Suit Seeks to Unseal Unabom Documents
Date: 10 April 1996
By The New York Times
Three news organizations, including The New York Times, have asked a Federal judge here to open three sealed court documents relating to the investigation of Theodore J. Kaczynski, who officials of the Federal Bureau of Investigation believe is the Unabomber. The documents are the search warrant for Mr. Kaczynski's one-room mountain cabin and two supporting affidavits. "One of the affidavits is believed to be a lengthy document that contains extensive information on the Government's investigation," said John Morrison, the lawyer who filed the petition this afternoon in United States District Court.
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Judge Won't Give Reporters Access to Papers on Suspect
Date: 11 April 1996
By Jim Robbins
Jim Robbins
A Federal judge has denied a petition by The New York Times and other news organizations to unseal documents that F.B.I. investigators submitted to gain a search warrant for the mountain cabin that the Unabom suspect, Theodore J. Kaczynski, called home. Judge Charles C. Lovell also said that Mr. Kaczynski's lawyer could not have an inventory of items seized in the seven-day search of the cabin until the search was completed.
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TV Notes;New News for the Morning
Date: 10 April 1996
By Lawrie Mifflin
Lawrie Mifflin
After decades of finishing third in the morning news-and-talk competition, behind ABC and NBC, CBS News has decided to run a different race. Instead of tinkering with its current vehicle -- "CBS This Morning," with Harry Smith and Paula Zahn as co-hosts -- CBS told its affiliated stations yesterday that it was inventing a new kind of morning broadcast, featuring an expandable partnership with local stations that would enable them to repossess large chunks of morning time. Other changes: no more live studio audience (the latest gimmick, in place since last October), and probably new anchors, although, on the record, CBS executives said yesterday that no final decisions had been made.
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COMPANY NEWS;MCKESSON WILL BUY AUTOMATED HEALTHCARE
Date: 11 April 1996
Bloomberg Business News
Bloomberg News
The McKesson Corporation, a drug distributor based in San Francisco, said yesterday that it would buy Automated Healthcare Inc. for about $65 million in cash. Automated Healthcare, a closely held company based in Pittsburgh, makes automated drug dispensing systems that are used in 45 hospitals. The system will be combined with information technology that McKesson is testing to create a more accurate way of dispensing drugs with adjoining inventory control systems, McKesson said.
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COMPANY NEWS;WANG WILL BUY BELLSOUTH'S DATASERV SUBSIDIARY
Date: 11 April 1996
Bloomberg Business News
Bloomberg News
Wang Laboratories Inc. said yesterday that it would buy the BellSouth Corporation's Dataserv unit -- which provides computer services and develops imaging, document management and network storage software -- for about $30 million. The sale is part of an effort by BellSouth to shed businesses outside of telecommunications in the wake of new legislation that increases competition in the industry.
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COMPANY NEWS;'DIFFERENCES' SPUR EXIT OF AHMANSON PRESIDENT
Date: 10 April 1996
Bloomberg Business News
Bloomberg News
H. F. Ahmanson & Company said yesterday that its president, Fredric J. Forster, was leaving the company because of "differences on tactics." The company, which operates Home Savings of America, the nation's biggest savings and loan, called the resignation "amicable." Mr. Forster was named chief operating officer in October 1993, succeeding Charles R. Rinehart, who became chief executive. Mr. Rinehart praised Mr. Forster, but added, "Fred and I felt that without complete alignment, our energy and attention could be diverted" from the "challenge" of instituting new strategies. Mr. Rinehart said the company had not chosen a successor. Ahmanson, based in Irwindale, Calif., has 343 branches in 4 states, plus 121 mortgage-lending offices in 10 states.
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COMPANY NEWS;MUSICLAND POSTPONES PUBLIC OFFERING FOR UNIT
Date: 11 April 1996
Bloomberg Business News
Bloomberg News
The Musicland Stores Corporation postponed the planned initial public offering of its Suncoast Motion Picture Company unit yesterday and said it would take a $35 million pretax restructuring charge in the first quarter. Musicland, the nation's largest seller of prerecorded music and videos, also said its banks had agreed to provide more financial flexibility in return for an increase of half a percentage point in the interest rate on its debt. The company said it had decided to put off selling a 30 percent stake in Suncoast because it believed that the unit was worth more than the market wanted to pay. Musicland, which is based in Minneapolis, had said in January that it hoped to sell 3 million of Suncoast's 10 million shares to the public at about $15 a share.
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COMPANY NEWS;SIMON & SCHUSTER ACQUIRES MERGENT TECHNOLOGIES
Date: 10 April 1996
Bloomberg Business News
Bloomberg News
Simon & Schuster said yesterday that it had acquired Mergent Technologies Group, a software company in San Diego, for an undisclosed amount. Mergent will become the Invest Learning Corporation, Simon & Schuster, the publishing arm of Viacom Inc., said, and operate as a division of the company's Computer Curriculum subsidiary. Invest Learning will develop educational software for adult and teen-aged students through 1,600 learning center installations in the United States and Canada, Simon & Schuster said.
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