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10th of August 1993 News
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A Man Marries a Man? Print It!
Date: 11 August 1993
By George B. Pyle
George
When a bride-to-be brings the announcement of her coming wedding to be published in the Sunday Lifestyles section of the Salina Journal, we don't demand to see a marriage license. We don't discriminate against second marriages or interracial unions.
But late last year, when Steven Durant and Skip Bishop walked into my office to ask if we would print their wedding announcement, we had to stop and think. Steven and Skip are both men, and we had never been asked to do anything like that before.
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The Bleach Thickens: Mets Ready To Speak
Date: 10 August 1993
By Jennifer Frey
Jennifer Frey
The Mets will make an announcement this afternoon regarding their investigation into the bleach-spraying incident in their Shea Stadium clubhouse two weeks ago, Gerry Hunsicker, their assistant vice president for baseball operations, said last night. Hunsicker would not elaborate on the nature of the announcement, refusing to comment on whether the player or players involved in the July 27 incident would be named and whether the Mets would reveal what action, if any, would be taken.
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Hope Seen for Curbing Youth Violence
Date: 11 August 1993
By Daniel Goleman
Daniel Goleman
Although statistics show that violence is rising among American youths, a panel of psychologists released a report yesterday offering an optimistic view of what might be done to reverse the bloody tide. The escalation in violence among young people is captured in statistics like these: a 61 percent increase in the 1980's in shootings committed by Americans 15 to 19 years old, and a 1,740 percent rise in the number of children and teen-agers treated for knife and gunshot wounds since 1986 at the Children's National Medical Center in Washington.
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Note Left by White House Aide: Accusation, Anger and Despair
Date: 11 August 1993
By R. W. Apple Jr
R. Apple
In a note that mixed fury with despair, Vincent W. Foster Jr., the White House lawyer whose death last month has been ruled a suicide by the police, said he was not meant for "the spotlight of public life" in a city where "ruining people is considered sport." The text of the letter was disclosed today by the Justice Department in an effort to quiet speculation about the death of the 48-year-old deputy White House counsel, an Arkansas lawyer who was a lifelong friend of President Clinton. But instead it raised a number of puzzling new questions, few of which were answered in Administration briefings.
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SHARES OF FERROFLUIDICS FALL ON NEWS OF S.E.C. INQUIRY
Date: 11 August 1993
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Shares of the Ferrofluidics Corporation fell 21.4 percent after the company said the Securities and Exchange Commission was investigating the possibility of securities-law violations at the company. The stock fell $3.125, to $11.50, in Nasdaq trading.
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Heinz Sells Italian Unit
Date: 10 August 1993
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
The Hershey Foods Corporation said today that it had agreed to buy the confectionery business of the H. J. Heinz Company's Italian subsidiary for an undisclosed price. Hershey said the Heinz business was the leader in the Italian confectionery market, making sugar candies, gift boxes and other candy products. The unit had sales of 160 billion lire, or about $100 million, for the year that ended March 31.
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CRAY BUYS SUPERCOMPUTER VENTURE'S TECHNOLOGIES
Date: 11 August 1993
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
The last vestiges of Supercomputer Systems Inc., a partnership between I.B.M. and Steve S. Chen to build the world's fastest computer, have been acquired by Cray Research Inc. of Eagan, Minn. Terms of the deal to buy certain technologies were not disclosed.
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DELTA SETS PACT WITH FLIGHT DISPATCHERS
Date: 10 August 1993
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Delta Air Lines Inc. has negotiated a contract agreement with its flight dispatchers, ending six months of concession talks. The Professional Airline Flight Control Association, which represents 160 flight dispatchers, agreed to accept a 5 percent pay cut and reduced benefits. Similar cuts were imposed last year on Delta's roughly 65,000 nonunion employees. About 80 percent of the dispatchers voted for the agreement, a union official said. Delta, which said it expected to save about $500,000 annually from the contract, remains stalled in concession talks with the Air Line Pilots Association.
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EMC AGREES TO ACQUIRE EPOCH SYSTEMS
Date: 10 August 1993
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
The EMC Corporation agreed yesterday to purchase Epoch Systems Inc. for 4.75 million shares. Under the agreement, the transaction price is subject to a limit that is below yesterday's closing price of $30.50 for EMC shares, according to an EMC spokesman. Based on that share price, however, the transaction would have a value of about $144.8 million.
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MAXUS SHARES RISE ON EXPECTATIONS FOR COLOMBIA WELL
Date: 11 August 1993
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
The shares of the Maxus Energy Corporation jumped 24.6 percent yesterday as investors speculated that the company had a major discovery in Colombia. The company's stock jumped $1.875, to $9.50, on the New York Stock Exchange, where the company's trading volume of almost 7.4 million shares was the second largest of the day.
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