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Date: 12 August 1992
By Thomas J. Lueck
Thomas Lueck
Ruth S. Holmberg, publisher of The Chattanooga Times since 1964 and one of the nation's most prominent newspaper women, relinquished her job as publisher yesterday to assume the new position of chairwoman of the Tennessee newspaper. Paul Neely, the editor and deputy publisher, was appointed publisher.
Date: 12 August 1992
By Maria Odum
Maria Odum
Not long after the turn of the century, the nation had about 200 hospitals built primarily to serve blacks. For black health-care professionals, they were meccas. For black patients, they were welcome alternatives to being treated in neglected corners of segregated hospitals. Today, long after the tight fist of lawful segregation loosened its grip, only seven historically black hospitals remain, and health-care experts say some of them have only a faint pulse. While historically black colleges, newspapers and other businesses found their niches in the post-segregation era, black hospitals seem to have had trouble redefining their role.
Date: 11 August 1992
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
A suit by shareholders against the Datapoint Corporation and eight directors, including the financier Asher B. Edelman, was reinstated by the Delaware Supreme Court in a decision released yesterday. The action reverses a ruling in December by the Chancery Court that dismissed the original suit, which had accused the Edelman group of "corporate waste and self-dealing." Datapoint, based in San Antonio, designs and manufactures computers and software.
Date: 12 August 1992
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Volvo A.B.'s North American importing unit and the General Electric Company's finance subsidiary said yesterday that they plan a joint venture to provide financial services to Volvo customers and dealers in the United States and Canada. The Swedish auto maker's North American unit will merge its Volvo Finance North America subsidiary into the venture. A spokesman said the venture would allow Volvo to free assets invested in the finance unit. The new company will offer the same services as Volvo's North American unit, including commercial and real estate loans for Volvo dealers as well as retail loans for buyers of Volvos.
Date: 12 August 1992
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
TW Holdings Inc., which operates more than 2,000 Denny's, Hardee's, Quincy's and El Pollo Loco restaurants, agreed to sell a 47.2 percent interest to a company controlled by Kohlberg, Kravis, Roberts & Company for $300 million. The accord caps six weeks of negotiations between Kohlberg, Kravis, the New York-based leveraged buyout specialists, and TW Holdings. The transaction is part of a plan to refinance $856 million of bonds sold by TW Holdings' primary subsidiary, TW Services Inc., which have interest coupons as high as 17%. Michael Mueller, a Montgomery Securities analyst, said that before this accord, TW's executives spent a "significant and disproportionate" amount of effort on finances instead of operations. TW Holdings' interest payments will decline to about $240 million a year from about $280 million, a TW spokesman said.
Date: 12 August 1992
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Guinness P.L.C. said today that its United Distillers subsidiary had formed a joint sales and marketing company in Greece with John Boutari & Sons, Greece's leading wine supplier. Each will hold 50 percent of United Distillers Boutari under a 20-year agreement.
Date: 11 August 1992
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Zenith Data Systems, a Groupe Bull company, said today that it was broadening its personal computer distribution strategy in the United States to offer its entire product line through toll-free telephone lines, catalogues, telemarketing and on-line access.
Date: 11 August 1992
To the Editor: John R. MacArthur's "Other Defeat in the Gulf" (Op-Ed, July 27) reminds us of how little we will be told the next time the United States Government pumps up its military muscle and the news media stand by as cheerleaders. If there are any grumbles about censorship, it will have to do with the gore they are unable to deliver to their eager viewers, not the ethics of our Government's actions. BARBARA COMMINS San Francisco, July 28, 1992
Date: 11 August 1992
AMOCO PRODUCTION CO., Chicago, an oil and natural gas concern, opened New Mexico's first retail compressed natural gas refueling station and Amoco's first refueling station wholly dedicated to natural gas. HARRIS CORP., Melbourne, Fla., announced that its electronic systems division and Ericsson GE Mobile Communications Inc. would jointly market land mobile telecommunications systems to governments.
