[CPEO-MEF] REUSE, CHEMWEAPONS: Newport Chemical Depot (IN)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Defense business Telic Corp. plans to add 500 jobs at Newport Chemical 
Depot in Indiana

By Jason Thomas
Indianapolis Star
November 5, 2009

NEWPORT, Ind. -- A military contractor has announced plans to start up 
operations at the Army's Newport Chemical Depot in western Indiana that 
could bring up to 500 jobs.

Valparaiso-based Telic Corp. officials said today they planned to open 
an administrative, manufacturing and development center at the depot 
next year.

Telic is the first business to announce plans for the depot site, which 
for decades produced and stored a deadly nerve agent. The depot is 
winding down operations after destruction of its VX stockpile was 
completed last year.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2009911050473

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Lenny Siegel
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