United Press Agrees to Transmit News Releases for the U.S.
Date: 13 October 1987
Special to the New York Times
LEAD: United Press International, the financially troubled news service, has concluded a $2.5 million contract with the Reagan Administration to transmit Government press releases to news organizations in six European cities.
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NEWS SUMMARY: TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1987
Date: 13 October 1987
LEAD: International A3-19
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An Aggressive, Brilliant Researcher
Date: 13 October 1987
By Gina Kolata
Gina Kolata
LEAD: DR. Susumu Tonegawa learned that he received the Nobel Prize in Medicine when he was called by a Japanese news organization at 6:30 A.M. yesterday. The news thrust into the spotlight a scientist described by colleagues as a very private man who is an aggressive, driven and brilliant researcher.
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Cooper's Lenses
Date: 13 October 1987
Special to the New York Times
LEAD: The Cooper Companies said that its Coopervision group had received approval from the Food and Drug Administration to begin marketing the first ultraviolet light-blocking contact lenses in the United States. Cooper, which is based in Palo Alto, Calif., has been marketing the Permaflex UV lenses in Canada, West Germany and Britain for the last year.
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Wendy's Buffet
Date: 13 October 1987
Reuters
LEAD: Wendy's International Inc. said it plans to invest $35 million to expand its Superbar program, a new all-you-can-eat hot and cold food buffet. Robert L. Barney, chairman and chief executive, said that incremental sales gains averaging 15 percent in Superbar company stores had encourgaed Wendy's to expand the test program.
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Rothschild Bank
Date: 13 October 1987
Reuters
LEAD: Baron Edmond de Rothschild's private Swiss bank, founded in 1924, made its first public issue of shares today. Banque Privee Edmond de Rothschild S.A. has been privately held since it was founded. The baron is a member of the French branch of the famous banking family and has led the bank since 1985.
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Union Pacific Cuts
Date: 13 October 1987
AP
LEAD: The Union Pacific Railroad said it would eliminate about 100 jobs in restructuring its marketing and sales department. About 60 staff and management workers and 40 union workers will lose their jobs in the reorganization, the railroad said. The marketing and sales department now has about 870 people worldwide.
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Washing Talk: Briefing; Environmental News
Date: 12 October 1987
LEAD: Environmentalists are expected to gather late Wednesday afternoon in the Rayburn House Office Building to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the publication of Rachel Carson's ''Silent Spring,'' the book that was among the earliest to warn of modern threats to nature.
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Telex Reviewing Edelman Offer
Date: 13 October 1987
AP
LEAD: Officials of the Telex Corporation said they would complete a review of an unsolicited $872 million buyout offer from Asher B. Edelman, the New York investor, by Oct. 23 and asked shareholders not to tender their stock until then.
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Williams Is Selling Realty Unit
Date: 13 October 1987
By Peter H. Frank, Special To the New York Times
Peter Frank
LEAD: The Williams Companies said today that it had reached a definitive agreement to sell its real estate unit, the Williams Realty Corporation, to the Trammell Crow Company in Dallas for $440 million.
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