Du Pont weighs selling Conoco amid energy exposure
Du Pont may consider selling a substantial part of its Conoco Inc. unit later this year. Incoming Chairman Edgar Woolard linked the idea to investor concerns about the company’s energy exposure. Separately, Du Pont announced a broad pay plan tying raises to earnings across most manufacturing sites, phased in over three years.
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Wilmington
Del
du Pont Company
Conoco Inc
Wall Street Journal
du Pont
Edgar S. Woolard Jr
Woolard
du Pont Co
Athens
Camden
D.C
Cape Fear
N.C
Cooper River
S.C
Chattanooga
Kingston
Union
Seaford
Martinsville
Old Hickory
Beach Law Faces Substantial Changes in 1989 Session
State Sen. James M. Waddell Jr of Beaufort says the beach management law will undergo substantive changes due to liability concerns. He hints at introducing or co sponsoring amendments as lawsuits loom, including 40 Hilton Head residents who filed the first suit over the measure. Four other suits target the South Carolina Coastal Council, the agency enforcing the law.
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Hilton Head
S.C
James M. Waddell Jr
General Assembly
Beaufort Democrat
Waddell
Hilton Head Island
South Carolina Coastal Council
Remains Found In U S Warplane Crash Site Laos
A U S Laotian team ended a seven day joint excavation at a Lao crash site for a reconnaissance aircraft shot down in March 1968 over Sepone. One set of remains was recovered and flown to Bangkok for evaluation.
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Bangkok
Thailand
U.S
Sepone
Laos
Savannakhet Province
Thomas J. Boyd
U.S. Pacific Command
Ho Chi Minh Trail
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Boyd
NASA and UCAR Propose Reusing Shuttle Fuel Tanks
NASA and the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research announce a plan to place experiments in five Space Shuttle fuel tanks after launch. Each $34 million tank will carry equipment in a 5,000 cubic foot unpressurized space, starting around 1991, with no tax cost to the public.
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Washington
NASA
Space Agency
University Corporation For Atmospheric Research
UCAR
Peter Riva
AT&T Expects Record Long Distance Christmas Volume
AT&T projects handling more than 47 million long-distance calls this Christmas, a holiday record about 3 million more than last year. The company serves roughly 70 percent of the U.S. long-distance market and offers night-weekend discounts on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day with evening rates after 5 p.m. and eight-weekend rates resuming at 11 p.m.
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Washington
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
At&t
U.S
Evacuation of quake city begins in USSR
Van loudspeakers urge residents to leave Spitak as Leninakan demolition starts. American rescue workers recount survivors camping by fires at night and searching rubble by day. A 60 year old woman and her dead grandchildren described. rescue crews amputated to free her. At least 55,000 dead and 500,000 homeless in the region. Relief official Julia Taft says rescue nearly over as signs of life wane. Tass notes only one survivor found in 24 hours. Authorities push sanitary measures in disaster areas.
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Spitak
U.S.S.R
Leninakan
Caroline Hebard
Abc-Tv
Nightline Today
Mike Tamillow
Nightline
Tamiliow
Julia Taft
Tures
Tass
Armenia
Stern
Mailman Taken Hostage In 13 Hour Standoff
New Orleans police chief says a distraught postal worker was ordered to undergo mental tests after a 13 hour siege at the main post office. Warren Murphy 39 surrendered after negotiations led by Police Chief Warren Woodfork who described a dire personal motive involving a marital breakup and his children. The hostage a 25 year old postal worker girlfriend was released and hospitalized with unspecified conditions.
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New Orleans
Warren Murphy
Murphy
Carmine Mendel
Carol Condition
Warren Woodfork
Washington
Kemp Picked For Housing Job By Bush
President elect George Bush plans to name Rep Jack F Kemp as secretary of housing and urban development, replacing Samuel R Pierce Jr. Kemp, a conservative ally of Bush, is known for advocating tenant management of public housing and selling units to tenants at below market rates. He is seen as an outspoken, high visibility choice with civil rights support.
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Washington
George Bush
Jack F. Kemp
Kemp
Reagan
Samuel R. Pierce Jr
White House
Bush
Pierce
Grand Strand study warns AFB closure devastating to economy
Myrtle Beach area would face a devastating impact if the Myrtle Beach Air Force Base closes, says a Fontaine Co. study for Horry County Council. The 84.5 million dollar payroll supports 7 percent of the county population and diversifies a tourism and agriculture dependent economy.
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Myrtle Beach
Myrtle Beach Air Force Base
Horry County
Fontaine Co
Horry
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