51.   Binding up those sore spots will be among the first tasks a new state chairman of the GOP will have to tackle.

52.   A company spokesman said a new chairman has not been named.

53.   A close vote, officials said, might have been viewed suspiciously by Sen. Ernest Hollings of South Carolina, the new Democratic chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee.

54.   A group of investors completed the purchase Monday of Westin Hotel Co. and the new owners installed a new chairman and chief executive.

55.   A new chairman can be approved only by the Senate, and that action is subject to a filibuster.

56.   A new chairman will be selected at that time.

57.   A Mississippian credited with revitalizing the GOP, Barbour returns to his old law firm when the Republican National Committee elects a new chairman next month.

58.   A search committee for a new chairman will be led by Gerald Grinstein, a director and former head of Western Airlines and Burlington Northern Sante Fe Corp.

59.   A second measure has been drafted by Rep. Thomas J. Bliley Jr. of Virginia, the new Republican chairman of the Commerce Committee.

60.   A search committee for a new chairman will be led by Grinstein, former head of Western and Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp.