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Vacuum Maker Oreck to Stay after Katrina

NPR | By Scott Horsley
Published September 14, 2005 at 12:00 AM EDT
The Oreck Corp. has assembled 20 trailers to provide emergency housing for plant workers who lost homes to Hurricane Katrina. Marketing Vice President Steve Hanson calls the RV park where the trailers are parked Oreckville.
Scott Horsley, NPR
The Oreck Corp. has assembled 20 trailers to provide emergency housing for plant workers who lost homes to Hurricane Katrina. Marketing Vice President Steve Hanson calls the RV park where the trailers are parked Oreckville.

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Scott Horsley is NPR's Chief Economics Correspondent. He reports on ups and downs in the national economy as well as fault lines between booming and busting communities.
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