Dallas Business Journal articles from June 1990

Dallas Business Journal archives from June 1990

Perot nabs Food Lion complex. (Perot Group)
June 25, 1990... Perot nabs Food Lion complex Grocery chain plans 1.2 million-square-foot regional distribution center Food Lion Inc., the North Carolina-based supermarket chain that plans to attack the Dallas-Fort Worth grocery market next summer,...

FDIC probed Gillespie & Holland contracts. (Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.)
June 25, 1990... FDIC probed Gillespie & Holland contracts A small Dallas securities firm once tied to Southmark Corp. came under investigation last year for allegedly receiving improper contracts to invest funds from failed banks taken over by the Federal...

Triton Energy to liquidate two large subs: Triton Air Holdings also goes on the block. (subsidiaries of U.S. oil reserves, Triton Energy Corp. Triton Air Holdings Div.)
June 25, 1990... Triton Energy to liquidate two large subs Triton Air Holdings also goes on the block Triton Energy Corp., which last week sold $61 million worth of North Sea properties, intends to sell or liquidate at least two other subsidiaries....

Norwegian firm to acquire Dual for $170 million. (Dual Drilling Co., Mosvold Shipping A.S.)
June 25, 1990... Norwegian firm to acquire Dual for $170 million A Norwegian holding company is on the verge of acquiring Dual Drilling Co. of Dallas, a privately held offshore oilfield services company, for $170 million. Dual President L.H. Robertson...

Bankrupt Lomas Financial still finds something to cheer about. (The Stock Yard) (company profile)
June 25, 1990... Bankrupt Lomas Financial still finds something to cheer about Tempting at 50 cents, but not for those who bought at $40 In late May, Lomas Financial Corp. turned off its phones and marched employees at its West Dallas campus out into...

Associates plans second Delaware credit card bank. (Associates Corp. of North America)
June 25, 1990... Associates plans second Delaware credit card bank Irving-based Associates Corp. of North America plans to establish a second credit card bank in Delaware, according to a bank charter application filed last week with U.S. Comptroller of the...

Avon takes defensive position against Mary Kay investors. (Avon Products Inc., Chartwell Associates L.P.)
June 25, 1990... Avon takes defensive position against Mary Kay investors Last month, after avoiding a proxy fight from an investment group that includes Dallas-based Mary Kay Corp., Avon Products Inc. chairman James Preston publicly declared that there...

St. Paul Place handed over to Bank of Montreal in debt deal. (Dallas downtown office building, Bank of Montreal's COF Property Inc.)
June 25, 1990... St. Paul Place handed over to Bank of Montreal in debt deal A partnership controlled by Transwestern Property Co. has deeded St. Paul Place, a 22-story downtown office building, to its lender as part of a debt restructuring plan recently...

MetroLink prepared for public financing with reverse stock split. (MetroLink Group Inc.)
June 25, 1990... MetroLink prepares for public financing with reverse stock split In a move aimed at preparing for public financing, The MetroLink Group Inc.'s board of directors last week approved a five-for-one reverse stock split for the company's...

Justin Industries digs in to fight hostile takeover attempt.
June 25, 1990... Justin Industries digs in to fight hostile takeover attempt Justin Industries Inc., the Fort Worth manufacturing conglomerate with roots in a century-old, family-owned boot business, has dug its heels in to fend off a takeover bid led by...

Bankrupt Vanguard sells software assets. (Vanguard Technologies International Inc.)
June 25, 1990... Bankrupt Vanguard sells software assets An investor group led by InteCom Inc. co-founder Michael Bowen is purchasing the assets of bankrupt Dallas software maker Vanguard Technologies Inc. The deal, approved in federal bankruptcy court...

Investors buy Tarrant motels. (Tarrant County, Texas, Great Western Inn motels)
June 25, 1990... Investors buy Tarrant motels An Indian investor group has purchased several motel properties in Tarrant County as part of a major acquisition program in the area. Three Great Western Inn motels in Forest Hill, Fort Worth and Euless...

