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15th of April 1991 News
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Winners Announced for Kennedy Awards
Date: 16 April 1991
Four reporters from The Detroit Free Press won the grand prize in the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Awards yesterday for a three-part series about preventable injuries and deaths in automotive-parts plants. The Robert F. Kennedy Book Award was awarded to "The Long Haul," the autobiography of the late Myles Horton. In 1932 Mr. Horton founded a school in Tennessee that in defiance of segregation laws, taught leadership skills to blacks and whites. The book was written with Herbert and Judith Kohl and published by Doubleday.
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Corrections
Date: 16 April 1991
A biographical sketch on Wednesday about the winner of the Pulitzer Prize for criticism, David Shaw of The Los Angeles Times, referred incorrectly to his 1990 reporting about minority employment at newspapers including his own. What Mr. Shaw wrote was, "The Times is widely regarded -- particularly by blacks, inside the paper and out -- as having one of the poorest records for minority advancement of any major paper in the country."
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NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 15 April 1991
International A2-A9 U.S. forces have begun to pull back from the large area they have occupied in southern Iraq to a narrow buffer zone along the Iraq-Kuwait border, officials said. Page A1
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NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 15 April 1991
THE ECONOMY Even as the Bush Administration presses Japan to allow imports of rice, the U.S. still has what amounts to a virtual ban on imported peanuts. The Administration now faces a tough decision on whether to allow more peanuts into the country. [ Page D1. ] Corporate executives say they will wait until an expansion is in full bloom before they resume hiring. [ D1. ]
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NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 16 April 1991
INTERNATIONAL A3-11 The European Community lifted its economic sanctions against South Africa in response to Pretoria's efforts to dismantle apartheid. The decision would end a five-year ban on imports of gold coins, iron and steel. Page A1 Nigeria and Guinea promise to send troops to Sierra LeoneA7
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Shoemaker Gets Some Good News
Date: 15 April 1991
AP
Bill Shoemaker, critically injured in a car accident last week, got the biggest victory of his training career as Fire the Groom charged home today to win the $211,350 Santa Anita Breeders' Cup. Ridden by Gary Stevens, Fire the Groom rallied after running 10 lengths off the pace to win the mile race on turf for fillies and mares.
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Grumman Settles
Date: 16 April 1991
Reuters
The Grumman Corporation said it would reduce first-quarter earnings by $46.5 million to reflect a settlement with Tracor Aviation Inc., a Goleta, Calif. subcontractor that recently began bankruptcy proceedings. Grumman said the settlement was for a fraction of its claim, but the charge should not have a material effect on earnings.
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Syntex Venture
Date: 16 April 1991
The Syntex Corporation, a pharmaceuticals company in Palo Alto, Calif., is forming a joint venture to test Chinese plants and micro-organisms for possible use as drugs. Under an agreement to be announced on Tuesday in Hong Kong, Syntex will form the venture with the not-for-profit Hong Kong Institute of Biotechnology.
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Rig Count Off in Week
Date: 16 April 1991
AP
The number of working oil and gas rigs dropped again last week, declining by 7, to 874, Baker Hughes Inc. reported today. The count was 60 short of the 934 total posted a year earlier, the company said, adding that the count usually falls in the first quarter of a year and continues to decline through April.
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U.S. Home Files For Bankruptcy
Date: 16 April 1991
AP
The U.S. Home Corporation, one of the nation's leading home builders, filed for protection from creditors under Chapter 11 of the Federal Bankruptcy Code after failing to restructure $156 million in unsecured bank debt. The company said that in connection with the bankruptcy filing, it had received a $65 million financing commitment.
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