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Stencel Aero Engineering Corporation of Arden makes a unique piece of furniture. Costing between $25,000 to $30,000, it is a comfortable, well-padded seat that is part of an aircrew automated escape system. So successful has Stencel been in contract competition with companies like Douglass Aircraft that it is now the world's leading manufacturer of military ejection seats.
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11584
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Lewis S. Morris has had a forty-year career in the textile industry. Today he is chairman and chief executive officer of Cone Mills Corporation in Greensboro. He is featured in We the People of North Carolina magazine's Businessman in the News.
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11585
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Bradham recounts the history of the Green Park Hotel in Blowing Rock. Built in 1882, the hotel survives from a period when every mountain town and every Piedmont spring had a large hotel for vacationers. This year marks its ninety-fourth year of continuous operation.
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11586
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The North Carolina Citizens Association presented this year's Citation for Distinguished Citizenship to Allen H. Sims, a retired Gastonia banker and industrialist.
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11587
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The North Carolina Citizens Association presented its annual Citation for Distinguished Public Service to North Carolina Supreme Court Chief Justice William H. Bobbitt. He became an associate justice in 1954 and chief justice in 1970.
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11588
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Carowinds, a $40 million themed amusement park south of Charlotte, is three years old. This article contains information on how successful the project has been.
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11589
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John L. (Buck) Fraley is chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Carolina Freight Carriers. Headquartered in Cherryville in Gaston County, the company is one of the nation's largest freight handlers, with over 5,000 tractor/trailers and straight trucks based in sixty terminals in twenty states. Fraley is featured in We the People of North Carolina magazine's Businessman in the News.
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11590
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The nine Republican and Democrat candidates for Governor present their views on state transportation policy. The Democrat candidates are Andy Barker, Jim Hunt, Ed O'Herron, Tom Strickland, and George Wood. Republican candidates are Jake Alexander, Dave Flaherty, Wallace McCall and Coy Privette.
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We the People of North Carolina
(NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 34 Issue 7, July 1976,
p20-21, 23-24, 88, por
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11591
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As State Highway Administrator, Billy Rose is the ranking career official of the Division of Highways of the North Carolina Department of Transportation. In this We the People of North Carolina interview, Rose discusses increasing gas taxes because of the Arab oil embargo; mass transit; and secondary road paving.
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11592
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The Family Lines System, which is composed of five of the country's railroads, operates almost 1,900 miles of track in North Carolina. This is almost half of the state's total of 4,115 rail miles. The railroads are Seaboard Coast Line, Louisville & Nashville, Clinchfield, Georgia, and West Point.
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11593
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J.A. Hackney & Sons started in Washington, North Carolina in 1946. The company is not to be confused with Hackney Bros. Body Company in Wilson, which specializes in refrigerated van bodies. The companies are separate but are managed by cousins. The Washington company manufactures more truck bodies for delivery of beverages than any other company in the country.
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11594
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In 1895 in High Point, A. O. Redding began making household furniture under the name of Alma Furniture Company. In 1904, Charles E. Hayworth, at age twenty-two, founded the Hayworth Roll and Panel Company which was located next door to the Alma Furniture. When Redding died in 1921, Hayworth purchased Alma at auction. Today he is president of Alma Desk Company and other companies that comprise Hayworth Industries.
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11595
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Harold P. Hornaday has held the titles of president, chairman, chief executive officer of Cannon Mills. In the eighty-nine year of the company, he is only the fourth man to direct its operations. Hornaday is featured in We the People of North Carolina magazine's Businessman in the News.
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11596
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Jack C. Cluen is president of Carolina Telephone and Telegraph in Tarboro, the state's second largest telephone enterprise. The company serves about 400,000 customers in the eastern part of the state and employs around 4,500. Cluen is featured in We the People of North Carolina magazine's Businessman in the News.
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11597
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Edwin L. Jones Jr. is president of J. A. Jones Construction Company. James Addison Jones, a brick mason, founded the company in the late 1890s. Today it is one of the world's largest construction companies. Jones is featured in We the People of North Carolina magazine's Businessman in the News.
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We the People of North Carolina
(NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 34 Issue 10, Oct 1976,
p12, 14, 16, 198, 200-202, por
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