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31260
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Ideal Cement Company has a new plant at Castle Hayne to cook Eastern Carolina marl into high quality modern cement. The company will be turning out 3.5 million barrels of cement a year at Castle Hayne from an over over 450 foot long and 12 feet wide over, using 300 tons of coal and thousands of kilowatt hours of electricity a day.
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31264
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The battle continues in the long fight to provide tax relief for the costs of college education. A suggested amendment would provide an income tax credit for college costs, based on the first $1500 of tuition, fees, books, and supplies per student. The maximum credit would be $325, and can be available to anyone paying the costs: parents, students, etc.
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31265
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Meaning Dry Dust in Native American, Lake Mattamuskeet is a freshwater saucer thirteen miles long, five miles wide and less than six feet deep. Covering almost a sixth of Hyde County, North Carolina, Lake Mattamuskeet is the winter home of tens of thousands of Canadian Geese and a National Waterfowl Refuge. The Refuge is cooperatively managed for public hunting by the US Fish and Wildlife Service and NC Wildlife Resources Commission.
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31266
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North Carolina's newest and most modern state agency is setting up to shoot the state. The North Carolina Film Board is working to provide a first-class film library of North Carolina life. They are currently producing a dozen films interpreting Tar Heel citizens and changes taking place in the state.
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31267
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North Carolina's national and state parks from sea to mountains drew more visitors in 1963 than any other year in the state's history. Combined visitor counts for the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Blue Ridge Parkway, four national forests, 12 state parks, and Cape Hatteras National Seashore was over 19 million. This represented a gain of over 1.5 million visitors from 1962.
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31268
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The North Carolina legislature has added a total of 3,647 extra teachers to reduce the teacher-pupil load and improve public school instruction. But the teachers of the state believe the load is still too heavy, and smaller class size was the number one priority of two-thirds of the members of the NC Education Association.
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31269
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As the Outer Banks has become barren over time, losing its vegetation, the dunes have come alive and processes of movement have sped up due to storms along the coast. With the Outer Banks protecting more than 1.5 million acres of agriculture and forestry, there is argument for replanting of vegetation on the Outer Banks to provide critical stabilization.
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31270
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With the expected drop in 1964 tobacco income, North Carolina farmers have several opportunities to help them offset this drop. Given the state's farm economy, there is believed to be enough steam to absorb the tobacco cut without taking a dip in total farm income.
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31271
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The North Carolina Outer Banks and Cape Hatteras National Seashore is now receiving traffic thanks to a new bridge. The 2.5 mile long Bonner bridge has replaced the ferries across Oregon Inlet and Hatteras Island, and has made possible 24-hour access to and from Hatteras Island.
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31272
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Peanut growers in North Carolina are gaining a reputation for efficiency. In 1963, they set three new records including a new peanut production record for the United States. Thirty-nine peanut growers qualified for the Tow-Ton Peanut Club, 26 from Martin County, averaging over 2,000 pound yields per acre.
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31273
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With an influx of enrollment in North Carolina colleges, the cost of building up these institutions to take on the load is staggering. The taxpayer's share of operating costs for higher education jumped from $58.5 million to $83.2 million in just one biennium. But it is predicted that the need will require a doubled amount of funds to provide for broadening programs.
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31274
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Officials throughout the Appalachian region and nation's capital are putting a spotlight on North Carolina's Industrial Extension Service. The IES as been in operation since 1955 embracing studies and analyses for markets and products, product development, technical assistance, industrial film, publication distributions, and workshops and short courses.
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31275
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Wilmington and Morehead City, North Carolina have been proclaimed the fastest growing ports on the Atlantic. Sustained expansion of foreign trade is having an impact on activity at these sea ports, requiring extensive programs for renovation and expansion of cargo-handling facilities.
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31276
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Wildlife conservation in North Carolina in the past was generally a system of local self-government, but recognition of wildlife protection in the state began early. Local laws were many and diverse, and steadily the North Carolina General Assembly adopted state-wide regulations on conservation. With the development of state conservation laws and the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, conservation in the state focuses on regulation, enforcement, education, research, and management.
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31277
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Much more is being done in North Carolina's State Board of Health than most citizens realize. North Carolina's Board of Health provides services for sanitation, birth and death, rehabilitation, and anti-pollution. Funds for such services are provided through the Board of Health, and local communities also contribute 80% of financial support for local public health programs.
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