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- THE WEEK, Page 22BUSINESSMissing from Action
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- The eerie disappearance of an Exxon executive greases the rumor
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- In the Tony Enclave of Morris Township, N.J., reality is a
- $700,000 house perched on acres of shady lawn, and crime is a
- plot device in a P.D. James novel. Recently, though, the
- disappearance of one of Morris Township's most respected
- citizens has brought in a gust of the world outside. Sidney
- Reso, the 57-year-old president of Exxon International,
- vanished, his car left idling at the end of his driveway, as he
- headed for work on the morning of April 29, and no one has seen
- him since.
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- In the midst of an intensive police investigation, Exxon
- announced last week that it would offer a "substantial reward"
- for information leading to the executive's safe return. There
- are no allegations that Reso, a stable family man who has spent
- holidays working behind soup-kitchen counters, is off on a scam
- of his own. "There's nothing to indicate a voluntary
- disappearance," said a spokeswoman in the Morris County
- prosecutor's office. Law-enforcement officials indirectly
- acknowledged receipt of a ransom note after the New York Post
- reported that a letter claiming responsibility for Reso's
- abduction had been issued by a group called the Rainbow
- Warriors. The name Rainbow Warrior belongs to a Greenpeace ship
- destroyed by the French government in 1985. Greenpeace, an
- international environmental group, vehemently denies any
- involvement in the Reso incident. Investigators are uncertain
- that the note is anything other than a prank, and they are
- remaining tight-lipped on the details of the case.
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