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12632
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Data compiled by the North Carolina Department of Conservation and Development is shared, including population, geography, government, industry, forestry, and transportation within the state.
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12634
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The winter of 1959-1960 was a time of heavy snow in North Carolina, resulting in twenty or more building failures due to non-compliance with state building codes. State law demands that all roof structures be designed to withstand a minimum of 20 pounds per square foot live load. The numerous claims made to the North Carolina Insurance Department highlighted the negligence regarding lack of enforcement of the aforementioned codes.
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12641
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The total property valuations for the 100 counties in North Carolina for 1961 were $794,591,504. The average tax rate is slightly decreased from the year before however the total tax bill is much higher due to industrial growth and re-evaluation of properties. The property tax bill for 1961 is the largest in the state's history.
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12647
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One of the most notable individuals from Franklin County, Judge Charles Mather Cooke served as Superior Court Judge in the fourth district for fourteen years. Related to New Englander, Cotton Mather, Judge Cooke fought for the Confederacy during the Civil War prior to becoming a litigator and eventually, a judge.
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Including Louisburg, Franklinton, Youngsville, and Bunn, this article provides small histories of the towns in Franklin County.
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Originating in Pulaski, Tennessee, the Ku Klux Klan infiltrated North Carolina in 1867. The first meeting, held in the law offices of Kerr Craige, initiated a movement that spread mainly across the Piedmont region of the state, expanding membership to some 40,000 individuals by 1872. Participants were required to be white males, aged eighteen or older, and be members of the Democratic Party.
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The phenomenal boat boom in North Carolina can be attributed to the nationwide surge in boating enthusiasm, along with a growing recognition that the state is rich in pleasure-boat waters. In addition, boat sales have now incorporated the American institution of installment buying, resulting in increased boat buying in the state. It is estimated that one family in six owns some kind of watercraft, from skiff to cruiser, and boat ownership has spread to all classes.
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Within the past twelve months, the Morehead City Shipbuilding Corporation has developed to the point where it is now building, selling, and delivering more fishing trawlers than any other coastal industry in the entire United States. The shipbuilder's delivery schedule calls for 125 trawlers a year -- which is more boats a year than are being built by the company's chief competitor. There are two standard trawlers; the Hatteras Trawler most often used for shrimping, and the Downeaster with a deckhouse in the back.
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The construction of a new T-head pier at the State Ports Terminal in Wilmington has implications for the big picture of North Carolina's industrial growth. This pier will serve the first major deep-water bulk liquid caustic soda distribution center to be established in the state, a facility of Diamond Alkali Company.
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The daily English-language broadcast from Radio Moscow was coming in clear on the expensive short-wave receiver installed by Station WBT in Charlotte, installed to record Soviet propaganda about Americans. Program director Monroe Brinson dubbed Radio Moscow's account of the Second Declaration of Havana, a recording of two Cuban Communists declaring the Punta del Este conference was rigged and dominated by the United States.
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12668
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Eight of Duplin's ten incorporated towns lie on the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad and U.S. 117, including Wallace, Teacheys, Rose Hill, Magnolia, Warsaw, Bowdens, Faison, and Calypso. Kenansville stands west of the geographical center, while Beulaville lives alone in the mid-eastern section. A history of these towns and a profile of their individual industries and communities are illustrated in this article.
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Less than a century ago, pigeons were predominant in North Carolina, with two billion pigeons counted in one flock. Witness W. C. Allen recorded a tale about the migration of a 200-mile-long flock of pigeons as it was starting from a resting place for a flight further north. Today, there isn't a single one of these passenger pigeons in the world.
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12686
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The Masland Duraleather Company opened its Mocksville plant earlier this year, employing from 150 to 200 people. The 140,000 square-foot plant, located on a 95-acre site, is the largest industrial plant in the south to be entirely heated and cooled by air pumps, using outside air as a source of heat.
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Originally constructed as a small wooden building in 1868, St. Lawrence Catholic Church in Asheville now draws travelers to see its great elliptical dome. The dome, measuring approximately 52 ft. x 82 ft., was made of tile in the Black Mountain kiln of Rafael Guastavino, the building's original architect.
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Several noted Anson County gentlemen are discussed for their great deeds toward their community and abroad. Listed among them are Dr. Hugh Hammon Bennet, considered the \"father of soil conservation.\" Also mentioned, among many others, is Colonel Leonidas LaFayette Polk, the first commissioner of the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and leader of the National Farmers Alliance.
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