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31177
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There is green, bushy gold in the North Carolina mountains, estimated to be a $60 million business nationally and $15 million for the state. As of yet, North Carolina has not tapped the potential market in Christmas trees, but there are over 300 growers in the state, representing a 100% increase in the past four years. Thousands of Fraser firs, white pines, red cedars, and other species are being planted this spring to reap the returns come winter.
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31178
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In an annual bulletin published by the National Education Association, North Carolina drops rank from 30 to 34 among the states in a comparison of the average salary paid public school instructional personnel. Despite a massive infusion of state support to raise the average salary, the state rank droops back to where it was several years in lagging to keep up with other state salary averages.
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31181
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The North Carolina General Fund budget presented to legislature in February recommends an 18.1 percent increase in appropriations for operations. This combined with a increase in spending voted upon in 1961 will result in General Fund tax spending in the new biennium at a rate of $1.64 for every dollar spent in the last biennium. In other words, a 64.6 percent hike in General Fund tax support for budgeting operations.
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31182
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Despite being a primary concern of North Carolina's Governor Sanford, public schools are getting a smaller share of the General Fund than received under previous administrations. This is due to the sharp decline in pupil attendance, and the millions usually spent on pupils will become available to help pay for teacher salary increases and other public school improvements. In turn, more funds are left over from sales tax to pay for expansions and improvements in other state operations.
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31183
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The North Carolina General Assembly meets for the 1963 session with new and returning members of both the Senate the House of Representatives. Thomas Clarence Stone was chosen as the 1963 President of the Senate while Herbert Clifton Blue is the Speaker of the House. Numerous committees in the Senate and House will tackle the budget, agriculture, education, the constitution, highway safety, and federal relations among many others.
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31185
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With the convening of the 1963 North Carolina General Assembly, the new Edward Durrell Stone-designed Legislative Building in Raleigh, North Carolina will open on February 6th. It is the first building ever constructed by a state for exclusive use of its legislature. Costing nearly $6 million, it will complement the old State Capitol Building which continues to house the Governor's Office and offices of the Executive Branch.
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31186
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Costing nearly $6 million all together, the new Legislative Building in Raleigh, North Carolina is huge but handsome, spacious but vibrant, exotic but familiar. The architects, contractors, and building commission all had active parts in the creation of the building, with Rea Construction Company of Charlotte at the helm.
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31187
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The Carolinas Virginia Nuclear Power Associates power plant, located in Parr, South Carolina and the first in the southeast, is now critical and achieved the production of electricity with atomic fuel. A controlled chain reaction was produced for the first time in March, an heralds in a new era in electric power generating techniques for the region.
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31188
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Peanuts have risen from being a cheap but highly nutritious food source, to North Carolina's number three cash crop. During the American Civil War, peanuts became a delight of Union soldiers in the south, and after the War the word spread and the demand grew. Peanut production has expanded rapidly, and six counties in the northeastern region of North Carolina grow 70 percent of peanuts produced in the state, valued at more than $40 million a year.
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31192
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A new proposal argues that states should allow tax credits for general purpose contributions to private colleges and universities in order to maintain the dual system of higher education and the interest of public economy.
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31193
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North Carolina's public school classroom teachers now have a new high salary, estimated at $4,975. However, compared to the per captia income for the state, it is little better than comparative figures from two fifteen years ago.
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31194
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More than 412,000 people in North Carolina are now getting old-age, survivors, and disability insurance through the Federal Social Security program. This amounts to approximately $262.8 million a year, and this was an increase of about 12.3 percent of the past year.
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31195
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The idea of free public schools found favor with North Carolina legislators as early as the eighteenth century. Ordered by the Colonial General Assembly in May of 1760 during the administration of Royal Governor Arthur Dobbs in address to King George II, free public schools had a sympathetic interest early in North Carolina's history.
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31199
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About 9800 acres of cabbage, valued at $2 million, were grown in North Carolina in 1961. But there has been difficulty for some cabbage growers in getting sufficient hand labor, about 160 man-hours now required to produce an acre of cabbage. Therefore, agricultural engineers at North Carolina State College are developing a mechanical harvester that should cut the number of hours required to produce cabbage.
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31224
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There have been four major trends in state taxation over the years, and can be seen in North Carolina's tax system as well. First, the distribution of tax impact has show a ratio of total support in favor of steady relief of property tax. This was followed by the progressive versus proportional taxation, where the state has had only two opportunities to introduce progressive tax structures--personal income tax, and estate and inheritance tax. The third trend was the development of local non-property taxes due to pressure on property tax following World War II, excessive pressure on state broad-based taxes, and the failure of state aid to bring financial support to municipalities. The final trend has been the impact of tax sacrifice.
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