Atkārtoti atskaņo otrdiena, 1991. gada 3. septembris

Amid Crisis, Soviet Leaders Devote Prime Time to Television

Date: 04 September 1991

By Bill Carter

Bill Carter

The two leading figures in the political upheaval in the Soviet Union, Mikhail S. Gorbachev and Boris N. Yeltsin, have both decided to take a considerable amount of time in recent days away from the events transforming their country to give interviews to American television journalists. Both appeared in interviews on the Cable News Network, and both are now scheduled to take part in an ambitious two-way interview program with a large group of Americans in a special broadcast tentatively scheduled for 11:30 Eastern time tonight on ABC.

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9 Greek Papers Put on Trial Over Publicity for Terrorists

Date: 03 September 1991

The editors of nine Greek newspapers went on trial today on charges of violating new legislation banning the unwarranted publicizing of terrorist activity.

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On My Mind; Pogrom in Brooklyn

Date: 03 September 1991

By A. M. Rosenthal

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The anti-Semitic outrages of Crown Heights are aimed at the Jews of only one neighborhood in one city -- for the moment. But American Jews who do not understand that the same kind of political thugs will try now to lead the same kind of street thugs to burn Jewish property and break Jewish bones in other cities are blind to reality, deaf to history -- and suicidal.

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NEWS SUMMARY

Date: 03 September 1991

SOVIET TURMOIL A6-10 The national Congress was stunned when President Gorbachev and the leaders of 10 republics proposed to transfer all central authority to themselves and a legislative council until a new union can be formed. A1 News analysis: The surprise accord is clearly a gamble to prevent the existing union from tumbling in on itself. But whether President Gorbachev and the republics' chiefs succeed is unanswerable now. A1 Reporter's notebook: Legislators say they deserved better A9 President Bush gave full recognition to Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia, the nations annexed by Stalin and now on the verge of independence from a crumbling Soviet Union. His decision was delayed by a personal plea from President Gorbachev. A1 Baltic-Americans waited for 50 years for a moment that had finally come: formal recognition of their homeland's independence by their adopted country. For thousands in Chicago, it was a day of joy and disbelief. A9 The Foreign Minister of Estonia hates champagne but has been clinking glasses nearly every night with foreign representatives reopening diplomatic relations. A10 Lithuania disappointed by U.S. timing A9 The Soviet changes may hurt Cuba and force the nation to make dramatic economic and political changes on its own, experts say. Cuba is already bracing itself for survival if Soviet aid is cut off. A10 Soviet troops in German say they're "in the same army" A10 INTERNATIONAL A3-5, 14-17 The latest cease-fire in Yugoslavia was shattered just hours after it was signed, leading Croatia's leader to warn that the accord could be undermined by what he said were "serious" Serbian violations. A17 Four ex-East German guards tried for killing at wall A16 Tension among immigrants in Israel led to a brawl at a Jerusalem hotel between Ethiopian and Soviet newcomers. Officials are now rethinking the wisdom of letting the two groups live under the same roof. A14 Palestinian council expected to meet on setbacks A15 A guerrilla leader in El Salvador said his organization could take steps toward "not existing as an armed force" if the Government would agree to five proposals for changes in the national army and police. A5 British visit breaks the ice with China A3 Mandela visits three imprisoned rightists A3 Batticaloa Journal: A priest chronicles atrocities of war A4 NATIONAL A18-21, D12 The Treasury is a reluctant regulator when it comes to policing the vast market for its securities. That light touch led to the Salomon Brothers scandal, though overregulation might hurt the business, experts say. A1 Assurances of recovery are no solace to the 300,000 out-of-work Americans who exhausted their unemployment benefits in July, the highest level in more than 40 years. A1 Two prominent Washington lawyers, Clark M. Clifford and Robert A. Altman, resigned from First American Bankshares with their pockets full and many questions unanswered, investigators say. D1 The death of a freelance writer in West Virginia last month has added an air of intrigue to a complicated, long-running court case that has become known in Washington circles simply as "Inslaw." D12 A clash between whites and Asians in Philadelphia left a white teen-ager dead and residents asking how harmony can be achieved between racial groups in their city, which is undergoing rapid ethnic change. A18 New Orleans Journal: A little loud in jazz's birthplace A18 An AIDS rally in Kennebunkport, Me., was brushed off by President Bush, who said he was concerned about disrupted business of shopkeepers and that "behavioral change" is the way to halt the disease's spread. A20 Athiest troop leader ousted from Boy Scouts A20 An old tractor becomes a $350,000 mistake A21 A pigeon shoot in Pennsylvania was disrupted by animal-rights activists protesting the killing of 5,000 pigeons. The police arrested at least 85 people. D12 Los Angeles police reconsider using choke hold A18 REGIONAL B1-5 Subway service will be restored this morning for the 500,000 riders of the Lexington Avenue IRT. Dozens of workers checked the repairs yesterday to the section devastated by last week's subway crash. A1 Three people died in a huge explosion, followed by a fire ball, that leveled two three-story brick apartment buildings in the Bay Ridge section of Brooklyn. At least 24 others were injured, the police said. B1 The West Indian-American Parade, which attracted more than a million Caribbean blacks and a few Hasidic rabbis, seemed to blast away much of racial tension plaguing Crown Heights for the past two weeks. B1 Reporter's notebook: Wariness permeates usual celebration B4 The breeze had a little snap to it this Labor Day, and at moments it seemed as if summer had already slipped into fall. But around the region, people headed outside for the final rituals of summer. B1 Nine candidates are battling it out for the District 31 City Council seat in southeast Queens. There are at least three frontrunners, and many feel the candidates are running only for each other's throats. B1 She wanted the best for her cats, so a widow's will specified that they be allowed to live in her Fifth Avenue co-op after she died. But the co-op has a no-pet rule, and a month after her death, the board is infuriated. B2 Student killed, friend injured in Queens fight B3 BUSINESS DIGEST D1 Sports B7-13 Jimmy Connors won at the U.S. Open after capturing a fifth-set tie breaker against Aaron Krickstein to advance to the quarterfinals. His victory came on his 39th birthday. B7 Tennis: Navratilova reaches quarterfinals B13 Baseball: Braves lose third in row B8 Gooden on disabled list B9 Johnson ready for the outfield B9 Yanks lose to Rangers B9 Bo Jackson returns to majors B9 Columns: Anderson on Montana B7 Football: Giants defeat 49ers in opener B7 TV Sports B11 On Tennis B13 Football: Coslet praises Jets B11 Memphis State stuns U.S.C. B11 Horse Racing: Scan wins the Jerome B13 Sports People B13 Obituaries D13 Fashion Page B6 Science Times Amid budget woes, Soviet officials put science on the market C1 Chemists' new toy emerges as hope for resistance-free wires C1 Arts/Entertainment The great audio conspiracy C13 Music: Anderson Award C13 Dance: International troupe C13 Word and Image: "Biography," a novel C16 The two sides on abortion C22 Editorials/Letters/Op-Ed Editorials A22 The ethnic archipelago Protest and tolerance lessons For Council from the Bronx

