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...ripe for takeover. A roster of raiders were said to be eyeing the company that operates the ubiquitous 7-Eleven chain of 7,700 convenience stores and owns 50% of Citgo Petroleum. Last week the family that holds a 10% interest in Southland made a deft maneuver. John, Jere and Jodie Thompson, whose father Joe founded the firm in 1927, offered to buy the rest of the company for $3.8 billion, or $77 a share, and take it private. Just seven weeks ago, Southland stock traded at $48. But investors may reap yet bigger rewards. Southland stock closed the week...
...army adjutant told the court that he saw Jeremie kill an eight-year-old boy by striking him in the temple with the butt of his pistol. Choking back tears, the defendant protested: "I couldn't hurt a child. They call me 'Papa Jere' in Leogane." Another witness stripped off his shirt in court to exhibit six bullet wounds he suffered in the demonstration. "Jeremie says he is everybody's father," he snapped. "When did you hear of a father shooting his son? He shot...
...Last week Southland Corp., owner of the convenience chain, announced that it would no longer carry Playboy, Penthouse and Forum magazines, the three adult publications that now appear in its 4,500 7-Eleven stores. Southland additionally urged its 3,600 franchisees to follow suit. Southland President Jere Thompson said the action was in response to recent hearings conducted by the federal Commission on Pornography. Said Thompson: "The testimony indicates a growing public awareness of a possible connection between adult magazines and crime, violence and child abuse...
Says Pharmacist Jere Goyan of the University of California at San Francisco and former commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration: "It used to be that making the diagnosis was the difficult part, and the idea was that any damn fool could prescribe, especially since there were so few drugs that worked. Now there are so many, and all have some sort of bad effects too." Pharmacists get three to four years of training, almost exclusively about drugs. Many of them know more than doctors do about potentially dangerous drug interactions. Medical schools usually give only one formal course...
...Government in the meantime intends to continue efforts to reduce nitrite use and is asking the National Academy of Sciences to evaluate all existing data about the chemical. But speaking with reporters, FDA Commissioner Jere Goyan showed a studied calm about the chemical. Until we know more about the additive, he said, "we should eat a well-balanced diet and not be concerned about moderate amounts of cured meats." As for himself, he admitted: "I had a hot dog for lunch...