1938Year Noyes, Robt B ??lenche, dearly be ??gusta, dear sister Eugene, Services

1938Year Davis, Leonard M Deaths

1999Year Unum Provident Corp shares fall 30 percent after Unum reports second-quarter operating earnings fell 7.3 percent, to $156.4 million, from $168.7 million a year ago

1996Year The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company agreed yesterday to acquire the tax-sheltered annuity business of the UNUM Corporation for about $70 million. Lincoln National Life, a life insurance unit of the Lincoln National Corporation, said the purchase included about 1,700 contracts, with assets under management of $3.2 billion. Tax-sheltered annuities are tax-deferred retirement plans available to employees of certain tax-exempt institutions. UNUM, which is based in Portland, Me., is a provider of disability insurance. It announced last fall that it planned to leave the tax-sheltered annuity business. Lincoln National Life is based in Fort Wayne, Ind. COMPANY NEWS

1967Year Current scene Montauk, Old and New

1949Year US businessmen, Hong Kong, seen favoring formation of US commercial co in China with unexpended ECA funds NEW PLAN OFFERED ON CHINA ECA FUND