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Date: 25 December 1990
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The Boston Globe said last week that it would reduce its work force by 100 full-time positions through attrition in the next five years. The 100 positions represent about 5 percent of the full-time staff at The Globe, which employs 2,075 full-time and 500 part-time workers.
Date: 24 December 1990
International 2-8 Two colonels in the Soviet Union were at the center of attention after Foreign Minister Shevardnadze resigned. He said their right-wing criticism of the Government was the "last straw" in his decision to quit. 1 Soviets yield to U.S. on Pacific islands' status 5 Slovenes voted for independence from Yugoslavia, early results showed. The results were another strike at an already shaky unity in the multinational country. 6 A clamor in Norway to ban all smoking 4 The U.S. is paying premium prices, sometimes twice the standard commercial rate, to charter vessels and book space aboard regularly scheduled freighters to support the military buildup in the Persian Gulf. 1 Holiday celebrations in Saudi Arabia will be elaborate for the U.S. troops. Their commanders understand that the holidays may be the last and best opportunity to rally morale before what could be the onset of war. 8 Doctors who visited Iraq say embargo is hurting medical care 8 The U.S. troops are ready to fight, logistical problems have eased and troop morale is better than expected,Defense Secretary Cheney and Pentagon officials said after a five-day visit to Saudi Arabia. 8 The body of an American sailor was recovered in the Haifa bay in Israel, bringing to 20 the number of Americans who drowned after a ferry carrying servicemen capsized and sank. One man is missing. 3 Many foreign embassies in Baghdad are weighing whether to evacuate diplomatic personnel as the prospect of military conflict nears. For some, the decision hinges on whether the U.S. intends to stay. 8 The new Prime Minister of India is having a hard time convincing the country that his Government is more than a front for the ousted Congress Party of Rajiv Gandhi. 2 Cambodia's four warring factions increased the prospects of ending two decades of war by approving most aspects of a detailed United Nations peace plan that calls for a cease-fire and free elections. 3 Suriname's former ruler resigns command of armed forces 2 Bogota Journal: Was the beautiful anti-drug agent a spy? 4 Salvadoran official dismisses prosecutors in Jesuits' deaths 2 Nigeria's leader to seek slavery reparations 4 National 9-10, 24, 46 The health of poor people in cities took a turn for the worse in the late 1980's and has now reached critical condition. Experts blame new depths of urban poverty and inadequate medical services for the crisis. 1 A partnership in a large law firm was once nearly akin to tenure at a university. But now pink slips for partners are increasingly common, and the tradition of job security is dying, a casualty of the current recession. 1 Californians are defying a new law requiring them to register assault weapons by Dec. 31. With gun owners waging a campaign of civil disobedience, only about 7,000 of about 300,000 weapons have been registered. 1 A rival to Alcoholics Anonymous is gaining membership among people unhappy with A.A.'s spiritual emphasis. Rational Recovery, a secular self-help group, has about 2,000 members but holds meetings in 100 cities. 1 The designated Education Secretary, Lamar Alexander, a former Governor of Tennessee, says he thinks in terms of solutions, not problems. If confirmed, he will have to calm a department in a storm over the issue of minority scholarships. 9 Washington at Work: A strange feud between Newt Gingrich, conservative bomb thrower, and Richard Darman, Machiavellian budget maker, is one many cannot figure out. They are engaged in a public duel, yet privately they keep talking -- and talking. 10 The legal liability of oil companies to protect workers and clean up radium contamination in the nation's oilfields is being tested for the first time in two lawsuits filed in Mississippi. 9 A plan to explore for gold in Arizona near a national wilderness area will be deferred 12 months. Residents and scientists say the place is a unique biological resource that should be preserveed. 46 San Francisco Journal: For Asian men a year for change 9 Salaries of over $1 million a year are still being paid at Drexel Burnham Lambert Inc., the former Wall Street powerhouse that filed for bankruptcy protection earlier this year. 29 Regional 25-28 A shootout in a Brooklyn grocery during a holdup left two employees and a robber dead and another robber critically wounded, the police said. 25 Marijuana and sometimes murder were the daily specials of the family-run Franchise Restaurant, a small place in Harlem, the police say. A raid was compelled by increasingly organized community pressure.25 Jury convicts boss of drug gang 27 Atlantic City is beginning to look up for the first time since casino gambling was legalized. At a time when casinos are in trouble, money from their profits is fueling a redevelopment effort some say represents a renaissance. 