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Odessa American

Location

Odessa, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jun 21, 1996

Page

9

Westinghouse to buy Infinity Broadcasting for 3.9 billion

CBS owner Westinghouse Electric to acquire Infinity Broadcasting for 3.9 billion, creating an 83-station radio operator with 1 billion in annual revenue, spanning 16 markets including Los Angeles New York and Chicago. The deal follows FCC deregulation easing ownership limits and confirms Stern and Imus as part of the merged network.

New York CBS Westinghouse Electric Infinity Broadcasting CBS Inc Westinghouse Infinity General Motors John Reidy Smith Barney Inc Los Angeles Chicago Af Radio Micha el H. Jordan Infinity Broadcasting Corp Mel Karmazin Federal Communications Commission FCC Karmazin Imus New York Stock Exchange Stern Ince

Alabama ends chain gangs while keeping work crews

Alabama reaches a federal settlement to end chain gangs. Inmates will not be shackled to others during roadside cleanup, though individual leg chains may remain. The work crews continue under new safety focused policy after security concerns and a governor backed shift following earlier court pressure.

Alabama Montgomery Ala Richard Cohen Southern Poverty Law Center Fob James U.S Vanzetta Pherson Alfred Sawyer Department of Corrections

Diabetes gene site near finding for type I diabetes

Australian researchers report progress in locating a gene linked to insulin dependent diabetes. In a study of 98 sibling pairs they traced the defect to chromosome 2, suggesting a gene that acts early in type I diabetes. Experts caution further work is needed to confirm findings across populations and to understand the disease mechanism.

Grant Morahan Royal Melbourne Hospital Australia Science Morahan American Diabetes Association Cryer Washington University School of Medicine St. Louis

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