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30954
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County and city combined efforts, commercial air service, and an industrial trade school have helped Goldsboro and Wayne County, North Carolina bring new industry into the area. Organizations such as the Chamber of Commerce, Merchant's Association, Goldsboro Industries, Inc., and the Wayne County Agriculture and Industrial Development Council have come together to make the effort of bringing new industries such as grain, chamois, and lighting to the Wayne County.
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30955
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In the western region of North Carolina, Buncombe County is home to Asheville, the largest metropolis in the region. Laid out in 1794, Asheville is now has one of the biggest tourist business economies in the state. Along with attractions such as Biltmore Estate, the Blue Ridge Parkway, and the Southern Highland Handicraft Guild, Asheville is also known for its Rural Community Development Program and increased farm income. Additionally, Asheville industries include Gerber and Enka among their million dollar manufacturers.
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30956
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Organized in 1938, the Sanford, North Carolina Chamber of Commerce includes membership of 145 firms and business establishments. These businesses include recent expansions of manufacturing in ladies lingerie, electronics equipment, furniture, woodworking, and food processing.
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30959
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From a small group of local businessmen in 1948, the Williamston Chamber of Commerce in Martin County, North Carolina has aided agriculture and industry to expand. From water and peanuts to pesticides and tobacco, Williamston and Martin County are turning rural assets into industrial economies.
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30960
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Located seventeen miles east of Raleigh, Wendell, North Carolina is best known as a progressive tobacco market. But it also has other thriving industries in poultry processing, furniture, and shorts and shirts. The progressive and friendly community draws a labor of 10800, particularly in textiles, electronics, food, concrete, and woodworking.
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30961
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In 1907, Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Company opened in Raleigh with capital and surplus totaling $500,000. Since the first policy was issued, the company has extended its influence over a large portion of the United States and reached its first billion dollars in 1951. As of 1958, the company's assets stand at $1,752,844,369.
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30962
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During the past few years two new industrial firms have begun operation in Edenton, North Carolina. Both are lumber companies that collectively employ 170 people in both mill and timbering operations. The companies were drawn to Edenton by the Chamber of Commerce and local community that assisted the development of current and expanding industries.
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30963
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A recent study of sale tax collections provides grounds for the belief that business conditions will be favorable for the liberal spending of the 1959 North Carolina General Assembly budget. Improvements in the business, reflected in sales tax collections, was dramatic in the first quarter of 1959, but the State will have to collect over $283 million for all years of the biennium to 1961 to be able to pay out appropriations in full.
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30964
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North Carolina has four of the 100 top selling corporations in the United States. These corporations have sales in the billions of dollars and are focused in manufacturing, particularly petroleum production and refinement, automobile manufacturing, retail and wholesale trade, railroad systems, and public utilities.
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30965
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Given the satisfactory operations of their production facilities in North Carolina, owners of a chamois skin manufacturer have decided to expand their production. The Drueding Brothers Co. brings skins all the way from New Zealand, and its plant in North Carolina is one of only three in the entire United States. The uncured skins are skipped to the Goldsboro plant that employs 82 people to process the skins into chamois.
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30969
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A recent study by the department of Tax Research examines taxes levied on real and personal property on fifty-five large cities in North Carolina. The study reveals that the highest property tax rates levied are very conservative when measured against the much lower rate that would be needed if all property were on the books at or near market value.
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30970
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Despite adverse weather conditions in 1959, North Carolina's farm production was good for the year. However, decreased prices cut so sharply into farm income that it has been estimated the total will be about $50 million below the previous year.
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30971
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Beside the old blacktop highway on the Dare County, North Carolina beaches, the new $888,000 paved road has opened to traffic. It extends form Southern Shores at Kitty Hawk to Kill Devil Hills, connecting with the new scenic highway built by Cape Hatteras National Seashore.
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30972
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The average residential customer of Duke Power Company used more than 40 percent more electricity in 1959 than customers across the nation. Duke, a leading power system in the United States, increased its 12.5 billion killowatt hour product in 1958 to 13.8 billion in 1959. But despite major construction and additional services, rates have been reduced to make the advantages of electrical service available to all.
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30973
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In late June, natural gas came to the Wilmington area of North Carolina. Through a 1500 mile pipeline from Texas, to Mooresville to Wilmington, natural gas in the area was brought by the efforts of Tidewater Natural Gas Company President Clifford B. Ewart. Along with the transmission lines from via the Transcontinental Pipeline and North Carolina Natural Gas Company's new cross-state artery, Tidewater is completing a $3.5 million system-wide expansion and conversion program.
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