25 No one attended to the little tree, a forlorn Christmas tree, growing in a highway abutment by the Hudson River. It went almost unnoticed amid the bustling of the holiday season and the tales of good cheer. 1 The cost of environmental action against medical waste washing ashore in the New York area is coming due. Hundreds of millions of dollars are being spent to comply with an edict to stop dumping sewage sludge by 1992. 25 Many churches in New York City are in a state of disrepair. Deferred maintenance has left bell towers and cupolas, spires and stained glass treasures in poor and sometimes dangerous shape. 26 A building collapsed in Brooklyn, seriously injuring three squatters at the site in the Bushwick section. No one was found in the rubble. 27 Neediest Cases 28 Business Digest 29 SportsMonday Basketball: Wild and wonderful world of a Net 35 Knicks get lessons on rebounds 41 Knight receives some barbs 41 Celtics rout Hawks 41 Column: Anderson on the Eagles 36 Features: Question Box 38 On Your Own 42 Football: Giants edge Cardinals 35 Bills beat Dolphins for title 35 Jets pound Patriots 37 Moon hurt in Oiler loss 37 Hockey: Rangers and Bruins tie 38 Devils beat Maple Leafs 38 Islanders win in overtime 38 Outdoors: Festive and solemn times 42 Tennis: King coaches Mayotte 40 Obituaries 48 Herbert Salzman died at 74. A business executive and merchant banker, he served four Presidents in the field of international economics. Gershom G. Schocken, Israeli journalist Cecil Effinger, composer Arts/Entertainment Old TV shows remain popular 11 Dance festival in India 11 New recording process 11 Theater: Chekhov's "Sea Gull" updated 21 Music: Bach's "Christmas Oratorio" 15 Dance: Grigorovich's "Nutcracker" 13 Word and Image: Tales from a dark world 19 "A Very Retail Christmas" 46 Editorials/Letters/Op-Ed Editorials 22 No booty for Iraq. None. For refugees, the door opens Vanities, on the bench Topics: U.S. recruiting Letters 22 William Safire: The final warning 23 Anthony Lewis: The Guns of January 23 Donna Baranski-Walker: Small lights in the darkness 23 Adam Smith: Annals of Soviet capitalism 23 Daniel Schorr: The Soviet Foreign Legion 23
Date: 25 December 1990
International 2-6 U.S. military leaders in the gulf say that American troops will not be ready for offensive action by Jan. 15 and that any attack on Iraq should be deferred until February, the Pentagon told President Bush.Page 1 Iraq has recalled its ambassadors from major European countries, the U.S. and Japan for urgent consultations over the diplomatic deadlock in the Persian Gulf crisis. 1 The American troops in Saudi Arabia celebrated Christmas in the desert. The sense of joy and sadness that accompany the holiday was heightened by their continued preparations for possible war with Iraq. 6 In Qatar, forgotten U.S. warriors wait 6 Bethlehem was bleak this Christmas and every shop closed in compliance with a strike issued by the three-year Palestinian uprising. Israeli soldiers patrolled an empty plaza, the traditional brithplace of Jesus. 2 Soviet Jews are arriving in Germany at the rate of about 100 a day. The prospect of large-scale Jewish emigration has prompted a debate heavily overlaid with questions of morality and historical responsibility. 1 A plan for a looser Soviet federation proposed by President Gorbachev was endorsed overwhelmingly by the Congress of People's Deputies. But it rejected his proposal to drop the word socialist from the name. 3 Mandela calls for end to factional violence 2 Japan hopes to export its fascination with high-tech gadgets, especially a $1,000 "laser karoke" system, a kind of video sing-along machine that has become a ritual for many Japanese. 1 Chinese Central Committee begins delayed meeting today 3 Suriname military asserts it has taken control of country 3 Manila Journal: A land where tinsel lies in tatters 4 National 7-8 Prices are falling in America for the first time since the 1940's. The new deflation, most visible in real estate, might be welcomed in a nation accustomed to inflation -- if it were not for the worrisome consequences. 1 The Christmas shopping season, which ended last night with a soft thud, held a number of surprises but none were very jolly. "The poorest Christmas season in years," many business owners complained. 43 The severe drought in California and the Southwest is entering its fifth year, and probably nowhere has water become more of a preoccupation of daily life than on the parched central coast of California. 