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135
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Legal Services of North Carolina offers legal counsel to the poor. Taylor discusses the present concerns and projects of the organization.
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North Carolina State Bar Quarterly
(NoCar KF 200 N65), Vol. 39 Issue 1, Winter 1992,
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14294
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Southport community members and the Baptist church in Brunswick County joined together to raise money for a church renovation. Members of each group volunteered time and effort to generate enough money to add an auditorium and other upgrades for their community's Baptist church. Men gathered scrap metal and ladies ran a launderette.
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14610
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There has been much speculation in connection with the origin of the name Fontana, but Dr. Fountain puts an end to all the questioning with a little help from Mrs. George Leidy Wood.
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14946
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From the Colonial period to modern times, the women of North Carolina have played important roles in many lines of work such as education, politics, and business, and have assisted materially in its progress and developments.
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17618
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Surplus food, which the Department of Agriculture could not sell, was siphoned into a federally controlled surplus food program that had a hierarchy of distribution; first the school lunch program, then eligible citizens, and lastly to foreign nations. As of October 1960, no county in the state participated but arrangements for such a program were being established between the State Board of Public Welfare and the Department of Agriculture.
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17640
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Governor Sanford collaborating with the Institute for Government organized a convention of officials from four counties to confer on the issue of economic development in Ahoskie on October 23, 1961. The group discussed issues of economic progress through new civic projects like highways and water treatment facilities and how the western portion of the state exceeds the Piedmont and eastern part in economic progress.
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17671
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The 1961 General Assembly passed Resolution Number 66 which created a Commission to Study Public Welfare Programs. Governor Sanford chose the seven members for this committee to complete a one year survey of the state's welfare program. After reviewing, the committee recommended 26 areas of improvement including 13 legislative actions necessary to update the contemporary welfare system.
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17690
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Resident voted on two state constitutional amendments on January 14, 1964. The first concerning legislative representation failed but the second dealt with married women's right to property and passed. The amendment gives a married woman the right to convey her property without the consent of her husband.
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17824
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North Carolina 1955 General Assembly faced a number of changes in bills related to mental health, persons with tuberculosis, and provisions for obtaining vital statistics.
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17825
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Public welfare laws in the 1955 North Carolina General Assembly were concentrated on legislation concerning child welfare and public assistance to dependent children.
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17826
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New provisions were made in domestic relations legislation in the 1955 North Carolina General Assembly. Bills concerning adoption, child custody, divorce, and guardianship were discussed, with some defeats and some successes.
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17929
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One of the most voluminous bills to be passed by the 1957 North Carolina General Assembly completely rewrote the public health laws of North Carolina, some of which were dated from the 1700s. Some of the major changes involved administration, the development of health departments, immunization, infectious and venereal disease, mosquito control, and sanitation districts to name a few.
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17930
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Although there was little public welfare legislation to discuss in the 1957 North Carolina General Assembly, bills relating to eugenics and sterilization were a hot topic.
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17931
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The field of domestic relations occupied a great deal of legislation in the 1957 North Carolina General Assembly. Many bills concerning adoption, custody, and divorce were brought for consideration.
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17970
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The 1957 North Carolina General Assembly provided for a commission on the study of operations and licensing of nursing homes, convalescent homes, boarding homes, and homes for aged in North Carolina. The Commission made recommendations for the administration, licensing, and public health measures taken in these institutions.
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