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Asbestos’s Deadly Toll – McLean County Museum Opens New Exhibit

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By MICHAEL G. MATEJKA Willard Tipsord was a father, foster parent, husband, grandfather, and for over 30 years, a member of Carpenters Local 63 in McLean County, Illinois.  As a young newlywed, he went to work at Bloomington’s United Asbestos & Rubber Company (UNARCO) plant to provide for his family. On May 1, 1989, at […]