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Focus on Grand Prairie
Manning, Rip | March 28, 1959 issue

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The article focuses on the economic misery of residents of Grand Prairie, Texas due to dismissal of 4000 workers when the U.S. Navy canceled, without warning, two big defense contracts at the aircraft factory located there on December 17, 1958. The townspeople were bewildered by this unexpected blow with worries of unpaid bills and no pay-days. A pall fell over the business district in what would normally be its busiest week of the year. The factor that was important in halting any complete collapse in Grand Prairie was the dogged optimism of the merchants and city officials.

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EMPLOYEES -- Dismissal of; AIRPLANE factories; DEFENSE contracts; ECONOMIC history; GRAND Prairie (Tex.); TEXAS; UNITED States
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