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LOOKING BACK: From our files for Oct. 14, 2012
100 YEARS AGO — 1912 A sensation was created when Miss Lizzie Devine, of the Rose Hill section of Mercer County, flatly refused to talk when taken before the grand jury to testify in the case against her father, Thomas Devine, who is charged...
Tags: Judges, Students, Auction Service, Crime, Law and Justice, Prisons
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For U.S. auto factories, summertime isn't downtime anymore
The decades-old tradition of shutting down U.S. auto factories for two weeks around July may be coming to an end, experts say, pushed out by strong demand and staggered vehicle launch dates. With sales booming, Ford Motor Co., for example, said it...
Tags: Chrysler, Chrysler Group LLC, Manufacturing and Engineering, Services and Shopping, Vehicles
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Palisades water tank leak drawing attention
South Bend TribuneThe entry into Lake Michigan of 79 gallons of what officials at the Palisades Nuclear Power Plant and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission describe as "very slightly radioactive'' water has drawn its share of attention, very little of it positive. The leak...Tags: U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Entergy Corporation, Nuclear Power, Fred Upton
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Open to ideas
In the May 2 Tribune, an editorial titled "Let's talk about communicating" appeared. While we recognize that good decision-making should be based on collaborative efforts, it is critical to have accurate facts and clarify the lack of communication that...Tags: Local Government, Plant Openings
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Ex-Studebaker workers tour old assembly plant on Lafayette Blvd.
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND -- Lou Demeter recently had the opportunity to travel into his past. Demeter, 89, of South Bend, walked the floors and gazed out the windows of Building 84, the huge old former Studebaker Corp. assembly plant on Lafayette Boulevard. He worked...Tags: Layoffs and Downsizing, Plant Openings, Arts and Culture, Museums, Torrington
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Feedlots, meatpackers closing with fewer US cows
Associated PressYears of drought are reshaping the U.S. beef industry with feedlots and a major meatpacking plant closing because there are too few cattle left in the United States to support them. Some feedlots in the nation's major cattle-producing states have already...Tags: Employees, Natural Disasters, Animals, Droughts, Property
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More men choosing nursing as a career
Daily American Staff WriterPaul Fedorchak of Bedford was a plant manager for Morton Metal Craft. When the company was bought out and the plant was closed in 2009, he decided to switch careers. Fedorchak became a registered nurse. "I always wanted to go into the medical field,"...Tags: Layoffs and Downsizing, Medical Specialization, Nursing, Hospitals and Clinics, Health and Medical Professionals
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Tough laws, reduced ranks: What's next for unions?
From a sprawling United Auto Workers hall outside Detroit, John Zimmick has seen factories close and grown men cry when their jobs disappear. Through all the economic uncertainties of life in auto country, there has been one constant: the union. In...
Tags: United Auto Workers, Health and Safety at Work, Crime, Law and Justice, Scott Walker, Cornell University
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San Onofre design choices led to nuclear plant shutdown
An executive with the company that manufactured faulty equipment that led to the shutdown of the San Onofre nuclear plant defended decisions made in the design of the replacement steam generators. The company made choices in designing support structures...
Tags: Layoffs and Downsizing, Manufacturing and Engineering, Defense Equipment, Physiology, Nuclear Power
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Dairy Farmers of America blames milk deficit for Monett plant closure
lrussell@ky3.comMONETT, Mo. -- Workers at the Dairy Farmers of America plant in Monett will soon be looking for new jobs. Eighty-six employees were notified by a letter on Wednesday that the DFA plant will be shutting down in the second half of 2013. It's not the news...Tags: Layoffs and Downsizing, Beverage Industry, Economy, Business and Finance, Business Enterprises, Companies and Corporations
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Feedlots, meatpackers closing with fewer U.S. cows
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - Years of drought are reshaping the U.S. beef industry with feedlots and a major meatpacking plant closing because there are too few cattle left in the United States to support them. Some feedlots in the nation's major cattle-...Tags: Natural Disasters, Droughts
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UPDATE: Cequent workers accept plant closure agreement
GOSHEN -- It's hard to vote against a sure thing. United Steelworkers Local 9550, which represents about 350 members at Cequent Performance Products, voted Friday evening to accept the closure agreement offered by the company. The vote was held at...
Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, United Steelworkers, Companies and Corporations, Arbitration, Politics
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