Circuit City targets area malls. (Circuit City Stores Inc., Dallas-Fort Worth area)
June 25, 1990... Circuit City targets area malls Drive by a major shopping mall in the Dallas-Fort Worth area this time next year and there will likely be a Circuit City store open for business in the vicinity. The nation's largest consumer electronics...

Super Club buys video stores. (10-unit chain, Kansas City area)
June 25, 1990... Super Club buys video stores Super Club Corp., the Addison-based U.S. arm of Europe's largest video retailer, has acquired a 10-unit chain of video stores in the Kansas City area as part of the company's expansion in the American market....

Metro Hotels to manage Melrose. (Melrose Hotel, Dallas)
June 25, 1990... Metro Hotels to manage Melrose Dallas-based Metro Hotels Inc. has been selected by NCNB Texas National Bank to manage the recently foreclosed historic Melrose Hotel. Metro was among five companies that submitted management bids to NCNB...

N.J. court won't dismiss Pratt's antitrust claims against Trump. (New Jersey, Pratt Hotel Corp., Trump Organization)
June 25, 1990... N.J. court won't dismiss Pratt's antitrust claims against Trump A New Jersey state court late last week ruled that antitrust allegations leveled at real estate mogul Donald Trump by Dallas-based Pratt Hotel Corp. should be heard in trial...

Investors acquire Modern America. (Tom Walker-led group)
June 25, 1990... Investors acquire Modern America A group of Dallas investors has purchased Dallas-based Modern America Corp., an insurance marketing company that packages life insurance products for small companies and trade associations, from CNA Cos. of...

Milton H. Thomas. (Briefcase)
June 25, 1990... Milton H. Thomas, president and chief executive officer of First American Savings of North Richland Hills, has been installed as chairman of the Texas Savings and Loan League in San Antonio. Most recently, he served as vice chairman of the...

Bill G. Prince. (Briefcase)
June 25, 1990... Bill G. Prince has joined Comerica Bank-Texas as the director of Comerica's Arlington Banking Center. He was formerly president and chief executive officer of First City, Texas' Arlington offices.

Grace Energy Corp. (Briefcase)
June 25, 1990... Grace Energy Corp. announced that Robert W. Gannon, a senior vice president of Grace Energy and president of its Grace Offshore Co. subsidiary, has assumed the duties of president of Grace Offshore's Huthnance Division.

John Indrigo. (Briefcase)
June 25, 1990... John Indrigo was named president and chief executive officer of Infostat, the Dallas-based software company which serves the health care industry. Previously, he was vice president of marketing.

Lone Star Steel Co. (Briefcase)
June 25, 1990... Lone Star Steel Co. announced the election of David E. Blackwell to the position of chief operating officer. Additionally, he has been appointed as vice chairman of the Lone Star Steel Co. Board of Directors. Prior to joining Lone Star, he...

Hunt family trust unscathed by thrift failure. (Caroline Hunt Trust Estate, Southwest Savings Association)
June 18, 1990... Hunt family trust unscathed by thrift failure To many observers, it might have appeared that the Office of Thrift Supervision's May 18 decision to stick Dallas-based Southwest Savings Association in conservatorship was a clear attempt to...

Multibank loan fund sought for southern Dallas. (Southern Dallas Development Corp., Southern Dallas Development Fund Inc.)
June 18, 1990... Multibank loan fund sought for southern Dallas The Southern Dallas Development Corp. is planning to seek approval from federal regulators to create and operate a for-profit, multibank "community development corporation" that would infuse...

Mary Kay taps new distribution site: cosmetics firm picks Centre to develop new facility in Farmers Branch. (Mary Kay Cosmetics Inc., Centre Development, Farmers Branch, Texas)
June 18, 1990... Mary Kay taps new distribution site Mary Kay Cosmetics Inc. is negotiating to build a 113,000-square-foot regional distribution center in the Valwood Park area of Farmers Branch to replace its smaller facility in Carrolton. Real estate...

