Weather-beaten North Carolina takes another hit
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North Carolina is taking a severe financial beating because of a series of natural disasters occuring within less than six months since Aug 1999. These included a severe drought, two hurricanes which prompted weeks of unprecedented flooding and record snowfall which has caused power blackouts in some areas and forced residents to stay at home and many businesses to close. A state of emergency has been called by its governor, and at least one state official said he fears for the state during the upcoming tornado season in Mar 2000.
Publication Name: USA Today
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0734-7456
Year: 2000
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He altered Atlanta in more ways than one: Construction firm changed landscape, minority business
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The chairman of H.J. Russell and Co., Herman J. Russell who was the first African-American member of Atlanta's Chamber of Commerce, turned a tiny, family-owned plastering business into USA's largest African-American Construction firm. Russell established the H.J. Russell Foundation to help distressed families and donated $1 million each to Tuskegee University, Clark Atlanta University, Morehouse College, and Georgia State University for their efforts to train entrepreneurs.
Publication Name: USA Today
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0734-7456
Year: 2003
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Atlanta flying high, via world's no. 1 airport
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William B. Hartsfield International Airport has been named as the "World's Busiest Airport" in 1998 by the Geneva, Switzerland-based Airports Council International (ACI). The passenger traffic at the airport increased by 7.7% to 73.5 million. Erstwhile leader O'Hare International Airport slipped to the second place with 72.4 million passengers. ACI reported that airports around the world handled 2.8 billion passengers in 1998, up by 2.9% from 1997.
Publication Name: USA Today
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0734-7456
Year: 1999
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