101.   Levi Strauss executives said yesterday they were closing the plants because demand for their trademark jeans had fallen, not because it was moving manufacturing operations overseas.

102.   Lockheed officials said Tuesday they had no plans to close the plant.

103.   Lockheed Martin said it intended to close two plants in that area, one in East Windsor, N.J., and another in Valley Forge, Pa.

104.   LTV Corp., a steelmaker, closed a plant in Cleveland and reduced production at others in the Midwest.

105.   Like a surgeon wielding a scalpel, Mark S. Hansen has cut swiftly and deeply into Fleming Co., closing plants, eliminating departments and dismissing workers.

106.   Many U.S. nuclear plant operators are facing similar decisions about whether to sell or close nuclear plants as deregulation looms.

107.   Nine West said it will close plants in Madison and Crothersville, Indiana, and Flemingburg, Kentucky.

108.   Normally, Northeast Utilities might keep the plant closed and move up a shutdown for repairs and refueling now scheduled for September.

109.   Normally, the plant is closed for weekends and would reopen tomorrow morning.

110.   Officials saw little likelihood Friday that the eight utility companies that own Maine Yankee will not vote next week to close the plant.