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Dates: during 1970-1979
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DELAWARE. Incumbent Sherman Tribbitt (D) v. Pierre Du Pont (R): the Du Fonts already control much of the state...
...funds and pension funds. Among the biggest losers have been stocks in such basic industries as metals, chemicals and paper, which had been market leaders for most of the year. IBM closed last week at 262, down 20 points since the middle of September. In the same period, Du Pont fell from 129 to 118, Dow Chemical from 45 to 40, and General Dynamics from...
With the precision that characterized the campaign throughout, Administrator Bensinger first filled in U.S. Attorneys who would prosecute the incoming arrestees, discussed the expected influx of prisoners with Norman Carlson, director of the U.S. Bureau of Prisons, and consulted Dr. Robert Du-Pont, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, about treatment requirements for addicts who would suddenly be in trouble as the supply of horse fell (the average addict needs five grams of heroin a day, at a cost of $60). Local hospitals were even alerted in case the planned arrests led to any injuries...
...Since then scientists have considered other ways of combatting the disease, including breeding armies of tiny parasitic wasps that would attack the fungus-bearing beetles, and defending elms with sticky traps coated with beetle-attracting odors. The newest weapon is a fungicide called Lignasan BLP, manufactured by Du Pont and put in commercial use for the first time this summer in about 1,000 locations in the U.S., including New York's Central Park, the White House lawns and in Minneapolis-St. Paul, where as many as 18,000 diseased trees may be cut down this year...
...trees. But many plant scientists refuse to endorse the product until they know more about proper dosages, duration of protection and the chemical's effectiveness when used without other preventive measures-such as insect control and prompt, careful pruning or removal of blighted elms. Just as cautiously, Du Pont emphasizes that Lignasan is only an aid for controlling the disease, not a cure...