1 Arctic freeze comes east, completing U.S. sweep 7 A law on the use of video terminals in the workplace will be signed by San Francisco's Mayor. Changes in the law, intended to reduce the risk of ailments caused by the use of computer terminals, were agreed to by business leaders and the Mayor. 7 The California Supreme Court struck down part of an initiative that would have stripped California defendants of any rights that are not provided in the U.S. Constitution. 8 Charlottesville Journal: The legacy of Thomas Jefferson includes one Declaration of Independence and one university but several leaky roofs. Monticello's roof is a "system" that may prove difficult to repair. 7 A chase over mountain roads in Utah ended with the capture of two burglars who the police said killed two women, shot a man in the face and abducted two daughters in a family vacationing at a remote cabin. 8 Tourists visiting a national refuge in Alaska where the oil industry wants to drill have been coming in such numbers that they may pose a threat to the area's fragile environment. 8 Father and six children die in fire 8 Assets of white supremacist are target of legal maneuver 8 Rhode Island ponders rescue of smallest city 8 Regional 33-35 The selection of City Hall appointees in New York City under Mayor Dinkins appears to be nonpartisan. But the approach has a price: disaffected Democratic Party leaders may not support him in the next election. 1 Donations to charities increased in New York City this year, despite thousands of layoffs and troubling economic signs. Experts credit aggressive fund-raising and the generosity of people in tough times. 33 Realtors call it Manhattan Valley, a quick dip between the Upper West Side and Harlem, and have dreamed for years of creating another TriBeCa there. But the wait continues amid crime and decay. 33 Republicans in New Jersey are silent as Gov. Jim Florio and fellow Democrats struggle with the prospect of another budget crisis. They hope to keep anger over tax increases boiling right up to the 1991 elections. 33 A group of homeless families say they will continue living in an abandoned building in the Bronx, even though a fire on Christmas Eve knocked down most interior walls and burned a hole in the roof. 35 Theft from the Transit Authority in New York City remains rampant, an undercover investigation reported, but officials say tighter security is reducing equipment theft. 34 Neediest Cases 35 Business Digest 43 Science Times Big science gets smaller as its promise loses luster 37 Group vs. individual: New studies focus on a cultural rift 37 New class of molecules spawns its own branch of chemistry 37 Breast cancer: Some pieces of the genetic puzzle fall into place 38 When new streets make traffic worse: A statistical paradox 38 Spacecraft scans an unusual planet for signs of life 39 Personal Computers 39 Peripherals 40 Science Watch 40 Science Q&A 39 Arts/Entertainment Salman Rushdie agreed not to authorize a paperback version of his novel "The Satanic Verses." Without disavowing the book, Mr. Rushdie said it was now up to Iran to remove the death sentence against him. 9 Schwarzkopf at 75 16 The fight over Franglais 17 CD packaging under attack 28 Film: "Alice" by Woody Allen 9 "The Godfather Part III" 9 Depardieu in "Green Card" 22 Music: P. D. Q. Bach, inescapably 24 Dance: Critic's Notebook 9 TV looks at a music competition 62 McPhee goes to sea 26 Fashion Page 42 Luxury and fantasy fly in the face of gloom Patterns By Design Sports Baseball: Raines joins White Sox 57 Basketball: N.B.A. Notebook 59 Column: Berkow on pitcher- teacher 57 Football: Defense puzzles Giants 57 N.F.L. Notebook 57 McGwire gears up for draft 57 Jets' Byrd is sack-happy 59 Hockey: Burke bounces back 59 Sports People 58 Obituaries 36 Herbert Salzman, a businessman and merchant banker who served four Presidents in the field of international economics, died Sunday at a hospital in Manhattan. He was 74 years old. James. H. Wakelin, oceanographer and Navy official Editorials/Letters/Op-Ed Editorials 30 A quieter Christmas Capital gains: A requiem? What nations owe Mr. Rushdie Letters 30 A. M. Rosenthal: Moscow, Iraq and Polonius 31 Paul Auster: Auggie Wren's Christmas story 31
Date: 25 December 1990
AP
The Boeing Company said a $1.8 billion order from Delta Air Lines last week helped it set a company record of $47.7 billion worth of airplane orders this year. Boeing's 1990 total exceeds by $1.1 billion its previous high mark of $46.6 billion, set last year, even though the number of planes ordered fell from 1989. Delta's order included six new 767-300 twinjets, which sell for between $78 million and $86 million each. Boeing also disclosed that Delta had placed orders earlier this year for 20 other jets.
