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REAL ESTATE. Through American-Hawaiian Steamship, Ludwig is developing land in several parts of the U.S. The holdings include Westlake Village in Southern California; Ludwig's partner in that $1 billion venture is the Prudential Insurance Co. Ludwig also owns land in the Bahamas and condominium developments in Australia, and has interests in office and apartment buildings in New York...
...companies. Tobacco firms are speeding up their diversification. Last week Reynolds agreed to buy U.S. Lines, the shipping company, for $65 million. Reynolds, which now gets more than one-third of its sales from non-tobacco sources, has also expanded into freight transportation and foodChun King, Hawaiian Punch, My-T-Fine desserts. A few weeks ago, American Brands, formerly American Tobacco Co., agreed to buy Andrew Jergens, the hand-lotion and cosmetics manufacturer. American also owns or controls James Beam distillers, Duffy-Mott foods and Swingline, a maker of stapling machines. Liggett & Myers, which has moved into liquor...
...will also gravely hurt the nation's position in world trade. The U.S. Secretary of State says that the measure will start a trade war with some of the nation's most important allies. But these warnings are drowned out by the voices of Pennsylvania mushroom growers, Hawaiian passion-fruit producers and other businessmen who want protection from low-priced imports. The bill passes, and the President signs it, explaining that he had to do so in order to win increases in Social Security payments for the poor and aged...
...Hawaiian middle guard Rich Lolotai, known as the Giant Pineapple, is the exception to what is otherwise a fairly small line. Weighing 265 pounds, Lolotai is "very quick for his size," according to Cozza...
...ranging of migrants. Even the smallest feathered creature in North America, the .09-oz. calliope hummingbird, buzzes 6,000 miles each year from British Columbia to Mexico City and back. The ruddy turnstone and bristle-thighed curlew fly more than 2,000 miles nonstop from Alaska to the Hawaiian islands on their way to the South Pacific. The long-distance champion of them all is the Arctic tern, which makes an annual round trip of 22,000 miles...