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Chapel Hill Smoked Fish Company is North Carolina’s only commercial fish smokery. The company is owned by Andrew Michaels, who turned his hobby of smoking fish into a business. This article discusses the process of smoking fish, and the history and operations of Michaels’ company.
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32683
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His name is Captain Alden G. Howell, and he is the only living commissioned officer of the Confederate Army now living. He is also the oldest retired lawyer and banker, and the oldest Free Mason in the country.
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32901
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Dewey L. Trogdon is chairman and chief executive officer of Cone Mills Corporation in Greensboro. This article discusses Trogdon’s background in business and the textile industry.
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32902
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The history of Duke University and its medical center is a major part of the history of improving health care for the people of North Carolina since 1930. This article discusses the history and contributions of the Duke Medical Center to health care, education, and medical research.
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32903
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The City and County of Durham is an area specialized in medical and health-related industries. Proclaimed as the “City of Medicine,” Durham is the center of prominent medical centers, hospitals, research, and health services.
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Colonel E. B. Watson is chairman and chief executive officer of Charlotte-based Security Forces, Inc., the largest privately-owned security agency in the southeast. Watson formerly served in the United States Marine Corps. This article discusses Watson’s background and accomplishments within the security firm.
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32905
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The 1981 General Assembly appropriated over four-million dollars to build horse show facilities in Raleigh and Asheville. The care, breeding, and showing of horses in North Carolina has become big business. Horse shows and equine events, such as races and steeplechases, are gaining in popularity and becoming important contributors to the state’s economy.
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32906
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Rolfe Neill is president of Knight Publishing Company and publisher of The Charlotte Observer and The Charlotte News. This article discusses Neill’s background, his columns, and some of the issues he has faced in publishing.
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32907
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The Tryon Palace Restoration Complex in New Bern hosts a variety of Eighteenth Century Christmas observances. Buildings in the historical complex are decorated with Christmas themes from different eras, and display recreations typical to the time.
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32909
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The Technical Center of Union Carbide Agricultural Products Company, Inc. in Research Triangle Park conducts research on new and effective herbicides, insecticides, growth regulators and other compounds. Dr. E. M. La Combe, an organic chemist, presides over the center with the title of Site Manager. This article discusses La Combe’s background and operations at the technical center.
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32910
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Support for the Nature Conservancy has grown in five years to include nineteen companies in North Carolina. Corporate involvement is inspired by belief in the merit of the conservancy’s program and in many cases by the tax benefits. Since 1977, the North Carolina Chapter of the Nature Conservancy has preserved 50,000 acres.
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32912
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New congressional districts were finalized by the General Assembly in late April on its fourth attempt to draw district lines that would satisfy minority racial and political interests. Because the issue was not settled until late spring, the state’s political primaries were postponed until June.
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32913
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Several factors caused the housing recession and profound changes in the home finance delivery system have substantially altered the opportunity for home ownership. Theo H. Pitt, Jr., president and chief executive officer of the Home Savings and Loan Association of Rocky Mount, discusses economic and demographic trends that present major problems for the savings and loan industry and home buyers.
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32914
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Over one-hundred paintings purchased by the State Art Commission in 1952 with the General Assembly’s one-million-dollar appropriation of 1947 included several well-known Nativity scenes by European masters. One of the most important of them was Flemish master Peter Paul Rubens’, “The Holy Family with St. Anne.” A donation from the Phifer family of North Carolina to the State Art Society was also important in broadening the collection, which is now at the North Carolina Museum of Art.
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32915
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The Wright brothers, Orville and Wilbur from Dayton, Ohio flew the first airplane in the North Carolina Outer Banks on December 17, 1903. This article provides background on the Wright brothers, and discusses how they built and flew their plane.
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