CALIFORNIA - News from Feb. 21, 1988

James A. Rowland, president and chief operating officer of Safeway Stores Inc., will retire at the end of March after 50 years at the company. Peter A. Magowan, 45-year-old chairman and chief executive, will assume the additional title of president upon Rowland’s departure. Rowland, 64, has been president of Safeway since 1983.