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30244
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The 1953 North Carolina General Assembly has come to decision on the budget, which is only 3.7 percent more than the recommended figures from the Budget Commission. Ranging from a three tenths of a percent increase for public schools to 128 percent increase for public debt, the figures represent a 14.8 percent increase for operating expenditures from the previous biennium.
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30245
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1953 offers tourist to North Carolina a variety of places to go and better ways to get there. From the mountains to the coast, the state is now linked through a network of good highways, which has led to new attractions and accommodations, such as the mile high swinging bridge to the Blue Ridge Parkway.
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30247
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More than any other southern state except Texas, North Carolina has spent over $120 million for new school houses in the past six years. This amounts to 3.29 percent of the national total for new schools.
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30248
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Going into its second summer, the fast-moving production of 'Horn in the West' is winning praises as a leading attraction in the western North Carolina mountains. Played nightly at the Daniel Boone Theatre, the drama tells the story of people and events on the Southern Appalachian frontier in the 1770s.
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30250
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At the last quarter of 1952, more than sixteen thousand employers reported there were more than 737,000 workers in the state of North Carolina. With a four percent increase over 1951, workers received more than $532 million in wage payments, a weekly average of $55.87.
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30252
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It is time for another Beef Shoot, so named for the prizes of beef, at Cataloochee. Over 100 contestants, men and women ranging from 16 to 80, compete in the marksmanship championship in North Carolina's Great Smoky Mountains.
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30253
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North Carolina's livestock farmers are facing a feed shortage. The upper Piedmont faces the largest threat with smaller, scattered areas also suffering from severe shortages due to drought.
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30254
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According to the Department of Tax Research, assessed valuation of real and personal property for 1952 increased almost 11% over the previous year in North Carolina. This totaled to over $5 billion, the highest valuation in the history of the state.
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30255
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For the end of the fiscal year in 1953, North Carolina's General Fund exceeded its income by over $6 million. This depleted the credit balance for the state by this amount, but the credit was helped by larger collections and less legislative spending that anticipated.
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30256
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With the golden anniversary of the year of aviation, the Kill Devil Hills National Memorial site holds special interest for tourists in 1953. Located on the Outer Banks of North Carolina, the Wright Brother's Memorial commemorates the first flight and the birth of aviation.
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30257
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Despite high local employment in North Carolina, the proposal to give states credit for unexpended balances failed to pass administration in Congress. North Carolina has lost several million dollars as the Employment Security taxes meant to be added to state reserve funds have been used for other purposes.
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30259
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To produce the money for operating the state services, North Carolina business and industry have experienced more than two decades of stabilized revenue laws. The laws, which were written in 1933, have seen changes only of some of the schedules applicable to business enterprises. The latest revisions arrived a basis for taxing foreign corporations.
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30260
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North Carolina's local government officials have held down tax rates on tangible property for the past twenty years. Real estate, inventories, and personal property valuations have increased to $5.2 billion in 1952. Additionally, property tax rates have been kept lower in North Carolina because the state assumed financial obligation for two of the most costly public services: public schools and roads.
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30262
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New industry coming to North Carolina can look forward to low employment tax rates as a result of changes in the rate structure made by the 1953 General Assembly. The reduction in cost rage has been accomplished for the last three years and allowed the fund to increase.
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30276
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In most places throughout the United States, the traditional pattern of school finance puts the major obligation for operation on the local district or community. But in North Carolina, most schools are operated without any local school tax, as there is a unique plan of state support for every child in the state. Counties and cities are permitted to supplement this state-provided minimum.
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We the People of North Carolina
(NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 11 Issue 6, November 1953,
p29, 31, 114, 116, por
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