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30594
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St. Patrick's Day will be the opening day of the 1956 hunt racing and steeple chase season. The season will open in North Carolina with the Stoneybrook Hunt Race Meeting at Southern Pines, North Carolina. Sanctioned since 1953, the Stoneybrook race attracts well known horses, riders, owners and trainers from all over the United States.
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30595
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A state-wide committee of N.C. Club home demonstrators have planned, edited, and published a Tar Heel cookbook. With over 400 recipes representing all regions of the state, the cookbook contains sixteen sections of North Carolina favorites from pickles to soup.
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30599
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In February, senators sponsored a bill to authorize a $3 billion federal flood insurance and re-insurance program. The measure would create a Federal Flood Insurance Administration and provide for maximum coverage for private residences at $10,000 and $100,000 for real and personal properties.
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30600
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North Carolina, known as the brick capital of the world, forged further ahead in the national production race in 1955. North Carolina produces approximately one out of every eleven bricks, and with growing demand across the country, state brick manufacturers are investing in expansions to production facilities.
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30608
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From the Great Smoky and Blue Ridge Mountains, to the mid-south resorts, and fabulous fishing of the coast, North Carolina is a vacation-land full of variety. Improved facilities and access allow visitors to experience everything from outdoor sports to art museums.
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30609
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Although Charlotte, North Carolina is known for the convention business and Asheville known for its tourism, Asheville now ranks first in the convention business in 1955. With over 32,000 visitors to 85 conventions in 1955, Asheville boasts to be the "Convention City of the South."
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30632
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For the first time since 1934, the North Carolina General Fund expenditures were less than was spent the previous years. The Retirement System needed a million dollars less than the previous year and there were decreases in spending by some agencies and institutions, including the Debt Service.
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30633
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There was a $214 million increase in assessed valuation of real and personal property in 1955, pushing the total valuation of property to above six billion dollars. The record breaking assessment represents a trend of increases over the past five years, and in several counties in North Carolina experienced a gain of over 10 percent.
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30634
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North Carolina Governor Luther Hodges recommends the separation of the Highway Department and prison system. Due to problems with training and pay, there have been difficulties gaining employees for important functions for both systems. As such, Hodges believes that the Highway Department should be restricted to highway work while the prison system should stand alone.
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10.Rockhounds Rewarded by Rabb, Miriam We the People of North Carolina Vol. 14 Issue 5, October 1956
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30635
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The western mountains of North Carolina feel like home to those searching for gemstones. Due to the substantial mineral deposits, North Carolina has been called "Nature's Mineral Sample Case," yielding 300 varieties of minerals. The state leads in the production of feldspar and most gem varieties are found due to feldspar mining.
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30636
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From Dare County to Brunswick, County, North Carolina, over 25,000 people are wholly or partly dependent on commercial fishing for their livelihood. But there are several fishermen in North Carolina who are truly unique; they are red snapper anglers. These intrepid fishermen are proving the red snapper can be caught offshore North Carolina all twelve months of the year.
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30637
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When Congress first passed legislation for federal aid ton highways in 1916, the maximum amount of aid was only $10,000, and since then, federal aid in the construction of highways has never been large. But in 1956, the Federal Aid Law, Title I authorized $125,000,000 in addition to $700,000,000 already available for 1957. Appropriations to states will be made based on state population, normal apportionment, and thereafter on estimates to Congress. In addition, the Highway Revenue Act of 1956 provided new taxes on gasoline, tires, trucks, and buses.
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30638
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State wide, the North Carolina Highway Commission is responsible for maintenance and improvement of over 10,000 miles of primary city highway; 54,000 miles of secondary roads, and 2450 miles of primary and secondary links between towns and cities. With over 68,000 miles under their supervision, North Carolina has the most extensive highway system under state control in the United States.
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30639
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The United States has an extensive system of interstate and defense highways, which serve all manner of economic and social activities. Although the route passes through the main industrial routes of the country, it is supplemented by state highways and routes the provide access to other regions.
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We the People of North Carolina
(NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 14 Issue 6, November 1956,
p12-14, 16, 83, map
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30640
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The construction of the United States interstate highway will have an economic impact felt across the country. In addition to a boom in the asphalt industry and highway construction equipment, it is hoped that the highway program will also spur the steel industry, cut driving time and costs, and save lives with quicker access.
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We the People of North Carolina
(NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 14 Issue 6, November 1956,
p18-20, 22, 85, por
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