Eastern back in D/FW fray: daily flights will end two-year absence. (Eastern Air Lines Inc., Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport)
June 18, 1990... Eastern back in D/FW fray Eastern Airlines, embroiled in bankruptcy and union battles, is mounting a return to Dallas-Fort World International Airport. The air carrier contacted the airport last week about operating four flights daily...

Global dreams end with $24M federal tax lien. (CM Mechanical Corp.'s Ronald Chamness) (company profile)
June 18, 1990... Global dreams end with $24M federal tax lien With his Dallas-based CM Mechanical Corp. flying high as one of the country's largest contractors, Ronald Chamness set out six years ago to go global. In 1984, Chamness shelled out $15...

Did investors get punchy when currency rates clobbered NCH? (The Stock Yard) (company profile)
June 18, 1990... Did investors get punchy when currency rates clobbered NCH? Irving maintenance-parts manufacturer NCH Corp. shares a certain sense of empathy with some of the country's large pharmaceutical companies, which often see their balance sheets...

Little-known Fujacorp Industries goes on buyout binge: but SEC launches inquiry into company's stock activity. (Securities and Exchange Commission) (company profile)
June 18, 1990... Little-known Fujacorp Industries goes on buyout binge A Dallas holding company has nailed down a trio of acquisitions this spring and is shopping for several more as part of a buyout binge aimed at taking it to the $100 million revenue...

Mason Best selling Wyndham Foods in $334M transaction.
June 18, 1990... Mason Best selling Wyndham Foods in $334M transaction Mason Best Co., a Dallas investment firm shopping its holdings, expects to complete sale of San Francisco-based Wyndham Foods Inc. by June 26, according to documents recently sent to...

Cosmopolitan Lady launches aggressive expansion plans. (Modern Fitness Centers Inc.'s Cosmopolitan Lady fitness centers)
June 18, 1990... Cosmopolitan Lady launches aggressive expansion plans The new owners of Bedford-based Cosmopolitan Lady have launched an aggressive expansion plan that should add 40 new locations during the next five years and diversify the firm into the...

Casey to buy National Bank of Grand Prairie. (Michael T. Casey)
June 18, 1990... Casey to buy National Bank of Grand Prairie Duncanville-based First Western Banc-shares Inc. is selling National Bank of Grand Prairie to Dallas investor Michael T. Casey, according to filings with the U.S. Comptroller of the Currency. ...

Mobil Corp. reviewing downtown office consolidation. (consolidation of subsidiary Dallas offices)
June 18, 1990... Mobil Corp. reviewing downtown office consolidation Mobil Corp. is commissioning an analysis of its downtown Dallas office space, a preliminary study that could lead to a consolidation of those offices into one location. Phil Brown,...

Failed firm forces Arlington Councilman unto Chapter 7. (Pathfinder International Inc., Richard Malec, Arlington, Texas, bankruptcy)
June 18, 1990... Failed firm forces Arlington Councilman into Chapter 7 Facing substantial debts from his failed business, Arlington City Councilman Richard Malec has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy. Malec filed for personal bankruptcy last week in Fort...

United Medicorp goes to market for $10M. (securities issue)
June 18, 1990... United Medicorp goes to market for $10M Health-insurance claims processor United Medicorp Inc., buoyed by eight new contracts expected to quadruple its revenue, is planning a secondary stock offering that could raise more than $10 million....

LTV riding Scout in race for launch contracts. (Scout satellite-launch) (company profile)
June 18, 1990... LTV riding Scout in race for launch contracts Thirty years ago, a skinny, 70-foot rocket named the Scout made it s debut and quickly become the US.S government's vehicle of choice for putting small, light satellites into low orbit. Its...

