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Date: 18 December 1990
The Daily News filed a new lawsuit against its striking unions yesterday, charging that they had not only harassed and intimidated vendors but advertisers as well. The suit, filed in Federal District Court in Manhattan, is the fifth brought by the paper in connection with the strike, and the second that names all nine unions. George E. McDonald, president of the Allied Printing Trades Council, rejected the accusations.
Date: 17 December 1990
Special to The New York Times
Forget about the images of Frenchmen browsing through Le Figaro as they dawdle over cafe au lait before setting off to work. The French are now ingesting the news as rapidly as it takes them to gulp down an espresso. France Info is France's only 24-hour news radio station. In just three years, it has attracted more than two million listeners, according to Mediametrie, a French audience ratings company. Modeled after the all-news radio stations in the United States, France Info broadcasts news reports on the half-hour and news updates every 15 minutes.
Date: 17 December 1990
By Susan Heller Anderson
Susan Anderson
DAN RATHER is to be presented with a "7 d'Or Award" tonight in Paris, the French equivalent of an Emmy. Mr. Rather will be the first foreign television star to get this award, which takes its name from the seven French tv channels. About 600,000 French cable television viewers watch "The CBS Evening News With Dan Rather" weekdays at 7 A.M. He was chosen because he is "both an anchorman and a reporter who never hesitates to go where the action is," said GEORGES CRAVENNE, General Secretary of the 7 d'Or Committee.
Date: 18 December 1990
INTERNATIONAL A3-17 Iraq may take a dramatic step, such as a partial withdrawal from Kuwait, just before the United Nations resolution authorizing force to evict Iraq goes into effect in mid-January, Secretary of State Baker said. Page A1 Former officials urge the U.S. to attack after deadline A9 Frustrated Arab leaders still seek ways to avert conflict A10 A meeting in Rome on the gulf crisis should go ahead as scheduled, Iraq said. The meeting between European leaders and Foreign Minister Tariq Aziz was to have followed a visit to Washington, which is on hold. A8 Embassy deputy in Iraq calls his role an accident of history A8 British dependents told to leave the gulf before Jan. 15 A10 A new resolution critical of Israel will be sponsored by the U.S. in the Security Council. The U.S. decided not to veto the resolution after Israel resumed deportation of Palestinians from the occupied territories. A11 Morocco pledges to raise wages and to investigate riots A15 A referendum in each Soviet republic on the new treaty to preserve the union was called for by President Gorbachev. He also asked the Congress of Peoples Deputies to approve a government reorganization. A1 Estonians dodge the Soviet draft with civilian service A7 Lothar de Maiziere resigned from his government and party posts after accusations that he had worked with the East German secret police. He was East Germany's first and only non-Communist Prime Minister. A3 Prague will begin auctioning off small businesses A13 Albania begins discussions on abolishing one-party system A17 British Air is troubled by sale of U.S.-London routes D1 The Rev. Jean-Bertrand Aristide won Haiti's first democratic elections. Father Aristide, a champion of the poor, led his nearest rival, Marc Bazin, a former World Bank economist, by 30 percentage points. A1 Colombia's war on drugs has evolved into peace talks between the major cocaine traffickers and the new Government, which has offered immunity and lenient treatment if traffickers give up exporting the drug. A1 Bolivia has been shaken by an attack on a guerrilla safe house that ended with the death of a kidnapping victim and four kidnappers. The incident has renewed fears of guerrilla activity and human rights abuses. A5 News analysis: The A.N.C.'s leaders have had to contend with ideological gaps between older delegates who remain committed to nonviolent struggle and younger ones who oppose concessions to Pretoria. A3 Seoul Journal: A new era in Korea is followed by crime A4 Unpopularity is no obstacle in Chinese politics A12 Taiwan industrialist proposes chemical complex in China D1 Japan's lead in new technology inhibits U.S. projects D1 NATIONAL A18-22, B12-17 An Education Department decision to ban scholarships based race will be overruled, Administration officials said. The White House chief of staff ordered Federal lawyers to prepare a document to reverse the ruling. A1 Man in the News: The nominee for Education Secretary B14 A panel coordinating the