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31226
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Between 1943 and 1962, wages in North Carolina have gone up considerably, as well as the number of people employed. In 1943, the total payroll was over $806 million, but in 1962 the payroll was well over $3 billion. Additionally, due to the increase in employs in the state, more taxes paid by employers are added to the state tax reserve for unemployment benefits.
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31227
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The North Carolina State Treasurer has more ex officio duties than any other officer of the State except the Governor. Those duties include the State Treasurer as guardian of the public credit, investment of idle state funds, issues state bonds and notes, and advises the Governor on all things financial.
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31230
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Established in 1941 by the North Carolina General Assembly, the Teachers' and State Employees' Retirement System is based on the principle of justice for poorly paid state employees and a measure of freedom from the apprehension of old age and disability. Today, the primary purposes are to provide benefits for retirement, assure career servants of the state a form of deferred compensation, and coordinate the Social Security program.
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31241
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North Carolina's original approach to highway construction was connecting county seat to county seat and principle towns via a primary system. These roads were built from 1920 to 1940, and sufficient to meet the needs of later decades. However, after World War II, there was a tremendous need to build secondary and rural roads. With the focus on secondary roads, the primary road program has been neglected, despite increased traffic and a rising death toll on the highways.
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31242
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The system of interstate highways was envisioned by Congress in the 1940s. Of the total system, 775 miles of interstate highway have been designated in North Carolina, and almost half of this is already open to traffic.
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31243
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The accelerated construction and maintenance of North Carolina's highways requires vast amounts of stone in many varieties and sizes. Superior Stone Company, a division of Martin Marietta Corporation, has been a pioneer in crushed stone, sand and gravel for highway construction use. Operating out of Raleigh under President W. Trent Ragland, Jr., the company prospects for, locates, quarries, crushes, blends, and sells stone in many forms for constructions projects across the southeast.
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31244
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T.A. Loving and Company is an old hand at pushing upward both North Carolina's curve of progress and curve showing highway mileage built. Anyone traveling over bridges at Morehead City, Manteo, Alligator River, or the Albemarle Sound has first hand experience in the workmanship of T.A. Loving and Co, which has operated in North Carolina since 1925.
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31245
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1962 set a new record in North Carolina when tourists left behind $270 million dollars, contributing 89 million to personal income and 18 million to the state revenue. Together, tourists provided $445 million to the industry in North Carolina, 6% above 1961.
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31246
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A king-sized museum trailer has been heading down the highways of North Carolina. It contains displays depicting facts of North Carolina's first one hundred years. Sponsored by the Carolina Charter Tercentenary Commission, the mobile museum details North Carolina from Carolina Charter in 1663 to 1763.
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31247
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Just three miles north of Wilmington, North Carolina, the Carolina Nitrogen Corporation's multi-million dollar chemical plant is forming a new skyline. Dredging of the Cape Fear River will allow ocean going ships to bring in raw materials to the plant later this year, and the plant will product nitrogen for the growing agricultural and industrial markets of the southeast.
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31248
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The name Branch Banking and Trust Company rings well in the ears of many North Carolinians. The institution, established in 1872, had grown into one of the state's leading financial giants, spreading across eastern North Carolina from Wilson. Furthermore, it was one of the only banks that didn't go 'busted' in North Carolina when the Great Depression hit in the early 1930s.
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31249
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In the number of teachers produced in 1961-1962, East Carolina College led all colleges in North Carolina, followed by Appalachian State. But Appalachian State ranked number one in the number of new teacher graduates who accepted jobs in North Carolina public schools.
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31250
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With a fast-growing population, rising personal incomes, and increasing market demand, North Carolina and other parts of the southeast stand to benefit from closing the gap between production and consumption of pork and beef. There are billions of dollars in opportunities for southern farmers and meat processors to share in the business of putting steak, pork chops, and ham on the tables of millions of families.
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31257
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In an age-old struggle for government and business offices, papers pile up into mountains. But North Carolina is facing the struggle, and plans to win it with a specially designated building--the State Records Center. On more than 10 miles of shelves, the State Department of Archives and History stores and services 29000 cubic feet of inactive records for state agencies.
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31258
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According to data compiled by the Tax Foundation, Inc., it cost approximately $45 billion a year to meet the payroll for the 9.5 million federal, state, and local government civilian employees. More than one out of every seven employed persons in the US today work for their federal, state, or local government. And nationwide, 39 cents out of every $1 of every state and local government spending goes to the salaries of public employees.
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