State strips hearing aid firm's license, but complaints continue. (Texas, Metro Hearing Aid Center)
June 18, 1990... State strips hearing aid firm's license, but complains continue Three months ago, a state regulatory agency revoked Geoffrey Ammeter's license to sell hearing aids. Apparently, it hasn't hurt his business. The Dallas County District...

Pair of defense titans spar over federal contract. (E-Systems Inc., Loral Corp., breach of contract suit)
June 18, 1990... Pair of defense titans spar over federal contract In a battle between a pair of defense electronics titans, E-Systems Inc. of Dallas has sued Loral Corp. of New York for more than $6.5 million, alleging Loral failed to meet a delivery...

Rutchiks win bitter courtroom fight over real estate ventures. (Morris and Elaine Rutchik)
June 18, 1990... Rutchiks win bitter courtroom fight over real estate ventures Round two of an acrimonious family dispute involving Morris and Elaine Rutchick of Dallas and Kansas City relative concluded early this month with a technical knockout for the...

New firm seeking to buy retirement centers. (Retirement Management Corp.) (company profile)
June 18, 1990... New Firm seeking to buy retirement centers Two former executives of a Dallas-based management company have formed their own business here to buy and manage retirement properties nationwide. Bruce Alexander and Jeff Andrews, formerly...

HMO hopes to enlarge profits by reflecting its links to giant. (Southwest Health Plan Inc health maintenance organization, Aetna Life and Casualty) (company profile)
June 18, 1990... HMO hopes to enlarge profits by reflecting its links to giant In a market and industry where profits are as elusive as the Holy Grail, Dallas-based Southwest Health Plan Inc. is betting that name recognition will inspire divine results. The...

Craftmade inks merger pact, plans new manufacturing site. (Craftmade International, DMI Products)
June 18, 1990... Craftmade inks merger pact, plans new manufacturing site Craftmade International of Grand Prairie has signed a letter of intent to acquire Fort Worth-based DMI Products and combine the two companies at a new 118,843-square-foot facility....

Operator plans 31-room motel. (Bipin Patel, Jupiter Inn, Garland, Texas)
June 18, 1990... Operator plans 31-room motel An independent motel operator plans to start construction next month an a 31-room motel in Garland. The property, to be known as the Jupiter Inn, will cost an estimated $400,000 to build and will be located...

Capital foreclosing on bank loan. (Capital Bank N.A., Metropolitan National Bank)
June 18, 1990... Capital foreclosing in bank loan Capital Bank plans to foreclose on a $2.2 million stock loan to the parent company of Dallas-based Metropolitan National Bank. In a sale scheduled for June 29, Dallas-based Capital Bank is selling...

Chili's registers $45M offering.
June 18, 1990... Chili's registers $45M offering Chili's Inc. has registered more than $45 million in common stock with Securities and Exchange Commission as part of the redemption of Chili's $35 million in 6.25 percent convertible bonds. The company...

Arvida regroups after Allen residential deal falls through. (Twin Creeks development, Allen, Texas) (Real Estate Report)
June 18, 1990... Arvida regroups after Allen residential deal falls through While most eyes looking toward northern Collin County were focused on Stonebridge Ranch, Arvida Corp. reportedly was sneaking onto a 745-acre tract in west Allen. The...

New directory promises to deliver on door-to-door biz. (Dallas Delivers Door to Door) (Hard Sell and Soft Soap)
June 18, 1990... New directory promises to deliver on door-to-door biz It used to be that when either lack of time or energy kept you from going out to eat, pizza was the only food you could get delivered. While pizza is, of course, still alive and well,...

Bloom Public Relations Inc. (opens New York City office) (Hard Sell and Soft Soap)
June 18, 1990... Bloom Public Relations Inc. Many of the PR shops that open in Dallas are field offices of companies based elsewhere, like New York. Bloom Public Relations Inc. reversed that trend with the recent opening of its New York office. Brian...

