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11390
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This year's North Carolina Citizens Association's Citation for Distinguished Citizenship was presented to Raymond A. Bryan. Bryan, a native of Sampson County, is considered one of the master builders of the state and region. Among the major projects that he has organized or been a principal builder are Raleigh's Cameron Village and North Hills Shopping Center.
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11395
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The North Carolina Citizens Association presented its annual Citation for Distinguished Public Service to United States Senator Sam J. Ervin Jr. In 1965, he was awarded the organization's Distinguished Citizenship Citation. He is the only person to have received both Association honors.
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11396
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James B. Powers is chairman, president, and chief executive officer of Planters National Bank and Trust Company. Planters Bank is one of North Carolina's larger banks. Powers is featured in We the People of North Carolina magazine's Businessman in the News.
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11397
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The highest coastal sand dune in the nation is the 140-foot tall Jockey's Ridge, which is located at Nags Head on North Carolina's Outer Banks. This article contains information on the conservation campaign led by Carolista and Walter Baum to save the dune and make a state park out of it.
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11398
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Pianos can die from too much dryness or too much moisture. Enter Hendersonville inventor Allen M. Foote, who solved the moisture problem. Foote invented a miniature heating rod in 1947 to remove the excessive dampness out of pianos. He has subsequently sold over a million of the units worldwide.
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11399
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The 1975 North Carolina General Assembly has fifteen women members. This article provides a brief profile on each of them.
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11400
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Now in her seventh term, Representative Nancy Winbon Chase of Wayne County has served longer in the North Carolina General Assembly than any other woman. During two of her terms she was the lone woman legislator among 119 males. Chase discusses her time in the legislature.
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11401
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Only twice in the state's history have both a father and his son held the governorship. In the early days it was Robert Dobbs Spaight and R. D. Spaight, Jr. of Craven County. In recent times it was William Kerr Scott of Alamance County, 1949-1953, and his son Robert Walter Scott, 1969-1973. The younger Scott relates some of his memories of his father.
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11415
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On December 1, 1941, R. Y. Sharpe opened his business, Pilot Freight Carriers, Inc., in Winston-Salem. Today, the company, still family-owned, is among the country's major truck lines. Pilot has forty-four terminals along its routes, with 850 tractors, 1,700 trailers, and other specialized carriers to move the freight. The staff numbers around 2,200. Sharpe, president of the company, is featured in We the People of North Carolina magazine's Businessman in the News.
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11416
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Jacob F. Alexander is Governor James Holshouser's third Secretary of Transportation in the space of two years. He discusses upcoming issues and programs in the department.
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11417
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On July 1, 1975, the reorganized Department of Transportation came into being. It had been operating on an interim basis since 1973, until the General Assembly passed on the final details. This article presents information on the department.
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11418
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There are twenty-four railroad companies operating in North Carolina, from the Aberdeen and Rockfish (46.92 miles) to the Yancey Railroad (12.83 miles). Gross revenues amounted to $227 million in 1972 in North Carolina alone. However, profits are not as bountiful as passenger travel declines and fuel prices go up. This article examines some of the problems facing railroads.
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11419
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Currently housed at Duke University, the National Driving Center will move to its new home in the Research Triangle Park at the end of 1975. The center is the \"only safety organization in the country that is devoted specifically to the driver and to the aspects of driving that he affects and that affect him.\"
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We the People of North Carolina
(NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 33 Issue 7, July 1975,
p50-51, 97-98, il, por
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11420
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Warren H. Wheeler was a Piedmont Airlines pilot six years ago. Wheeler Flying Service was a sideline one pilot (himself) and one plane. Today he still flies for Piedmont, but his company, Wheeler Airlines has eleven planes and twenty-eight employees. Wheeler is a commuter airline serving North Carolina and Norfolk, Virginia with twelve flights daily.
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11421
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The Carolina Motor Club, headquartered in Charlotte, organized in 1922 under the direction of Coleman W. Roberts. The club was an early pioneer in the field of tourism in a time when most travelers just passed through the state.
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