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Good news today for the Ft Worth economy. A Georgia firm which 4u@E makes lawn-mowers...garden tillers...and assorted other outdoor power machinery has decided to operate a :Large manfuactring plant on the city's southside. The firm is the McDonough Power Equipment Company... and it's president, William Smith today said the plant will employ about 700 people....and production should be underway early next year. Smith said the firm will locate in a now- vacant building 0 in the 5000 block of the south freeway... double its size...and then gear up for production. Smith estimates the annual payroll at 3-quarters of a million dollars.