celebration of the 500th anniversary of Columbus's voyage is under scrutiny for its finances, focusing on the activities of its chairman, John Goudie, a Republican fund-raiser. A1 The chairman of the F.D.I.C. said one way to strengthen the fund that protects deposits would be a $25 billion assessment on the industry and an 18 percent increase in banks' contribution to the program. A1 Washington at Work: Jim Pinkerton's "New Paradigm" B12 A crack down on nonprofit hospitals by Federal and state tax officials hasbegun. They are prodding hospitals to provide more charity care in return for tax-exempt status. A1 San Francisco passes ordinance regulating VDT's A18 California man sentenced to death for seven murders B16 Judge orders new trial in Wisconsin sexual-assault case A22 Gallaudet University's revolution continues to reverberate. The student demonstrations that shook the campus in March 1988 gave the university its first deaf president and earned it a good deal of respect. A18 Close calls on runways are rising, according to a study, which recorded 241 complaints of airplanes, vehicles or animals wandering onto airport runways in the first eight months of this year. A18 Panel blames captain for oil spill off Rhode Island A20 25 fishermen rescued as Minnesota ice floe drifts A22 REGIONAL B1-10 An offer to build 3,000 apartments for middle-income New Yorkers at no profit has been shelved by the Dinkins administration, according to officials and the developers' group that made the offer five years ago. A1 City Hall cuts funds for school construction and renovation B8 A teen-age girl was found strangled and burned under the Williamsburg Bridge in Brooklyn. She had been missing since she left her house Sunday morning to buy food for a Hanukkah party. B1 John Gotti may have been tipped off to a listening device the police had hidden in the Brooklyn office of a top leader of the Gambino crime family. Investigators say they suspect a police detective. B1 Catholics and Jews meet in Queens to discuss abortion B3 New York State's budget troubles grew, with State Comptroller Edward Regan predicting a new gap of up to$500 million. His forecast came just three days after lawmakers approved $1 billion in cuts. B1 In Washington, Cuomo portrays himself as a political outsider B6 Dinkins says cultural agency will be spared in revamping B4 A South Bronx elementary school was chained shut by parents angered over the ouster of a popular principal. In a noisy protest, they kept nearly all their children home. B1 Has The Daily News's circulation bounced back? B3 An effort to recruit minority students from New York City is under way at SUNY, which is sending professors to public schools and inviting students to campuses. B2 Lawmakers are deadlocked over New Jersey hospital insurance B2 Neediest Cases B10 BUSINESS DIGEST D1 Science Times Economists start to fret again about population C1 Legions of plants thrive where they don't belong C1 Ideas on how to wean NASA from the shuttle C1 Fashion Page B18 Lush, fanciful evening bags Obituaries D21 Obituaries: John D. Brockmeyer, actor Sports Baseball: Brooks says he won't replace Strawberry D25 Basketball: Odd match-up in Las Vegas D23 Football: Hostetler ready in a moment's notice D23 Arts/Entertainment The arts and Philip Morris C15 Masur to join Philharmonic early C15 Re-creating the day James Brady was shot C15 Arts endowment cutting grants C20 Editorials/Letters/Op-Ed Editorials A24 Bad bank news: not that bad Educating Bush Haiti's choice, and Aristide's Topics: The 77 percent Senate Letters A24 A. M. Rosenthal: The Moscow trials A25 Richard A. Viguerie, Steve Allen: Bush loses the right wing A25 John P. Hale: Imagine, 7,137,360 condoms A25 Donald M. Peters: So don't come to Arizona A25
Date: 17 December 1990
International A3-13 The Soviet soldiers still in Germany are little more than refugees, with no mission except to mark time. Discipline is crumbling, defections are rife and their once-feared presence is now resented. Page A1 Timisoara protests again, but against new rulers A10 Two top leaders in Czechoslovakia are being treated differently as the country struggles for unity between its Czechs and Slovaks. President Vaclav Havel gets most of the limelight, while Prime Minister Marian Calfa gets most of the heat. A11 Iraq is delaying 2,300 Soviet advisers now working at oil and military installations from leaving the country. Moscow fears the sites could become targets in any attack by American-led forces in the gulf. A1 News analysis: A moment of truth for Congress is looming: Barring a diplomatic breakthrough, lawmakers expect that they will have to decide next month whether to give the President