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National Carbon Co., one of the oldest divisions of Union Carbide and Carbon Corporation and leading manufacturer of carbon products, ferro-alloys and metals, gasses and organo-silicon chemicals, synthetic chemicals, and plastics, has three battery plants in Charlotte, Asheboro, and Greenville. The three plants employ over 900 employees and produce a variety of battery types.
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30552
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Amendments made to Employment Security Laws by the last session of the North Carolina General Assembly, require compliance with new federal regulations that all employers of four or more people will have to begin paying unemployment insurance taxes. The previous stipulation was for eight employees. This will bring over 10,350 more employers and about 60,000 employees under the coverage of benefit payments when unemployed through no fault of their own.
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30553
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Started in 1935, the North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program was based on a similar program in VA. After forty tears, cuts to the funding of the project could threaten the quality and effectiveness of the program.
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30554
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In recent years, competition among states and local communities to attract new industry to their areas has increased and taken on new major methods. Aiding businesses in locating to their areas, states and local entities use property tax exemptions, industrial bond issues, and quasi-public development corporations. However, some businesses, like General Electric which operates out of North Carolina, look for business climate, competitive costs and community loyalty rather than tax favors.
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On August 1, 1979 state archaeologists from the Division of Archives and History began the first of thirty-six lockout dives to perform engineering and archaeological assessments on and around the USS MONITOR. The Union ironclad sank of the coast of Cape Hatteras on December 31, 1862 due to a storm. Twenty additional observational dives were conducted with authorities from other related fields such as marine architecture, historic preservation, and ocean engineering and salvage.
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30557
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A North Carolina coastal town has grown up and now brings in the glamor girls of high-powered boat racing. Elizabeth City, North Carolina is home to the International Cup Regatta that combines unlimited class hydroplanes with warm hospitality.
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In a new chapter for North Carolina's shipwrecks, skin divers are bringing up some of the secrets of the ocean depths. The latest target has been the Confederate blockade runner FANNY AND JENNY, which lies in shallow waters off Wrightsville Beach. One of several Confederate blockade runners to be lost along the North Carolina coast, the FANNY AND JENNY met her fate bound from Bermuda to Cape Fear, and is believed to have a cargo of valuable goods such as a solid gold, gem encrusted sword intended as a gift to General Robert E. Lee from British sympathizers.
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30561
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Reports for the latter half of 1955 show that North Carolina business was good. Employment of available labor in every section of the state was high compared to similar periods and preceding months. Increased hiring, manufacturing employment, and seasonal adjustments were high from Asheville to Charlotte, and Greensboro to Fayetteville.
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30562
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The new Boone variety of the Irish potato has been successfully grown in the mountain counties of North Carolina. The extension horticultural specialist at State College shows that 992 bushels of potatoes was grown on only a 1.86 acre plot. From 2500 to 3000 bushels of foundation seed stock will be available for planting in 1956
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On December 12, 1977 the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued a memorandum of agreement to North Carolina's Division of Archives and History which gives research and assessment responsibilities to the NC State Historic Preservation Officer with in the MONITOR Marine Sanctuary. The Union ironclad USS MONITOR sank of the coast of Cape Hatteras on December 31, 1862 due to a storm.
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With declining enrolment for history classes and changing curricular requirements with more focus toward social science, historians are concerned with the lack of emphasis on history in the public schools. The Joint Committee on the Status of History in the Public Schools suggest that history education should have a securely defined place in public school curriculum.
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30576
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The 1955 North Carolina General Assembly enacted legislation that created nine new judicial districts, and elected eleven new resident judges of the Superior Court. In the most important overhauling of the state's judicial system for some time, the new law provided for the reorganization of judicial districts.
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30577
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Although seasonal fluctuations in tobacco processing and outdoor employment such as construction caused decreases in employment during the winter, 1955 on average saw an increase in the number of available jobs. Improved conditions were seen in the total of 154,151 job placements, 11 percent over 1954.
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In a joint statement prepared by leaders in agriculture, business, labor, and the professions, an argument is made for working towards a national farm policy based on three objectives: adequate supply of the right kind of farm products plus the production of exports; maintenance of soil fertility that is also built up for the expanding population needs; farm income on a level comparable with non-farm income, high enough so that skilled labor stays in the agriculture.
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With the movement of North Carolina labor forces away from agriculture and to industry, the state's farmers are becoming worried. The the shortage of farm labor and the high wage rate demands, farmers are contemplating the purchase of expensive machinery in place of labor, and how to use current labor forces more efficiently.
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