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9th of April 1996 News
Nieuws zoals het verscheen op de voorpagina van de New York Times op 9 april 1996
Suit Seeks to Unseal Unabom Documents
Date: 10 April 1996
By The New York Times
Three news organizations, including The New York Times, have asked a Federal judge here to open three sealed court documents relating to the investigation of Theodore J. Kaczynski, who officials of the Federal Bureau of Investigation believe is the Unabomber. The documents are the search warrant for Mr. Kaczynski's one-room mountain cabin and two supporting affidavits. "One of the affidavits is believed to be a lengthy document that contains extensive information on the Government's investigation," said John Morrison, the lawyer who filed the petition this afternoon in United States District Court.
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Man Details How He Shot a Black Leader
Date: 09 April 1996
AP
The racist acquitted 14 years ago in a sniper attack on Vernon E. Jordan Jr. has detailed for the first time how he indeed ambushed the civil rights leader, two newspapers reported. The assailant, Joseph Paul Franklin, 45, is serving six life sentences plus 31 years for murder. He is in jail in St. Louis, awaiting trial in yet another killing.
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NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 09 April 1996
INTERNATIONAL A3-12
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News Summary
Date: 10 April 1996
International A3-11
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TV Notes;New News for the Morning
Date: 10 April 1996
By Lawrie Mifflin
Lawrie Mifflin
After decades of finishing third in the morning news-and-talk competition, behind ABC and NBC, CBS News has decided to run a different race. Instead of tinkering with its current vehicle -- "CBS This Morning," with Harry Smith and Paula Zahn as co-hosts -- CBS told its affiliated stations yesterday that it was inventing a new kind of morning broadcast, featuring an expandable partnership with local stations that would enable them to repossess large chunks of morning time. Other changes: no more live studio audience (the latest gimmick, in place since last October), and probably new anchors, although, on the record, CBS executives said yesterday that no final decisions had been made.
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COMPANY NEWS;SIMON & SCHUSTER ACQUIRES MERGENT TECHNOLOGIES
Date: 10 April 1996
Bloomberg Business News
Bloomberg News
Simon & Schuster said yesterday that it had acquired Mergent Technologies Group, a software company in San Diego, for an undisclosed amount. Mergent will become the Invest Learning Corporation, Simon & Schuster, the publishing arm of Viacom Inc., said, and operate as a division of the company's Computer Curriculum subsidiary. Invest Learning will develop educational software for adult and teen-aged students through 1,600 learning center installations in the United States and Canada, Simon & Schuster said.
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COMPANY NEWS;GENETIC ENGINEERING UNIT TO BE SOLD TO MONSANTO
Date: 09 April 1996
Dow Jones
Dow Jones
W. R. Grace & Company said yesterday that it had agreed to sell a unit of its Agracetus subsidiary that develops genetically altered products for the agricultural and pharmaceutical industries. The unit, which is based in Middleton, Wis., is to be sold to the Monsanto Company for $150 million in cash. Agracetus's human gene therapy business will remain with W. R. Grace, doing business as Auragen Pharmaceuticals Inc. Monsanto, which is based in St. Louis, makes agricultural and chemical products.
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COMPANY NEWS;'DIFFERENCES' SPUR EXIT OF AHMANSON PRESIDENT
Date: 10 April 1996
Bloomberg Business News
Bloomberg News
H. F. Ahmanson & Company said yesterday that its president, Fredric J. Forster, was leaving the company because of "differences on tactics." The company, which operates Home Savings of America, the nation's biggest savings and loan, called the resignation "amicable." Mr. Forster was named chief operating officer in October 1993, succeeding Charles R. Rinehart, who became chief executive. Mr. Rinehart praised Mr. Forster, but added, "Fred and I felt that without complete alignment, our energy and attention could be diverted" from the "challenge" of instituting new strategies. Mr. Rinehart said the company had not chosen a successor. Ahmanson, based in Irwindale, Calif., has 343 branches in 4 states, plus 121 mortgage-lending offices in 10 states.
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COMPANY NEWS;PARSONS NAMES A NEW CHIEF EXECUTIVE
Date: 10 April 1996
The Parsons Corporation named James F. McNulty as chief executive, succeeding Leonard J. Pieroni, 57, who died last week in the plance crash in Croatia with Commerce Secretary Ronald H. Brown. Mr. McNulty, who is 53, will also become a director. He joined the corporation in 1988 and has held several senior-level positions, most recently as president of Parsons Infrastructure & Technology Group Inc., one of four global business units of the company, an engineering and construction group based in Pasadena, Calif.
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COMPANY NEWS;KIMBERLY-CLARK TO CUT PRICES FOR PAPER GOODS
Date: 10 April 1996
Bloomberg Business News
Bloomberg News
The Kimberly-Clark Corporation said yesterday that it would cut prices for its tissues, paper towels and bath tissue, following the lead of its rival, the Procter & Gamble Company. Kimberly-Clark said it would reduce prices for its Kleenex Cottonelle and Scott 1000 bathroom tissue and Kleenex facial tissues an average of about 8.5 percent, effective April 22. Prices for Kleenex Viva and Scott Clean paper towels will be lowered by nearly 5 percent on June 3. The action mirrors price cuts initiated March 27 by P.& G. Kimberly-Clark shares fell $2.375, to $72.625, on the New York Stock Exchange.
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