Reagan moves to blacklist French unit over Soviet pipeline
President Reagan weighs blacklisting Dresser France, a French subsidiary of Dresser Industries, for shipping compressors to the Soviet Union in breach of the U S embargo on the Siberian gas line. Officials say the move avoids direct friction with France while dock workers sail to Riga aboard a French freighter.
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Barry Schweid
Associated Press
Washington
Reagan
Soviet Union
Dresser France
Dresser Industries Inc
Dallas
U.S
Dresser Industries
Riga
Odessa Ambulance Workers Drift From Recertification
Odessa Fire Department ambulance technicians show reluctance to recertify due to stagnant incentive pay. Fire Chief Bill Childress says $50 monthly value has lost impact after 10 years, with current incentives $30 to $70. City Manager John Harrison orders a study on boosting pay, report due in 90 days.
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Julie Bird
Odessa
Bill Childress
Childers
Childress
Alan Stewart
John Harrison
Police chief pushes for 66 new officers in city budget
Odessa Police Chief Stewart asks city council for a 7.8 million dollar budget for 1982 83 up 42 percent from 5.5 million to meet a growing workload He cites heavy duty and reactionary operations but notes a closer unit and 23 vacancies filled plus restructuring He also points to wrecking of the police courts site as a sign of progress.
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Julie Bird
Stewart
Odessa
Occidental and Cities merger creates eighth largest U.S. oil firm
Occidental Petroleum and Cities Service Co agree to a $4.3 billion deal merging to form the eighth-largest U.S. oil company. Occidental will buy about 45 percent of Cities at $55 a share in cash, with remaining shares swapped for securities valued at about $2.4 billion. FTC/DOJ review pending. Gulf Oil had backed out earlier.
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New York
Occidental Petroleum Corp
Cities Service Co
Cities
U.S
Cities’ Board of Directors
Occidental
Justice Department
Federal Trade Commission
Gulf Oil Corp
Gulf
Cities Board
New York Stock Exchange
Jellybeans reveal gendered personality traits in color study
AP reports psychologist Elizabeth Bard analyzed 98 Ohio subjects to link jellybean color to traits. Men and women show different patterns for orange, black, yellow, pink, purple, green, and red, describing drive, security, charm, independence, affection, protection, and ambition.
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Washington
White House
Elizabeth M. Bard
Akron
Ohio
Firms failing at high rate in mid August
The week ended Aug 19 saw 572 business failures, the highest in 50 years and up 71 percent from a year earlier. Dun & Bradstreet called the level the highest since the early 1930s, with the weekly average rising to 459 from 318 a year ago.
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New York
Dun & Bradstreet Corp
Dun & Bradstreet
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