GREAT LAKES CHEMICAL TO SPIN OFF ADDITIVES BUSINESS
Date: 18 July 1997
Great Lakes Chemical Corp to spin off its fuel additives business, creating independent company called Octel (S)
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18th of July 1997 News
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Trade Deficit Is 17% Wider: Record Imports, Dip in Exports
Date: 19 July 1997
By RICHARD W. STEVENSON
US Commerce Department reports nation's trade deficit grew 17 percent in May as strong economy drew in record level of imports while exports fell slightly; gap between exports and imports grew to $10.23 billion, from $8.75 billion in April, bigger increase in deficit than analysts had expected; deficit with Japan narrowed for the month, but deficits with Canada, Mexico and China all expanded, graph (L)
A Jailed Mobster Refuses To Testify in Mafia Case
Date: 19 July 1997
By JOSEPH P. FRIED
Venero Mangano, imprisoned mobster described by Government as Vincent Gigante's former top lieutenant in Mafia, defiantly refuses to testify as prosecution witness against him, calling trial a 'charade' and referring to Gigante as 'a mental case'; Judge Jack B Weinstein holds Mangano in contempt of court but refuses to impose any penalty on already imprisoned man (L)
Kenya Arrests 7 Suspects In '94 Killings Of Rwandans
Date: 19 July 1997
By JAMES C. McKINLEY Jr
Kenyan police arrest seven high-ranking officials in former Rwandan Government on genocide charges at request of investigators from United Nations war-crimes tribunal; Kenya's decision to hand over suspects signals thaw in relations between Pres Daniel arap Moi and new Government in Rwanda, which has long accused him of harboring war criminals; arrests come days after Moi's meeting with Rwandan Vice Pres Paul Kagame, who agreed to re-establish diplomatic ties; seven arrested are accused of being part of hard-line Hutu elite that planned and carried out three-month massacre of Tutsi civilians beginning in 1994; at least 500,000 died (M)
Smoke, but No Gun
Date: 19 July 1997
By DAVID E. ROSENBAUM
News analysis; two weeks of Senate hearings into Democratic campaign-finance practices have thus far failed to prove most important important Republican suspicions that deputy assistant Commerce Sec John Huang may have been conduit for Chinese Government in pouring money into Pres Clinton's 1996 re-election campaign, and may also played similar role for Indonesia's powerful Lippo Group, for which he may also have been industrial spy (M)
Relief Comes to a Desperate Day Care Center
Date: 19 July 1997
By LAWRENCE VAN GELDER
Rena Day Care Center in Washington Heights, NYC, receives much-needed financial support; New York City, whose delays in renewing contracts and paying day care centers inflicted hardships on Rena's workers, says center's contract for coming year has been registered and two-month advance of $339,185 on $1.83 million in operating expenses will be available on July 21; photo (L)
UROHEALTH RAISES ITS OFFER TO ACQUIRE IMAGYN MEDICAL
Date: 19 July 1997
Urohealth Systems Inc raises its offer to acquire medical devises maker Imagyn Medical Inc to $55.3 million in stock (S)
Rookie Crawford Provides Relief the Mets Need
Date: 19 July 1997
By BUSTER OLNEY
New York Mets defeat Cincinnati Reds, 4-3; photo (L)
Robert Bosch to Buy Stake in Zexel of Japan
Date: 19 July 1997
Robert Bosch GmbH of Germany will buy 16.26 percent stake in Zexel Corp, Japanese auto parts maker, from Isuzu Motors Ltd for 28.8 billion yen, or $248 million (S)û
An Amber Light on Wartime Loot
Date: 19 July 1997
Editorial calls for lawful and orderly restitution of all art looted during World War II (M)