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11276
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J. Howard Coble is Governor Holshouser's Secretary of Revenue. He heads a department of approximately one thousand people who collect the revenues that enable the state government to operate. Coble is discussed in this ongoing series of brief profiles of major newly elected and appointed state officials.
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11277
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Hertzman discusses a 15th Century painting, Madonna and Child with Saints and Donor, and three other Nativity masterpieces that were donated to the North Carolina Museum of Art by North Carolina corporations.
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11327
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Manfred W. Emmrich is the new chairman of the Employment Security Commission. He is discussed in this ongoing series of brief profiles of major newly elected and appointed state officials.
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11329
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Camp Willow Run, located on Lake Gaston a few miles from Littleton, has a unique feature. The sleeping arrangements are fourteen Southern Railway retired box cars that have been paneled, air-conditioned, and made habitable for sleeping. A second fleet of retired cars from the Norfolk and Western Railway are waiting to be refurbished. All the normal recreational facilities and activities of a summer camp are available at Willow Run.
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11330
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W. Scott Harvey heads the North Carolina Department of Commerce; this department administers ten authorities, boards, and commissions whose decisions will affect most North Carolinians at one time or another. Harvey is discussed in this ongoing series of brief profiles of major newly elected and appointed state officials.
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11331
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J. D. Pickard is president and chief executive officer of Piedmont Natural Gas Company in Charlotte. He is featured in this month's WE THE PEOPLE MAGAZINE's North Carolina Businessman in the News.
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11332
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The name of this commission is misleading; it has nothing to do with industry, such as locations for plants or state assistance to new and expanding industries. Its main function is administration of the Workmen's Compensation Act and adjudication of disputed claims under the act.
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11333
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In January 1973, Jesse Helms became the first Republican United States Senator from North Carolina to take his seat in Congress since the late 19th-century. This article examines what he did during his first year.
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11336
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William R. Schultz heads Kelly-Springfield Tire Company's newest plant near Fayetteville in Cumberland County. Schultz is featured in this month's We the People of North Carolina magazine's Businessman in the News.
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11339
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The late Senator B. Everett Jordan is remembered in this tribute
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11340
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When W. Roger Soles graduated from college twenty-seven years ago, he went to work for the Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Company in Greensboro. Today he is president and chief executive officer of both Jefferson Standard and its parent company, Jefferson-Pilot Corporation. Soles is featured in We the People of North Carolina magazine's Businessman in the News.
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11341
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Addison H. Reese, former chairman of the board and director of North Carolina National Bank, and chairman of the board, director, and CEO of NCNB Corporation of Charlotte, was honored with the 33rd annual Citation for Distinguished Citizenship given by the North Carolina Citizens for Business and Industry.
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11342
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The North Carolina Citizens Association presented its sixth annual Citation for Distinguished Public Service to William C. Friday, president of the University of North Carolina.
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11343
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Twenty years ago Jack Guy started reviving the art of making folk toys, like a gee haw whimmy diddle or flipper dingers. Most of the toys date back 200 years. He sold at first to tourists, but the demand became so great that he hired mountains folks to carve the toys. By 1971, RTC Industries was distributing the toys nationally. Blue Ridge Cottage Industries, Inc., of Boone, which markets Jack Guy Folk Toys nationwide, succeeded it.
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11344
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Leon G. Alexander is president and chairman of the WIX Corporation in Gastonia. The business, which began operation in 1939, manufactures over 3,000 filter products for a variety of automotive and industrial purposes. Alexander is featured in this month's We the People of North Carolina magazine's Businessman in the News.
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