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Gastonia

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Gastonia , city (1990 pop. 54,732), seat of Gaston co., SW N.C.; inc. 1877. An important textile mill center, Gastonia is a major producer of fine-combed cotton yarn. Chemicals, machinery, and electronic and automotive parts are also made. Gaston College is nearby, as is Kings Mountain National Military Park. Author not available, GASTONIA. , The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2007 ... Read more

Gastonia
Gastonia, North Carolina/USA Settled in the late 18th century, the city was named after William Gaston (1778–1844), a congressman and a judge. Read more

Vorse, Mary (Marvin) Heaton
...sponsor of the Provincetown Players. She was known for her proletarian novels, including The Prestons (1918), Passaic (1926), Second Cabin (1928), and Strike! (1930), the last about Gastonia⧫. Footnote to Folly (1935) is an autobiography. Read more

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	New Restaurants Cluster around Gastonia, N.C.'s Franklin Square. ; ...Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 28--GASTONIA, N.C.--It has always been pretty easy...cooking, Chinese and Mexican restaurants in Gastonia. But alligator meat? That soon will be...just one of many new dining options in Gastonia. Gastonia has become a good restaurant... Read more
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	"Battle Songs of the Southern Class Struggle": songs of the gastonia textile strike of 1929. ; ...press, government and pulpit, against the Gastonia strikers, has imprinted itself so indelib...textile-mill town eight miles northeast of Gastonia, North Carolina. A left-wing journalist...Workers Union (NTWU) accused of murdering Gastonia police chief Orville F. Aderholt. On... Read more
	John Deere to Close Gastonia, N.C., Plant; 700 to Lose Jobs. ; ...Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 16--GASTONIA, N.C.--John Deere Consumer Products will close its Gastonia plant next year, laying off 700 production...announced Thursday. Besides the lost jobs in Gastonia, up to 200 employees in the company's... Read more
	Mirant Corp. Seeks Rezoning for Proposed Power Plant in Gastonia, N.C. ; ...Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 4--GASTONIA, N.C.--Mirant Corp., the Atlanta-based...a half-billion-dollar power plant in Gastonia, hopes to clear two important hurdles in that process tonight. Mirant will ask the Gastonia Planning Commission to rezone about half... Read more
	Gastonia, N.C., Residents Keep Street Food Vendors Hopping. ; ...Ridder/Tribune Business News May 17--GASTONIA, N.C.-- When Joe Elliott set up his hot dog cart near the bus station in downtown Gastonia earlier this year, people lined up not...applied for a vendor license after the Gastonia City Council approved an ordinance in... Read more
	Radical romance in the Piedmont: Olive Tilford Dargan's Gastonia novels.(Call Home the Heart; A Stone Came Rolling)(Critical essay) ; ...Workers Union led a violent strike in Gastonia, North Carolina that caught the attention...Vera Buch became instant heroines, the Gastonia labor struggle became a symbol of the...in America. These dramatic events in Gastonia inspired at least six novels, four written... Read more
	GASTONIA COMPANIES TO CUT 300 EMPLOYEES.(TRIAD/STATE) ; Byline: FROM STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS GASTONIA -- In a region already overrun with manufacturing...about 300 workers. Rauch Industries, a Gastonia-based Christmas ornament manufacturer...transferring its Chester, S.C., production to Gastonia, general manager Michael Smith said... Read more
	Gastonia, N.C., Subdivision Puts Virtual Walk-Through on Web. ; ...Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 5--GASTONIA, N.C.--A local computer imagery company...do the walking through a planned south Gastonia subdivision. With the click of a mouse...built. Devlin Reynolds, president of Gastonia-based GeoProductions and its 3D Real... Read more
	GASTONIA GOLFERS ASKED TO QUIT CURSING WHILE ON THE COURSE.(SPORTS) ; GASTONIA -- Golfers prone to using expletives on the golf course...they play this town's municipal course. Some golfers at Gastonia's Municipal Golf Course complained cursing had gotten...Last week course officials explained the problem to the Gastonia City Council, which ordered stricter enforcement of ... Read more

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