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11741
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Hugh Murray opened his insurance business at a dismal time in North Carolina's history, the Great Depression. Banks were closing, and people were struggling to make ends meet. Still his company, Associated Insurers, Inc., survived and today is one of the largest insurance brokerage firms in the Southeast.
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11759
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We the People of North Carolina began publication in 1943. The magazine was launched by an organization that was itself only a few months old, the North Carolina Citizens Association, Inc. This article presents information on the history of the publication and some of the people who were important in its development.
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11760
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This article presents information of the advertisers in We the People of North Carolina magazine over the last thirty-five years.
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11761
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This article presents an assessment of Governor James B. Hunt's first year in office.
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11762
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With the long controversy over site location now over, construction has begun on the new North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh. Location was a choice between downtown and a suburban one, with the suburban one the final choice. When completed, the museum will have 170,000 total square feet, with 50,000 square feet of exhibition space.
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11763
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Sidney L. Alderman founded the Alderman Company, a photography company, in Greensboro in 1898, and later moved to High Point to serve the growing furniture industry. Today his grandson, Sidney A. Gayle, heads the company that has become the largest still photographer in the nation and one of North Carolina's largest printers.
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11764
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North Carolina's industrial and engineering history is an important part of the state's heritage. Schumann describes a new program designed by the North Carolina State Archives and History Department that will identify and preserve vintage industrial sites.
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11765
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Sign Art of Charlotte specializes in unusual custom commercial signs and their installation. Company president Zeke Foard worked as a helper for twenty-three years for Grady Sign Company. In 1964, he and his wife Nancy purchased the company. Since then company has expanded sales from $100,000 in 1964 to $1 million in 1977.
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11766
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The North Carolina Citizens Association presented this year's Citation for Distinguished Public Service to Albert Coates.
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11767
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This year's North Carolina Citizens Association's Citation for Distinguished Citizenship was presented to John F. Watlington, Jr., an executive with Wachovia Bank & Trust Company.
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11768
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Shearon Harris, the chairman and chief executive officer of Carolina Power & Light Company, became, on May 2, 1978, the chairman of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, the largest and most influential business federation in the nation.
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11769
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In Part One of this series, Schumann discussed a new program designed by the North Carolina State Archives and History Department that will identify and preserve vintage industrial sites and covered several early industries. In this concluding part, Schumann covers other manufacturing enterprises, power resources, and transportation.
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11770
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This article recounts a successful performance by the North Carolina Symphony at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. The event follows up on their first out-of-state trip in March 1977 to Carnegie Hall in New York.
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11771
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Figure Eight Island, north of Wrightsville Beach, has become an exclusive ocean resort community of affluent homeowners. It is inaccessible to the public and completely free of any commercial development.
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11772
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Troxler Electronic Laboratories, founded by William F. Troxler, is, at the moment, the only North Carolina-born company in the Research Triangle Park. His research and manufacturing in the electronics field led to the development of nuclear gauges. His company manufactures and sells them around the world.
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We the People of North Carolina
(NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 36 Issue 7, July 1978,
p30-31, 47-48, il, por
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