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California Atty. Gen. John Van de Kamp...

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California Atty. Gen. John Van de Kamp asked the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco to extend a stay blocking American Stores’ planned merger of its Alpha Beta and Lucky supermarket chains . . . A group led by Federated Development Co. Chairman Charles E. Hurwitz has increased its stake in Maxxam Inc., the Los Angeles-based oil and gas exploration and production concern, to 60.6% . . . Air Train, a subsidiary of Consolidated Freightways of Palo Alto, Calif., won the bidding for a $86.3-million contract to service a U.S. Postal Service express package sorting hub at Indianapolis International Airport.

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