European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 1, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Tuesday december 1987 the stars and stripes Page 3 headed for peace Summit West German nun rosters at Frankfurt in for Washington , where they will children to t i ident Reagan and soviet nations will conf Rife on Washington to to emotional Airport display paintings und Lake pan in a children s peace Summit Leader Mikhail Gorbachev urging Dinar participate in the huge demonstration for banners before hoarding a plane monday the will deliver 130,000 letters h Rillen by moment and peace. Young people from 15 world Harmony. Forbes lists Cargill As top private firm for 3rd year new York us f for he third year in a Row Minneapolis based Cargill topped Forbes Magazine s ranking of Floc nation s lop 400 private companies. 0111 pacing the no. 2 company s sales Fay nearly 60 percent. The commodities trading company s annual reve Nues totalled $.12.4 billion earning it the top spot on the third annual Forbes list which appears in the mag Azine s . 14 Issue. Safeway stores the grocery Chain based in Oakland calif., hat went pro ate last year to evade a hostile Lake Over placed a Distant second with sales of $20.3 billion. Continental Citrain. A commodities trading firm with Headquarters in new York was listed third by the Magazine which ranks private companies based on their Tola sales during he most recent fiscal year. Forbes defined a private company As one that Joes nol have widely traded snick or has fewer than 500 shareholders generally the Cut off Point above which a company must file with the securities and Exchange commission. Also included were companies that have filed with the Sec but whose stuck is nut available to Ilie Public. Private companies us Ehunt fur about nne Ilind of . Production. F ores Siul. Are jul 7 million . Companies Are priv Iii. Only shout i a k 0 Are pub i. Fun urls on inc li.-, of private companies was Koch industries with in Wichita kan., and 113 billion in sales Fil in was Apex Oil in is. Tum and j9 billion in sales. Oul Pul per hour Lor Mhd Tod Coon True in 19b5 Index 1977=1 fax Japan seat us. Otow till d Lettai the Forbes list included Many familar companies such As Goldman Sachs & co. Ranked with sales of $4,2 billion Drexel Dumham Lambert inc. 15th with sales of $4 billion Levi Strauss 24lh Wilh j2.75 billion Hall Mark cards j8lh with s2 billion Hearst corp. 49th with $1,7 billion Reader s digest association bind with s1.5 billion Estee louder 7ind Wilh s1.3i billion and a a Gallo winery 7h with $ i billion. Forbes said 80 of the largest american companies from last year s list have been displaced the largest being Swift Independent which ranked i2lh last ear with $4 billion in sates. The c hic ago cat Packer be came a 50 percent owned subsidiary of Colagra. Thirteen companies from last gear s Mil went Public including Allegheny Ludlum Mcmein Aulo and Fig come. Forbes said. Of this scar s lop 4 10 a Navaie s. 6 i i of proprietors Hal shop up on lorries Lisl no 4ih richest americans up i Tim 64 Jear. The tfx companies a mobs a local of ,1 2 million peo ple up 14 3 pct Chi from Lisl Send s 2.w Millen i nixed i Ircel sir Tkv of Iri i with. Inn. Linked in. 6 with srt.62billuhi in sales has them Slenis it Ives . Ranked seventh this Vear was Mars us Oklean. A. $7.7 Hilliii in sates. Fig Tui. Lilt hell in up of Sun 1 rain Cisco $6,7 billion in Salol ninth super in Arkels Ciencural of Canevet . S5.5 billion in sales and new Vork based ranked 10th $5.2 billion in sales
