Directors as Rare Governing Heads in Fortune Top 500 Firms
NY AP report notes a Michigan State analysis finding many large firms treat boards as prestige appendages rather than governing bodies. Dr. Eugene Jennings argues boards should mature from decorative groups to corporate governance, with directors more accountable to broader social realities.
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New York
Eugene Jennings
Michigan State University
Jennings
Penn-Central
Lithuanian Immolated In Protest
MOSCOW AP reports another youth set himself on fire amid two days of rioting in Soviet Lithuania last month. In Kaunas on May 18 19 thousands clashed with police as mourners paid respects to Roman Kalanta who burned himself May 14. Two days of unrest left about 200 youths jailed and another suicide reported in southeast Lithuania.
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Moscow
Lithuania
Kaunas
Roman Kalanta
Mas Park
Kalanta
Timber Wolf Reprieved By Pentagon
Washington AP reports the Pentagon cancelled a plan to produce parka hoods from timber wolf fur. Rep W Whitehurst announced the Army Material Command will test a synthetic substitute to match frost resistance, likely cutting costs and saving about 1.1 million dollars.
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Washington
Ce Ee
North
National Wildlife Federation
North America
Federation
W. Whitehurst
Rva
U. S. Army Material Command
Whitehurst
Insurance Counsel Warns on Federal No Fault Bill
ATLANTA Ga AP Car insurance premiums could rise in every state and the industry may be controlled by a few giant firms if a federal no fault bill passes Paul Blume associate counsel of NAII says the bill would squeeze competition and force mergers smaller companies out of auto insurance He argues states should handle the issue and notes NAII’s public reaction follows a Senate Commerce Committee action last month.
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Atlanta
Paul Blume
National Association of Independent Insurers
NAII
Blume
Association
Senate Commerce Committee
Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko Visits Paris for Talks
Paris AP report says Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei A. Gromyko is in Paris for consultations amid hopes of briefing French officials on the U S Soviet summit. Paris officials say they have heard little about the summit's substance.
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Paris
Andrei A. Gromyko
Hog cholera persists delaying national eradication effort
The Agriculture Department reports renewed hog cholera cases in the Southeast. An animal slaughtered at an Alachua Florida plant was from a 194 herd shipment from buying stations in Florida, South Carolina and North Carolina. Tests are underway on other hogs to determine spread and assist tracing.
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Agriculture Department
Southeast
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Alachua
Fla
Florida
South Carolina
North Carolina
Texas
USDA
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