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NEWS SUMMARY

Date: 04 September 1991

Soviet Turmoil A12-17 Mikhail Gorbachev and Boris Yeltsin acknowledged differences but joined together in urging the adoption of a new governing structure for the Soviet Union, based on the resurgent power of its republics.Page A1 Soviet leaders devote prime time to television A17 Apparatchiks face unemployment. But one former member of the powerful Central Committee who is out of work says that it was inevitable, and that the Communist Party was fading rapidly. A13 Victors find words of bereavement for old order and its idols A13 Leningrad has been doing business independent of Moscow to a degree unforeseen even a year ago. It has officials roaming the Soviet Union to make barter deals for food and a steady supply of raw materials. A1 Azerbaijanis are enjoying the drama of all the political tumult, even if they know not to take everything at face value. Particularly entertaining has been the showmanship of a leader performing for his political life. A16 Lithuania's defense minister has nonviolent strategy A12 International A3-10 Israel will request $10 billion in housing loan guarantees from the U.S., it said. The move could force the Administration to choose between its hope to get the Israelis to a peace conference and its desire to tie any extra aid to a freeze on housing in the occupied territories. A3 Saudi Arabia has been storing oil at an increased rate and signaling its determination to keep worldwide supplies plentiful and prices down, as Soviet production falls. D1 Iraq law allows opposition groups A6 Exiled general urges Lebanese to resist A7 Relations between Britain and China are generally back to normal, Prime Minister Major said, but he also emphasized that in talks with Chinese leaders he had pressed for improvements on human rights. A5 A Yugoslav peace conference will be convened by the European Community to try to find a solution to the many conflicts dividing that country, the community announced. A3 Communists in Spain roiled over calls to disband A10 Rome Journal: A poisoned season with dead dolphins A4 National A18-21, B7 A fire killed 25 people and injured 40 at a chicken processing plant in Hamlet, N.C., officials said. The plant turned into an inferno in which panicked workers were trapped by blocked or locked doors, witnesses said. A1 Gov. L. Douglas Wilder of Virginia, the first black American to be elected Governor, is considering a run for the Presidency. He would bring to the race a compelling life story, clear star appeal and sharp political elbows. A1 Former Gov. Edmund G. Brown Jr. of California said he was dropping his bid for the Senate to open an exploratory candidacy for President. He said he wanted to serve as the voice for the disaffected, and would accept no contribution larger than $100. A20 Study calls for more TV time for '92 candidates A20 Thomas backers air ad critical of three Senators A18 Washington journal: Neighborhood builds on its rubble A18 The S.E.C. is investigating whether the improper bids for Treasury securities submitted by Salomon Brothers were part of a broader effort by a group of investment houses to corner the bond market, its chairman said. D1 A 37-year-old woman was convicted of plotting to kill the mother of her daughter's chief rival in a cheerleading competition in Texas. A18 A Lutheran position on abortion was adopted by the Lutheran Church, which said that abortion could be a morally responsible choice in a limited number of cases. A20 Doctors are warned on conflicts of interest B7 Regional B1-6 New York City's shelter system for homeless families has become so livable that hundreds of families who could stay elsewhere are flocking to shelters so they can move to the top of the list for permanent subsidized housing, city officials say. A1 The chief homeless policy adviser of New York City resigned. She said that the city's programs needed to be rethought to include a range of social services to prevent people from becoming homeless. B2 The motorman whose train derailed, killing five people, was indicted for murder, a more serious charge than the manslaughter counts he was arrested for after the crash. B1 Motorman's case reflects city's horror, experts say B4 Driver injures four girls in Rockaways and flees B6 Natural gas buildup blamed for Brooklyn blast B3 Voter registration was the priority of some Hispanic political leaders in Queens's District 21 this campaign season. They hope that their efforts will pay off in future elections, if not the present one. B1 Welfare reform is championed in New Jersey by an unlikely source. He is Wayne Bryant, the Democratic majority leader of the State Assembly and the state's highest-ranking black legislator. B1 A popular Connecticut dairy store, Stew Leonard's in Norwalk, is beloved in a way that few stores are. An announcement of an I.R.S. investigation of the store was greeted by pure scorn by many residents. B1 Bridgeport starts appeal in bankruptcy case B5 Pressmen union sues Times on arbitration B6 Business Digest D1 The Living Section Food The "new" Fannie Farmer C1 Bensonhursts's zucchini glut C1 A Rosh ha-Shanah table C6 Wine Talk C8 Living Anniversaries, anniversaries C1 Health Page C11 High blood pressure may pose less of a danger for women Arts/Entertainment Studios court Woody Allen C13 Massachusetts Museum of Art is in financial straits C13 Theater: New from Steppenwolf C13 Film: "Swan Lake: The Zone," from the Ukraine C13 Obituaries Frank Capra died at 94. The director made movies suffused with affectionate portrayals of the common man and the strengths and foibles of democracy. B10 Susumu Ishii, Japanese gang boss B9 Alfonso Garcia Robles shared Nobel for atom arms ban B9 Education Page B8 District finds a way to end segregaton Bush stresses schools as critics turn up the heat Sports B11-18 Baseball: Mets set back Astros, 6-1 B13 Basketball: Ordeal over for young star B11 Columns: Anderson on the Giants B11 Claire Smith on Baseball B13 TV Sports: Rage of the OpenB15 Football: Handley pleased with first-game result B11 Tennis: Capriati beats Sabatini in straight sets B11 U.S. Open builds to frenetic pace B15 Editorials/Letters/Op-Ed Editorials A22 Three tests of Soviet survival For City Council from Queens Robert B. Semple Jr.: Tennis

