Near westside residents have higher rates of lung disease, study says

(MIRROR INDY) — Sandy Leeds remembers the glory days of West Indianapolis.

Now 80 years old, she was born in 1944 and lived in a post-war era she remembers as prosperous — her neighborhood a hot spot for manufacturing and other industries.

As a young girl, Leeds would watch her father set off for work at the Kingan and Co. meat packing plant on foot. The plant was located about a mile from the neighborhood until it burned down in the late 1960s…

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