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7 million Fords later, Edison plant closing By WAYNE PARRY, AP - Newsday.com
EDISON, N.J. -- Its workers built nearly 7 million cars and trucks in its 56-year history. It was the first place outside Detroit that a Lincoln was ever built.

Ed Sullivan hosted a Christmas party for the kids of its workers, and it grew to be one of central New Jersey's economic powerhouses, cranking out Mustangs, Mercurys, Rangers and other vehicles that were sold throughout the northeastern United States.

But on Friday, Ford's Edison Assembly Plant will close for good, taking 900 jobs and a $70 million payroll with it. Many workers punched out for the last time Thursday, after the last two Ford Rangers rolled off the assembly line.

GM closing old Fisher Body By JOSEPH SZCZESNY, Oakland Press
"It would be nice to see them use if for something else," said Tiedeman, who observed that the impending move continues a trend that has steadily hollowed out the employment base in Pontiac over two decades. Since the early 1980s, Local 653 membership has dropped from 15,000 to 5,000.

"It's terrible. It eventually effects everybody in town," he said.

Plant workers will find out today if they still have jobs By Bush Bernard
The Nashville plant has been a fixture in the area's manufacturing community since 1939, when it opened as Stinson Aviation Co. But it is the only aircraft manufacturing plant in the area. Finding another job could be a challenge for the plant's workers, Maynard said.

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