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Date: 14 January 1992
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Northwest Airlines said it had won United States approval for daily flights between Logan Airport in Boston and Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris, with service originating at Minneapolis/St. Paul. Northwest said it would offer nonstop connections to the flights from 26 cities to Boston and from 23 cities to Minneapolis/St. Paul.
Date: 14 January 1992
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Ames Department Stores Inc., which has been operating under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection since April 1990, filed a revised reorganization plan with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York. The plan, which seeks to settle $1.6 billion of total claims, calls for the Rocky Hill, Conn., company to replace its current revolving credit with banks with a new working-capital method and the consolidation of Ames and its 52 subsidiaries into one entity.
Date: 14 January 1992
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Mesa Airlines Inc., a regional commuter airline operating in the Western United States, agreed to acquire Westair Holding, another regional airline, for about $41.4 million in Mesa stock. The agreement supersedes an agreement in principle reached between the two airlines in November. The definitive merger pact calls for Mesa to exchange 0.2625 share of its stock -- worth $6.37 based on Friday's closing price -- for each share of Westair. Westair has about 6.5 million shares outstanding.
Date: 14 January 1992
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
The Student Loan Marketing Association, a secondary-market buyer of student loans, reported today that its fourth-quarter earnings rose nearly 17 percent, compared with the comparable period of 1990. The Federally chartered corporation, commonly known as Sallie Mae, said it had earned $91.1 million in the 1991 period, or 95 cents a share, compared with $78 million, or 79 cents a share, in the fourth quarter of 1990.
Date: 14 January 1992
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Housing completions decreased 6.1 percent in November to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 984,000 units, the Government said today. In October, completions declined 12.2 percent, to 1.048 million, initially reported as 1.036 million, according to the Commerce Department and Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Date: 13 January 1992
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Eli Broad, chairman and co-founder of Broad Inc., has cut his stake in the company's common stock to 21.2 percent. Mr. Broad sold 600,000 shares in the Los Angeles-based financial services company to pay the exercise price and income taxes on options that would have expired at the end of this month, to make significant charitable contributions and to pay for a new personal residence, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Date: 14 January 1992
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Retail sales in Britain rose a seasonally adjusted 1.3 percent in November from October and were up 1.7 percent from November 1990, according to revised figures reported today by the Central Statistical Office. About a half percentage point of the increase over November 1990, however, was because of the way the figures were calculated, a spokesman for the office said. In 1991, the November period included more of the peak Christmas retail period. In October, retail sales dropped six-tenths of 1 percent from September and a tenth of 1 percent from October 1990.
Date: 14 January 1992
An article on Sunday about James P. Willse, the publisher and editor of The Daily News, misstated the position he held in San Francisco with The Associated Press in 1979. He was news editor, not bureau chief.
Date: 14 January 1992
International A2-14 WAY IS CLEARED FOR MIDEAST TALKS Palestinian and Israeli negotiators settled a procedural dispute that has stalled the start of talks between them for more than a month. Talks can now also begin between Israel and Jordan. A1 ISRAEL AND THE LOAN GUARANTEES Israel's leaders were said to be increasingly resigned to the likelihood that they will get far less than the $10 billion in United States loan guarantees that they are seeking to resettle new immigrants. A14 A Palestinian pleaded his case against deportation in public. A14 Hopes are high for an Israeli-Lebanese prisoner exchange. A14 UPRISING IS URGED IN ALGERIA Islamic fundamentalists called upon Algerians to rise up against the military and civilian leaders who canceled parliamentary elections that were sure to give the fundamentalists a majority in Parliament. A1 France expressed concern about developments in Algeria. A7 KUWAITI MILITARY LITTLE CHANGED The invasion by Iraq has done little to disrupt the patronage system and incompetence of the Kuwait military, Western diplomats say. A4 RUSSIAN PRICE PROTESTS GROWING With the harsh fact of price rises sinking in across Russia, the Speaker of the republic's Parliament called for the resignation of the Government of President Boris N. Yeltsin. A3 UKRAINIAN POINTS TO