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31029
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The 1961 North Carolina General Assembly made major changes to the sales and use tax laws. Many transactions that are now exempt from retail sales and/or use taxes are now taxable at a rate of 3 percent or 1 percent such as the sale of fuels to farmers, horses or mules, fuels to commercial laundries, and farm machines.
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31030
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As another example of diversified industry in North Carolina, recent crowds celebrated the opening of the new expansion of the Yale and Towne plant in Monroe, North Carolina. The plant is the largest in the world in manufacturing door closing apparatus.
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31031
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New congressional districts were set up by the 1961 North Carolina General Assembly. Several counties, including Bertie, Franklin, Vance, Harnett, Davidson, Wilkes, Scotland, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Davie, Yadkin, and the majority of the southwestern counties were transferred to new congressional districts.
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31032
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One of the nation's ten largest electric operating companies, Duke Power's stock was traded for the first time in July on the New York Stock Exchange. There are over 11 million shares of common stock now issued, with 109,000 more shares to be authorized.
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31033
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The 1961 North Carolina General Assembly appropriated $427 million for the public school year, $15.5 million for vocational education, and over $5 million for the purchase of text books, and $5 million for new school buses. A new classroom teacher salary scale ranges from $3,607.50 to $5,605.50, making a 22.4 percent increase in salaries.
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31034
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The Blue Ridge Parkway's silver anniversary ceremonies were held at Waterrock Knob. During the event, Secretary of the Interior Steward L. Udall confirmed his belief that the Parkway should be extended, and cited Kennedy's signature on legislation providing for a survey route extending the Parkway south.
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31035
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Total valuation for real, personal, and excess property amounted to over $8 billion in North Carolina for 1960. This is more than a half-billion dollars above 1959. The combination of increased value and higher tax rates accounted for the additional millions.
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31036
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In June, the North Carolina Consumer Finance Act was ratified, providing for loans up to $600. Loans are set out in dollar amounts rather than interest rates and installment payments are not to exceed the equivalent of $20 per every $100 borrowed.
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31037
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New whole grain wheat wafers have been developed for fall out shelters, while tax payers will receive some relief from a new wheat program available to farmers in 1962, along with a bigger wheat income forecasted for over $8 million. Additionally, a new method of harvesting honey has been developed, while tobacco has been described as the most suited crop for mechanical harvesting.
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31038
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North Carolina's government and business are working together to find ways to solve a public problem that is affecting everyone in the state. The North Carolina Traffic Safety Council, Inc. is a recently-formed private corporation working to prevent costly accidents and deaths from highway driving.
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31039
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An estimated $104 million dollars was spent by sportsmen in North Carolina last year on food, lodging, transportation, equipment, and licenses. However, the majority of the money spent went into food, lodging and equipment rather than licenses, which are the means by which resources are protected, maintained, and improved.
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31040
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Changes in the Revenue Act increased the North Carolina General Fund over $32 million. Levied surtax was issued on liquors; sales and use tax exemptions were removed on horses and mules, fuel, and freezer supplies; sales and use tax exemptions were removed on farm and mill machinery, office equipment, and broadcasting equipment; tax rates were increased on sales and use tax on motor vehicles and airplanes; and sales and use tax exemptions were removed on sales of drugs, food, newspapers, photographs, and sales to State of North Carolina and its agencies.
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31041
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The natural spring once touted as the southeastern North Carolina's most promising resource is not the center of a new and novel development. Bouncing Log Spring has become Boiling Springs Lake, Inc; the 14000 acre coastal oak and long leaf pine area is being transformed into a budding housing development surrounding a 350 acre man-make lake.
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31042
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The yam is rising rapidly in North Carolina, with yields as high as 450 bushels on single acres. Among the leading producers, the competition is getting hot as the current yields are high above previous records thanks to a new variety developed at North Carolina State College.
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31043
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In Capitol Square in Raleigh, North Carolina lie some of the most intriguing buildings in the region. The Old Capitol has been the home of the Legislature from 1833 to 1963, when sessions were moved to the new $6 million Statehouse. The Revenue Building holds all the money paid to the State, both in the General Fund and money collected for the Highway Fund. Additionally, as 70 cents out of every dollar of the General Fund is spent on education offices for the State Board of Education are housed at the Education Building. Further, highway fund monies are collected by the Highway Commission whose offices reside int he Highway Building.
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