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...Amax, a producer of molybdenum and specialty metals, Standard Oil of Ohio's decision to buy Kennecott Copper for $1.8 billion, or Arco's purchase in 1977 of the Anaconda Co. The mere mention of such mergers between natural-resource giants would have set an oldtime trust-buster's blood boiling, and even Baxter conceded that his agency would act if the combinations turned out to be blatantly anticompetitive. But then he softened his stance by saying that there would be no interference if the mergers were only "the efficient movement of funds from a cash-rich...
...pitcher Skip Lockwood yesterday and will probably give Dick Drago his outright release this afternoon. In other transactions, the Cleveland Indians sent Chris Bando and Karl Pagel to Charleston of the International League, the New York Mets sold Mark Bomback to Toronto, the Milwaukee Brewers sent Mark Brouhard and Buster Keeton to Vancouver of the Pacific Coast League, and the Pittsburgh Pirates sent pitcher Bob Owchinko to Oakland for future considerations...
Though Biggs has been one of Britain's most wanted men for 16 years, most Britons are scandalized that he may be forced to come home so ignominiously. Said Buster Edwards, 50, a Biggs accomplice who served nine years for the famous heist before being paroled: "It's a crying shame. The people who snatched Ronnie are nothing short of animals. I'm sick about it all." Who says there is no honor among thieves...
...handling labor matters for corporate clients. Though a forceful negotiator, he won the respect of his adversaries. Says William Robertson, executive secretary of the Los Angeles County AFL-CIO: "He is really an objective and brilliant attorney. And, unlike a lot of labor lawyers, he is not a union buster." Smith met Reagan in 1963 and became a kitchen cabinet adviser when his friend was elected Governor of California...
...thinks so, provided a few adjustments are made. In Flash Gordon, opening in December, the hero is no longer a polo-playing Yale grad but a New York Jets quarterback. His girl, Dale Arden, has become a working woman-a travel agent. And the hand-cranked special effects of Buster Crabbe's day have given way to Star Wars technics. Arch enemy Ming the Merciless hasn't changed a bit. Still "a mixture of Mephisto and Rasputin," says Max von Sydow, who portrays him. "I haven't had such fun since I played a monster...