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31045
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By the end of 1962, at least two Project Telstar experimental satellites, part of the Bell Telephone system repearter satellite program, will have been spun into orbit as a result of recent development in space technology. for more than 20,000 Bell System employees in North Carolina under Western Electric, the experiments highlight a year of space exploration as the first orbit of the earth by an American is scheduled as well.
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31048
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One of the bills before Congress this spring is HR 7640. Introduced in 1961, the bills seeks to make permanent the temporary tax rate of 0.4 percent. The temporary increase was estimated to cost North Carolina $19 million with the majority of benefits going to northern industrial states. The bill would also seek to make permanent a 50 percent increase in the number of weeks for which benefits are paid, and increase the benefits to a maximum of two-thirds the average weekly wage.
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31049
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For the eighth time in 12 years, the social security tax has increased. The latest tax rate increased enacted by the last Congress will amount to one-eighth of one percent on employees and a like amount for employers. The new law also schedules three additional rate increases to occur by 1968.
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31050
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With the pine products factory, Mayleck Industries, and Wingate Junior College, the region's youth are staying put in Wingate, North Carolina. With additional opportunities for recreation and improved facilities and business development, many find little reason to leave.
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31051
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According to the State College Department of Field Crops, the highest crop yields in the state for six principal cops range from twice to four times as much as the state average. Tobacco, corn, cotton, peanuts, soybeans, and wheat are averaging 129 to 238 percent of the state average yields on Experiment Station plots, while many farmers are doing just as well.
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31052
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Similar to previous years, there is a remarkable agreement among forecasters as to the general direction of business activity for the coming year. The consensus is that 1962 will be a good year despite many overhanging economic problems. Many agree that 1962 has a potential to be substantially better than the previous year, but very few see the possibility of a super boom or speculative excess.
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31056
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The total enrollment in North Carolina higher education public schools has increased by 41.9% from 1946 to 1962, while the total for non-public schools has risen by 33.6%. Additionally, enrollment in public junior colleges has increased over 80% for this period.
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31060
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A growing number of North Carolina's cities, towns, and counties plan their development and growth through organizations. Community planning programs development plans and arrange solutions for growth problems, and are provided funding through Federal and state governmental grants such as the Housing and Home Finance Agency or the Division of Community Planning of the State Department of Conservation and Development.
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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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31062
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The Tar Heel economy took a $207 million whack from traffic accidents last year. The immense dollar loss came from highway deaths, injuries, hospital and funeral expenses, loss of income, property damage, and lawsuits. The year's traffic toll included 1,254 fatalities, and over 34,000 injuries, with 60,000 mishaps reported. Only four of the 100 counties in the state escaped without a fatality from traffic accidents.
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31066
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In comparing net sales and use tax collections for 1961-1962 with the fiscal year 1960-1961, there is a $22,364,623, or 25% increase. The total amount collection reached $111,685,585, with the largest amounts collected from Mecklenburg, Forsythe, Guilford, and Wake counties.
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31067
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Scientists at the North Carolina State College are shedding light on an important mystery of the tobacco plant--the source of its smell. Related to the tobacco gums secreted by the leaf hairs, tobacco's aroma can be studied using the chemistry of the trichomes.
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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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31069
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Although almost unknown before 1945, particle board production has become a shining start of the North Carolina wood products industry. With wide uses, North Carolina alone has 13 particle board plants, and sales are worth more than $1.4 million a year, outpaced only by Oregon.
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31074
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In honor of the late North Carolina Governor, William B. Umstead, East Carolina College dedicated Umstead Hall in this memory. North Carolina State Treasurer Edwin Gill gave a speech in Greenville on Umstead's history and dedication to the state.
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