Levenson, Levenson and Hill. (changes name to Levenson Public Relations) (Hard Sell and Soft Soap)
June 18, 1990... Levenson, Levenson and Hill On the subject of PR shops, the public relations division of Levenson, Levenson and Hill advertising seeks to establish its own identity. From here on out the PR entity will be formally known as Levenson Public...

Procter & Gamble. (test markets Tide, Cheer, Oxydol, Gain laundry detergents in Texas) (Hard Sell and Soft Soap)
June 18, 1990... Proctor & Gamble Proctor & Gamble use Texas to test market its new superconcentrated versions of four of its best selling laundry detergents - Tide, Cheer, Oxydol and Gain. Recently in Dallas, Carol Berning, head of P&G's Consumer...

Park Inns International Inc. (begins "Travel the Park" marketing program) (Hard Sell and Soft Soap)
June 18, 1990... Parks Inns International Inc. Park Inns International Inc. is wooing travel agents with a new marketing program - "Travel the Park." Cyndee Brock, Park Inns senior VP national director if marketing, says the company will offer a $10,000...

Richards/Ingersoll. (loses Wyndham Hotels advertising account) (Hard Sell and Soft Soap)
June 18, 1990... Richards/Ingersoll Richards/Ingersoll loses the Wyndham Hotels & Resorts account, which the agency basically handled on a project basis. Wyndham's Mack Koonce says the company, which recently finalized a $130 million joint venture purchase...

McCann-Erickson/Dallas. (gets $2 million Maxtor Corp. advertising contract) (Hard Sell and Soft Soap)
June 18, 1990... McCann-Erickson/Dallas McCann-Erickson/Dallas adds the San Jose, Calif.-based international computer firm Maxtor Corp. to its client list - reportedly an estimated $2 million account.

Methodist Hospitals of Dallas. (selects Michael & Partners as advertising agency) (Hard Sell and Soft Soap)
June 18, 1990... Methodist Hospitals of Dallas Methodist Hospitals of Dallas chooses Michael & Partners as its advertising and public relations agency.

Team Bank eyes remaining National Bancshares assets. (NCNB Texas National Bank)
June 18, 1990... Team Bank eyes remaining National Bancshares branches San Antonio's second-largest bank holding company, National Bancshares Corp., could have an interesting future ahead of it now that the federal government has seized nine of its 12...

Jay Allen to head Chubb Realty's Dallas subsidiary.
June 18, 1990... Jay Allen to head Chubb Realty's Dallas subsidiary Officials with New York-based Chubb Corp. last week said Jay Dee Allen Jr. has joined its Chubb Realty Inc. subsidiary to lead its operations in the Dallas market. Allen, 44, will...

Alan R. Colley. (Briefcase)
June 18, 1990... Alan R. Colley PHH environments recently announced that Alan R. Colley has been named as a principal of the company and director of project services. Prior to joining PHH, he was responsible for the development and management of...

Bill G. Jones. (Briefcase)
June 18, 1990... Bill G. Jones Texas Independent Bank has announced its Board of Directors for 1990-91. Bill G. Jones has been named chairman and Scott B.smith has been named vice chairman. TIB also announced the appointment of two new members to the...

Carrington Laboratories Inc. (names new board members, selects Clinton Howard president, CEO)
June 18, 1990... Carrington Laboratories Inc. Stockholders of Carrington Laboratories Inc. elected three pharmaceutical industry executives to the Board of Directors: George DeMott, formerly group vice president of American Home Products; Richard P. Storm,...

James J. Byrne. (Briefcase)
June 18, 1990... James J. Byrne James J. Byrne, president of Harris Adacom Corp., has been elected to the Board of Directors of Lennox International Inc. Ray C. Robbins, chairman of the board of Lennox International Inc., has been elected to the Board of...

