The Cincinnati Enquirer from Cincinnati, Ohio • Page 52

Thursday. September 29. 1983 THE CINCINNATI ENQUIRER BUSINESS C-11 BU Baldwin Biggest Case For U.S. Judge (-v this and that," Roger Makley, a -Dayton lawyer and close personal friend said of Newsome. THE JUDGE is single, earns" nearly $60,000 a year, recently pur-! chased a home In Kennedy Heights and plays golf to about a 10 handicap, a figure he expects will double as the Baldwin case consumes more of his time.

A patron of the arts, Newsome regularly attends the Cincinnati Symphony and serves on the sym- I phony's corporate sales commit- tee. He reads often, favoring "old stuff" like Steinbeck and Hemlng- way. Newsome said he expects to add more accounting and flnan- cial tomes to his reading list to-T prepare for the Baldwin case, but won't try to become expert in el- ther area. He doesn't expect any relief from the other bankruptcy on his docket because of Baldwin, but said he's determined to make -sure that the court clerk's office Isn't Inundated by the sheer col me of filings anticipated In the case. HE'S PUSHING for at least two more clerks in the court clerk's office, plus some document retrelval system more sophisticated than the aging Xerox machine thft; court relys on now.

Beyond that, he says, he hopes the case will finally prod the government to buy him a word', processor he and Judge Perlman' can share. His assistant's correcting typewriter probably won't be enough to handle the volume of paperwork the Baldwin case. "There are darn few cases that have more zeroes behind It thari this one," he said. Vandalia, "wanted to be a lawyer from the time he was eight years old," according to his mother, Sultana Newsome. "He was always very interested in what young minds were doing or saying," she said.

David DeVita, who became a close friend of Newsome's when both worked at the Cincinnati law firm of Dinsmore Shohl, described Newsome as "Intelligent, decisive and hard-working, with a good sense of fairness." DEVITA SAID Newsome handled a great deal of labor and affirmative actions cases during their early years at the firm-always on management's side and often for Dismore Shohl client Procter Gamble Co. Later, New-some went on defend insurer Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. against asbestos manufacturers claiming the insurance company should pay claims filed by asbestos workers who became ill from contact with asbestos fibers. Newsome has little financial and no business background, other than that he collected as a lawyer. And he says he knows nothing of Baldwin-United's problems other than what he has read in the newspapers.

He adds, however, that from the press coverage "You'd have to be awfully ignorant not to know what was going on up on Gilbert Avenue," Baldwin-United's headquarters. Newsome was graduated from the University of Cincinnati Law School in 1975 after earning a political science degree from Boston University, where, he admits only after prodding, he earned a Phi Beta Kappa key. "He's not the kind of guy who sits around and tells you he's done Business Digest MGIC Being 'Monitored' By Potential Suitor A large insurance firm has said it may be interested in buying MGIC Investment Corp. from Baldwin-United-but not for a long time. Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance which, like MGIC, is based in Milwaukee, said it is "monitoring" the situation.

But John Caspari, a spokesman for Northwestern, said the firm wouldn't consider making a bid before Baldwin's financial reorganization is complete. Baldwin, which bought MGIC last year for $1.2 billion, filed for bankruptcy Monday. "We're not poised to make an offer," Caspari said. "It would be impossible to assess MGIC's attractiveness as an investment until then." Caspari said Northwestern has assets of $14 billion, making it Wisconsin's largest financial services firm. Stock Market Drops For Second Day In Row The stock market posted its second straight loss Wednesday in a relatively quiet session on Wall Street.

Brokerage and financial-services stocks, among Tuesday's most notable losers, encountered more selling. The Dow Jones average of 30 industrials dropped 6.00 to U41.97 on top of Tuesday's 12.80-point decline. Volume on the York Stock Exchange totaled 75.82 million shares, down from 81.10 million in the previous session. Analysts said the market had been ripe for some selling after a 45-point runup in the Dow Jones average from mid-September through Monday. The advance carried the Dow Jones industrials to record highs, but the broader measures of stock price trends did not surpass the peaks reached three months ago.

Gannett Won't Buy Television Station The Gannett Co. and the Chronicle Publishing Co. of San Francisco announced they have called off their earlier agreement for Gannett to acquire KRON-TV. A Joint announcement by the two companies said they "have mutually agreed" to cancel the proposed transaction. Gannett Broadcasting Group President Jeff Davidson said Chronicle officials had decided KRON-TV is no longer for sale.