CONCILIATION President Leonid M. Kravchuk said Ukraine was smoothing out its sharp political and military disagreements with Russia. A3 WALESA DISCUSSES POLAND'S WOES If he were still a shipyard electrician instead of President of Poland, Lech Walesa said, he would be out leading anti-Government protests. A2 JAPAN ADMITS A WAR ATROCITY Japan admitted that its army had forced Korean women to have sex with its soldiers during World War II, and hinted at compensation. A8 Cuba has stepped up efforts to crush internal opposition. A10 Canada granted refugee status to a persecuted homosexual. A10 The language issue has arisen again to vex Canadians. A10 The Vatican formally recognized Croatia and Slovenia. A3 A dark horse kept Bulgaria's President from winning a majority. A2 Trade disputes with Washington worry Chinese businesses. A9 National A16-19 LABOR AND POLITICS OF '92 Stung by election defeats in the 1980's, labor unions are avoiding endorsements of candidates in Presidential primaries in 1992 and are telling their state and local affiliates to pick their own candidates, a strategy that could pay early dividends for Gov. Clinton of Arkansas. A1 COMPANY DEFENDS IMPLANTS Dow Corning defended its silicone gel breast implants and called critical news reports "a total mischaracterization of the facts." A1 REVIEW OF VEHICLE SAFETY The Federal highway safety agency has begun reviewing how to prevent accidents in which a vehicle goes tumbling out of control, and it could lead to mandatory design changes in many small cars, pickups and off-road vehicles. A16 General Motors recalled 1.5 million cars for an engine defect. D2 RISE, AND DECLINE, OF WEST The West is hot in music, movies, tourism, fashion. But for all the popularity of cowboys, ranchers said they were under siege. A16 WINTER OF DISCONTENT As the Presidential campaign begins in earnest, the mood in New Hampshire small towns and villages is one of almost unrelieved gloom. A18 FRONT-RUNNER, BEWARE What momentum there currently is in the Democratic Presidential campaign is clearly with Gov. Clinton, but if history is a judge, Mr. Clinton should be wary. A18 THE 'NEW' LOUISIANA GOVERNOR Edwin Edwards is again Governor of Louisiana, but many people still wonder if the high-rolling politician has really settled down. A19 BUSH ON THE ATTACK Previewing the themes of his re-election campaign, President Bush presented himself to farmers as the candidate "savvy" enough to maintain America's position of leadership in the world. A19 PRESSURE ON DEATH PENALTY The Supreme Court strongly rebuked a Federal appeals court that has blocked an execution in Washington State for more than two years. A19 Trial ordered in dispute over the Martin Luther King papers. A16 Metropolitan Digest, B1 2D BOND DOWNGRADING A week after the censure of another Wall Street monitor, Standard & Poor's yesterday lowered its rating on a wide range of New York State securities. Because the downgrading affects virtually all of the state's debt, it is considered far more damaging than the previous one.A1 MORE CHILDREN, NO MORE BENEFITS The New Jersey Senate approved and sent to the Governor a package of welfare revisions that would cut off additional benefits to welfare mothers who have more children and cut or eliminate payments to those who refuse to train for work or go to school. A1 NOW, FROM COLOMBIA Colombia's drug lords, who flooded the United States with cocaine in the 1980's, have added a new product, heroin, and are now shipping it to New York and other cities, to the dismay of law-enforcement officials. A1 Neediest Cases B3 Business Digest, D1 Science Times C1-10 In Russia, secret weapons laboratories struggle to survive. C1 Debate on buildings: to scrub off the grime or not. C1 Computers help Chilean dead tell their tales. C1 Obituaries B6 T. Eric Embry, retired jurist and lawyer Sports B7-13 Basketball: Tulane stays unbeaten. B9 Football: Redskins had eye on Bills.B7 Bills seek redemption. B7 Column: Berkow on the Super Bowl. B7 Hockey: Mallette to give Devils rough edge. B8 Fashion Page A20 Arts/Entertainment C11-16 Oscar push for "Europa." C11 Music: "Turandot" with Hockney sets. C11 Word and Image: "Today at 40." C11 Editorials/Op-Ed A22-23 Editorials A22 The excuse maker. Algeria: democracy betrayed. "Logic" in I.R.A. zealotry. Still abusing Legal Services. Letters A22 Russell Baker: Bunkhouse follies. A23 A. M. Rosenthal: Detesting the haters. A23 Ian Shoales: Get a life, not a gadget. A23 Richard Preston: Lean, mean and American. A23
Date: 13 January 1992
