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...House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Chairman Walter B. Jones (D-N.C.), chief sponsor of the bill to create the blue-ribbon commission, said the panel would "develop a vision for the future" in much the same way the Stratton Commission recommended policies that shaped ocean policy through the 1970s and into the 1980s...
...Gaillard while entertaining a stream of callers. A casino manager from Reno has flown in with a wholesale price book for sterling flatware; Cosby wants 70 place settings, and he wants a better price than the $98,000 he was quoted retail. He takes a call from a wine merchant about some cases of Chateau Petrus, but tells the man that " '76 isn't a good enough year." An elegantly suited young woman strolls in with a folder of things for him to sign: bills, checks, a customs release...
...five escort vessels brought the total U.S. naval force in the region to 46 ships. The Western armada may soon exceed 60 ships when additional British and French vessels arrive. And last week Italy announced that it was sending a naval task force to the gulf to protect its merchant shipping...
...energy czar is no Don Quixote of the business world. There is nothing fanciful about his vision of assembling a financial empire in the Pacific Basin. In fact, Simon has helped mold a multibillion-dollar conglomerate that includes the largest savings and loan association in Honolulu and a merchant bank in Los Angeles. Last week an investor group led by Simon agreed to pay $157 million for Western Federal Savings & Loan, the fifth California thrift the group has tried to acquire within a year. Says Simon: "California is the gateway to the dynamic growth markets of the next century...
...lawyer in Fairfax, Va., says he chopped his handicap from 19 to 13 after he began playing with a set of Slotline irons. "I don't get to practice much," he says, "so I need more forgiving clubs." Forgiveness, though, came at a price: $468 to Duke Duclos, the merchant of high-tech golf...