Thanks Kevin, you told it like it is. George Simmons -----Original Message----- From: KMull [SMTP:kevmulln@knoxnews.infi.net] Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 1999 8:54 AM To: TNUNION-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Knoxville newspapers Bill Hunter wrote; > I think the other Knoxville Paper was the Journal. It was the conservative > paper, thus was struck into oblivion by the unions. As a member of the Newspaper Mailer's Union Local # 83, and as an employee of the News Sentinel, and former employee of the Journal (which both operated in the same facilities under a joint agreement), I just wanted to say that Unions had nothing to do with the closing of the Knoxville Journal. Big business killed the Journal. The closing of the Journal caused temporary layoffs for many Union (and non-Union) employees. Please don't confuse political beliefs with reality. Sorry for being off-topic. Thanks, Kevin Mullins Surnames in Union Co; KELLER, TURNER, TUCKER, DEES, ZEAK/ZICK, SHARP P.S. Most of my fellow co-workers preferred the Journal to the News-Sentinel. ==== TNUNION Mailing List ==== If you live in Union County why not pitch in. Take a day and write down the tombstones in the nearest cemetery. Send it to us for others to use. You could be helping a cousin. Go to the courthouse and copy some early marriage records. Anything helps.