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Bill France Sr.

Born: Sept. 26, 1909
Stock car pioneer and promoter

founded NASCAR in 1948; guided race circuit through formative years; built both Daytona (Fla.) Int'l Speedway and Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway.

Died: June 7, 1992

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JORDAN: Joint venture construction contract award for planned $155,000,000 build-operate-transfer (BOT) wastewater treatment plant, ONDEO [France] & MORGANTI [USA] - Order #: 096502. (WWP- Report on Oil Gas & Petrochemicals in the Developing World)

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NIGERIA: Joint venture preliminary letter of intent for initial work on 2 new liquefied natural gas (LNG) trains to be followed by construction contract award in early 2002, KELLOGG BROWN & ROOT (KBR) [USA], TECHNIP [France], SNAMPROGETTI [UK/Italy] & JGC CORP. [Japan] - Order #: 129301. (WWP- Report on Oil Gas & Petrochemicals in the Developing World)

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