Date: 25 December 1990
A.T.& T. said the Justice Department had not objected to the phone company's offer for the NCR Corporation. Under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act, the Government must review proposed mergers and acquistions for possible violations of antitrust laws. The American Telephone and Telegraph Company made an unsolicited $90-a-share cash offer for NCR on Dec. 5. NCR, a computer maker, is resisiting the bid, which is scheduled to expire at midnight on Jan. 15.
Date: 25 December 1990
AP
The Chicago Mercantile Exchange, the Chicago Board of Trade and Reuters Holdings P.L.C. reached a tentative agreement on a proposed electronic futures and options trading system. They said the agreement "resolves all substantive issues toward the completion of a 20-year contract." The system, called Globex, is scheduled for testing in Chicago, New York and London around the end of the first quarter. It is expected to provide worldwide, computerized trading in the futures and options of various exchanges after their trading floors are closed. Reuters would supply the computer terminals and the technology.
Date: 25 December 1990
Special to The New York Times
The Big Three auto makers plan to build 8.2 percent fewer cars and trucks in the first quarter of 1991 than they had originally projected, according to a published report. Ward's Autotmotive Reports, an industry newsletter, said G.M., Ford and Chrysler had reduced the output estimates made in December by 212,000 vehicles. The production cuts, which follow sharp declines in fourth- quarter output, would put first- quarter production about 1 percent below the first quarter of 1990, a weak period for American car and truck production. Industry analysts believe further production cuts are likely before the end of March. Last week, the General Motors Corporation and Chrysler said they would extend holiday vacations for about 41,650 workers because of big inventories and low orders. While none of the Big Three assembly plants are open this week because of the Christmas and New Year's holidays, the Ford Motor Company is the only American car maker that will not extend its shutdowns.
Date: 25 December 1990
AP
Office Club, an office- supply chain, agreed to be acquired by Office Depot Inc. in a stock swap valued at $137.8 million. Office Depot, based in Boca Raton, Fla, has 121 stores in the Southeast, Midwest and Texas and is expected to have $630 million in sales in 1990.
Date: 24 December 1990
There's astonishing news from the Internal Revenue Service: Seven million Americans vanished on Jan. 1, 1987. The 1986 tax reform act required that, starting in 1987, personal income tax returns include Social Security numbers for all dependents over the age of 5; it dropped to over age 2 in 1989 and will drop to over age 1 in 1991. As a result, a lot of dependents appear to have gone up in smoke. The I.R.S. estimates that five million were people whose main support was Uncle Sam or state agencies, disqualifying them as dependents of the taxpayers who claimed them. An additional 1.5 million were children claimed twice, by both divorced parents. And 11,627 belonged to taxpayers who had listed seven or more dependents. With seven million fewer "dependent" exemptions, tax collections were $2.8 billion more than anticipated, and piles of ex-claimants' returns are under criminal investigation. Critics snorted at the idea of registering children who hadn't yet mastered Lego. Honest taxpayers can thank the canny bureaucrat who thought of registering them.
Date: 24 December 1990
By Youssef M. Ibrahim
Youssef
Under a dark sky and a steady cold drizzle, helicopters circled the Haifa bay this afternoon looking for the missing after a ferry carrying American sailors capsized and sank on Saturday. Israeli navy divers recovered the body of one sailor today, bringing to 20 the number of Americans who drowned in the sinking of the ferry, which was taking them back to the aircraft carrier Saratoga after Christmas shore leave.