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12163
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Durham is the 18th North Carolina city to be designated an \"All-America City.\" This article contains information on the specific projects that brought Durham the recognition.
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10944
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Addis Cates is the founder of Addis Cates Company, the largest independent supplier of green and brined cucumbers to the pickle industry. The home office is in Faison and the operation centers are in Robeson County at St. Pauls and Parkton. The company ships to thirteen states and Canada.
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30709
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The Carolina Telephone and Telegraph Company has undertaken a $13,000,000 expansion for 1957. To meet the growing demands of telephone service in eastern North Carolina, the expansion will include an additional outside plant and new central office equipment.
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31513
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The recommended North Carolina state budget for 1969-1971 will most likely reach and/or exceed $3.5 billion. This is an estimate based on the recommended total by the incumbent Governor Dan Moore to Governor-elect Robert Scott. It is additionally estimated that the credit balance for 1969 will exceed $100 million, allowing the incoming Governor to make some adjustments to the budget if needed.
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30022
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North Carolina has spent over $3 million in public health services. These services included cooperative work and funding for children's medicine, dentistry, occupational diseases, and preventative medicine.
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11846
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Bobby Murray founded Bobby Murray Chevrolet, Inc., in Raleigh in 1965. This article traces the growth of the company from that point.
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We the People of North Carolina
(NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 37 Issue 11, Nov 1979,
p154-155, 231, il, por
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30907
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The North Carolina General Fund for 1959 got a pleasant surprise of $5 million, when the Budget Bureau made public a final report on income and expenditures for the fiscal year. The surplus was much larger then expected, despite higher expenditures, due to a gain in revenues.
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30940
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The Hosiery Center of the South--Burlington, North Carolina--has diversified its industry in recent years with expanded hosiery companies and mills operating in the area, as well as West Electric as a chief employer. Alongside these staples, plastics, garments, windows, metals, and chemical industries have made their home in Burlington thanks to the historical and civic background of the region.
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31068
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The nine-point, all practice method of growing tobacco has boosted per-acre income from less than $1000 to $2000 for farmers in Apex, North Carolina. The all practice system includes soil testing, top-soiling, rotation, use of drainage tile, proper use of terraces and/or strip cropping, subsoiling, careful selection of fertilizers, use of well-adapted varieties, and fumigation of nematode-infested soil.
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Commercial Printing Company, Inc., located in Raleigh, prints everything from business cards to books. The company was founded in 1894, and incorporated in 1907, making it one of North Carolina's earliest corporations. G. Akers Moore, Sr. purchased the company in 1922, and it is now in the third-generation of ownership.
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30923
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One of the most prolific and voracious pests in the tobacco industry--the tobacco horn worm--can now be controlled with electricity. Farmers are experiencing success with best control using a bug light that stops the worm before it hatches. Operating at low costs and with automatic timers, the light attracts the horn worm moth and then sucks it into a bag, preventing them from also laying eggs.
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31061
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Even on the farm females are now the boss of the herd, but lack of male mates is resulting in better offspring. Recent refinements in artificial breeding are stirring up revolutionary trends in livestock. For example, in North Carolina, 35% of the dairy cows are bred artificially. The mechanisms of current artificial breeding utilize built-in insurance and use the best of the breeds, resulting in higher fertility and better animals, and it tends to be cheaper than traditional breeding that requires boarding of an animal.
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Capitol Broadcasting Company, founded by A. J. Fletcher, began as a single AM radio station in 1938. The company has grown to include television (WRAL-TV), FM radio, a newspaper, several radio networks, sports publications, and the largest independent supplier of background music in the nation.
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30038
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Made famous by the portrait done by her son, Mathilda McNeill Whistler was born in North Carolina, part of the long-standing McNeill Clan.
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Western Carolina University celebrates its 100th anniversary.
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