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This article presents information on the economic potential of the seafood industry in North Carolina, which has rich resources of inshore and offshore coastal fishing territory. The question is often asked, why, if there are such resources, can't the state keep, process, and sell more of its catch at home? Also included is information on what would be required to turn the community of Wanchese at the southern end of Roanoke Island into an economically important fishing port.
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The North Carolina General Assembly passed the Coastal Area Management Act in 1974 to control development along the state's coast. This article provides an analysis of the controversial law.
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In this first in a series, We the People of North Carolina magazine plans to tell the story of corporate activity in the arts within our state. Lewis describes the art collection of Wachovia Bank.
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Black Lake, a 1,400-acre lake in Bladen County, was for years uninviting, unsought, and unwanted. Renamed Bay Tree Lake, the body of water is now the center of a planned 15,000-acre year-round resort. The resort is designed for families who want a second home, or for those who want their primary home in a year-round resort atmosphere.
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Edward I. Weisiger is president of Carolina Tractor and Equipment Company. Three businessmen founded the company in Salisbury in 1926 to sell Caterpillar equipment, making it one of the oldest Caterpillar dealers in the country. Weisiger assumed the presidency from his father in 1965.
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The automobile was in its infancy in the state in 1909 when the General Assembly passed a law levying a registration tax on motor vehicles. That was the beginning of highway user taxes in the state. Today this program brings in $400 million a year, and every person, business, or corporation owning or operating a motor vehicle in the state contributes to it. This article presents information on what these taxes were, are, and what they could become.
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Billy Rose is Director of Highways, the highest ranking career post in the North Carolina Department of Transportation's Office of Highways. In this We the People of North Carolina interview, Rose discusses revenue problems, construction cutbacks, and the possibility of tax increases.
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We the People of North Carolina
(NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 32 Issue 7, July 1974,
p35-36, 112-114, il, por
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In addition to his duties as executive director of the North Carolina Service Station Association, Avery Upchurch owns and operates service stations in Raleigh. He went into business for himself in 1953. In this We the People of North Carolina interview, Upchurch discusses the current gasoline shortages in the nation and North Carolina.
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William J. Kennedy III is president of North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company. The company, the largest African American-managed financial institution in the country and one of the largest in the world, is marking its 75th anniversary this year. Kennedy is featured in this month's We the People of North Carolina magazine's Businessman in the News.
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In the last two hundred years, fifteen earthquakes have occurred in the Southeastern states. North Carolina had four, and seven others were less than ninety miles from the state's borders. Stewart discusses the possibility of more.
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In 1969, Bob Timberlake took six of his paintings and drove to Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, to show them to the famous painter Andrew Wyeth. Wyeth advised him to go home and devote himself fulltime to painting. In 1970, at age 33, Timberlake left a successful business career to follow Wyeth's advice. In a few short years he has gained the reputation of being the most popular realist painter in the South.
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Amundson discusses how conservation efforts at the Weldon Hatchery are assisting in the preservation of striped bass, or rockfish, in the Roanoke River. The hatchery is the world's first and oldest striped bass hatchery.
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11357
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Moussa M. Domit, who is the new director of the North Carolina Museum of Art, discusses his plans for the future of the museum.
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Mars Hill College, which opened in 1856, is one of the state's oldest educational institutions. This article contains information on the history of the school and the challenging new program the school is instituting which is believed to be unique in the nation.
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Gilbert M. Dorland is president of Carolina Steel Corporation, the country's fifth largest industry of its sort in steel fabrication. He is featured in We the People of North Carolina magazine's Businessman in the News.
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