The Nation - News from May 19, 1987

Connecticut Gov. William A. O’Neill signed bills requiring the state to divest its holdings in companies doing business in South Africa and restricting investments in firms in Northern Ireland. The South African divestment bill gives the state until July 1, 1989, to sell off holdings worth nearly $370 million in companies doing business in South Africa. The Northern Ireland bill requires divestment in three years if a company operating there has not adopted proposals for promoting equal employment opportunity.