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Sun Records, Storied Early Rock Label, Sells Its High-Wattage Catalog The independent company Primary Wave Music acquired recordings by Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis and other pioneers — but not the music of one of Sun’s biggest stars, Elvis Presley. Johnny Cash’s “Folsom Prison Blues” and “I Walk the Line” are included in the sale of Sun Records’ catalog to Primary Wave Music.Credit...Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Jan. 28, 2021 In the 1950s, Sun Records in Memphis became one of the most dynamic forces in American music, releasing the first recordings by Elvis Presley, Joh...

Last year, prior to the coronavirus pandemic, Georgia-Pacific had planned to move some of its cup manufacturing from a plant in Darlington, South Carolina, to the plant in Pennsylvania, according to LehighValleyBusiness. A spokesperson for the company said difficult market conditions resulted in abandoning that plan in favor of a single site in Kentucky. Local officials said they were given no warning about the impending closure of the business, WFMZ-TV reported. "We have a workers retention fund,” Northampton County Executive Lamont McClure told the station. "We're just very unhappy they...

Georgia-Pacific to close Forks Township Dixie Cup plant. 190 to lose jobs. Updated Jan 15, 2021; Posted Jan 15, 2021 Dixie Cups have been made since 1964 at the plant off Kuebler Road in Forks Township, Georgia-Pacific says.Google Facebook Share Georgia-Pacific is closing its Dixie Cup plant in Forks Township at a cost of 190 Lehigh Valley jobs in the manufacturing facility, the Atlanta-based company announced Friday morning. The plant at 605 Kuebler Road will shut by the end of the year, although jobs could be shed any time after late March, the company said. The work will be moved to the ...

Georgia-Pacific has announced that it is closing its Lehigh Valley Dixie Cup manufacturing facility in Forks Township by the end of the year. Around 190 jobs at the facility will be lost by the closure starting in late March.