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30974
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Both new jobs and payrolls increased more than 100 percent for North Carolina's industry in 1959. The successful year was significant. the diversified and expanded industrial development considered the greatest in the state's history. Despite the gain in employees and new plants, there was a small loss in capital investment.
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30975
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Producing over 9 million chicks in November alone, North Carolina's commercial hatcheries held fourth place in the Nation. The total from January to November amounted to over 131 million.
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30976
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Plans were announced in 1959 to create new jobs and over $96.5 million in new payroll in North Carolina' Piedmont service area of Duke Power Company. In keeping with the industrial boom in the area, Duke invested $72 million for additional generating, transmission and distribution facilities.
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30977
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Space activities are the focus of much attention and the present and potential tax burden has citizens asking why should we go to the moon? Executive Vice-President of Stedman Manufacturing Company has some reasons for supporting the endeavor. The moon is a jumping point for interplanetary exploration and such an achievement should be for the sake of knowledge in general.
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30978
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In he United States, one out of every 10 bricks is made in North Carolina. Tar Heel brick industries produced four times as many brick per capita than the national average in 1959. This adds $50 million per year to the state's economy.
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30989
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The annual roundup of new attractions in North Carolina exposes the variety of spots and activities from mountains to coast. New motor roads cut through the Piedmont and bypass congested areas of Coastal Plain. New lodges, restaurants, golf courses, camping facilities, and expanding marinas dot the highways and byways, providing comfort and access for hiking, fishing, historical sites, wildlife observing, and sports.
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30993
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Farm market and government payments in North Carolina during 1959 reached over $74 million; however, this was 7 percent lower that the preceding year's total of just over $1 billion. Despite this drop in net income per farm, North Carolina still outranks any other state in the southeastern region in total cash receipts.
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30994
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In 1958, travelers to North Carolina spent $360 million on business and personal travel. This was a 3.4 percent increase over 1957 and a 135 percent increase over the decade from 1948. The rapid growth of travel in the state is shown in the state's 1.71 percent of the nation's total domestic travel expenditures.
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30995
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In Pender County, North Carolina, a farmer is growing a quantity of his green grass feed without soil, cultivation, or fertilizer. J.G. Fussell of Penderlea uses electricity in a unique grass incubator--called hydroponics--creating a near perfect growing season for all 12 months of the year. Cost of operating the incubator is nominal and supplies a sufficient quantity of feed for 14 sows.
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30998
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In June, U.S. Senator Harry Byrd snipped the ribbon to open the James River Bridge to public travel. As part of the Blue Ridge Parkway that runs through Virginia and North Carolina, the bridge is just one of the many components being completed. Completion of the Parkway is said to be done by 1966, the anniversary of the establishment of the National Park Service.
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31001
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Recent census reports show that North Carolina's population has dropped below Florida, now making it the third most populous state in the south. But North Carolina ranked high in state and local general revenues as well as per capita tax collections for 1958. North Carolina also ranked second in value added to products by manufacturing as percent of the national total, and third in retail sales.
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31003
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A native of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Alexander H. Galloway is the newly elected President of the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company. Rising from clerk to President, Galloway has been an employee of the company since 1929 and member of the board of directors since 1951.
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31006
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Known by many nicknames, each year the ugly cousin of the herring--menhaden--swim along the Atlantic Coast from southern New England to Florida. These hordes of tiny fish form the basis of a multi-million dollar business, landing more than 2.2 billion pounds, or 43 percent of the total catch of all fish and shellfish in the nation. Forty-five hundred fishermen make $25.8 million and thirty-seven manufacturers gross $43 million in processing.
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31007
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Revenues collected from 1959-1960 amounted to over $328 million, while expenditures totaled just over $277 million. this left the state with a budget surplus of nearly $19 million. The majority of revenues came from individual income taxes and sales taxes, while the majority spent was in education and public welfare programs.
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31008
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Per capita income for North Carolinians in 1959 was $1,485, a seven percent increase from 1958. However, the national average rose from $2,057 in 1958 to $2,166 in 1959. North Carolina now ranks 43rd in the country for per capita income.
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