Doubts Rise On Takeover Of Shipbuilder
Date: 13 April 1999
By Leslie Wayne
Leslie Wayne
Government may not allow General Dynamics Corp's takeover of Newport News Shipbuilding Inc; Sen John W Warner, chairman of Senate Armed Services Committee, says it is 'less likely' that deal will be approved; Warner has criticized deal, which would put 80 percent of Navy's shipbuilding capacity in merged company; Warner's words are taken seriously, although Pentagon spokesman insists final decision has not been made; in Virginia, home state of Newport News, members of Congressional delegation have lined up against takeover (M)
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Military Starts Giving Detailed Data On Bombing
Date: 14 April 1999
By Philip Shenon
Philip Shenon
NATO and Pentagon, after refusing for over two weeks to share detailed information with news organizations about progress of air strikes against Yugoslavia, are providing their first detailed accounts of bombing campaign; editors of several news organizations have formally protested to Defense Dept over restrictions on information (M)
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Teacher Turned Playwright Is Among the Winners of 22 Pulitzer Prizes
Date: 13 April 1999
By Alex Kuczynski
Alex Kuczynski
Pulitzer Prizes announced; winners include: Margaret Edson (Drama) for play Wit; John McPhee (General Nonfiction) for book Annals of the Former World; Mark Strand (Poetry) for book Blizzard of One: Poems; A Scott Berg (Biography) for book Lindbergh; Profs Mike Wallace and Edwin G Burrows (History) for book Gotham: A History of New York to 1898; Michael Cunningham (Fiction) for book The Hours; Melinda Wagner (Music); Duke Ellington (Special Citation); Hartford Courant staff (Breaking News Reporting); Washington Post (Public Service); New York Times staff (National Reporting); Daily News editorial board (Editorial Writing); Angelo B Henderson of Wall Street Journal (Feature Writing); Chuck Philips and Michael A Hiltzik of Los Angeles Times (Beat Reporting); Wall Street Journal staff (International Reporting); Richard Read of Oregonian (Explanatory Reporting); Miami Herald staff (Investigative Reporting), New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd (Commentary); Chicago Tribune writer Blair Kamin (Criticism); Susan Walsh of Associated Press (Feature Photography); John McConnico of Associated Press (Spot News Photography); photo (L)
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Belgrade Voice Against Misuse Of Patriotism
Date: 14 April 1999
By Steven Erlanger
Steven Erlanger
Deputy Prime Min Vuk Draskovic, most liberal member of Yugoslav Government, attacks use of Serbian wartime patriotism for ideological and political ends--indirectly challenging Pres Slobodan Milosevic and his nationalist and leftist allies; is only official voice to condemn slaying of opposition publisher Slavko Curuvija and proposals for Yugoslavia to form alliance with Russia and Belarus (M)
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Editor's Eye Is on a Prize: Riverdale
Date: 13 April 1999
By Clyde Haberman
Clyde Haberman
Clyde Haberman NYC column on Bernard L Stein, one year after he won Pulitzer Prize for his editorials in Riverdale Press, weekly community newspaper in Bronx; photo (M)
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Patients Lobby for Cash For Research Into Illness
Date: 14 April 1999
By Sheryl Gay Stolberg
Sheryl Stolberg
Health professionals and patients lobby Federal Govt for financing for research on various illnesses at annual hearings by House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services and Education which holds purse strings to National Institutes of Health; doctors make pleas for more money for research in general, and their interests in particular; patients tell heartbreaking but carefully orchestrated stories to grab attention of press and subcommittee chairman, Repr John Edward Porter; photos (M)
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SIERRAPINE TO BUY WEYERHAEUSER COMPOSITE BOARD UNIT
Date: 14 April 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Weyerhaeuser Co agrees to sell its composite-products business and ply-veneer plant in Springfield, Ore, to Sierrapine Ltd for undisclosed price (S)
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IRON MOUNTAIN BUYS 4 RECORDS-MANAGEMENT COMPANIES
Date: 14 April 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Iron Mountain Inc, world's largest records-management company, purchases four companies for total of about $162 million; largest company purchased is Data Base Inc; purchase price is about $115 million; other companies are First American Records Management Inc, Information Storage Services Center and Confidential Records Center Inc (S)
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PHILLIPS BUYS STAKES IN NATURAL GAS FIELDS FROM KELLEY
Date: 14 April 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Phillips Petroleum Co acquires stakes in two natural gas fields from Kelley Oil and Gas Corp for $83 million in cash to expand production in northern Louisiana (S)
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PENSKE TO TAKE $83 MILLION STAKE IN UNITED AUTO GROUP
Date: 13 April 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
United Auto Group Inc says Penske Capital Partners, investment firm led by Roger S Penske, will take $83 million stake in company and that Penske will become chairman and chief executive, replacing Marshall Cogan (S)
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