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Pope Farmers Happy The H Bomb Plant Skips Golconda Area
Farmers in Golconda Illinois welcome the decision to keep the H bomb plant away from their land while nearby Ellenton South Carolina mourns its loss. Local leaders say land preservation and potential jobs in Southern Illinois were weighed against regional factory needs. Some Golconda merchants laments lost employment prospects, while Norman Bitterman of Southern Illinois Inc notes the plant would have employed about ten thousand people and contaminated river waters.
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Ellenton
S. C
Golconda, Ill
Nick Roper
Better Homes and
Better Farms
Southern Illinois
Harry Gillam
Pope County
Golconda
Carterville
Norman Bitterman
Southern Illinois Inc
Illinois
Bitterman