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12166
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Charles Heatherly became director of the North Carolina Travel and Tourism Division in February 1981. In this We the People of North Carolina magazine interview, he discusses the impact of tourism on the state's economy. Travel expenditures increased 15.9 percent from 1981 to 1982.
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We the People of North Carolina
(NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 41 Issue 5, May 1983,
p28-32, 34, 51-52, il, por
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12167
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Lucius H. Harvin, III, is president and CEO of Rose's Stores, a firm founded by his grandfather, P. H. Rose, in 1915. He is only the fourth person to lead this family-owned retail chain of 240 stores which employ around 13,000 people in thirteen southeastern states. Rose is featured in We the People of North Carolina magazine Businessman in the News section.
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12168
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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. James A. Hackney, III is president and CEO of what is now Hackney, Industries, Inc. located in Washington. We the People of North Carolina magazine features him in the Businessman in the News section.
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We the People of North Carolina
(NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 41 Issue 7, July 1983,
p9-10, 12, 14, 59-60, por
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12169
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Now under construction on the waterfront in Manteo, on the state's Outer Banks, is an authentic, full-scale reproduction of a 16th-century sailing ship. Called the Elizabeth II, the ship will serve as a focal point for the celebration of the quadricentennial of the Roanoke Voyages of 1584-87.
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12170
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Carolina Power & Light Company began operations in 1908. Few individuals at that time could foresee that the small Raleigh-based utility would eventually provide electric service to over three million people in North and South Carolina.
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We the People of North Carolina
(NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 41 Issue 7, July 1983,
p46-48, 57-58, il, por
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12171
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Charles E. Zeigler is President/Chairman and CEO of Public Service Company of North Carolina. The company supplies natural gas to about 160,000 industrial, commercial, and residential customers in eighty-one communities around the state. We the People of North Carolina magazine features him in the Businessman in the News section.
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12172
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Major conventions and business meetings generate over $17 billion into the economies of cities and towns across the country. In North Carolina similar meetings pump over $100 million a year into the state's economy. This article provides brief profiles of eighteen towns that have resources to support conventions and meetings, including Asheboro, Chapel Hill, Charlotte, Hickory, and High Point.
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We the People of North Carolina
(NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 41 Issue 8, Aug 1983,
p16-19, 22-23, 39-40, il
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12173
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About two hundred organizations in North Carolina operate as advertising agencies. They range in size from Raleigh's McKinney Silver & Rockett, Inc., with seventy-one employees and annual billings of $34 million, to small specialized ones with one or two employees and billings of a few thousand dollars a year. The article includes a listing of agencies with annual billings in excess of $1 million.
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12174
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At the request of a group of Raleigh orthopedic surgeons, William Wendt relocated his company from Macon, Georgia to North Carolina. Orthopedic Services and Van Products Company has been in business since 1954, specializing in products that help the handicapped in reclaiming some mobility in their lives.
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12175
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We the People of North Carolina magazine features John M. Belk of Belk Stores Services, Inc. in the Businessman in the News section. He is the son of William Henry Belk, the company's founder. In addition to his duties with the company, Belk has served four terms as Charlotte mayor, besides performing other civic activities.
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We the People of North Carolina
(NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 41 Issue 9, Sept 1983,
p11-12, 14, 57-58, por
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12176
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This article presents information from a statewide survey of business programs offered at North Carolina's public and private colleges. Forty-three of the state's forty-six senior colleges offer undergraduate business degrees. Only Duke, the N.C. School of the Arts in Winston-Salem, and Davidson College do not have undergraduate degrees in business.
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We the People of North Carolina
(NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 41 Issue 9, Sept 1983,
p16-18, 20-23, 59-60, il
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12177
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Located in Raleigh, WCPE-FM is North Carolina's only 24-hour classical music public radio station. In 1973, five college students, seeing a need for this type of programming, began the work necessary to bring the station into being. Five years later, on July 18, 1978, WCPE-FM broadcast its first program. Donations from its listeners support the station.
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12178
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Gordon Watts and William Still developed and direct East Carolina University's graduate program in Maritime History and Underwater Research. The program teaches students about ships and shipbuilding techniques, about historical maritime activities and about how to locate and examine historical shipwrecks and underwater artifacts.
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12238
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We the People of North Carolina magazine features Ernest S. Cox in its Businessman in the News section. Cox is president and chief operating officer of two companies -- Moss Trucking and McLeod Trucking and Rigging. The companies have a reputation for being one of the nation's biggest and best specialized movers.
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12239
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O'Conner discusses North Carolina's single most important foreign economic partner - Japan. Not only does Japan buy from the state, for example, $200 million in tobacco annually, it also is investing with a number of subsidiaries of Japanese parent companies. The article includes a listing of thirty-four companies operating around the state in manufacturing, sales and service.
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