25th of April 1992 News
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POLL SHOWS PEROT GAINING STRENGTH TO RIVAL CLINTON'S
Date: 26 April 1992
By Robin Toner
Robin Toner
Riding a wave of discontent with politics-as-usual, Ross Perot is now the preferred Presidential alternative of more than a fifth of the registered voters, putting him just behind Gov. Bill Clinton, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News Poll. More than two-thirds of registered voters admitted knowing little about Mr. Perot, who has not yet officially entered the race but is considering an independent candidacy. More than half in the new survey were unable to describe him as a liberal, a conservative or a moderate. But the Texas businessman is increasingly seen as an option by voters dissatisfied with Mr. Clinton, the likely Democratic nominee, and President Bush, the poll showed.
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THE 1992 CAMPAIGN: Voters; Perot's Support Is Often Found in Those Who Think They Read His Mind
Date: 26 April 1992
By Timothy Egan
Timothy Egan
Ross Perot is drawing much of his support from voters who find in him whatever they want to find, according to follow-up interviews with people surveyed by The New York Times/ CBS News Poll. Mr. Perot gets high marks for being "forceful" and "standing for something," the interviews suggested, but when Americans were asked to name specific stands taken by the Texas industrialist, their responses often concerned his record as a businessman or the rescue mission on behalf of his employees in Iran.
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Wal-Mart's Plans
Date: 25 April 1992
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said it would build 11 Sam's Club warehouse stores in Michigan and had plans to build an additional eight clubs in the state. The discount retailer said it also expected to expand two of its existing Michigan stores. Eleven clubs will open in 1993 and the rest will begin operations by mid-1994, the company said. Wal-Mart plans to add between 30 and 35 warehouse clubs in 1992 and at least that many next year. Currently, there are 213 Sam's Clubs, selling bulk merchandise at wholesale prices to small businesses and consumers. Two more stores are scheduled to open next week in Tulsa, Okla., and Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
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NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 26 April 1992
International 3-17 AFGHAN REBELS TAKE KABUL The Afghan capital suddenly fell to Islamic guerrillas after nearly 14 years of civil war against a succession of Soviet-backed Governments. Rebel factions swept through the city and occupied key Government ministries and installations. 1 PERU FIRES ON U.S. PLANE An American military transport plane flying off Peru's coast was fired on by two Peruvian fighter jets. An American crewman was lost, but Washington and Lima both seemed to be trying to minimize confrontation over the incident. 1 BURMA EASES CLAMP ON PRISONER The Burmese military Government said it would allow the family of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, the detained opposition leader and Nobel peace laureate, to visit her. It said it had freed a former Prime Minister and 11 other political prisoners. 3 MANDELA SEES PLOY BY RULERS Nelson Mandela rejected President de Klerk's plan for a popularly elected executive council during the transition to democracy in South Africa. The African National Congress leader said it was a ploy to keep the National Party in power. 4 HEADY SPRING IN RUSSIA It may not be as dramatic as showdowns at the Kremlin. But in planting on private farmland, the Batyrovs and many other families in Russia are striking at the core of the Communist legacy. 1 TRANS-ATLANTIC BUDGET SPAT A dispute between the United States and Germany over domestic budget policies threatened to siphon attention from poor countries as finance ministers gathered in Washington for meetings on the troubled international economy. 9 National 18-30 POLL FINDS PEROT GAINING Riding a wave of discontent with politics-as-usual, Ross Perot is now the preferred choice for President among more than a fifth of registered voters, a New York Times/ CBS News Poll found. 1 Those surveyed in the poll see in Perot whatever they want. 22 RESERVE FUND FOR S.&L. BAILOUT While attacking Congress for delaying spending authority for the savings and loan rescue, the Administration has managed to squirrel away more than $2 billion to keep the operation going. 1 THE BATTLE OF BOSTON As another baseball season unfolds, storm clouds are gathering in Boston. At issue is the custody of the city's beloved and accursed Red Sox and, most likely, the future of Fenway Park itself. 1 ANOTHER CALIFORNIA QUAKE A powerful earthquake shook Northern California and part of Oregon, but there were few reports of injuries or damage. 18 A DROUGHT PERSISTS Heavy rain in February and March ended more than five years of drought in the area around Santa Barbara, Calif. But the picture elsewhere in the state is not so bright. The rain fell mostly in the wrong places, along the coast, where there are few reservoirs. 18 THE TALK OF FULTON Fulton Journal: In the 46 years since Churchill delivered his "Iron Curtain" speech there, a number of notable speakers have followed him to Westminster College in Missouri. But none have caused so much excitement as next month's guest, Mikhail S. Gorbachev. 