Du Pont to Acquire Conoco Inc in $7.3 Billion Deal
Du Pont Co agreed to acquire Conoco Inc in a 7.3 billion merger that would form the seventh largest U.S. industrial company. The deal pivots around 100 percent stock and cash exchange, with Du Pont offering 87.50 a share for 40 percent and 1.6 Du Pont shares for remaining Conoco shares.
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Wilmington, del
du Pont Co
Conoco Inc
Conoco
U.S
Seagram Co. Ltd
Montreal
du Pont
Jefferson
Joseph E. Seagram & Sons Inc
New York
Seagram
Stamford
Conn
Cities Service Co
David Moffitt
Hudson’s Bay Oil & Gas Co. Ltd
Navy Band to Play Hopeland Gardens Concert Tonight
The U S Navy Band performs at Hopeland Gardens at 7 PM in the summer concert series. If rain, the concert moves to the H Odell Weeks Activities Center at 1700 Whiskey Road.
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U.S. Navy
Hopeland Gardens
Dupree Place
Whiskey Road
H. Odell Weeks
Two Arrested After Robbery Near Ramada Inn
A man and a 17 year old girl were charged with armed robbery after $202 was stolen from the Ramada Inn. Harold Richard Webber 29 of Lockhart and Cindy Jean Nixon 17 of Bastrop La were arrested after a green sedan with its doors open was seen near the hotel on Richland Avenue at 4 11 a m. A knife was used in the robbery and the night manager reported the incident to police.
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Ramada Inn
Harold Richard Webber
Lockhart
Cindy Jean Nixon
Bastrop
Richland Avenue
Riots in Toxteth injure 185 police as 70 arrested
In Liverpool England a night of rioting left 185 police injured and 70 rioters jailed. Officers used tear gas to retake control of the Toxteth district after looting and attacks on buildings and vehicles. Authorities cautioned that crowds included white and black youths and that violence was orchestrated.
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England
Liverpool
Toxteth
Kenneth Hoskisson
Merseyside
Peter Wright
Southall
London
Georgia Murders Linked to Prison Escapee Theory
Police theorize a prison escapee or fleeing mental patient is behind five Georgia slayings in two burglaries. Victims include 8 year old Alice Watts and relatives in Dearing, with two men killed near Midville. Authorities say all crimes may be related and seek the possible fugitive.
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Thomson, Ga
Georgia
Alice Watts
Dearing
Hattie M. Watts
Ricky A. Watts
McDuffie County
William Swan
Swan
Midville
Alan Butler Reeves
Alan Shirley
Ringgold
Reeves
Burke County
Gregory Coursey
Phil Peters
Georgia Bureau of Investigation
Peters
New School Leader To Receive Oath
The new superintendent of the Aiken County School District will be sworn in at the Board of Education meeting at 7:30 p.m. at the Educational Center on 843 Edgefield Ave. Dr. Robert W. Paskel, formerly executive director for plant operations in Dade County Florida, replaces Ted B. Willis who retired Tuesday. Agenda items include membership renewal in the South Carolina School Boards Association and a new format for the board agenda. The meeting will recess into executive session to consider appeals.
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Aiken County
Dade County
Florida
Ted B. Willis
South Carolina School Boards Association
Aiken County Council Budget Hearing Planned
The Aiken County Council will present the 1981 82 budget at a public meeting tomorrow night at 7 in the County Council Chambers 736 Richland Ave W The council voted to disregard budget cuts and to levy a 19 mill tax increase for county residents. It will discuss ordinances on personnel policy airport restriction waste bid nursing home project committee tax notes lease with Belvedere Dixie Youth Baseball League position freezes and Industrial Development Revenue Bonds up to 1 500 000 and approval by the State Budget and Control Board.
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Aiken County
County Council
Richland Ave
Aiken
Luke’s Waste Control
Evans, Ga
Belvedere Dixie Youth Baseball League
State Budget and Control Board of
South Carolina
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