Derailed Tank Car Clouds Nitric Acid Promptly Evacuated Area
About 2 100 people in east central Illinois were evacuated after a Penn Central tank car derailed sending orange nitric acid fumes over the area near Ashmore. Twelve people sought treatment for throat and lung irritation. eight hour evacuation covered 40 square miles between Ashmore and Oakland. No crewmen were injured.
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Charleston
Eastcentral
Illinois
Penn Central
Charleston Community Hospital
Coles County Civil Defense
Mark Busekius
Usekrus
St. Louis
New York State
Here
Ashmore
Oakland
Electronics Firm Brings Accu-Coders to Sandpoint
The Encoder Products Company moves from Costa Mesa to the North Idaho Realty Building in Sandpoint. Owner Bill Watt introduces Accu-Coder a device turning mechanical motion into electrical impulses for industrial use. Watt plans in house parts, in house assembly testing and application engineering to adapt to customer needs. He notes parts are made mostly in California while shipping through the local post office. Watt added new products include a digital shaft position display and a solid state Pulse Cube sensor. The business relocated to Sandpoint in December with Fern Watt and one other worker.
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Bill Watt
Fern
Nellie McCabe
The
Encoder Products Co
North Idaho Realty
Bee Photo
Encoder Products Company
Costa Mesa
Calif
North Idaho
Watt
Sandpoint
Nehlie McCadtpoer
Boat Prop Slashes Man In Wake Incident
Brent Gorham, 23, of Spokane, remains in critical condition at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital after a motor boat propeller sliced his stomach. Deputies say he was thrown from a speedboat at Fishhook Park on the Ice Harbor dam pool when he misjudged a wake and was cut by the propeller.
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Pasco
Wash
UPI
Brent Gorham
Spokane
Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital
Walla Walla County
Gorham
Spokane Community College
Fishook Park
Ice Harbor
Here
Poultry Vaccinations Continue Amid Newcastle Epidemic
Riverside California reports about 42 million chickens and turkeys slated for a second vaccination round to curb the Newcastle outbreak. The task force notes roughly three million birds have already been destroyed and some farmers have gone out of business. Vaccines are delivered by spray or mixing into drinking water. North American wheat exports in 1970 totaled 1 163 million bushels, underscoring continental role as top exporter.
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Riverside
Calif
UPI
California
Newcastle
Federal Department of Agriculture
Task Force
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