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10465
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A. C. Monk, Sr. founded A.C. Monk and Company in Farmville in 1907. The company inventories one of the largest selections of leaf tobacco in the world and employs a workforce of over 1,800 during the tobacco season, which runs from July through December.
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10466
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Three Proctor-Silex plants in North Carolina, located at Mt. Airy, Southern Pines, and Lexington, produce a number of household items, such as toasters, steam and dry irons, as well as industrial machines. The company employs hundreds of North Carolinians as well as contributing millions of dollars to the state's payroll.
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10467
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Ten years ago Marshall Rauch founded Pyramid Mills at Bessemer City as a textile novelty firm. Today, the mill employs a workforce of 245. In 1967, the company produced forty-eight million Christmas tree ornaments made of polyestene and satin thread.
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10468
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In this ongoing series of articles, Tucker discusses paintings and sculptures in the North Carolina Museum of Art. This month's work is Bernardino Lanino's altarpiece, THE MADONNA, SAINTS AND DONORS. The painting is a gift of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation.
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10469
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In this ongoing series of articles, Tucker discusses paintings and sculptures in the North Carolina Museum of Art. This month's work is The Grand Canyon by Elliott Daingerfield. The museum acquired this painting with funds from the 1947 General Assembly appropriation.
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10470
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The first Greater Greensboro Open was played March 26, 1938, with a total purse of $5,000. Sam Snead, an up-and-coming West Virginia golfer, won the top prize of $1,200. Today, the tournament attracts the world's greatest golfers, celebrities like Bob Hope, galleries of 75,000 golf enthusiasts, and top prize money. It is one of North Carolina's and one of the Southeast's top sports attractions.
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10471
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In this ongoing series of articles, Tucker discusses paintings and sculptures in the North Carolina Museum of Art. This month's work is Sir Thomas Lawrence's portrait of Antonio Canova. The museum acquired the painting through donors, Mr. and Mrs. John A. Kellenberger of Greensboro, and the State Art Purchase Fund.
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10472
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Harold W. Whitcomb, Board Chairman and Chairman of the Executive Committee for Fieldcrest Mills, Inc. in Eden, is featured in We The People Magazine's North Carolina Businessman in the News.
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10473
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Following the murder of Dr. Martin Luther King on April 4, 1968, violence flared across the nation. In North Carolina, fifty localities experienced disturbances, but there were no deaths and a limited number of injuries. This article recounts those days and how Raleigh mayor Travis Tomlinson handled the situation in the capital city.
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10474
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After the murder of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., racial disturbances across North Carolina caused an estimated $5.5 million in damages. This article examines the cost to four sections of the state: state government, local government, mercantile establishments and other businesses, and private citizens.
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10475
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Nello L. Teer, Jr., president of Nello L. Teer Company and its affiliates, is featured in WE THE PEOPLE MAGAZINE'S \"North Carolina Businessman in the News\". The company owns its own railroad (Durham and Southern); operates a large stone quarrying and crushing business; and a construction company. Nello L. Teer Sr. started the business in 1909 with a team of mules.
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10476
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Although passenger travel has declined on railroads, freight tonnage has increased, rising from 70.5 million tons in 1960 to 96.7 tons in 1965. Today twenty-seven railroads operate in the state on 4,408 miles of track. Only seven of North Carolina's one hundred counties have no railroad track mileage now in use.
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10477
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American Enka Corporation came to Asheville in 1928 and later moved its corporate headquarters there. The company produces mostly rayon. After a career with Hercules, Inc., Philip Barton Stull came to Asheville in 1959 as president and board chairman. When he stepped down as president in 1967, gross income had risen from $95 million in 1962 to $185 million by 1967. Total employment rose from 6,300 to 10,000 for the same period due to expanded production.
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10478
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North Carolina's coastline has experienced a construction boom in the 1960s. The development is located in three coastal areas: the northern coast (Dare County); the middle coast (Carteret and Pender Counties); and the lower coast (New Hanover and Brunswick Counties). We the People of North Carolina conducted an informal survey of developers, mayors, and chamber of commerce officials to determine to some degree the extent of the boom.
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10479
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Four Wilmington men are developing what may become the most ultra-private, ultra-exclusive residential property on the entire East Coast--Figure Eight Island, which lies just north of Wrightsville Beach. Cash is no guarantee of a purchase; each offer to purchase is screened by the corporation owning the island. Those who are approved must then submit house plans for approval.
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