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2 emloyeez were kif lei and a third injured this aft _'rnO' n Ysn an exlOS 0in rinped through a oecti it ti ue Gcodyerr Tire one hub as Coip :my pmint On The Ft side of 11-uston. The explosior .. markedd by a huge or ate firebil... occured in an area where a chemical to retard oxidation of aricifica' rubber is prodced. The ded rere identi field as 30-year o' )teven Sesher junior and 32-year old N'icheal hay Dixon...both of suburb-a, Padadena. Damage to the plant is described as moderate. Earlier reports M from Houston that 100 or more workers had been inju L'ed 1,, ere errenoAs. 1:arlier toa y.- .an ex l osioo and fire at the Union Texas Petroleum i refinery at .,dinnie...near Beaumont... injured 10 workers. The fir- was auickl{y brought unner control. I'lant officials saiA a boilF-r exolod<e.--ut brat did not know why.