European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 9, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday May 9. 1983 the stars and stripes Page 3 firm May import rocket fuel chemical Salt Lake City a Rockel manufacturer Morion thief col is consid ering importing a cud component used in space shuttle boosters following the destruction of a Nevada fuel Plant a company spokesman said saturday. Trrry Molus implosions that flattened inc ring inn Rin a i re Duclion co Plani killing two people and injuring 30u others hailed production of the powerful of Idi or ammonium a Erchin rate used in the solid fuel that Powers Ilic in Hist rockets. Tilt unexplained blast at Henderson ncv., in Wenc slav also prompted the closure us u nearby Kerr of Cree Chemi Cal Lav. Plant the Mil other Domestic source of the Solidi or sujing the oxidant from european sources is in alternative being consid ered Liy Morion Thi Okol Ami its custom in including the i Vinse department and it National aeronautics and spate administration said company spokes Man in Fly aah. Wiro considering All our he said. In rhe meantime the govern ment and mar inn Thi Okol were assessing their fuel inventories1. Pacific engineering lost nearly .1 Mil lion pounds of the Otic Tirck that was to it delivered to the air Force in june for use in Ilie Titan rocket program said Keith Kon Vrr a company spokesman tin company also provided ii ditch for inc my and minuteman missiles key parti of the nation s nuclear defense. The Losso the manufacturing rap Abili Tyhof the Rani i not real acid represents a Sci till threat to inc National defense and ,1 crippling How to Hie nation s space pro a poker said Al a news conference saturday in Las vegas. Nev. Morton Thi Okol representatives were in Nevada to Lumiss the situation Willi i i Ilijic i Nti Minu and Kerr my acc. Hut the companies spokesmen did no know the outcome of lire talks. A spokesman for Kerr Mccree corp. A student Al in elementary school in hand son nn., lakes cover from b chemical Cloud the poll cd inc air full Wink an explosion that Flat lined the Pacific Oncin Corinn & production co Plant which produced a component for a kit full. Headquarters in Oklahoma City said the company still had to determine when its operation could resume and whether it should plan for increased product Ion. If the government and is sub con spokesman i aul to cd. Manufacturers of ammonium porch to talc in Europe include the National society of i orders and chemicals in France and Che Mische Fabrik be Ilion Morton Thi Okol mixes the Oai Diirr Wilh other materials Al its Wasfieh operations in Northern Utah making the solid fuel in rocket casings which arc shipped to customers. The shuttle s motors arc assembled Wilh Trie rocket Booster scgmeil5. A Ken Nedy space Center Nasa officials have said that since the rocket motors for the space shuttle discovery arrived months ago the explosion will not in use a delay in the anticipated summer launch of the first Post challenger Mission. Meanwhile Pacific engineering coun Sel Keith Rooker said so cations in More Remote regions of Nevada Scias and Utah were being considered for a re placement for the demolished Plant. The Kerr my acc Plant. Ivi Miles from the Pacific engineering factory was closed thursday for damage assessment but company spokesman Paul to scud said damage appeared to be confined to Bro Ken windows fallen plaster and sidings blown off by the Force of the blasts River closed As Bridge collapses on ship Chicago api ship traffic in the Calumet River a vital route for steel and Grain could he sus Pended up to four weeks while Crews try to untangle a freighter and a Bridge that collapsed on lop of it a saturday. In the Friday Nilsi Accident to the drawbridge and the 590-firal vessel officials said they did not know whether the Bridge was lowered onto the ship or if the freighter struck the Span. There were no injuries among the 27-tru Ember Crew members. The Coah guard is investigating the Wiki la Colli Sion said Ensign Cilena Hermes. Once they find out the who and the what they will be Able to Tell the How and the Why. Until then inc cause is pure specs in the worst Case 20 to 30 ships that travel Lake Michigan and make deliveries via the Calumet River could be barred while the Riecl mess ii sorted out said com guard it. Chris Hoegel the cleanup could take Only two Days or Ai Long As a month lie said. This is discouraging for them bog cd added re Ferring to shippers. This Bridge is bloc King the in trance of the Harbor from Lake Michigan. Thai s where they drop off their the Illinois International port District also known As the i Orl of Chicago is near the Illinois Indiana Border in an Gritty Industrial area with both shuttered and striving steel plants. The Baltimore i Ohio Railroad Bridge is Langk d with the i ont okra is. A ship registered in Cyprus. The freighter was heading through the Riser Channel to Lake Michigan. The ship travelled a few Yards idler the collision pulling the massive Span ail n. The ship had just unloaded icel and was bound for Duluth Minn. The ship had 15 Yards to go before it cleared the Bridge said Howard Schillaci a sales clerk Al Calu met fisheries inc., who saw the Accident. The 590-fool freighter Ponto krafts held tightly u collapsed Railroad dry Brill of blocks blur Calumet River
