Explosion at Quantum Chemical plant kills worker in Morris
A ruptured pressure vessel during gasket replacement sparked a fire and blast at Quantum Chemical Co in Morris Illinois killing one and injuring at least seven. The second explosion in three months followed a gas leak discovered during ethylene unit repairs. Nine workers were contract staff and nine Quantum employees were hurt with one dead, others in varying condition. The cause remains under investigation as authorities review the sequence from leak to all clear to the blast.
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Heffley
Quantum
Larry Oetzel
Oetzel
Ginny Phillips
St. Joseph Hospital
Joliet
Phillips
Bob Brown
Morrison Construction Co
Hammond, Ind
Elgin teachers strike talks end with no progress
Negotiators for Elgin U 46 and the school board broke off talks after 11 hours with no agreement on salaries or committee appointments. About 27,000 students were idled since the Sept 5 strike. In Roselle District 108, 250 workers including 130 teachers walked off, affecting over 2,400 high school students.
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Elgin Elgin
UPI
Elgin
Illinois
Roselle
Lake Park
U-46
Pullen seeks veto override on AIDS test bill
Rep. Penny Pullen seeks to override Gov. Thompson's veto of a bill mandating court ordered HIV tests for indicted sex offenders at the victim's request. The measure, passed 86-17 in the House and 54-4 in the Senate, would keep results sealed for the victim and judge.
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Springfield
Ill
UPI
James R. Thompson
Penny Pullen
Park Ridge
General Assembly
Thompson
Pullen
House
Senate
Sighting reported of former NIU student near campus
Police investigated a possible sighting of Richard Church 20 near Northern Illinois University after a nationwide manhunt for the stabbing deaths of Raymond and Ruth Ann Ritter. The report, if confirmed, would be the breakthrough investigators have awaited from a tip about a blue Chevrolet Citation.
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NIU
DE Kalb
Ill
UPI
Northern Illinois University
Richard Church
Raymond Ritter
Ruth Ann
Church
Colleen Ritter
Matthew
Woodstock
Depite
Fox Television
Wisconsin
California
University
James Elliott
Illinois
West Hollywood
Calif
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United Press International
Repo
Elliott
Ritter
N. Galena
Dixon Mon
Ashton Drug
Ashton
Washington
Oregon
Riverview
Medical Arts Clinic
Maalox
Dixon Pharmacy
Riverview Pharmacy
Ashton Drug and Decker Drug
Brillo Pads
Kodak
Carlton Greeting Cards
Valu-Rite
Dixon Pharmacy, Inc
Money
Randy Depoister
CFP
Investment Alternatives
Depoister & Associates Financial Resources Advisory, Inc
East
Commerce Tower
Dixon
Dreher & Assoc
SIPC
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