Word: kenworth
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Fortunes changed last fall, when Kenworth Truck Co., the second largest employer in town, cut production by a third, eliminating 500 high-wage jobs. The Piketon uranium-enrichment plant announced it would cease operations; and Mead Paper, which employs 2,200, told its unions to prepare for hundreds of layoffs...
Such skepticism is common in Chillicothe, but it doesn't keep people from supporting Bush's plan. Jo Ann Stauffer, an administrative assistant for the local sheriff, and her husband William, an engineer at Kenworth, would stand to save about $800 from Bush's tax cut. "I trust Bush when he says it's meant for working families," says Jo Ann. The couple has put off a trip to Cocoa Beach, Fla.--their first vacation without the kids--because of economic worries. If the tax cut comes through, Jo Ann says, "we might be able to take that trip...