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Justin F. Beckett, president and CEO of Durham-based New Africa Advisors, opened the first American investment company office in post-apartheid South Africa.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 16 Issue 3, Mar 1996,
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2689
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The state's commercial construction industry, with a good balance between large projects, like Corning's $250 million expansion in Wilmington, and smaller jobs, is 27% ahead of its 1994 year.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 16 Issue 2, Feb 1996,
p55-57, il
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2690
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Historian Dr. Jeffrey J. Crow succeeded William S. Price, Jr., as director of the North Carolina Division of Archives and History, effective November 1, 1995.
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4.Sanders Receives UNC's Highest Award by Sharpe, Bill Popular Government Vol. 61 Issue 2, Fall 1995
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2693
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John L. Sanders, director of the University of North Carolina's Institute of Government for twenty-five years, has received the University of North Carolina's University Award, which recognizes illustrious service to higher education.
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2705
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Kenneth H. Reckhow, a professor in the School of Environment at Duke University, is the new director of the UNC Water Resources Research Institute, effective January 1, 1996.
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Water Resources Research Institute News
(NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 297, Jan/Feb 1996,
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2714
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Gordon Clapp is the new director of the North Carolina Travel and Tourism Division, effective December, 1995. Clapp, a Duke University graduate, held a similar position for the state of Maine.
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The new Museum of the Old Waxhaws in Waxhaw covers the period from 1650 to 1900, with exhibits about the Waxhaw Settlement, Native Americans, the American Revolution, Andrew Jackson, the Civil War, and Jesse James.
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State and local governments have approved $165 million in projects to expand Raleigh's cultural and athletic offerings, including Children's Museum About the World, a new N.C. State Museum of Natural Sciences, and a 22,000-seat sports arena.
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2719
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Stuart Epperson is chairman of Salem Communications Corporation in Winston-Salem, the country's largest Christian broadcasting business, with thirty-seven stations and $50 million in sales in 1995.
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David H. Howells, first full-time director of the UNC Water Resources Research Institute, 1965-1976, died November 24, 1995, from injuries received in an automobile accident.
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Water Resources Research Institute News
(NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 297, Jan/Feb 1996,
p2-3, il
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2740
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Gertrude Carraway, a preservationist, historian, and journalist who gave fifty years of continuous service to the state through the N.C. Historical Commission, died in New Bern, May 7, 1993, at age 96.
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2741
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Two national historic landmarks in the state, the Union Tavern, ca. 1818, located in Milton, Caswell County, and the Palmer-Marsh House in Bath, were extensively damaged by fire in November and December, 1990.
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2749
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The USS Huron, a warship that ran aground off the Outer Banks in November, 1877, with a loss of 98 crewmen, has been designated the state's first historic shipwreck preserve.
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2757
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A sketchbook of 60 unpublished drawings made between 1862 and 1863 by Union soldier Edwin G. Champney was acquired by the North Carolina Maritime History Council. The artwork includes scenes from New Bern, Kinston, and Hatteras Island.
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2759
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The New Bern Academy Museum opened December 10, 1990, and is the fourth component of the Tryon Palace Restoration Complex. Founded in 1764, the academy was one of the country's earliest secondary schools.
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