Ron L. Price. (Briefcase)
June 18, 1990... Ron L. Price Ron L. Price has been named president and chief operating officer of Colliers Texas Management Co. Previously, he had been an executive vice president of the Woodbine Corp.

IMCO Recycling Inc. (Proxy Report Excerpts) (company profile)
June 18, 1990... IMCO Recycling Inc. (NASDAQ: IMRI) Irving-based IMCO Recycling, and independent aluminum recycling and tolling company, was created in October 1988 through the merger of Frontier Texas Corp. and its subsidiary, International Metal Co.,...

Tigon Voice Messaging. (opens Atlanta, Georgia office)
June 18, 1990... Tigon Voice Messaging opened Dallas-based Tigon Voice Messaging opened a sales office in Atlanta. Company officials said this is the first in a series of sales offices to be opened this year as part of a continued expansion for 1990.

Sales firms net big profits from handicap label: addictions, pregnancy qualify as 'handicaps'.
June 11, 1990... Sales firms net big profits from handicap label Kevin Brown is blind, but two years ago his physical disadvantage helped him land a telemarketing job, selling light bulbs and other products for a company pledged to hiring only handicapped...

Homebuilders throw out welcome mat again. (Lifestyle Group Inc.) (company profile)
June 11, 1990... Homebuilders throw out welcome mat again A group of survivors from the collapsed homebuilding industry is tossing our tradition and conventional wisdom for a shot at renewed prosperity in a convalescing North Texas market. Without benefit...

Sprint eyes huge building project: telecommunications giant options land to consolidate regional operations. (US Sprint Communications Co., former Core Laboratories site, Las Colinas, Texas)
June 11, 1990... Sprint eyes huge building project Telecommunications giant Sprint Corp. is considering consolidating a major portion of its regional operations in a Dallas-area hub that could be as large as 1 million square feet, the Dallas Business...

Hayes agrees to buy KMGC as Cook bows out. (John Hayes, Jr.'s Alliance Broadcasting Inc., KMGC, radio, Dallas, Cook Inlet Radio Partners L.P.)
June 11, 1990... Hayes agrees to buy KMGC as Cook bows out Just day after a $22 million buyout agreement for KMGC-FM (102.9) quietly collapsed, company officials struck another deal to sell the Metroplex radio station to a California investor with family...

Are Tuesday Morning Inc.'s biggest discounts on its stock? (The Stock Yard)
June 11, 1990... Are Tuesday Morning Inc.'s biggest discounts on its stock? In April 1988, Tuesday Morning Inc. chief Lloyd Ross became so discouraged with his company's ice-cold reception on Wall Street - the stock was trading at a bare seven times...

Feat or folly? Once-failed bank execs vie for comebacks. (Dallas)
June 11, 1990... Feat or folly? Once-failed bank execs vie for comebacks When Dallas millionaire H.R. "Bum" Bright embarked on a comeback in banking this spring, officials of several Dallas banks were miffed. After all, Bright had a hand in two of the...

Tech firm offers stock in lieu of debt payment. (Computer Automation Inc.)
June 11, 1990... Tech firm offers stock in lieu of debt payment A financially troubled computer-parts maker that recently relocated to Richardson has reorganized its operations and registered a new issue of stock for shareholders who extended loans to the...

TV stations file $20.6 million lawsuit over '87 plane crash. (KDFW, WFAA, television, Dallas, Navy plane crash)
June 11, 1990... TV stations file $20.6 million lawsuit over '87 plane crash Frustrated by the long wait for government action, two Dallas television stations have joined forces with their insurance company to sue the Navy over a plane crash three years ago...

Convex arming for supercomputer war with $35M offering. (Convex Computer Corp.)
June 11, 1990... Convex arming for supercomputer war with $35M offering Veering towards a new battleground with supercomputer maker Cray Research Inc., Richardson-based Convex Computer Corp. last week filed documents with the Securities and Exchange...

