Taunt Turns a Town Into Spin City
Date: 16 April 2000
By Robert Worth
Robert Worth
Recent suspension of 11-year-old Nicholas Aldini from his school in Larchmont, New York, becomes example of how parent can use media to distort decision by school that is constrained by law from responding; Amy Aldini immediately called news media when sixth grader was suspended for 'sexually harrassing' girls with silly poem, but other parents say incident was only culmination of many disciplinary problems that boy's parents refused to address in cooperative way; mother did get school to lift suspension two days early; photo (M)
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C.I.A. Tried, With Little Success, to Use U.S. Press in Coup
Date: 16 April 2000
By James Risen
James Risen
Internal Central Intelligence Agency report shows CIA officials planning 1953 coup in Iran tried, with little success, to plant articles in American newspapers saying Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi's return resulted from homegrown revolt against Communist-leaning government; says none of Americans covering coup worked for CIA; analysis of press coverage shows American journalists filed straight-forward factual dispatches, but did not mention that some of street violence was stage-managed by CIA agents posing as Communists and gave little stress to accurate reports in Iranian newspapers that Western powers were secretly arranging shah's return to power (M)
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FOLLOWING UP
Date: 16 April 2000
By Tina Kelly
Tina Kelly
Biosphere 2 now offers 'Study Abroad in Arizona' program for students; two women drop claims to $18-million estate of Frederick P Lenz 3d, best-selling author and lecturer also known as Rama, who killed himself two years ago (Following Up column) (S)
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WISCONSIN PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT MAKER TO BE ACQUIRED
Date: 15 April 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
PlayCore agrees to be bought for $106 million by investment group affiliated with Chartwell Investments II, which will also assume $53.5 million in debt (S)
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COMPUCREDIT BUYS A SERVICES COMPANY FOR $64 MILLION
Date: 15 April 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
CompuCredit Corp agrees to buy Citadel Group for $64 million in stock (S)
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B. F. GOODRICH TO CLOSE TEXAS FACILITY WITH 500 WORKERS
Date: 15 April 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
B F Goodrich Co says it will close its aircraft landing-gear plant in Euless, Tex, eliminating 500 jobs; Goodrich earlier said it planned to reduce Euless operation, citing declining demand for landing gear (S)
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TATE & LYLE AGREES TO SELL U.S. GRAIN UNIT FOR $58 MILLION
Date: 15 April 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Tate & Lyle PLC will sell its United States grains unit to J D Heiskell & Co for undisclosed sum (S)
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MANNESMANN CHOOSES WINNING BID
Date: 15 April 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Mannesmann AG accepts offer from Siemens and Robert Bosche GmbH for its Atecs engineering and auto-parts unit after ThyssenKrupp AG refuses to raise its bid above $8.3 billion (S)
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FINMECCANICA SELECTS PARTNER
Date: 15 April 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Finmeccanica, Italian state-owned military and aeronautics company, choses European Aeronautic, Defense and Space as partner for its Alenia aerospace unit in making military planes; spurns rival bid from BAE Systems (S)
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Scholastic Is Planning to Buy Grolier
Date: 15 April 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Scholastic Corp agrees to buy Grolier Inc from Lagardere for $400 million in cash (S)
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