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...flying troops, arms and ammunition to their outposts in Abéché, Biltine, Arada and Sallal. The four towns are positioned along the main routes that an invading force from the north would have to use to attack the capital. The advantage of this new "line in the sand" is that it is situated at the limit of the Libyans' air range. As a further indication of its determination, France appointed Brigadier General Jean Poli, 54, a career paratrooper with combat experience in Africa, to assume command of its forces in Chad...
...Atlantic Resources Shareholder Anthony O'Reilly, president of H.J. Heinz foods, whose paper profits total an estimated $3.5 million. The stockbrokers' enthusiasm spilled over into Dublin pubs as well, where patrons bypassed the usual topics of politics and horse racing to discuss the fine points of sand porosity and step-out drilling. If the Celtic Sea discovery proves to be a commercially exploitable field, which can be determined only through further tests, the first revenue would begin flowing in about four years. The output of even a modest field, about 100,000 bbl. a day, would eliminate Ireland...
...around a swimming pool. Princess Cruises in Los Angeles will coordinate 15 hours of classes with a ten-day sail that includes calls at Mazatlan, Puerto Vallarta and Acapulco. Cost: $1,995. Prefer your silicon seminars on terra firma? For $879, Club Med provides Atari computers along with white-sand beaches and pina coladas at Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic...
...charges, the grand jury demanded to see some of Marc Rich & Co.'s files. The firm refused, contending that a Swiss company need not honor a U.S. subpoena and that, in any case, the transactions among its divisions were made according to fair-market prices. Last fall Judge Sand issued a contempt citation against the company. He ordered a $50,000 fine for each day that it failed to release the documents, a penalty that could total $27.5 million by the time the grand jury disbands. In June, Marc Rich & Co. secretly sold its U.S. division to a group...
...around its Fifth Avenue offices. Rich himself has moved out of his Park Avenue apartment, and is believed to be working out of the Zug offices. Two weeks ago, Clarendon sent out notices telling its customers it would conduct business as usual during the freeze, but since then Judge Sand has prohibited those reassurances on pain of further contempt citations...