American General selecting brokerage firm for lease talks. (American General Insurance Co.)
June 11, 1990... American General selecting brokerage firm for lease talks American General Insurance Group is searching for a real estate brokerage company to oversee lease negotiation for its Dallas headquarters and 23 other offices scattered around the...

Vanguard asks for court hearing to OK asset sale. (Vanguard Technologies Corp.)
June 11, 1990... Vanguard asks for court hearing to OK asset sale Vanguard Technologies Inc. of Dallas which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection early last month, is attempting to sell off its assets for $100,000 to a group that would like to...

Koll Co. gets more than it bargained for in Irving deal. (Royal Ridge Business Center, Irving, Texas)
June 11, 1990... Koll Co. gets more than it bargained for in Irving deal When Koll Co. contracted to buy the Royal Ridge Business Center in Irving last March, the 90,000-square-foot industrial facility was nearly empty. The sale was completed last week...

Developer sues Crow over construction tab. (John O. Spice, Trammel Crow Co.)
June 11, 1990... Developers sues Crow over construction tab The developer of an 18-acre restaurant and retail complex in San Antonio has sued Trammell Crow Co., his partner in a $20 million retirement community called the Inn at Los Patios. In this...

Fort Worth's Cantey & Hanger opens law office in Dallas. (Fort Worth, Texas)
June 11, 1990... Fort Worth's Cantey & Hanger opens law office in Dallas Cantey & Hanger, Fort Worth's oldest and largest law firm, opened a four-attorney office in downtown Dallas specializing in land title defense, tort litigation, defense work and health...

$16M NCNB loan erupts in legal squabble. (NCNB Texas National Bank of Dallas)
June 11, 1990... $16M NCNB loan erupts in legal squabble A Wisconsin company has asked a federal judge to throw out a lawsuit filed by NCNB Texas National Bank of Dallas, claiming NCNB is harassing it by suing in several venues. Southridge Fashion...

S.A. mall sues Amfac over lease. (Crossroads of San Antonio Mall, U.S. Investor's Services Inc.)
June 11, 1990... S.A. mall sues Amfac over lease Crossroads of San Antonio Mall officials are suing a Dallas retailer for allegedly reneging on a lease that was first signed nearly 30 years ago. U.S. Investor's Services Inc., the property manager for...

Linda Ball. (Hard Sell and Soft Soap)
June 11, 1990... Linda Ball Linda Ball was named the new publisher of Suburban Publishers, which publishes the papers in Duncanville, DeSotto, Lancaster, Cedar Hill, Midlothian, Red Oak and Ferris. Ball replaced Rick Rae as publisher of the papers,...

Homsey Advertising & Public Relations. (to merge with KR & Co.) (Hard Sell and Soft Soap)
June 11, 1990... Homsey Advertising & Public Relations Homsey Advertising & Public Relations and KR & Co. merge and will keep the Homsey name.

Allyn & Co. (gets Arter & Hadden public relations contract) (Hard Sell and Soft Soap)
June 11, 1990... Allyn & Co. Allyn & Co. has been tapped as public relations agency for the Dallas office of the national law firm Arter & Hadden

Lomak acquires control of Dallas Oil & Minerals. (Lomak Petroleum Inc.)
June 11, 1990... Lomak acquires control of Dallas Oil & Minerals Lomark Petroleum Inc. has acquired a controlling interest in Fort Worth-based Dallas Oil and Minerals Inc. for more than $1.8 million. Lomak, also based in Fort Worth, acquired nearly 40...

Haldeman wins Rosewood project, SOM and Keating are out. (Haldeman Powell Johns Architects, Rosewood Property Co., Skidmore Owings & Merrill, Richard Keating, Crescent South project) (Real Estate Report)
June 11, 1990... Haldeman wins Rosewood project, SOM and Keating are out In the wake of Richard Keating's departure from Skidmore Owings & Merrill Architects, Rosewood Property Co. has selected a Dallas architecture firm to take over its Crescent South...