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Date: 14 April 1993
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
The Chrysler Corporation is working on a plan to produce its Jeep Cherokee vehicle in Vietnam once the United States trade embargo is lifted, Automotive News said this week. The weekly trade publication quoted La Ngoc Khue, Vice Minister of Transport and Communications, as saying Chrysler "has been very active" in seeking to establish Jeep production, most probably in Hanoi.
Date: 14 April 1993
ARTS Fiction -- "A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain," by Robert Olen Butler Drama -- "Angels in America: Millennium Approaches," by Tony Kushner History -- "The Radicalism of the American Revolution" by Gordon S. Wood Biography -- "Truman," by David McCullough Poetry -- "The Wild Iris," by Louise Gluck General non-fiction -- "Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words That Remade America," by Gary Wills Music -- "Trombone Concerto" by Christopher Rouse JOURNALISM Public service -- The Miami Herald Spot news reporting -- The Los Angeles Times staff Investigative reporting -- Jeff Brazil and Steve Berry of The Orlando Sentinel Explanatory journalism -- Mike Toner of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution National reporting -- David Maraniss of The Washington Post International reporting -- John F. Burns of The New York Times and Roy Gutman of Newsday Beat reporting -- Paul Ingrassia and Joseph B. White of The Wall Street Journal Feature writing -- George Lardner Jr. of The Washington Post Commentary -- Liz Balmaseda of The Miami Herald Criticism -- Michael Dirda of The Washington Post Editorial cartooning -- Stephen R. Benson of The Arizona Republic Spot news photography -- Ken Geiger and William Snyder of The Dallas Morning News Feature photography -- The Associated Press staff Articles are on page B6.
Date: 14 April 1993
By Jane Fritsch
Jane Fritsch
"Angels in America: Millennium Approaches," a play by Tony Kushner that explores the AIDS epidemic as a metaphor for spiritual decay in the 1980's, won the Pulitzer Prize for drama yesterday. The play, which will open April 29 on Broadway, is the second in two years to win the award without having been performed on Broadway. The award for biography went to "Truman" by David McCullough, and the fiction award went to "A Good Scent From a Strange Mountain" by Robert Olen Butler, a collection of short stories told from the viewpoint of Vietnamese immigrants living in Louisiana.
Date: 14 April 1993
GENERAL NONFICTION Garry Wills "Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words That Remade America" In "Lincoln at Gettysburg," a scholarly study of oratory, Garry Wills argues that Abraham Lincoln, in the mere 272 words of the Gettysburg Address, was able to recast the tradition of oration, the Civil War, and the history of American political thought in a new and clearer light. In offering new ideas about the structure and context of the speech, Mr. Wills maintains that Lincoln used his words to win the war in ideological as well as military terms. The 58-year-old Mr. Wills, a classical scholar, Presidential historian and political scientist, is an adjunct professor of history at Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill., where he lives. FICTION Robert Olen Butler "A Good Scent From a Strange Mountain" In Robert Olen Butler's first collection of short stories, "A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain," each of the 15 intricate tales is told in the first person, from the viewpoint of different Vietnamese transplanted from the Mekong Delta to the Louisiana bayou. Haunted by the past, and highly ambivalent about their American hosts, these fictional immigrants seek truces in their various personal wars, and their stories raise the literature of the Vietnam conflict to an original and highly personal new level. Mr. Butler, 48, served as an Army linguist in Vietnam, which was the setting for three of his six previous novels. His first novel to be published, "The Alleys of Eden," was printed by Horizon Press after the manuscript was turned down 21 times. Mr. Butler teaches fiction writing and film theory at McNeese State University in Lake Charles, La.
Date: 15 April 1993
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
The Pacific Telesis Group, the regional Bell operating company based in San Francisco, said yesterday that it would take charges totaling $2 billion, or $4.91 a share, in the first quarter of 1993 to reflect changes in accounting for retiree health benefits and other post-employment benefits. As a result, Pactel will post an unspecified loss for 1993. In 1992, the company earned $1.14 billion, or $2.83 a share, on revenue of $9.94 billion.
Date: 14 April 1993
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Shares of the Endosonics Corporation dropped by 14.7 percent yesterday in its second consecutive day of losses after its combination balloon and ultrasound catheter failed on Monday to win approval from a Food and Drug Administration advisory panel. The Pleasanton, Calif., company's stock fell to a 52-week low of $5.75, before rebounding a bit to close at $7.25, down $1.25 for the day in Nasdaq trading.
Date: 14 April 1993
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
The Schering-Plough Corporation said that it had received approval from the Food and Drug Administration for Claritin, a once-a-day hay fever drug. News of the approval sent shares of the Madison, N.J., company up $1.25 yesterday, to $60, on the New York Stock Exchange.
Date: 15 April 1993
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
The Amoco Chemical Company said yesterday that it had completed the sale of Welchem Inc., a maker of chemicals for the petroleum industry, to the Petrolite Corporation for an undisclosed price. Petrolite is a St. Louis-based maker of specialty chemicals and services. The sale is the latest in a series by Amoco Chemical, a unit of the Amoco Corporation, which is based in Chicago.
Date: 14 April 1993
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
The Pacific Gas and Electric Company pledged yesterday to freeze electric rates through the end of 1994, even if it would mean reduced earnings. The San Francisco utility promised to cut spending rather than saddle customers with $400 million in rate increases. That amount would represent about $3 on the average monthly residential bill of $62. The utility has the highest electric rate in California, at 10.8 cents per kilowatt.
Date: 15 April 1993
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
The Boeing Company's plant in Wichita, Kan., laid off 430 employees this week and issued layoff notices to 394 others. The Wichita plant, which works on all of Boeing's commercial programs, has cut 860 jobs this year due to weakness in the airline industry. Boeing will cut the work force in Wichita by about 6,000 this year and about 1,000 in the first half of 1994, a spokesman said.