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The tone of the 1989 Session of the General Assembly was characterized by Josephus Mavretic's dramatic defeat of Liston Ramsey for the position of Speaker of the House.
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Kenneth C. Royall, North Carolina Senate member from Durham, is the recipient of the Citation for Distinguished Public Service.
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10906
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In this We the People of North Carolina magazine interview, Rankin and Armstrong discuss the state of North Carolina's public schools with state school superintendent A. Craig Phillips.
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10908
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Governor Bob Scott is nearing the end of his first year in office. During that time he has continued the quest for new and expanded industries in the state. In this We the People of North Carolina magazine interview, Scott shares his thoughts on the state's industrial development of the present and the future.
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10963
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We the People of North Carolina editor Bill Armstrong interviews the state's three freshmen Congressmen and records their impressions after a year in office. They are Wilmer D. Mizell (5th District), L. Richardson Preyer (6th District), and Earl B. Ruth (8th District).
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11042
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Lowe's Stores, Inc. is headquartered in North Wilkesboro where the business started in 1921. Currently, there are sixty-five Lowe's stores operating in ten states and selling building materials, hardware, and all sorts of merchandise for the home. Anderson recounts the history of this enterprise.
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11339
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The late Senator B. Everett Jordan is remembered in this tribute
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11360
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Luther Hodges, former Governor of North Carolina and Secretary of Commerce in the Kennedy Administration, died October 6, 1974. He is remembered in this Bill Armstrong article.
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12853
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We the People of North Carolina magazine began publication in May 1943. In this magazine memoir, Armstrong looks back over forty-five years of the magazine's history.
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12984
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Dr. Bruce E. Whitaker retires in July 1989 as president of Chowan College after thirty-two years of service. Located in Hertford County, the school opened in 1848 as a Baptist school for young women. The school suffered through years of difficulty before finally shutting down in 1949 after World War II. Dr. Whitaker was hired in 1957, and under his leadership the school revived. During his tenure the enrollment tripled, and the operating budget rose from $300,000 to $8.5 million. As he retires, Chowan College is recognized as one of the five or six best two-year institutions of higher learning in the nation.
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13004
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This year's North Carolina Citizens for Business and Industry's Citation for Distinguished Citizenship was presented to W. David Stedman. He was president, and later chairman of, the Stedman Corporation until 1960 until 1986, when he sold the company.
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13006
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North Carolina Citizens for Business and Industry presented its annual Citation for Distinguished Public Service to Ivie L. Clayton, who led the organization for fourteen years as president, secretary and staff executive.
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13025
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This year's North Carolina Citizens for Business and Industry's Citation for Distinguished Citizenship was presented to Tom Hackney, Jr., who for three decades led Hackney Brothers, a manufacturing firm founded by his great-grandfather in 1854.
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13026
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The North Carolina Citizens for Business and Industry presented this year's Citation for Distinguished Public Service award to L. Richardson Preyer, who has distinguished himself in high office at the state and federal level and participated in numerous public and private endeavors devoted to education, health care, and community advancement.
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Former Attorney General, Robert Morgan, is the Democratic candidate to succeed retiring Sam J. Ervin in the United States Senate. This article describes Morgan’s political background, and his campaign on September 3 in Alamance County.
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