Word: kenyon
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...developing the former U.S. Navy base at Quonset Point, the first home of World War II's ubiquitous Quonset huts, into an industrial park. Some 95 companies are already in place, including General Dynamics' Electric Boat Division, which employs 4,500 workers making nuclear submarine components. Kenyon Industries, of Kenyon, R.I., closed its Rossville, Ga., plant in August 1979 and consolidated its textile-finishing operations entirely in the smallest state. Says Chairman David Curtis: "The change in attitude of the New England governments was certainly a factor. We feel that if we have a problem, the Governor...