When the agreement in principle was originally announced, it called for Gannett to pay approximately $100 million in cash and transfer its Oklahoma City station, KOCO-TV, to the Chronicle company. Senco Products Reorganizes Structure Senco Products Inc. stockholders approved the formation of a new parent company, called Sencorp. Effective Oct. 1, Senco Products Inc.

will be a wholly-owned subsidiary of the new firm. George C. Juilf president of Senco Products, said employee policies, benefits and other procedures will not be affected by the reorganization. Carlisle Says Sales Up But Profits Down Cincinnati's Carlisle Corp. announced projected sales of $107 million for the third quarter ended Sept.

30. The comparable figure last year was $92.6 million. But Carlisle President Malcolm C. Myers told a group of security analysts Wednesday he expects earning to decline as much as 20. Myers cited competitive price pressure for specialty wire and cable products and magnetic computer tape as reasons for the earnings decline.

JUDGE RANDALL NEWSOAAE to handle Baldwin case some said. When four of Baldwin's creditors filed a Chapter 11 petition against the company in cinnati Monday, "There were a lot more RJNs than BPs in the box that's how I got this case." Newsome admitted some nervousness about wading through more than 200 Baldwin subsidiaries on a chart that rivals video games in complexity and transactions that, according to Baldwin President Victor H. Palmieri, "surpass the minds of men." "I don't think you can have a case like this filed and not have apprehensions about it," Newsome said. THERE ARE "one or two" U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judges younger than he, Newsome said, but he hasn't looked to see whether they are handling cases as complex as Baldwin.

But friends and colleagues say he is a well-trained lawyer with all the determination and intellect needed for the assignment. "I can think of no one who is better equipped for the Job," Rubin said of Newsome, his former law clerk. "He was maybe the best clerk I ever had a most extraordinary person who was always prepared to say 'You're wrong' if I was and many times he convinced me." Newsome, who was reared on a farm outside the Dayton suburb of sn I Boost Revenues tional efficiencies at Batesvllle, Casket. Another subsidiary, American Tourlster, suffered lagging sales until the end of the quarter, but officials said they expect contlnu-, ing Improvements In luggage sales through 1984. Qlr.

Augl 1983 1983 Chfl. Revenue 104,467 (93,485 11.7 Net Income 9,468 S7.2IB 431.1. Per Share 94 $.72 i 30.5 Nine Months Revenues $31110 1292,785 Net Income $24,63 121,816 -t 13 Per Share 2.44 12.18 12.8 000 omitted. Two Local Banks To Offer Use Of Electron Visa Card BY WAYNE BUCKHOUT Enquirer Reporter The 33-year-old Judge who will untangle the financial affairs of Baldwin-United Corp. has handled only three business reorganizations of more than $1 million in his brief term on the bench.

Randall J. Newsome, who will complete his first year as a U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge on Oct. 15, is nonethless determined not to let his lack of experience affect the disposal of a case that promises to become one of the most complex reorganizations in U.S. history.

Baldwin's assets were $9.4 billion at the end of 1982. "My responsibility is to put all the energy I have into carrying out my responsibilities in this case," Newsome said. "Whether I get a wonderful reputation or not isn't of much concern to me." Newsome said he didn't ask for the Baldwin case just as he never seriously contemplated a Judicial career until U.S. District Court Judge Carl Rubin called and urged him to apply for the opening created by the May, 1982, death of Judge Leonard Gartner. IN CINCINNATI, Chapter 11 business reorganization filings are divided between Newsome and Judge Burton Perlman by drawing slips of paper bearing each judge's initials from a box.

Judge Perlman had been getting a disproportionate number of the cases drawn recently, New- Pride Cast Medals Gets $417,000 Loan The Development Financing Advisory Board approved Wednesday a $417,000 loan at 7 for 12 years to Pride Cast Metals Inc. of Cincinnati. The loan money is earmarked to help buy buildings, make improvements and purchase equipment at another plant owned by O.P.W., a division of Dover Corp. The advisory panel, In a separate action, disapproved in a 3-3 vote a $850,000 loan to Goodall Properties another Cincinnati firm. The company sought the loan in part to renovate its building in the Queensgate II area.

The project would have created 124 jobs. The matter is subject to reconsideration later. UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF CONTINUING EDUCATION A Non-Credit Course SELLING AND PERSUASION Begins October 8, 2 Sessions Saturdays 9:00 a.m. 4:00 p.m. Call 745-3335 for Information Advertisement Local Store Offers Free Horn Com ter With Carpet Purchase The personal computer, which is rapidly becoming as Indispensable a fixture in the American home as the microwave oven and the TV set, will be the focus of attention at Harry's Corner's four stores for two weeks beginning September 23rd.

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