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Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co. tops the companies portion of the accompanying Insider Trading table this week

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Three of the utility 's directors have at least doubled their holdings in the company since July

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The largest purchase was by Dudley Taft who bought 4,400 shares for 125,075

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Mr. Taft who is also president of Taft Broadcasting Co. said he bought the shares because he keeps a utility account at the brokerage firm of Salomon Brothers Inc. which had recommended the stock as a good buy

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Salomon Brothers confirmed that it has had a buy recommendation on the stock for about two years

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Cincinnati Gas & Electric is in good shape Mr. Taft said and utilities are a good investment because interest rates are going down

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Mr. Taft paid an average of 28.43 for each share

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The stock closed yesterday on the Big Board at 28.75 down 12.5 cents

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The two other directors bought 1,000 and 1,900 shares respectively at prices between 28.15 a share and 28.75 a share filings with the SEC show

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The two could n't be reached for comment

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A company spokesman said he could n't explain their sudden bullishness

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I do n't know of any news or anything unusual happening here said Bruce Stoecklin director of media services

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Peter Pae in Pittsburgh contributed to this article

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The White House is making sure nobody will accuse it of taking this crisis lightly

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In the aftermath of the California earthquake President Bush and his aides flew into a whirlwind of earthquake-related activity yesterday morning

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Some of it was necessary to get federal help flowing to victims but some seemed designed mostly to project an image of a White House in action

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Mr. Bush and his aides were accused of responding too slowly after the Exxon Valdez oil tanker split open in Alaskan waters and Hurricane Hugo struck the Carolina coast and they clearly do n't want a repeat of those charges now

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So the White House announced that Mr. Bush got his first earthquake briefing of the day at 6:30 a.m. from chief of staff John Sununu

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By noon Mr. Bush had taken two phone calls from Vice President Dan Quayle who was in California made a televised statement of concern signed a disaster proclamation received a written report from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and visited FEMA headquarters

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Mr. Bush himself essentially acknowledged that he and his aides were trying to head off criticism

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On his FEMA visit Mr. Bush said that he hoped there would be less carping about the emergency office 's performance this time adding that the agency took a hit for its reaction to Hurricane Hugo

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The White House already is talking of Mr. Bush visiting the California earthquake site this weekend

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He visited the Hugo devastation but not until after local leaders urged him to do so

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Dallas investor Harold C. Simmons said he raised his stake in Lockheed Corp. to 10.62 % from 10.43 % of the aerospace and electronics concern 's common shares

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In a Securities and Exchange Commission filing Mr. Simmons said he and companies he controls NL Industries Inc. and NL Chemicals Inc. hold 6,744,600 shares of Lockheed of Calabasas Calif

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They include 122,700 shares bought Friday for between 47.125 and 48 each

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In composite trading on the New York Stock Exchange Lockheed closed at 46.125 a share down 12.5 cents

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Earlier this week Mr. Simmons objected to published reports quoting him as saying he planned to sell his Lockheed stake because the defense industry seems to be getting more uncertain

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Valhi Inc. another of Mr. Simmons ' companies responded to an article Monday in The Wall Street Journal which credited a story in the Sunday Los Angeles Daily News

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Valhi said the articles did n't accurately reflect Valhi and its affiliates ' intentions toward Lockheed

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Instead Valhi said they may increase decrease or retain their Lockheed holdings depending on a number of conditions