18 Regional 31-40 ACCLAIM FOR ANITA HILL With the lifted chin and steely grace that characterized her televised testimony about Clarence Thomas, Anita F. Hill electrified a crowd of 2,100 cheering, stomping New York women who hold her personally responsible for revitalizing feminism. 31 DINKINS DEFENDS FISCAL MOVES Responding to criticism that his administration had failed to detail the size of a budget surplus, Mayor David N. Dinkins said fiscal monitors, labor leaders and lawmakers had been told of the projected surplus as early as February. 32 GOOD NEWS? WHAT'S THAT? After years of fiscal trauma, and two years of watching the Mayor seem to dispense only things like homeless shelters, New York City residents appeared to be caught off guard last week by Mayor Dinkins's cornucopia of library openings, day-care centers, health clinics and development projects. 32 POLITICS AND ABORTION As demonstrators on both sides of the abortion issue have gathered in Buffalo, politicians favoring or opposed to abortion rights have found a ready-made platform and a change to raise their profiles. 36 "Guerrilla" artists in New Jersey. 34 Weighing the fate of New Jersey highway tolls. 34 Obituaries 38 Ralph F. Batch, a pioneer in the development of state lotteries. Edna Simon Levine, a psychologist. Arts/Reviews 55-56 Fashion 48, 50 Weddings 51-55
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NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 25 April 1992
International 2-5 REBELS FAN OUT IN KABUL Thousands of Islamic guerrillas now firmly control many of the Afghan capital's sprawling neighborhoods, officials said. Afghanistan's disintegrating Government holds sway only in the city's center. 1 Six Afghan rebel factions said they had formed a governing council. 4 RUSSIA AT CAPITALIST THRESHOLD After nearly 75 years of isolation, Russia is expected to rejoin the world economy next week, when it should be accepted as a member of the International Monetary Fund. The decision comes at a critical time for President Yeltsin. 1 U.N. CHIEF BALKS OVER BOSNIA In a move that irritated France, Germany and Poland, the United Nations Secretary General told the Security Council that he could not recommend deployment of a new peacekeeping force in Bosnia and Herzegovina. He said the fighting there was too fierce. 3 12 IDEAS ON BALKAN PEACE? The European Community's response to violence in the Balkans makes it clear that it will be hard for the community to move toward a common foreign and security policy by next year. 3 OUSTED HAITIAN WANTS BLOCKADE On a visit to Manhattan, Haiti's ousted President urged the world to step up pressure on the military junta that overthrew him by tightening an oil embargo. 4 PERU FIRES ON U.S. C-130 An Air Force C-130 was hit by machine-gun fire from a Peruvian Air Force plane off the coast, the U.S. Embassy said. One American airman was reported missing and two crew members were wounded. 5 MOLTEN MONSTER VS. MARINES Zafferana Etnea Journal: In the battle between military technology and a wrathful volcano, there are no clear winners. Ask Sicilian villagers below Mount Etna. 2 National 8-11 BUSH THE REVOLUTIONARY Political Memo: In this election year everyone wants to be a reformer, and that includes the President. Indeed, as he appeals for a second term by arguing that America needs a change, he sounds more like a Vaclav Havel on the eve of revolution in Czechoslovakia than a man who has already spent 11 years in the White House. 1 Bush and Clinton engaged in a kind of opening debate. 10 In a Philadelphia suburb, a Perot candidacy is finding favor. 11 Some Weicker advisers have begun backing Perot. 10 NEW TURN IN THE HOUSE BANK CASE The Justice Department subpoenaed all financial records of every House member's transactions at the Capitol Hill bank for a 39-month period from 1988 to 1991. Speaker Foley did not indicate whether the House leadership would comply with the subpoenas. But he said he had rejected the department's informal request for most of the same records. 1 MORE BIG MOVES AT G.M. Moving swiftly after a management shake-up, General Motors announced that it would attempt the largest stock offering in American history and took another step in reorganizing its huge operations. It said the goal was to produce better-quality vehicles more quickly and at less cost. 1 CLEAN AIR AND RARE ALIGNMENTS News analysis: When a Federal court hears a case involving pollution rules, the parties are usually an angry state regulator and an industrial company seeking to have the regulations overturned. But the politics of the 1990 Clean Air Act have become so convoluted that the polluters are years away from court. Instead, in Federal District Court in Albany, states are suing the Federal Government to establish rules in the first place. 8 A new analysis backed current action on global warming. 8 EASING SALE OF PUBLIC ROADS The President will issue an executive order next week making it easier for state and local officials to sell public assets like airports, roads and bridges to private businesses. 8 SCHOOL ACTS IN ABORTION BATTLE After a year of controversy over its decision to recognize an abortion rights group, the nation's oldest Roman Catholic university, Georgetown, withdrew its financial support of the group and denied it space to meet. 9 NEW ORDER ON AIRLINE SAFETY The F.A.A. will require airlines to replace electronic devices on about 300 planes because they can send out faulty signals, confusing air controllers and enhancing the possibility of midair collisions. 