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BRIEFS

Date: 04 September 1991

* Anchor Bank, Myrtle Beach, S.C., has acquired the deposits and certain liabilities and assets of Hilton Head Bank and Trust Co., Myrtle Beach, from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. * Assicurazioni Generali S.p.A., Italy's largest insurer, said it had reached an agreement in principle with the Continental Corporation, New York, to jointly underwrite non-life-insurance risks of Generali's multinational clients in North America.

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COMPANY NEWS; Psychiatric Chain To Buy 2 Competitors

Date: 04 September 1991

By Michael Lev

Michael Lev

Community Psychiatric Centers said today that it had agreed to buy two related hospital companies with financial problems -- Healthcare International Inc. and Healthvest -- in a transaction estimated at about $175 million. Community Psychiatric, a chain of 51 psychiatric hospitals that is based in Laguna Hills, Calif., has been looking to expand to new markets to make it easier for the company to win benefits contracts from national companies.

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COMPANY NEWS; Music Industry Bets on CD Sets

Date: 04 September 1991

By Michael Lev

Michael Lev

Come Christmas, the music industry is betting that consumers will decide a $50 boxed set of James Brown compact disks will look good under their trees. With 67 songs on four disks, "Star Time" has nearly all of Mr. Brown's hits, from "Please, Please, Please" to "Papa's Got a Brand-New Bag." For different tastes, boxed sets planned for holiday release will chronicle the careers of Barbra Streisand, the Carpenters, the producer Phil Spector and the Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, among other popular music artists.

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Grand Met Unit

Date: 04 September 1991

By Bloomberg Business News

Bloomberg News

Grand Metropolitan P.L.C.'s International Distillers and Vintners unit said it had established a wholly owned subsidiary in Hungary. The new company, IDV Hungaria Ltd., will manage International Distillers' major brands in the local market. IDV Hungaria has signed a distribution agreement with Hungary's largest wine company, Hungarovin.

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Syntex in Pact With Theratech

Date: 04 September 1991

Syntex U.S.A. Inc., a subsidiary of the Syntex Corporation, said it had entered into a collaborative agreement with Theratech Inc. for the development and manufacture of new pharmaceutical products. As part of the pact, Syntex will acquire an equity position in Theratech, a company based in Salt Lake City that specializes in skin patches and other controlled-release systems for administering drugs.

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