Date: 12 August 1992
International A3-9 PACT ON FREE-TRADE ZONE The United States, Canada and Mexico agreed to create a free-trade area covering all of North America, eliminating customs duties and other trade restrictions. Most economists say this will bring greater prosperity to all three countries, as each specializes in those industries in which it is relatively efficient. A1 KURDS' POWER COALESCES Rising from the rubble of the Persian Gulf war is an independent Kurdistan, complete with a many-tiered bureaucracy but lacking international recognition. A1 A WARNING FROM THE WEST Western allies warned President Saddam Hussein that they could defend the Shiite Muslims of Iraq's southern marshlands just as they helped the Kurds who rebelled against his rule. A6 'ETHNIC CLEANSING' REPORTS GROW Reports of possible further large-scale expulsions of Muslims compounded a growing international outcry over earlier "ethnic cleansing" operations in Serbian-controlled areas of Bosnia. A1 'UNPREDICTABLE CONSEQUENCES' The leader of Bosnia's Serbs accepted the idea of a neutral international force, but predicted uncontrollable consequences if military intervention extended beyond getting food and medicine to Bosnians. A8 RELIEF FORCE IS 'A FIRST STEP' Bosnia's President called a draft United Nations resolution authorizing force to push through aid to his country a "first step" toward the military assistance he seeks. A8 CONGRESS HEARS TROOP ESTIMATES From 60,000 to 120,000 troops would be needed to insure the uninterrupted flow of food and medicine to Sarajevo, Congress was told. A8 LOOKING AHEAD WITH UNCERTAINTY Col. Shaka Simon Tshabalala labored through the painful decades of apartheid as a black police officer in a white system. He fears what the future may bring. A3 PEROT ADDRESSES COMMITTEE Ross Perot said a long covert war run by the C.I.A. in Laos contributed to the problems the United States has faced in getting information about prisoners in Indochina. A9 CHINA DEFENDS PRISON PRACTICES Beijing, under pressure over enforced labor in its prisons, released a report putting a positive face on the secretive system. A7 U.S. AND ISRAEL: PARTNERS AGAIN Side by side in Kennebunkport, Me., President Bush and Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir announced their agreement on $10 billion in loan guarantees for Israel. A9 Fighting is reported between Angolan Government and rebels. A9 Madrid edges Catalonia for Olympic international relations medal.A5 Berlin Journal: An artist and rebel molded by the system. A4 National A12-20 BUSH ON ABORTION Moderating his language on abortion, President Bush said that if one of his granddaughters chose to have an abortion he would stand by her even though he would personally oppose her decision. A1 Republicans edited their platform to avoid slapping the President. A14 Vice President Quayle attacked the American Bar Association. A14 The bar association voted to fight restrictions on abortion rights. A14 THE HEALTH-CARE DEBATE Both Presidential candidates say they want to curb health-care costs and make insurance coverage more available, but they favor very different methods and neither spells out how to pay the bills. A1 BOOST FOR FAMILY LEAVE The Senate approved a bill mandating that employers give their workers unpaid family and medical leave. The measure, supported by Gov. Bill Clinton, is one of the few in the current short session with a clear tie to the Presidential campaign. A14 THE COST OF MILITARY CUTS The big drop in military spending lately has eroded an important pillar of the economy, and many economists say that is a main reason the United States is having such trouble pulling out of recession. A1 GETTING BY IN CALIFORNIA While California state employees get by on i.o.u.'s during the government's budget impasse, vendors to the state are getting no payments at all. Still, mindful of future business opportunities and buoyed by ingenuity and bank loans, most continue to make their deliveries. A12 DEMJANJUK APPEAL IS BEGUN Lawyers for the man accused of being the death camp guard Ivan the Terrible argued that Federal prosecutors withheld crucial evidence in the deportation hearing of their client, John Demjanjuk. A12 MINING FOR TOURIST GOLD Every now and then an opportunity knocks that simply cannot be ignored, and for residents of Hope, Ark., that time is now, as the town scurries to profit on its new fame as Bill Clinton's birthplace. A12 QUESTIONS ON THE QE2 As the Queen Elizabeth 2 moved to drydock in Boston after its accident on Friday night, the question of nautical charts of the accident area was getting greater scrutiny. A12 OFFICIALS LINKED TO A THEFT A Congressional investigation concluded that senior Justice Department officials stole a computer company's software and let it to be sold overseas for the financial gain of the officials' private associates. A20 Texas executes a killer. A20 The defense begins in the Iran-contra trial of Clair George. A20 Education Page B6 Alumni jaunts for intellectual fun. Lincoln Center Institute inspires new ways to use the arts in teaching. Metro Digest B1 WELFARE ROLL SWELLS In the most telling sign of the tremendous human damage the city's economic woes have caused, the number of New Yorkers on welfare broke the one million mark last month for the first time since the city's fiscal crisis in the 1970's. A1 Business Digest D1 Living Section C1-10 When the heat is high, it's no sweat for wise cooks. C1 Talking history with David McCullough, the author of "Truman." C1 Fixed-price lessons, at $19.92 a head. C1 Eating Well C3 The Purposeful Cook C4 The taste, aroma and elegance of Cavaillon melons. C6 Food Notes C7 Wine Talk C8 Health Page C12 Struggling black hospitals seek to redefine their role. Personal Health: The hidden epidemic of genital herpes. Arts/Entertainment C13-18 A playwright on a czar. C13 New company and old ballet. C13 Theater: "2," by Linney. C14 Film: "Cup Final." C13 Music: Mozart's "Mitridate." C13 Obituaries B8 Sports B9-14 Baseball: Rookie pitcher lifts Mets. B9 Tigers topple Yankees. B11 Column: Durso on Saratoga. B9 Football: Simms will stay, Mara says. B9 Bavaro takes it a day at a time. B9 Olympics: Unified athletes go separate ways. B13 Editorials/Op-Ed A18-19 Editorials Back on track. Cholesterol: still a villain. Doing drug business, with wbf. Topics: Calling down Ms. Ferraro. Letters Anna Quindlen: Somalia's plagues. Fritz W. Alexander 2d: Peace and provocation in New York City. Jay D. Leventhal: Blind, not incompetent. Don E. Newquist: The trade pact -- plus a tax.