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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...take a second wife or to dismiss a spouse with the curt command: "I divorce you." In 1975 Thai women won the right to run for election as village chief or attain the rank of general in the army. But they still cannot sign a contract or apply for a passport without their husband's permission...
Died. William Lundigan, 61, perennial supporting actor; after a long illness; in Duarte, Calif. A radio announcer in his native Syracuse, N.Y., Lundigan caught the ear of a movieland talent scout with the resonance of his bass voice. Signed on the spot to his first film contract, a commercial for a Tarzan film, Lundigan went to Hollywood in 1937. He played in such rough-and-tumble epics as Dodge City (1939) and The Fighting 69th (1940); otherwise, he said, "nothing much happened" in a 17-year career during which he appeared in more than 125 films. Later Lundigan moved...
...reputation for patience, even under pressure. His prescience paid off when oil prices started to skyrocket at the end of 1973. Suddenly, energy projects that had previously seemed uneconomic looked profitable, and Fluor had skilled engineers ready to do the work. The jobs were immense: a $1.4 billion contract to build twelve pumping stations and the Valdez terminal for the trans-Alaska pipeline, for example, and a $1 billion plant for the South African Coal, Oil & Gas Corp. Ltd. to convert coal into oil and petroleum products-the world's largest such facility...
...easily cost the builder $1.5 million. The firm also makes a habit of training local workers to build and run completed facilities, a practice that has been much appreciated by the governments of Greece, Taiwan, Indonesia and South Korea. Partly for these reasons, Iran recently favored Fluor with a contract to build 65% of a $750 million refinery near Isfahan...
Pressroom Control. In its proposals for a new contract this year, the Post offered the pressmen a 25% increase in the basic wage in three years and a $400,000 bonus, to be divided among them. In return, the paper asked to be given back control of the pressroom. The union has refused. Last week the Post began hiring 140 permanent replacements for the pressmen, while a dozen or so strikers have accepted the Post's offer to return to work "as individuals." Company executives believe some of the unions may return to work as early as next month...