the go-ahead to remove Iraq from Kuwait by force. A1 Conservative coalition's ads seek support for gulf policy A12 Secretary of State James Baker, sounding a conciliatory note, said thathe still hoped that Washington and Baghdad would soon agree on dates for a diplomatic dialogue. A12 Arab allies seem to pursue different long-term goals A12 Israel will deport more Palestinians from the occupied territories, the nation's Defense Minister said, renewing a policy that has brought Israel criticism from the United States. A9 Haiti's first democratic elections were held in an atmosphere free of violence but marred by delays and angry accusations of fraud. Final results of the vote were not likely before Monday at the earliest. A3 Haiti: 33 harrowing years A3 Two convicted of killing Amazon environmentalist A7 The A.N.C. set a deadline of April 30 for the South African Government to clear what it identified as obstacles to formal negotiations. The A.N.C. said it would consider halting talks if the deadline was not met. A5 33 die in two-day Moroccan riots fed by economic frustration A8 Birmingham Journal: Victoria should visit now A4 Kasparov wins game 20 to take two-point lead B6 National A14-15, B8-10 The fund protecting bank deposits, which is already at its lowest level in history, will probably lose $5 billion next year, moving it perilously closer to insolvency, the chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation said. A1 American Airlines agreed to acquire all of Trans World Airlines's routes between the U.S. and London for $445 million. T.W.A. immediately renewed its attempt to buy Pan American World Airways. A1 Is San Francisco's Chinatown dying? As the community, a landmark in Asian history, rebuilds after the earthquake, many residents worry that it will lose its special character and be altered by cheap camera and tourist shops. A14 Nontraditional families in California are registering with the state, under a law intended for lodges and fraternal societies, in what many hope is a first step in winning such benefits as health insurance and pensions. A15 West Bloomfield Journal: A story of Jews and ethnic Iraqis A14 A debate among blacks has reopened over whether affirmative action, intended to correct historical segregation, has created an unfair racial privilege. The issue was raised by a Government policy that scholarships based solely on race are illegal. B8 Government banking regulators may have been so anxious to curry favor with lawmakers that they did not sufficiently resist Congressional pressures to give special treatment to Lincoln Savings and Loan, some senators have concluded. B10 California evangelist buys Bakker's PTL property A14 The killings of eight men in the South, in northern Florida and southern Georgia, may be linked. Criminologists are fascinated at the possibility that one or two women are responsible, a rarity in serial murders. B8 Sioux mark centennial of heartbreak B8 Audit in Philadelphia finds millions spent on office space B10 Regional B1-6, B11 Hazardous conditions on the bridges in New York City have risen so sharply in recent months that city engineers are warning that dozens of bridges may be closed early next year to insure public safety. A1 The Christmas shopping season this year seems a little grimmer to many buyers and sellers. Retailers are projecting what salespeople, Salvation Army volunteers and shoppers already know: Money is tight. A1 A new plan to revitalize the Bronx is seeking to transform one of the nation's most resilient symbols of urban blight. The plan would create a synergy among a wide range of development projects. B1 Today is the deadline for schools in New York City for deciding which employees will be laid off to make up $90 million in cuts. For at least one superintendent, last week was the toughest in his career. B1 On a shoestring, a Catholic school braces for cuts B2 Six municipal workers honored for public service B4 A principal who loved taking pictures of his young students in Elmwood Park, N.J., has been charged with sexual abuse. Parents and members of the community have reacted to the case with shock and anger. B1 Three men accused as mob bosses in New York -- John Gotti, Vittorio Amuso and Vincent Gigante -- are either in jail, in hiding or awaiting trial. The authorities say their legal plights reflect the disorder that has stricken organized-crime groups. B3 Two are shot and two are wounded in Harlem basement B3 Pregnant drug abusers find hope in new program B3 The sound of 500 tubas playing filled the skating rink of Rockefeller Center, in a performance that could be heard three blocks away, during the 17th annual TubaChristmas concert