11 Detroit Journal: Amid urban desolation, a gleaming-new plant. 8 Beliefs: Of Columbus, a flat Earth, and thinking old and new. 9 Metropolitan Digest, 25 LARGER ANTI-ABORTION RANKS Leaders of the national anti-abortion group Operation Rescue have called in reinforcements to aid their efforts in Buffalo. The mission is to counter defenses by abortion-rights advocates who managed to keep abortion clinics operating this week.1 WARNING ON BUDGET SURPLUS The chairman of the Municipal Assistance Corporation demanded to know how New York City had generated a budget surplus, and warned that if the city increased the size and cost of government, it would risk losing at least $100 million in aid. 1 BROUGHT TOGETHER IN DEATH In a park that reflects New York City's verve and diversity, four people who shared little in life died together when a gray Oldsmobile barreled onto an asphalt pathway and into the terrified crowd. 1 Business Digest 35 Sports 30-34 Baseball: Yankees win but lose Tartabull. 31 Phillies slip past Mets. 33 Basketball: Knicks steamroll the Pistons. 31 Column: Chass on Steinbrenner 31 Hockey: Rangers stymied by Terreri. 31 Consumer's World 50 Buying a tuner or receiver. Mail-order deliveries. Customized workouts. Futuristic hiking boot. Obituaries 12 Peter Joseph Fan, a bishop imprisoned by China for beliefs. Robert M. Ganger, a leader in advertising in the 60's. Arts/Entertainment 13-17 Sendak turns to film. 13 Cleveland Orchestra sues Jackson. 17 Theater: "Man of La Mancha" revived.13 Music: The Cleveland Orchestra. 13 Editorials/Op-Ed 22-23 Editorials 22 The tides of crime. Arms policy: winks, nods. Michael Weinstein: Health. Letters 22 Russell Baker: Roe, Wade and mayo. 23 Norman Paradis: Making a living off the dying. 23 Norma G. Blumenfeld: Clubs that exclude women and blacks. 23 Uri Savir: Alone -- and together -- in New York City. 23
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COMPANY BRIEFS
Date: 25 April 1992
* Computer Sciences Inc., El Segundo, Calif., was awarded a $575 million contract by the Air Force to provide engineering and technical support services over an eight-year period to the Air Force Flight Test Center at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. * First South Savings Bank Inc., Columbia, S.C., was placed in receivership by the Office of Thrift Supervision. A new Federal mutual institution, First South Savings Bank, F.S.B., will assume certain liabilities and assets of the old institution, and operate under the management of the Resolution Trust Corporation.
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A Turnaround at Goodyear
Date: 25 April 1992
By Jonathan P. Hicks
Jonathan Hicks
The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, aided by the sale of some of its businesses and increases in production and efficiency, reported a net income of $66.3 million for the first quarter yesterday, in contrast to a loss of $90.1 million in the comparable period a year earlier. The giant tire company, based in Akron, Ohio, said all of its businesses had reported improvement, including its troubled pipeline operation, which was built to carry oil from offshore California wells to Texas refineries. Analysts said the company's earnings demonstrated that Goodyear had worked to enhance itself in the face of fierce price competition.
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A New Cooler From Seagram
Date: 25 April 1992
Make way for another clear drink. The Seagram Beverage Company plans to market a clear alcoholic drink called Seagram's Spritzer in 15 states. The potion is malt-based and has a light fruit flavor. It will be about as strong as beer, containing 3.5 percent alcohol.
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Macy Board to Be Controlled by Outsiders
Date: 25 April 1992
By Stephanie Strom
Stephanie Strom
Outside investors will increase their control of R. H. Macy & Company, as stipulated by the terms of the leveraged buyout that took the company private in 1986. The board of Macy, which is operating with bankruptcy court protection, was once dominated by the managers who had been instrumental in the $3.5 billion buyout. But within days, it will be run by the likes of Henry A. Kissinger, the former Secretary of State, and Laurence A. Tisch, the chairman of chief executive of CBS Inc. and the Loews Corporation.
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Beer Dispute Compromise Being Sought
Date: 25 April 1992
By Keith Bradsher
Keith Bradsher
American and Canadian trade negotiators tried to strike a compromise this evening on a dispute over beer that has disrupted supplies on both sides of the border and become increasingly irritating in diplomatic relations. The talks broke off tonight and are scheduled to resume on Saturday. Administration officials said that if no agreement could be concluded quickly, they would have to announce punitive duties on Canadian beer imports. These imports have dropped off sharply since April 14, when the United States confused and angered Canadian breweries by saying it was considering whether to impose much higher duties and make the increases retroactive.
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