 to Carnegie Hall in New York.
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11771
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Figure Eight Island, north of Wrightsville Beach, has become an exclusive ocean resort community of affluent homeowners. It is inaccessible to the public and completely free of any commercial development.
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11772
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Troxler Electronic Laboratories, founded by William F. Troxler, is, at the moment, the only North Carolina-born company in the Research Triangle Park. His research and manufacturing in the electronics field led to the development of nuclear gauges. His company manufactures and sells them around the world.
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We the People of North Carolina
(NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 36 Issue 7, July 1978,
p30-31, 47-48, il, por
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11773
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T. Bragg McLeod is chairman of the board and chief executive officer of two parallel companies - Moss Trucking and McLeod Trucking and Rigging. They are regarded as two of the country's top motor freight carriers specializing in in unusual and difficult cargo, such as locomotives, the White House Christmas tree, and a thirty-ton boulder.
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We the People of North Carolina
(NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 36 Issue 8, Aug 1978,
p12, 1517, 151-152, il, por
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11775
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The Green Park Inn in Blowing Rock, a landmark since 1882, has been remodeled and restored to its original Victorian splendor by its new owners.
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11776
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This article presents information on the planned School of Science and Mathematics. A site will be named in October from among the three contenders: Charlotte, Raleigh, and Durham.
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11777
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United States Senator Jesse Helms and challenger John R. Ingram are discussed in this pre-election profile
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11780
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This article contains information on the newly opened, September 18, National Humanities Center, which is located at the Research Triangle Park.
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11782
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This article contains information on the history of two of Winston-Salem's newspapers - THE SENTINEL, the afternoon paper, and THE JOURNAL, the morning one.
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11783
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The Carolina Motor Club, headquartered in Charlotte, organized in 1922 under the direction of Coleman W. Roberts. It completed its first year of business with 1.900 members. Today, it serves a membership of 500,000.
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11784
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Carolina First National Bank, located in Lincolnton, is celebrating its seventy-fifth year of service with a new main office building.
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11785
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Richard K. Helmold founded Helmold Ford in Apex on November 26, 1956. The business began with sixteen employees, an initial investment of $40,000, and a goal to sell ten cars a month. Soon sales had increased to around $400,000 per year. Today sales exceed $18 million per year.
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11786
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When Leon Levine founded his first Family Dollar Store in Charlotte in 1959, he thought one day he would have a chain of fifty to one hundred stores. Today there are over three hundred stores in seven Southeastern states. It is one of the fastest-growing retail variety chains in the nation with sales for the year ending in August 1978 exceeding $117 million.
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We the People of North Carolina
(NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 36 Issue 11, Nov 1978,
p113, 194-195, il, por
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11787
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Clyde R. Hoey, former North Carolina Governor and U.S. Senator, started The Shelby Daily Star in 1894, when he purchased the floundering Shelby Review. Today the paper is the most modern, computerized paper in the state -Âfor its size (17,000 circulation).
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