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...Governors' mansions too. Of the 13 Governors' races, ten involved states held by Democrats. By winning seven of the 13, the Republicans slashed the Democratic gubernatorial edge from 31 to 19, to 27 to 23, As expected, the two Republican incumbents-Delaware's Pierre S. Du Pont IV and Vermont's Richard Snelling coasted to victory, while Indiana's Lieutenant Governor Robert Orr succeeded his retiring G.O.P. predecessor, Otis Bowen. There was a mild upset in North Dakota, where Republican State Attorney General Allen Olson edged out the incumbent, Democrat Arthur Link. Democratic Governors...
...company would have lost money except for the sale of $77.8 million worth of its cement division and some real estate. Bethlehem Steel lost $32.3 million in the third quarter, as contrasted with a $74.8 million profit during the same period a year ago. Chemical giant Du Pont reported an earnings decline of 61%. Since the housing industry had been especially hard hit by high interest rates, building supply manufacturers also took a beating. Boise-Cascade's operating profits dropped 40%, and Johns-Manville's were...
Senator Governor Alabama Jeremiah Denton-R Alaska Outcome Uncertain Arizona William R. Schulz-D Arkansas Dale Bumpers-D Frank White-R California Alan Cranston-D Colorado Gary Hart-D Connecticut Christopher Dodd-D Delaware Pierre Du Pont IV-R Florida Paula Hawkins-R Georgia Herman Talmadge-D Hawaii Daniel Inouye-D Idaho Steven Symms-R Illinois Alan J. Dixon-D Indiana Dan Quayle-R Bob Orr-R Iowa Charles Grassley-R Kansas Robert Dole-R Kentucky Wendell Ford-D Louisiana Russell Long-D Maine Maryland Charles McC. Mathias-R Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Thomas Eagleton-D Christopher Bond...
...Alaska 3 Clark Gruening Frank H. Murkowski Arizona 6 William R. Schulz Barry Goldwater Arkansas 6 Dale Bumpers Bill Clark Bill Clinton Frank White Califomia 45 Alan Cranston Paul Gann Colorado 7 Gary Hart Mary Estill Buchanan Connecticut 8 Christopher Dodd James Buckley Delaware 3 William Gordy Pierre Du Pont IV D.C. 3 Florida 17 Georgia 12 Herman Talmadge Mack Mattingly Hawaii 4 Daniel Inouye Cooper Brown Idaho 4 Frank Church Steven Symms Illinois 26 Alan J. Dixon David O'Neal Indiana 13 Birch Bayh Dan Quayle John Hillenbrand Bob Orr Iowa 8 John Culver Charles Grassley Kansas 7 John...
...products from the Food and Drug Administration is expensive and timeconsuming. Notes Cetus President Peter Farley: "The lag time between discovery and marketing for a pharmaceutical product is five to 20 years." In addition, the four tiny DNA pioneers will be competing soon with such multinational giants as Du Pont, Upjohn and General Electric. Although the U.S. Supreme Court decreed this summer that new life forms could be patented, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has yet to rule on any of the 100 or so recombinant-DNA patents already submitted...