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11225
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Since 1969, Ronald F. Scott has worked for North Carolina as its state planning officer. Scott discusses land use planning and the effect of the three new land use bills.
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We the People of North Carolina
(NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 31 Issue 11, Nov 1973,
p85-86, 239-240, il, por
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11226
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The Land Conservancy Bill was introduced in the 1973 North Carolina General Assembly. The purpose is to level the playing field when the state is competing with private buyers to buy land for uses such as preservation or limited recreational development. The bill creates the North Carolina Land Conservancy Corporation, a nonprofit organization which would have the authority to acquire land for the state or to sell the state's land with approval of the General Assembly.
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11227
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North Carolina's U.S. Senators and five members of the Congressional delegation share their views on land use planning at the state level. They are Senators Sam Ervin, Jr. and Jesse Helms and Congressmen David Henderson, Walter B. Jones, Richardson Preyer, Charlie Rose, and Roy A. Taylor.
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11228
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Prior to being appointed Secretary of the Department of Natural and Economic Resources, James Harrington was an official of Pinehurst, Inc., six of them as president, and then six years as an official at Sugar Mountain Resort. He discusses industrial development plans and policies in the new administration.
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11229
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This article provides an account of the growth of industries with 300 or more employees since 1960 and a map indicating where they are located.
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11231
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John T. Minges was elected mayor of Rocky Mount in 1964 and is retiring this year after serving five terms. He is the single individual most responsible for ushering the city of 40,000 into the Age of the New South. Minges discusses his tenure as mayor, his role in turning a city from a \"one-crop town\" into a city and how other cities might achieve the same results.
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We the People of North Carolina
(NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 31 Issue 11, Nov 1973,
p108-109, 262-264, por
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11232
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This article presents information on North Carolina's chances of getting an offshore oil terminal and whether it is to the state's advantage to have one.
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11233
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The Conover Manufacturing Company, with headquarters in Conover, began operations as the Conover Glove Manufacturing Company in 1961. Today the company's plants employ over 700 people, and its product line is one of the most complete lines of work gloves produced by any one company in the country.
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11234
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Adams Concrete Products Company was founded in Willow Springs in 1946, by T. Floyd Adams Sr. and his son Rod D. At that time the company produced one form of concrete masonry unit. Today the company markets over 150 shapes, sizes and colors of concrete masonry. The main office has since moved to Raleigh, and the company has seven production facilities throughout the state.
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11235
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In February 1971, RCA began manufacturing its Permacolor line of outdoor antennas in Asheville. The plant is located in Swannanoa and employs 150 people. The company also makes indoor antennas and an outdoor antenna with a built-in rotator.
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11236
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The Mount Oliver Pickle Company, in Mt. Olive, is one of the largest operating from a single plant in the industry. The company sells primarily along the Eastern Seaboard, with heavy sale in North and South Carolina and Virginia. The company sells more pickles in these three states than all other pickle firms combined.
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11237
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Jesse Ware had an idea to apply modern technology and machinery in the construction of an old-time favorite, - the log cabin. Carolina Log Buildings, located in Fletcher, a subsidiary of Vermont Log Buildings, is the outgrowth of that vision. The company produces pre-cut log packages; for example, there are twenty-six basic packages available, including a motel, restaurants, lodge, and nineteen different model homes.
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11238
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Standard Electric Company of Rocky Mount began in 1923 and specialized in electrical contracting only. The company is celebrating its fiftieth anniversary and recorded over $2 million in sales last year. Service divisions of the company now include heating, air conditioning, electrical, plumbing and piping, and security systems.
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11239
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Peoples Bank and Trust Company, founded in 1942, has headquarters in Rocky Mount. The bank has thirty-seven offices in twenty-one eastern North Carolina counties. Serving an area from Roxboro to Elizabeth City, the bank provides full-service banking to this agricultural area.
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11240
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Houston Brisson founded his company, Peanut Processors, Inc., located in Duplin in 1961. Three plants dry, salt, inspect, grade, package, and ship the product, \"Houston's Roasted Peanuts,\" to all parts of the country. His company is recognized as the largest producer of salted-in-the-shell peanuts in the nation. An estimated 95 percent of the company's production is shipped outside of North Carolina.
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