New York's Daily News Prepares for a War With Its Union
Date: 25 September 1989
By Alex S. Jones
Alex Jones
LEAD: The Daily News has begun a campaign of tough talk and sophisticated public relations intended to help wrestle far-reaching concessions from its 10 labor unions in negotiations expected to start in about two months.
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Doctor Discloses Hinckley Suicide Try in '83
Date: 26 September 1989
Reuters
LEAD: A psychiatrist treating John W. Hinckley Jr. disclosed today that the Presidential assailant tried to kill himself in 1983 and still suffers from severe mental illness that makes him highly dangerous.
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McClatchy Buys Papers
Date: 26 September 1989
AP
LEAD: McClatchy Newspapers Inc. announced today that it had signed a $74.1 million agreement to acquire three South Carolina daily newspapers from the Observer Publishing Company of Raleigh, N.C. The newspapers are The Herald of Rock Hill, the Island Packet of Hilton Head and The Beaufort Gazette. McClatchy said the transfer of ownership would take place on Jan.
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Solidarity Journalist to Run State Television
Date: 25 September 1989
AP
LEAD: A Solidarity journalist has been appointed to run Poland's state-owned television and radio, ending the Communist Party's control of broadcasting since the late 1940's.
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HOUSE PANEL TOLD PIERCE IS UNREADY
Date: 26 September 1989
By Philip Shenon, Special To the New York Times
Philip Shenon
LEAD: Lawyers for Samuel R. Pierce Jr. warned Congress today that the former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development would not be prepared for a scheduled Tuesday hearing in the House, leaving Mr. Pierce with ''unpleasant options.''
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With Sun Entry, St. Louis Is 2-Paper Town
Date: 26 September 1989
Special to The New York Times
LEAD: The St. Louis Sun began publication this morning, the first time in three years St. Louis has had two major dailies.
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Where Bush Stands After Eight Months
Date: 26 September 1989
LEAD: The American public thoroughly approves President Bush's handling of his job, more than it did of his immediate predecessors at the same time in their terms. But it also doubts whether many of Mr. Bush's programs will really work, Article, page A26.
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Poll Finds Broad Support for Bush but Skepticism About Drugs and Taxes
Date: 26 September 1989
By R.w. Apple Jr
LEAD: The American public thoroughly approves of the way President Bush is handling his job and supports most of his programs, but doubts whether many of them, including Mr. Bush's highly publicized plans to fight illegal drugs and clean up the environment, will really work.
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NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 26 September 1989
LEAD: INTERNATIONAL A3-1 President Bush told the U.N. that the United States will destroy 80 percent of its chemical weapons if the Soviet Union agrees to cut its stockpile to the American level. Page A1
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News Summary A3-12
Date: 25 September 1989
LEAD: A plan to cut chemical weapons in their arsenals before a global treaty is reached on banning poison gas has been proposed to Moscow by Washington, diplomats said. Page A1 President Bush will speak at the U.N. today. A former delegate there himself, Mr. Bush feels the organization has failed to live up to its potential, but has an opportunity to enhance its world role.
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