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1.Learning While Earning by Not Given We the People of North Carolina Vol. 22 Issue 6, November 1964
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31307
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Thousands of young Tar Heels are receiving on the job technical training under the Apprenticeship Training Program of the North Carolina Department of Labor. The program assists employers all over North Carolina in setting up well organized, long term, on the job training in nearly 200 skilled trades.
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31312
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Dairying ranks 4th in North Carolina's agricultural cash income, and citizens of the state enjoy over 14 million gallons of ice cream a year. Sealtest foods, headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, is a leader in the state's dairy industry operating in sales, distributions, and storage plants across the state. Operating as a major division of National Dairy Products Corporation, Sealtest employs more than 800 North Carolinians in 14 plants.
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31315
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Cone Mills, a long-time textile pioneer, continues to make important scientific advances as a producer of more than 20 different types of fabrics. Cone also manufactures an increasing variety of corduroys, denims, twills, sateens, poplins, terries, and flannels.
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We the People of North Carolina
(NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 22 Issue 6, November 1964,
p110-112, 173, por
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31321
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North Carolina's forests constitute one of its major environmental resources. Many of the best known industries in the state rely on products made from wood from the 20 million acres of state woodland. Forty-five percent of all manufacturing plants in the state utilize the fast forest products and account for an annual payroll in excess of $270 million.
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31363
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The new North Carolina Governor, Dan Moore, is a man of patience and calm deliberation and has had a distinguished public career thus far. It is expected that the business-like efficiency of the new Governor will bring sound and dedicated progress to North Carolina.
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31370
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There was an increase of $1.1 billion or 11.4% of total property valuations for North Carolina's 100 counties from 1962 to 1963. Additionally, the average county tax rate in 1963 of $1.268 was down from the high of $1.345 for 1962.
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31371
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Within the next few years, as the result of the adoption of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, is is expected that there will be changes to the patterns of employment and personal income by race and sex in North Carolina. Occupational qualifications will open up to a broader range of the population based on availability, acceptability, and adaptability.
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31375
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As ways of life are changing in North Carolina, there is a deepening appreciation for the things of the past. The preservation of old buildings, pictures, prints, and photos in both private and public collections has become a major tourist attraction, as well as of economic and cultural interest across the state.
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31378
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Budget officials have turned to official accounting to search for questions regarding how education has fared in North Carolina over the past four years. Education spending rose less than average and education's share of the North Carolina General Fund dropped steadily , while higher education expanded laterally.
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31379
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The battleship USS NORTH CAROLINA earned 12 battle stars during World War II. Now she stars nightly in a sound and light spectacular in Wilmington, North Carolina. Visitors can view the great showboat from a grandstand on the Cape Fear River where the battleship is moored opposite downtown Wilmington.
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31393
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Given North Carolina's hospitable, mild climate, the state is popular for living and visiting year-round from coast to mountains. The ranges from sub-tropical temperatures in the southeast to temperate temperatures elsewhere, makes North Carolina favorable for industry. The mild geographic climate lessens costs for construction, fuel and maintenance, and encourages operations both indoors and outdoors.
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31397
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The past is living in the present at the restored Moravian community of Old Salem at Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Originally founded in 1766, Old Salem is now one of the most authentic restorations in the United States, offering daily tours of five exhibition buildings including a National Historic Landmark.
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31401
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There has been much controversy over North Carolina's levying of the intangible personal property tax. Collected at the state level, proceeds from the tangible tax is spent by local governments given a distribution formula. Unfortunately, many do not know what the intangible tax is and if they should be paying this tax.
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31408
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Long a dish of Southern tables, bullfrog legs are becoming highly popular in metropolitan centers like New York, Washington D.C., and Philadelphia, and North Carolina is highly suited to raising bullfrogs on a commercial scale. Large areas of marshland in the eastern part of the state, along with ponds statewide, are becoming home to frogs. As an example, Herbert E. Williams is busy collection bullfrogs to stock his ranch at Holly Ridge in Onslow County, North Carolina. With 10,000 frogs, Williams is ready for the leg market, and with the help of the staff of the Food Industries Section of the NC Department of Conservation and Development, they are hoping frog legs will be a thriving addition to the growing food processing industry in eastern North Carolina.
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31413
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North Carolina is the home of considerably abundant water resources, including several substantial watersheds across the state. With increasing use of these resources for industry and growing populations, the state has become increasingly aware of the need to carry out careful management of its water resources.
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