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Death of a Twin...
...chemicals, had secretly offered to buy Conoco, the ninth biggest American oil company. After five hectic days of staff work, the deal seemed set. On Sunday night of the July Fourth weekend, Du Pont Chairman Edward Jefferson flew from his headquarters in Wilmington, Del., aboard a King Air twin-engine turboprop to Stamford, Conn., for a midnight meeting with Conoco Chairman Ralph Bailey in that company's boardroom rotunda. Just after 1 a.m. the two weary, rumpled chief executives settled final details, sealed the agreement with a handshake and retired to Bailey's office for a round...
...Daytime programming, where big money is made to the sound of soap-opera sighs and game-show squeals, was in even worse shape: of 22 daytime shows on the three networks, NBC'S highest rated was 14th. Early-morning and late-night shows, once the twin props of NBC's profits, were under siege or self-destructing: Today took ratings heat from Good Morning, America; Johnny Carson cut the Tonight show from 90 minutes to an hour; Saturday Night Live was at death's door; and Tom Snyder and Rona Barrett spent as much time engaging...
...Mount St. Helens, is a favorite objective of amateur climbers. But the mountain has claimed the lives of at least 66 climbers since it was first conquered in 1870. Lou Whittaker, one of the organizers of last week's ill-fated expedition, is a veteran climber whose twin brother Jim was the first American to conquer Mount Everest...
...cocaine trade may be the most lucrative form of commerce in the world. Periodic glimpses of its staggering scale are afforded by headlines such as those in Wilmington, N.C., early this month. DEA and U.S. Customs officials swooped in on a twin-engine Cessna that made an unscheduled nighttime landing, arresting the pilot and a passenger and seizing their cargo of 440 lbs. of cocaine. The estimated wholesale value of the shipment: $16 million...