Missouri town reels from ConAgra's plans to pull out

Monday, July 29, 2002

MILAN, Mo. -- Eighteen months ago, ConAgra Foods Inc. sent word that it would end its contract for poultry deboning operations at Milan, erasing more than 500 jobs from a community of about 2,000 residents.

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