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Kerr-McGee plans to appeal the case. Dean McGee, co-founder and current chairman of the company, had declared that, whatever the verdict, his firm did not expect to make any changes in its operating practices...
...million and $20.9 million. That did not include income from two trusts valued at more than $5 million. Runner-up was Missouri Republican John Danforth, who said his assets actually declined last year because the family business, the Ralston Purina Co., suffered a dip in profits. Danforth said his current holdings amount to between $6.9 million and $17.2 million. Other millionaire Senators include...
...government in Salisbury immediately. The Prime Minister, however, is well aware that Britain cannot afford to offend African members of the Commonwealth. One index of their growing importance is that Britain's trade with Nigeria now exceeds its trade with South Africa. Nevertheless, as an indication of current Tory sentiment, Thatcher has decided to send a senior envoy to Salisbury, replacing the junior official there now The prevailing view in Whitehall, however, appears to be that action on both recognition and sanctions can be delayed until after the Organization of African Unity's meeting in July and, more...
Switch on a home air conditioner, a factory pump or just about any electric device and the motor will burn roughly the same amount of current whether the machine is running fast or slow. This inefficiency and waste of energy by motors could soon be eliminated, according to Exxon Corp. Last week the world's largest oil company announced with much fanfare that it has developed a new electric energy technology that could save the U.S. the equivalent of 1 million...
Exxon has produced a boxlike "alternating current synthesizer" that can be built into new machines or fitted easily to existing electric motors. It will control the speed of electric motors, which burn up about 60% of all electricity generated in the nation. The device uses microprocessor technology to enable an electrical current to be regulated and changed so that it varies from the fixed norm that is established by utilities; in the U.S. the norm is about 115 volts and 60 cycles. Put simply, this means that the speed of a conventional motor can be automatically varied according...