International A2-11 ALGERIAN ELECTIONS CANCELED The military and civilian leaders who have taken the reins of Algeria's Government canceled elections, wiping out voting that had placed Islamic fundamentalists on the verge of taking control of Parliament. A1 CHINA CLAMPS DOWN ON CHURCHES The authorities in China recently are clamping down on Christian activities not sponsored by a Government-affiliated church. A3 ETHIOPIANS CELEBRATE IN PEACE Lalibala Journal: With Ethiopia's civil war over, Christmas was celebrated in peace for the first time in nearly 20 years. A2 TAPE OF BUSH ILLNESS BROADCAST Graphic new television footage that shows President Bush collapsing at a Tokyo banquet and his wife, Barbara, rushing to help him has been shown on American and Japanese television. A4 EXTRADITION HALTED IN I.R.A. CASE A Federal appeals court in New York blocked the extradition of Peter McMullen, a former member of the Irish Republican Army. A7 RUSSIANS PROTEST FOOD PRICES About 10,000 Communist supporters took to the streets of Moscow to angrily protest rising prices and demand the resignation of the Russian Government. A6 Peace Corps volunteers will go to former Soviet republics. A6 NON-COMMUNIST LEADS IN BULGARIA The non-Communist incumbent appeared to have finished first in the Bulgarian presidential election but faces a runoff vote. A7 EGYPTIAN SENTENCED FOR A NOVEL An Egyptian novelist, his publisher and a book distributor were sentenced to eight years in prison by a court that found a book, condemned by Muslim clerics as blasphemous, to be a threat to the peace. A10 CHILE TOLD TO PAY BOMB VICTIMS Arbitrators ordered Chile to pay more than $2.6 million to the families of a former Chilean diplomat and an American policy institute fund-raiser killed in a car bombing in Washington in 1976. A11 Researchers called the 1990's crucial to the world environment. A10 A U.N. agency reported grimly about growing drug smuggling. A11 National A12-13, B8-10 IMPLANT STUDIES WERE DELAYED The Dow Corning Company put off safety studies of its silicone gel breast implants for more than a decade after its own scientists said the studies were crucial, a review of company documents showed. A1 A COOPERATIVE SPACE RACE Scientists from Russia said they had made great progress toward perfecting nuclear-propelled rockets and would propose working with the United States to use the rockets to send humans to Mars. A1 NEW DANGER FOR LENDERS The lower interest rates that benefit homeowners may ultimately pose new risks for banks and savings and loan associations. A1 ABUSING RESEARCH MONEY Federal audits of 14 universities indicate that abuse of Government research money is widespread. Auditors found that all 14 universities inappropriately billed the Government for housing, entertainment, and other activities. A1 MACY'S DELAYS PAYMENTS Citing borrowing restrictions in bank agreements, R. H. Macy has told suppliers it will be late in paying them, again calling into question the the company's ability to weather the difficult retailing climate. D1 MINOR LEAK, BUT FALLOUT ANYWAY A recent leak at a nuclear weapons plant in South Carolina demonstrated how high the economic and environmental stakes remain in a nuclear weapons industry that lives on after the cold war has died. A12 F.B.I. CHANGES MISSION Washington Talk: By reassigning 300 espionage agents to combat street gangs, the F.B.I. in a single stroke succumbed to the shake-up that swept the rest of the intelligence community after the collapse of the Soviet bloc. A13 HARKIN AND BUSH VS. NOBODY When Iowa speaks at party caucuses on Feb. 10, few people elsewhere will listen, because everyone knows precisely what will happen. A13 FROM MOONSHINE TO COCAINE Twenty years ago the thing to do in Jasper, Ala., was to go to the county line for some beer. But these day nobody blinks at the mention of large cocaine deals, or murder for hire, or unsolved disappearances. B8 RECESSION? WHAT RECESSION? At the annual meeting of the firearms manufacturing industry, the glow of prosperity was in the air. A12 Choosing colleges for economics instead of academics. A12 Metropolitan Digest, B1 MORE RIDERS EVADING FARES Fare beating has long plagued New York City's subways, but in the last 18 months it has reached epic proportions. Despite stepped-up efforts by the Transit Police, it continues to grow, with some stations becoming virtual fare-free zones. A1 MYSTERIOUS SEAL DEATHS In the last two years, more and more harbor seals have been stranded in distress or washed up dead on Long Island beaches. While some of the increase may be because of natural forces, biologists have begun to explore the possibility that man-made pollution may be to blame. A1 Neediest Cases B3 Business Digest, D1 Sports C1-9 Basketball: Streaks end for Arizona and Kansas. C2 Not so easy for Knicks now. C3 Boating: Technology's impact on America's Cup. C2 Features: Sidelines. C2 Football: Bills top Broncos, 10-7. C1 Redskins rout Lions, 41-10. C1 Bills' defense prevails. C5 Rypien savors special moment. C6 Run-and-shoot and Sanders. C7 Golf: Elkington wins playoff. C9 Hockey: Rangers fall to Sabres. C3 Islanders lose to Flyers. C3 Devils beat Kings. C3 Olympics: One skater could prevent U.S. sweep. C4 Pipkins, 18, makes luge team. C4 Obituaries B11 Robert L. Hess, former president of Brooklyn College Arts/Entertainment C11-16 The Met and its "Ghosts." C11 Paul Simon in South Africa. C11 Poets take to the VCR. C11 Music: Handel's "Radamisto" at Mannes College. C14 Word and Image: Indiana Jones on television. C11 Jane Fonda on her father. C14 National Book Critics Circle Award nominations. C16 Editorials/Op-Ed A14-15 Editorials A14 Buchanan's small world. Searching for M.I.A.'s. Why so slow on D'Amato? Letters A14 Leslie H. Gelb: 3 whine mice . . . A15 William Safire: The April surprise. A15 Barney Frank: Race and crime -- let's talk sense. A15 Jessica Hagedorn: Imelda sings again! A15