NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 09 February 1989
LEAD: INTERNATIONAL A3-15 Iran said it would release prisoners by the thousands to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Islamic revolution on Saturday. Page A1
Replay woensdag 8 februari 1989
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8th of February 1989 News
Nieuws zoals het verscheen op de voorpagina van de New York Times op 8 februari 1989
THE MEDIA BUSINESS: Advertising; Burson Gets Award
Date: 09 February 1989
By Randall Rothenberg
Randall Rothenberg
LEAD: Harold Burson, the chairman and founder of Burson-Marsteller, has been named public relations professional of the year for 1989 by Public Relations News, a weekly industry newsletter. Mr. Burson is the first two-time recipient of the award, which he last won in 1977.
Soviet Life Lives
Date: 09 February 1989
LEAD: Once there was a Socialist utopia where all workers were happy and the sun always shone on model collective farms. Such was the fantasy offered in the glossy pages of Soviet Life, a monthly magazine published by the Soviet Embassy in Washington. But as Moscow has changed, so has the magazine - and its outlook.
Ah, the Simpler Life!
Date: 08 February 1989
By David Binder and Philip Shabecoff
David Binder
LEAD: Sheila Tate, who was Nancy Reagan's press secretary and served in the campaign and transition period as George Bush's spokeswoman, has no regrets about not being in the White House.
Journalists' Double Standard
Date: 09 February 1989
By Rick Maze
Rick Maze
LEAD: It's virtually breathtaking to see the arrogance that surfaces among some journalists when the tables turn and questions arise about their possible conflicts of interest.
PAY INCREASE PLAN KILLED IN CONGRESS
Date: 08 February 1989
By Michael Oreskes, Special To the New York Times
Michael Oreskes
LEAD: Congress killed the proposed 51 percent Federal pay increase today, leaving a tangle of political problems, including judges demanding a raise and critics promising to continue the fight over Congress's taking honorariums from private groups.
Pepperell-Farley
Date: 08 February 1989
AP
LEAD: West-Point Pepperell Inc. said it had agreed to provide non-public data to Farley Inc. on the condition that Farley, which has made an unsolicited $1.5 billion offer for the textile giant, keep it confidential.
Vernitron Offer
Date: 08 February 1989
Special to the New York Times
LEAD: The Vernitron Corporation said it might raise its hostile $23-a-share tender offer for the Kollmorgen Corporation if Kollmorgen's confidential financial data ''justifies such an increase.'' In a letter Monday to the Kollmorgen board of directors, Stephen W. Bershad, Vernitron's chief executive, also said the company would take legal action, if it was not included in the bidding for the Stamford, Conn., electrical machinery manufacturer.
Olivetti Computers
Date: 08 February 1989
Reuters
LEAD: Ing. C. Olivetti & C. S.p.A., the Italian business machine group, introduced a line of personal computers that are equipped with microchannel architecture. The microchannel system improves linkage between the internal and external components of the computer, allowing it to move large amounts of data more smoothly.