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To: ColtonGang who wrote (117730)	12/19/2000 11:03:50 AM
From: ColtonGang	Respond to of 769670

Decatur Firestone plant admits wrongdoing, finally!.........."Decatur uses a process known as pelletizing, where they take rubber pellets and blend them with a lubricant to create what they call “skim stock,” the rubber that coats the steel belts of the tire. This process is unique to Decatur. Other plants use a slab system that does not involve pellets. The lubricant apparently causes a breakdown in the tire that can cause separation, the sources said."

To: ColtonGang who wrote (117730)	12/19/2000 11:29:10 AM
From: Gordon A. Langston	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 769670

What type of reporting??????? Accurate. bizjournals.com he Insider City in top 10 for losing population percentage It's not new that Philadelphia has lost a little more than 10 percent of its population during the last 10 years and continues to try to find ways to stave off the migration of its residents. Philadelphia, however, isn't alone when it comes to a dwindling citizenship. Demographics Daily, a service provided by American City Business Journals, the parent company of the Philadelphia Business Journal, has labeled these cities as "Cold Spots." Philadelphia is one of the top 10 so-called Cold Spots, which is a city that had at least 10,000 residents last year and lost 5 percent or more of its population between 1990 and 1999 based on recently released U.S. Census Bureau estimates. A total of 307 cities made the list, with a majority of them in the Midwest. The eastern part of the country had 117 towns make the list while the South had 61 and the West with seven cities. To make the list of the "chilliest" spots, a two-part scoring system was used. The system added each city's rank in raw loss and percent loss, with the lowest score being the worst. Philadelphia placed sixth on the top 10 list, scoring 34 points. Last year, Philadelphia had a population of 1.4 million, losing about 168,000 residents during the last decade, or 10.6 percent of the population. St. Louis came in first with a score of 11 points. The Missouri city had a population of 333,960 last year, losing close to 63,000 people, a 15.8 percent loss. Coming in 10th place was Jacksonville, N.C. Jacksonville scored 53 points. With a population of 68,554 last year, the city had 9,526 people, or 12.2 percent, leave. The other cities to make the list, in order of the chilliest, were: Washington, D.C.; Baltimore; Norfolk, Va.; Seaside, Calif.; Marina, Calif.; Youngstown, Ohio; and Utica, N.Y.