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for The State Vol. 20 Issue 46, Apr 1953
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Abstract:
On 24 March 1663, Charles II granted land in the New World to eight men who had supported his efforts to regain the throne of England. The first in a series of biographical sketches describing the Lords Proprietors, Powell discusses Edward Hyde, the Earl of Clarendon and his career in England prior to coming to the New World, as well as his namesakes in North Carolina.
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Celebrated with a week full of parades, special events, and a nightly spectacle held at Duke Stadium, Durham's first centennial celebration has arrived. Named after physician D. Bartlett Durham, for a small but generous land donation, Durham's population and industry has grown steadily over the past 100 years.
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Jim Thorpe was a ground breaking Native American Olympic athlete and professional baseball player from Rocky Mount, North Carolina. A member of the Eastern Carolina League from 1910-1911, Thorpe was denied his Olympic medals because of his status as a professional baseball player.
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Seventy-five buses in twenty-six states have been dispatched as the new fleet of highway post offices. Approved in 1940 by an Act of Congress, the new bus post offices will take over mail carrying duties at the end of rail lines.