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30472
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A tempting aroma carried over Smithfield, North Carolina during April when crowds gathered to attend the annual Johnston County Ham and Egg Show and Sale. Country hams are in the spotlight, and the grand prize winner sold for over $25 per pound.
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30473
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Edenton, North Carolina was the setting for Revolutionary tea party in 1774, and many of the residences and public buildings from the time are still standing. The town will be open the state's colonial capital to visitors to celebrate the biennial in April.
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30479
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Attached to North Carolina's summer vacation-land is the opportunity to gain college credits and new skills in arts and crafts. From the Blue Ridge Mountains to the Atlantic sea coast, nationally-known schools offer extension courses and handicraft skills in areas of typical tourist attractions.
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30480
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With intense discussion in North Carolina about the future of public education, the growth of the school aged population in the state is of interest. In 1954 over 115,000 live births were reported in North Carolina, the highest recorded to date. Additionally, over 32,000 deaths from a variety of causes, were reported, only twenty more than the previous year.
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30488
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North Carolina's new motor routes are making the spring and summer vacation lands from the mountains to the coast more accessible than ever. Major highway improvements and additional roads, along with new attractions such as museums at Cape Hatteras, the 18th century village at Old Salem, and access to Fontana Lake provide tourists with historical, scientific, educational, and recreational activities.
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30495
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Motor vehicle deaths in North Carolina were fewer in 1954 than in any previous year since 1950. Nine hundred and ninety one fatalities were reported, with over 40,000 accidents. Speeding and car collisions were the major source of both deaths and accidents.
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30497
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There as been much debate about the naming of a newly constructed aircraft carrier. North Carolina Congressmen Carl Durham of Chapel Hill was recently able to get the name changed to KITTY HAWK. Despite general nomenclature customs that would name a carrier after a former warship, battle, operation, engagement, or general. But KITTY HAWK was considered an appropriate name given the historical significant and public association.
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30499
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March has seen a significant improvement in employment in North Carolina for 1955. Placement of employees in non-agricultural jobs was in greater volume and unemployment well below the level this time in 1954. Although the labor supply is plentiful and jobs openings are available, workers with specific skill sets are still in high demand.
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30501
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North Carolina Governor Luther Hodges argues for the maintenance of the separate but equal policies of North Carolina's public schools. In lieu of integration, Hodges calls for voluntary changes in the hands of local school boards, rather than the abandonment of the public schools system due to integration.
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30502
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One of the highest mountain peaks in eastern North America, Mount Mitchell rises 6,684 feet above the Blue Ridge Parkway. Previously, Mount Mitchell has been considered difficult to photograph because many of the best locations were inaccessible. But now, new roads allow photographers to picture Mount Mitchell in new ways.
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30503
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Increasingly rapidly in North Carolina is the garment industry, with a $50 million payroll for 200 firms, employing 25,000 workers. New plants are opening in Salsibury, Durham, Raleigh, Winston-Salem, and Ahoskie to name just a few of the cities where garments and apparel manufacturing are becoming a growing business.
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30506
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The economic and social history of North Carolina is echoed in data on collecting and spending of the General Fund for the past two decades. Shifts in contributions have been made to public schools and higher education, public welfare and retirement, and public aid and debt service, amounting to nearly $2 billion in spending.
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30508
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Lindsay Warren has envisioned a great World's Fair to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the first settlers in American at Roanoke Island, North Carolina. Under resolution from Senator Elton Aydlett in the 1955 General Assembly, Governor Hodges is naming a commission to set in motion planning for the event which will be held in 1985.
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30509
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Once a colonial capital of North Carolina and hideaway for pirate Blackbeard, Bath is celebrating its 250th anniversary. The four day event held in October, included pageants, colonial costume, and church singing groups.
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30510
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As the Congressman representing North Carolina, Graham Barden discusses his views on minimum wage in a speech give to the Committee on Education and Labor in 1955. Baren argues that minimum wage should not result in price fixing, destroy small business, or create misery in some areas, but should be enough to compensate for appropriate labor. In this case, the argument is for a minimum wage of 90 cents.
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