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Tom Davis of Winston-Salem founded Piedmont Airlines in 1948. Today the airline operates over forty jet and propjet airliners which carried more than 2.8 million passengers in 1971 between destinations in ten states and the District of Columbia. Davis is featured in this month's WE THE PEOPLE MAGAZINE's North Carolina Businessman in the News.
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11114
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R. Dave Hall of Belmont, a nationally and internationally known textile executive, died May 22, 1972, at the age of 75. He had served continuously on the State Employment Security Commission since 1941.
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11123
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During 1971, North Carolina opened 49.6 more miles of the Interstate Highway System. Of the 838.7 miles allotted, the state has now completed and opened 571 miles, or 68 percent.
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We the People of North Carolina
(NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 30 Issue 7, July 1972,
p32-33. 97-98, il, map
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11124
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Raymond S. Dossett Jr.'s position with the North Carolina State Highway Commission is probably the only one of its kind in the country. He holds the position of Highway Marine Engineer. In this capacity he is involved in creating and proposing designs for all of North Carolina's floating equipment, especially ferries.
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11125
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Dupre, North Carolina State Maintenance Engineer, discusses littering on state roadways. Since 1969, highway upkeep costs have increased $500,000 to $2.5 million. The state's 73,000-mile highway system requires about 150 crews for upkeep with a cost per crew of $16,338.
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11126
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The 1971 North Carolina General Assembly created the North Carolina Department of Transportation and Highway Safety as part of the State Government Reorganization Act. Former legislator Fred M. Mills, Jr. was selected the Department's first secretary. We the People of North Carolina magazine discusses the new department with Secretary Mills.
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We the People of North Carolina
(NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 30 Issue 7, July 1972,
p50-51, 102-103, il, por
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11130
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Nello Teer Company of Durham is building the 20-mile, $38 million project to extend Interstate 40 from Interstate 85 at Durham to Raleigh through the Research Triangle Park. Completion of the project will ease congestion on traffic-heavy U.S. 70 between the two cities.
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11131
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Atlantic Aero, Inc., located at the Greensboro/High Point/Winston-Salem Regional Airport, will complete its $500,000 construction program and be in full operation at the airport in the fall of 1972. The company will offer customers enclosed, heated aircraft storage, plane port storage for approximately forty-five aircraft, and tie-down facilities for about sixty more aircraft. Parking will be available for approximately one hundred cars.
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11132
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Shell Oil Company has over 1,400 service stations in North Carolina. This article contains information on other activities the company is involved in around the state.
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11133
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Railroading began in North Carolina in 1833 when fifteen miles of track were laid from the Virginia border to the town of Weldon. Other construction would soon follow. Today, the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad, which came into being on July 1, 1967, has one-sixth of its total mileage, or 1,600 miles, in the state. Seaboard employs over 4,000 people with an annual payroll of $44 million.
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11134
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Moss Trucking Company, headquartered in Charlotte, and its affiliate, McLeod Trucking and Rigging Company, has a reputation for being one of the nation's biggest and best specialized movers. The company moves everything from locomotives to the White House Christmas tree.
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