yesterday. B1 Neediest Cases B11 Business Digest D1 SportsMonday The death of a young race car driver, Billy Vukovich 3d, dramatized more than the dangerous world of the sport. For his father, Bill Jr., it struck like a resounding blow, in part because he also lost his father the same way: on a race track. A1 Auto Racing: Retreat to nature for Earnhardt C4 Baseball: Brooks latest piece in Mets' puzzle C5 Basketball: MacLeod an old pro with new challenge C1 Knicks put on show for Nets C6 Column: Anderson on the Jets C3 Features: Question Box C4 On Your OwnC10 Football: Giants lose Simms C1 Jets fall to Colts C1 Lions defeat Bears C2 Moon's passing stops Chiefs C2 Browns' owner incurs fans' wrath C2 Golf: Wind retires at The New Yorker C6 Hockey: Rangers ponder some deals C5 Tennis: Sampras wins $2 million final C5 Arts/Entertainment Survey of objectionable art C11 Movies as television shows C11 Theater: "The American Plan" C11 Music: Vladimir Ashkenazy C16 Judas Priest C16 Dance: A Pilobolus premier C18 Word and Image: Health in Canada and U.S. C16 "Narco-Terrorism" C14 Obituaries D14 Nan Wood Graham, 'American Gothic' model Editorials/Letters/Op-Ed Editorials A16 Sanity or suicide on trade? Nynex: A wrong number Fixing the West Side Highway Letters A16 William Safire: The Major change A17 Anthony Lewis: Zealotry gone mad A17 Arthur Schlesinger Jr.: War in the gulf: Counsel of ignorance A17 Irving R. Kaufman: Broken contracts A17
Date: 18 December 1990
Every day seems to bring more bad news about banks. Over the weekend William Seidman, chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, admitted that bank failures were far worse than he had previously predicted, and that the fund would reach unacceptably low levels. Yesterday three private economists gave even scarier testimony to a House subcommittee. Even if the imminent recession turns out to be mild, they said, the insurance fund could run short. Bad as the news is, it's not dire. Bank failures -- even if they include a few large money-center banks -- will not become contagious and do not threaten the economy. The Federal Reserve Board and the F.D.I.C. have sufficient tools to manage the problem. In the worst of all outcomes, the taxpayers who are bailing out the savings and loan industry will be hit with another bailout. But that one would be small by comparison, its price measured in tens, not hundreds, of billions.
Date: 18 December 1990
NBC and the Nippon Television Network of Japan have reached an agreement to share material gathered by their news divisions, NBC announced yesterday. NBC News will gain exclusive use in the United States of all material generated by Nippon televison, the largest private network in Japan, and the Japanese network will have access to NBC News material, including information from the NBC/Wall Street Journal Poll. Nippon Television will become the first foreign affiliate of the NBC Newschannel, a 24-hour news service for stations affiliated with NBC. In September, CBS News announced a similar news-sharing agreement with the Tokyo Broadcasting System .
Date: 18 December 1990
By David E. Pitt
David Pitt
Despite what management calls a vast, union-led conspiracy to terrorize vendors, The Daily News announced last week that its circulation had climbed back to 600,000 papers a day. Unfortunately for The News, few industry analysts, let alone circulation experts at rival newspapers, believe the numbers. More important, analysts say, The News's major advertisers, who have been abandoning the 71-year-old paper in droves since the strike began, also remain skeptical.
Date: 18 December 1990
AP
The New York investor William Spier said he was still interested in acquiring DeSoto Inc. and would be willing to raise his offer for the detergent maker by $1 a share, to $5.25. Mr. Spier, chairman of the Sutton Holding Corporation, disclosed in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission that he wanted to continue a merger offer he made for DeSoto earlier this month.
Date: 18 December 1990
AP
PIE International announced it would handle freight through the end of the month before a bankruptcy trustee begins selling off the assets of the failed trucking line. On Saturday, United States Bankruptcy Judge George Proctor approved the company's plans to shut down operations and liquidate assets to pay off the company's debts. PIE has been struggling since it and its parent company, the Olympia Holding Corporation of Miami, filed for protection from creditors under Chapter 11 of the Federal bankruptcy laws two months ago. PIE listed debts of $237 million and assets of $169 million. Before the filing, PIE operated 230 terminals and employed 3,500 workers.