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...Rear Guard. Kennecott broke ranks with the industry and settled quickly with the unions on what other coppermen see as more than generous terms. Kennecott could well afford the settlement. The company is sitting on a comfortable cushion of $1.2 billion in cash and securities-the proceeds of an enforced sale of Peabody Coal, which Kennecott acquired in 1968, to a consortium led by Newmont Mining. The Federal Trade Commission ruled in 1971 that Kennecott's Peabody purchase violated antitrust rules barring concentration in any given industry, arguing that the company could have entered the coal business by investing...
...Panmunjom, North Korea agreed to release Chief Warrant Officer Glenn Schwanke, 28, the sole survivor of the crash, and return the bodies of the three crewmen. Though the incident was caused by the "misconduct of your side," North Korea's Major General Han Chu-Kyong told U.S. Rear Admiral Warren C. Hamm Jr., "we are going to settle leniently...
...county fair in her native Georgia, Staff Writer B.J. Phillips last week crisscrossed the country from New York to California, visiting six amusement parks in search of the ultimate ride. Her technique was simple: sit twice in the front car for the view, twice in the rear car for the speed and once in the middle car for the simple joy of the ride. Says Phillips: "I love it. There is a wonderful Middle American hedonism at those parks - people going some place to indulge in selfconscious, safe, clean...
...salute to you and your valiant family, Mr. Lowe! Walk proudly and carry a rear-view mirror...
...Spheres). Says Crumb: "I like sounds that never stop." He also likes a good explosion or two. Halfway along comes a percussive cataclysm that shakes the rafters like a latter-day The Rite of Spring. At the end, the glistening harmonics from three solo violins perched high in a rear balcony evoke a paradisiacal kingdom where the chil dren of light will reign...