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| August 04, 2005 | This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: BRENT D. WISTROM AND STAN FINGER

Aug. 4--WINFIELD -- Nearly 600 workers lined the hot sidewalk leading to the old Newell Rubbermaid Inc. plant Wednesday evening waiting to hear whether they would keep their jobs.

Five minutes after they walked in, a third of them -- roughly 200 workers -- returned jobless.

"They just said things were slow and they had to do what they had to do," said Leland Hurst, who worked on the plant's main floor and in shipping for 18 years before being laid off.

It was the latest blow to Cowley County, which has endured substantial job losses in recent years.

Laid-off Rubbermaid employees worked their…

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