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15 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK: Texaco Inc. moved forward with a $9.9 billion bid to take over Getty Oil Co . McDonnell Douglas Corp. announced that China would purchase 25 MD-80 jets Kirk Kerkorian withdrew a $375 million offer to buy the remaining 50 percent of MGM/UA Entertainment Corp.
THE NEWSMAKER
Getty heir J. Ronald Getty testified in L.A. Superior Court in a lawsuit filed over one of his family’s trust funds. The eldest living son of oil magnate J. Paul Getty, Ronald argued that the trust unfairly limited him to a mere $3,000 annually, while making millionaires of his siblings.
THE NUMBERS
January 11, 1984
Dow Jones Industrial Average 1278.48
London gold $371.25/oz.
Eagle computer $4,795
Delta Airlines, one way to S.F. $39
