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11069
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St. Andrews Presbyterian College, founded in 1958, opened for classes in 1961. This article reviews the first ten years in the life of this Laurinburg institution.
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11070
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In this pictorial essay, Cozort and Elkins travel North Carolina's coastline from Duck in the north to Shallotte Point in the south and report on the economic development emerging in this virtually untapped resource.
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We the People of North Carolina
(NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 29 Issue 9, Sept 1971,
p21-25, 27-29, 31-33, il
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11071
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This article contains information on the desegregation status of North Carolina's 152 schools systems and the unanimous decision by the United States Supreme Court on busing in the case of Swann vs. Charlotte-Mecklenburg.
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11072
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Felix Harvey of Kinston is featured in this month's We The People Magazine's North Carolina Businessman in the News. He is a big businessman, as in being Chairman of the Board and recently-retired president of Georgia International Corporation in Atlanta, and a small businessman in Kinston, as in being the president of eight small companies in eastern North Carolina and an officer or director in ten others.
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11073
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This article profiles B. Everett Jordan, North Carolina's junior U.S. Senator. Thirteen years ago, Governor Luther Hodges appointed Jordan to fill the unexpired term of the late W. Kerr Scott.
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11074
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This article sums up the work of the 1971 North Carolina General Assembly in United States Congressional and state legislative reapportionment. The writers offer their views as to what may result politically and judicially from the creation of new districts.
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We the People of North Carolina
(NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 29 Issue 10, Oct 1971,
p23-25, 45-47, il, map
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11075
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This article contains information on the number of North Carolinians who are returning to bicycling either for pleasure, exercise, or just getting to work.
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11076
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Seby B. Jones is president and chairman of Davidson & Jones, Inc., a general contracting firm based in Raleigh, as well as president or partner in more than a dozen other building or developing ventures. He served two terms on the Raleigh City Council and one term as Raleigh mayor before retiring because of business demands. Jones is featured in this month's WE THE PEOPLE MAGAZINE's North Carolina Businessman in the News.
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11079
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Carolina Narrow Fabric Company was founded in 1928 in Winston-Salem. Its purpose was to weave insulating tapes of various widths and thicknesses for the electrical trade. Today it is a major supplier to the fields of electronics, recreation, ship building, aeronautics, medicine and textiles.
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11080
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First-Citizens Bank and Trust Company is North Carolina's largest State-chartered banking institution. Robert P. Holding, Sr., started the bank in Smithfield seventy-three years ago. When he died in 1957, his three sons took over the banking operations. Today, First-Citizens does business through 157 branch offices in sixty-four communities in thirty-six counties.
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We the People of North Carolina
(NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 29 Issue 11, Nov 1971,
p132-133, 235, il, por
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11081
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Cameron-Brown was founded in Raleigh in 1946 as the Fidelity Bond and Mortgage Company. it was originally started to make home loans to soldiers returning from World War II. Today it is one of the few mortgage companies in the country to service over $1 billion in real estate mortgages. This article presents information on how the company evolved to this level.
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We the People of North Carolina
(NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 29 Issue 11, Nov 1971,
p140-141, 237, il, por
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11082
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THE ASHEVILLE CITIZEN-TIMES (the CITIZEN being the morning paper, the TIMES the afternoon paper, and the CITIZEN-TIMES the Sunday) is a sizeable industry, employing about 350 people. This article presents information on the paper's growth and development.
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11083
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Southland Associates organized in Durham in 1903 under the name of Durham Reality and Insurance Company and is the city's oldest and largest real estate and insurance firm.
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11084
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Alcoa's Badin Works, located on the Yadkin River in northeastern Stanly County, is observing its fifty-fifth anniversary. The first pound of aluminum was produced there in 1916, and in 1969, over two hundred million pounds were produced and shipped. The Baden Works was the first, and the only, aluminum smelter in the state. Over eight hundred people work there, with a payroll in 1970 in excess of $7 million.
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We the People of North Carolina
(NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 29 Issue 11, Nov 1971,
p149-150, 251, il, por
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11085
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Burroughs-Wellcome, a manufacturer of fine pharmaceuticals, was founded in New York state in 1906. However, the company outgrew its location, and in 1969, decided to relocate to North Carolina. The corporate headquarters and research laboratories will be built in the Research Triangle Park near Raleigh and the manufacturing facility in Greenville.
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We the People of North Carolina
(NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 29 Issue 11, Nov 1971,
p152-154, 243, il, por
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