61.   For Borden Foods, closing pasta plants was only one part of a broader strategy to cut big losses.

62.   For weeks, there had been hints that the plant might be closed.

63.   General Motors agreed to return stamping dies that it acknowledged removing while the metal stamping plant was closed during the Memorial Day weekend.

64.   Georgia-Pacific is closing three plants and cutting its drywall production nearly in half because of falling prices in a market glutted with wallboard.

65.   GM also would not say how long the plant would be closed for the conversion.

66.   GM closed plants but reducing the size of the work force, mostly through attrition, was slow.

67.   GM denies this and says it would be difficult to meet its deadlines while the Pontiac plant was closed by the United Auto Workers strike.

68.   Hank Sandbach, spokesman for Nabisco in Parsippany, N.J., said Nabisco is closing its plant here because it has too much capacity companywide.

69.   Hasbro plans to close plants in Tijuana, Mexico, and Ashford, England, and move production to China and other Asian countries.

70.   He also angered many workers, who accused Tosco of compromising safety and threatening to close plants to intimidate unions.