22 maart 1989 was een woensdag onder het sterrenbeeld ♈. Het was de 80e dag van het jaar. President van de Verenigde Staten was George Bush.
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Date: 23 March 1989
LEAD: International A3-14 A treaty to restrict waste shipments across borders was unanimously adopted by more than 100 countries. The treaty aims to prevent the exportation of hazardous waste to unsafe, inadequate sites. Page A1
Date: 22 March 1989
LEAD: International A3-15 Washington may ask the P.L.O. to allow Palestinians from the West Bank and Gaza Strip to talk with Israel, helping to pave the way for peace negotiations. Page A1
Date: 22 March 1989
Special to the New York Times
LEAD: Turner Broadcasting System Inc. is expected to make an offer Thursday for Financial News Network, the New York-based cable network that specializes in business news.
Date: 23 March 1989
LEAD: A news analysis article in the Word and Image pages on Tuesday discussed a debate over ethics in journalism, growing out of a two-part article in The New Yorker this month by Janet Malcolm. Her article examines the relationship between a convicted murderer, Dr. Jeffrey MacDonald, and Joe McGinniss, author of a book about the crime.
Date: 22 March 1989
By Bill Keller, Special To the New York Times
Bill Keller
LEAD: ''Do you believe in God?'' the moderator asked the candidates in one of Moscow's first televised campaign debates.
Date: 22 March 1989
AP
LEAD: The Tosco Corporation acquired the right to buy the Seminole Fertilizer Corporation in a $115 million deal that would give the company its only non-oil business. Tosco, an independent oil refiner and wholesaler, said it had obtained the right to purchase virtually all of privately held Seminole's stock from Argus Fertilizer of Stamford, Conn.
Date: 23 March 1989
Reuters
LEAD: Amerifirst Bank said the Transohio Savings Bank had ended its agreement to acquire Amerifirst because Transohio had been unable to get regulatory approval for the deal, which was announced last May. Transohio, a unit of the Transcapital Financial Corporation, offered $20 a share, or $230 million. Amerifirst said Transohio had requested the return of a $25 million deposit made in conjunction with the agreement but that it did not intend to return the money.
Date: 23 March 1989
By Walter Goodman, Special To the New York Times
Walter Goodman
LEAD: When the commercials came on, there was a flurry of chatter in the room. Nothing astounding in that - television commercials have long since become occasions for chatting, snacking and letting out the cat. But this audience was made up of students at Samuel C. Mumford High School here, and the 12-minute news program they were watching had stirred controversy mainly because of the inclusion of four 30-second commercials.
Date: 22 March 1989
Reuters
LEAD: R. J. Reynolds Tobacco U.S.A., a unit of RJR Nabisco Inc., said it would offer two voluntary separation programs to reduce its hourly work force by about 700 employees. The company said the reduction resulted from the withdrawal last month of its Premier smokeless cigarette.
Date: 22 March 1989
AP
LEAD: Maxicare Health Plans Inc., which is reorganizing in Federal bankruptcy court, announced it had resumed payments to doctors that were suspended last week. The nationwide health maintenance organization also said some members had encountered difficulties getting served by doctors or pharmacies after it filed for bankruptcy