Major U S retailers face triple weakness in September sales
Industry analysts cite poor weather, auto rebate pull effects, and tough year-ago comparisons as September drags for major retailers. Department stores show resilience due to affluent customers, while general merchandisers lag. Sears up 0.3 percent, Kmart up 2.7 but open-only-year sales down 9.2 percent, J C Penney down 0.5, Federated up 3.5, Dayton Hudson up 11.5 with 6.9 percent open-a-year gain.
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Sears, Roebuck & Co
Kmart Corp
J.C. Penney Co
Federated Department Stores Inc
Dayton Hudson Corp
Aspirin May Lower Heart Attack Risk
Washington officials say daily aspirin could cut death from a fatal heart attack by 20 to 50 percent for some patients and save 30 000 to 50 000 lives yearly. FDA approved the regimen based on studies of more than 11 000 patients led by experts including Margaret M Heckler.
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Washington
Margaret M. Heckler
Secretary of Health and Human Services
Food and Drug Administration
Heckler
Robert Temple
FDA
Local Residents Named in Community Roster
WpLles lists include Margie S. Rodgers of Cordova Mary M. Thomas of Aiken Booker T. Fells of Jamaica N Y Stephanie L. Meadows of Ridge Spring Frank Gunther of Aiken Horace Bacon of Aiken Janie S. Smith of Belvedere Frank G. Johnson of Wagener Gertie H. Lyons of Langley
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Margie S. Rodgers
Cordova
Mary M. Thomas
Aiken
Booker T. Fells
Jamaica
N.Y
Stephanie L. Meadows
Ridge Spring
Frank Gunther
Horace Bacon
Janie S. Smith
Belvedere
Frank G. Johnson
Wagener
Gertie H. Lyons
Langley
Italians to try four Palestinians for Klinghoffer murder
U S officials say Italy will have first chance to prosecute four hijackers in the Achille Lauro case. An extradition request will be filed as Rome weighs trial versus extradition. Washington notes Egypt’s port decision and potential U S pursuit of justice.
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Washington
Reagan
United States
Italy
Larry Speakes
Speakes
Tas
Leon Klinghoffer
Achille Lauro
Port Said
Andreotti
U.S
Sicily
Palestine Liberation Organization
Egypt
Saratoga
White House
Tunisia
Sigonella
Catania
Bettino Craxi
House Textile Vote Declared Major Victory in Congress
Rep. Ed Jenkins says House approval of a bill to roll back textile and apparel imports is a major victory despite lacking the two thirds to override a veto. The 262 to 159 vote drew support mainly from Southern textile states and comes as the president weighs the measure.
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Washington
Ed Jenkins
House
Jenkins
Reagan
Georgia
White House
Congressional Textile Caucus
South
Alabama
North Carolina
Carolina
Bill Hendon
R-N.c
House of Representatives
Hendon
South Carolina
Charles Dunn
N.C. Textile Manufacturers Association
Raleigh
N.C
Bill Nichols
D-Ala
Textile Caucus
House Republicans
Nichols
Nobel Peace Prize Award to International Physicians Group
The 1985 Nobel Peace Prize honors International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, a Boston based antiwar group formed by Soviet and American doctors. The five member committee cited its work spreading information on nuclear war dangers and pressuring public opposition to proliferation. Co founders Dr. Bernard Lown and Dr. Yevgeny Chazov welcomed the award and will attend the Oslo ceremony on December 10.
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Oslo
Norway
International Physicians For
Nobel Committee
Doctors’ Organization
Geneva
Switzerland
Associated Press
Bernard Lown
Lown
Harvard School of Public Health
Cambridge
Mass
Yevgeny Chazov
USSR
Cardiological Institute
Nobel
Wholesale prices fall 0.6 percent in September
The Labor Department reports September wholesale prices declined 0.6 percent, the third drop in four months, led by a 3.8 percent fall in passenger cars and a 2 percent fall in light trucks. Food costs eased, while gasoline dropped 2.2 percent and heating oil rose 10.7 percent.
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Washington
Labor Department
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Prudenitial-Bache Securities Inc
New York
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Illinois
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Senate
DR. Lown
Chezov
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