SEC approves Americus unit trust for Du Pont stock
The SEC approves Americus Shareowner Service Co for a unit investment trust holding Du Pont common stock. Investors can exchange shares tax freely for two units, prime and score, with different exposure to dividends and appreciation up to 110 dollars. Americus begins accepting shares via Alex Brown & Sons, aiming to convert up to 10 million of Du Pont's 240.4 million shares. Du Pont remains uninvolved and neutral. Components of the trust are listed on the American Stock Exchange.
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Securities and Exchange Commission
Americus Shareowner Service Co
New York
du Pont Co
Americus Trust
du Pont
Americus
Alex. Brown & Sons
Joseph Debe
Audi urged to recall 5000 models after sudden accelerations
The government cannot explain why hundreds of Audi 5000 cars surged suddenly injuring over 200 people and causing four deaths. It urges a safety recall, while Audi of America reviews the NHTSA suggestion but has not decided.
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Washington
Audi of America Inc
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
South Carolina scout William O'Tuel dies after tranquilizer
Richland County Coroner says 23 year old William Bryant O'Tuel II died after apparently injecting himself with an animal tranquilizer. Funeral set for Park Street Baptist Church with burial at Sunset Park Cemetery in Bennettsville after body found on living room sofa Sunday.
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Columbia
Richland County
Frank Barron III
William Bryant O’tuel II
South Carolina
O’tuel
Park Street Baptist Church
Sunset Park
Bennettsville
Blackout in Chicago Knocks Out 200000 Power
A moisture related short circuit at a substation triggered a 12 hour blackout Tuesday morning leaving 200000 residents without electricity across Chicago. Traffic court halted and John Hancock Center workers climbed stairs to reach offices. Dan Fields of Lee Communications reported walking from the 44th to the 94th floor.
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Chicago
North
John Hancock Center
Dan Fields
Fields
Lee Communications
Greyhound to sell bus lines for 350 million
Officials say the sale of Greyhound Lines Inc. to investors for more than 350 million will not alter schedules or routes before the closing expected by mid March. Fred G. Curry of Dallas leads the buyer group and pledges no route reductions.
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Dallas
Greyhound Bus Lines
Greyhound Corp
Grehound Lines Inc
Greyhound
Fred G. Curry
Investors’ Group
Pine Bluff Commercial Sells to Donrey Media Group
The Pine Bluff Commercial, a 1969 Pulitzer winner from Arkansas, sold to Donrey Media Group with a binding agreement signed and closing planned next week. Brown Publishing Co. of Cincinnati completes purchase of Galvin Newspaper group adding six Ohio papers: Wilmington News Journal The Record Herald Circleville Daily Herald The Press Gazette Hillsboro The Logan Daily News The Times Bulletin Van Wert.
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Cincinnati
Pine Bluff Commercial
Arkansas
Donrey Media Group
Brown Publishing Co
Ohio
Commercial
Fort Smith
Ark
Liftings Herald
Southern Standard
Arkadelphia
Yazoo Herald
Yazoo City
Miss
Brown Publishing
Galvin Newspaper Group
Brown
Clarence J. Brown
Henry Benner
Wilmington News-Journal
Record-Herald
Washington Court House
Daily Herald
Circleville
Press Gazette
Hillsboro
Logan Daily News
The
Times-Bulletin
van Wert
Nine Korean fishermen rescued after five days adrift
A Japanese fishing boat rescued nine South Korean fishermen who had drifted in a rubber dinghy in the Sea of Japan for five days after their boat wrecked. The Maritime Safety Agency searched for 17 other crewmen reported missing.
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Tokyo
Sea of Japan
Maritime Safety Agency
Sugio Ishitobi
Maizuru
Japan
AFF Inc abandons plan for Brunswick chemical plant
Marietta based AFF Inc says it will not build a six million dollar chemical plant in Glynn County near the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center despite earlier approval talks. Spokesman Dixon Driggs cites an existing adaptable facility elsewhere and denies community opposition influenced the decision. Environmental groups and the FLETC opposed the project as plans emerged last fall.
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Brunswick, Ga
Brunswick
Marietta
AFF
Glynn County
Federal Law Enforcement Training Center
FLETC
Coastal
Blacks Beat White Teen in Retaliation
In Queens a black mob attacked Jeffrey McCarthy 17 as he waited for a bus in Jamaica amid mounting racial tension after a black man died in Howard Beach. White teens faced murder charges for the Howard Beach beatings as police and civil rights leaders called for calm and demonstrations.
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New York
Howard Beach
Jeffrey McCarthy
Jamaica
Queens
McCarthy
Robert Colangelo
Lice
Queens General Hospital
Wings and Flight Records Amid Pacific Journey
Dec 14 to 23 chronicles a piston aircraft enduring winglet damage on takeoff and a diverted path across the dateline to skirt Typhoon Marge. The crew counters violent weather, breaks 1946 piston records, and finishes in California ahead of schedule amidst fatigue and fuel challenges.
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California
Voyager Fliers Return as Pioneer Heroes
Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager landed at Edwards Air Force Base after nine days aloft in the Voyager. They traveled about 25,012 miles with officials estimating over 26,000, amid fatigue and mechanical glitches. President Reagan planned to award them the Presidential Citizens Medal for their achievement.
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Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
Dick Rutan
Jeana Yeager
Rutan
Yeager
National Aeronautic Association
Voyager
Reagan
White House
Richard Nixon
U.S
Clemson Invites State Officials To Gator Bowl
Clemson University invited top state and Clemson officials to the Gator Bowl with nine accepting. The offer included game tickets and two nights lodging in Jacksonville, without transport or meals. Officials named include U S Senator Strom Thurmond and state leaders.
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Clemson
Greenville
Clemson University
Jacksonville
Fla
Greenville News
Nick Lomax
Lomax
U.S
Strom Thurmond
Grady Patterson
Baron Holmes
House of
Butler Derrick
Robert Tallon
John Spratt
House
Robert Sheheen
Senate
Rembert Dennis
Travis Medlock
Eston Marchant
Charlie Williams
Edgar Vaughn
Ways and Means
Robert McLellan
Era Ends As Last Chevette Rolls Off GM Assembly Line
The last Chevette rolled from GM Lakewood in Atlanta en route to an Ohio dealer, ending an 11 year, 2.5 million car run. Sales peaked in 1980 and 1981, with over 375k each year, as high mileage, front wheel drive rivals emerged and gasoline prices fell.
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Atlanta
Ohio
Chevrolet
General Motors Corp
Lakewood
Springdale
Detroit
North America
Ed Lewitzin
Lewitzin
Sprint
Spectrum
Cavalier
Dee Allen
Aiken Standard Contact and Office Hours
Contact numbers for subscriptions classifieds and news tips are listed. Office hours run 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday with Sunday morning service. mailing address and location at 124 Rutland Drive.
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Aiken Standard
Rutland Drive
Aiken, S.C
North Augusta
S.C. Highway Patrol
Salley
Volunt
Wagener Fire
Wagener Police
Aiken Communications Inc
P.O. Box
Aiken
S.C
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Timothy Grimes
Africa
Cynthia Greer
Air Force
Mojave
Burt
Home Delivery
Aiken Standard — Pbm
Abused Persons Coalition
Emerg
HCA
Jackson
New Ellenton
New Holland
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