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Four postseason finals--Big Eight, Pac-10, Southwest and Metro--had not been concluded when the committee wrapped up its work...
...Midwest Regional on Thursday at South Bend, Ind., Purdue (27-3) meets Fairleigh Dickinson (23-6) and Baylor (23-9) duels Memphis State (19-10) going into Sunday's Metro Conference final. Also, DePaul (21-7) goes against Wichita State (20-9) and Kansas State (22-7) going into Sunday's Big Eight final, plays La Salle...
...Washington last week. The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority threw out all bids for construction of an extension to the city subway system after the low bidder turned out to be a 70%-30% joint venture of Kiewit Construction of Omaha and Kajima Engineering & Construction of Japan. The Metro acted to conform with the Murkowski-Brooks amendment, which was passed by Congress last December and bans Japanese firms from federally funded public works projects. The provision was designed to force the Japanese to open their domestic construction market to Americans...
Kiewit-Kajima had come in with a $49.2 million bid, under Metro's own $50.9 estimated cost for the job, and well below the $51.5 bid from the nearest competitor. Metro officials will readvertise the contract, and expect to award it within two months. With an eye on current U.S.-Japanese negotiations over the construction issue, Republican Senator Frank Murkowski of Alaska, co- author of the amendment, said, "I cannot imagine a better signal to send to the Japanese." And to American taxpayers...
...slaying got scant attention. Footage of the grieving family was not the top story on the evening news. The Los Angeles Herald Examiner buried her death in a small note. The Los Angeles Times, which had been splashing the Westwood shoot-out across the top of its metro section, treated the Washington killing as a short follow-on. Two officers were assigned to the case...