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New Proposal For Drivers To Go to Vote

Date: 18 May 1992

By Ralph Blumenthal

Ralph Blumenthal

A tentative settlement was announced yesterday in the tangled 12-day labor dispute pitting The New York Times and a newspaper distribution wholesaler against the drivers union. A three-member panel that served as an intermediary between the parties said at a news conference that the agreement, in the form of five contracts, would be put to a vote on Thursday by the union membership. On May 6, the union went against its leaders and rejected an earlier version of the proposed contracts, setting off the sometimes violent dispute that disrupted distribution of The Times.

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Beijing Seizes U.S. Paper's Files

Date: 18 May 1992

State Security officers confiscated materials from the office of The Washington Post today and interrogated the paper's bureau chief for more than two hours. The bureau chief, Lena H. Sun, 34 years old, said five officers had arrived at her home with a search warrant for her office and had taken notebooks, a letter and a list of telephone numbers of family members of Chinese dissidents from an office safe. They videotaped parts of the session and said she had "engaged in activities incompatible" with her status as a journalist, but refused to be more specific.

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FATAL CHILD ABUSE IS HIDDEN BY LAWS ON CONFIDENTIALITY

Date: 18 May 1992

By Celia W. Dugger

Celia Dugger

After 16-year-old Tawana Scott was charged with murder last May for abandoning her baby to die next to the swirling waters of the Harlem River, her relatives were left with many questions: Among them, why had New York City's child-welfare authorities returned the baby to Tawana when she had abandoned the child once before? "I just saw my niece handcuffed and led away," Tawana's aunt, Cynthia Murray, said at the time, "but what about the social workers? I blame the system."

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COMPANY NEWS;

Date: 19 May 1992

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

Pratt & Whitney has won a $270 million contract to supply jet engines to Korean Air Lines, the flag carrier of the Republic of Korea. The United Technologies Corporation unit said the contract was for 28 installed and 11 spare PW4056 engines to power 7 Boeing 747-400 aircraft. Pratt & Whitney said Korean Air had now ordered about 170 PW4000-family engines for its 747-400's, Airbus A300-600's and McDonnell Douglas MD-11's. El Al Israel Airlines last month selected PW4056 engines to power its 747-400's. The El Al contract, with options and spares, was worth $136 million.

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CNB Bancshares Post

Date: 19 May 1992

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

CNB Bancshares said today that it had named James Giancola executive vice president and chief operating officer, effective immediately. Mr. Giancola had been president and chief operating officer of Gainer Bank in Merrillville, Ind.

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Hotel Fund Has Loss

Date: 19 May 1992

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

Banyan Hotel Strategic Investment Fund said its first-quarter loss widened to $1.16 million from $758,000 a year ago. Revenue for the quarter fell to $33,000 from $166,000. The real estate investment trust invests in mortgage loans, mainly to affiliates of the sponsor.

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Toys 'R' Us Profits Up 26%

Date: 19 May 1992

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

Toys "R" Us Inc. said today that its first-quarter earnings rose 26 percent, bolstered by an increase in American sales of Barbie dolls and other basic toys. In the quarter ended May 2, earnings rose to $28.3 million, or 10 cents a share, from $22.4 million, or 8 cents a share, in the corresponding quarter of the previous year. Sales for the world's largest toy retailer rose nearly 14 percent, to $1.17 billion from $1.03 billion.

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Steel Venture Planned

Date: 18 May 1992

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

The National Steel Corporation, the American unit of the NKK Corporation, Japan's leading steelmaker, will create a venture with the ailing Bethlehem Steel Corporation to produce light gauge galvanized sheet steel in Mississippi, an NKK spokesman said today.

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COMPANY NEWS

Date: 19 May 1992

CARNIVAL CRUISE LINES INC., Miami, and Club Med Inc., Grand Cayman, announced a joint venture to develop a cruise business in Europe. Terms were not disclosed. CAROLINA FINANCIAL CORP., announced that a nonbinding letter of intent for the acquisition of Carolina Financial by SouthTrust Corp., Birmingham, Ala., a banking concern, had been extended a second time, in this case until Friday.

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NEWS SUMMARY

Date: 19 May 1992

International A3-10 THAI ARMY FIRES ON CIVILIANS Thai Army troops fired into crowds of demonstrators in Bangkok, killing at least 10 people and wounding scores of others, but the protests against military rule seemed to spread, rather than dissipate. A1 A THREAT TO MILITARY PRIVILEGE The possibility of civilian rule in Thailand would imperil the tradition of military privilege that has made generations of officers rich and protected them from prosecution. A10 SWITZERLAND TO JOIN EUROPE? Despite a heritage of independence and neutrality, Switzerland plans to seek entry to the European Community -- if voters agree. A1 OIL DEAL FOR KAZAKHSTAN After two years of sporadic negotiations, the Chevron Corporation signed an agreement with Kazakhstan that is intended to produce 700,000 barrels of oil a day. A1 A CZECH CAPITALIST TOOL In a plunge into privatization, Czechoslovakia embarked today on the biggest single sale of companies ever seen. A1 NAZI WAR CRIMINAL SENTENCED A German judge sentenced Josef Schwammberger, an 80-year-old former concentration camp commandant, to life imprisonment. A3 DIPLOMATIC WAVES FROM HAITI The U.S. role in restoring democracy to Haiti is cramped by domestic political concerns and a fear of confrontation with Latin America and Europe over intervention. A7 LAST WORD ON PEACE TALKS The State Department said a U.N. resolution on the Palestinian "right of return" was not part of current Mideast peace talks, then cut off further comment on the peace process until Israel's elections. A3 DEBATE OVER BOSNIA'S FUTURE The sense of having abandoned Sarajevo weighs heavily on the U.N. force that pulled out Saturday. A8 FUJIMORI PRESENTS A PLAN President Alberto Fujimori of Peru told the Organization of American States that he would restore democratic rule within five months. A6 Venice Journal: Tourists won't need gondoliers if the Mayor has his way. A4 National A12-21 FIGHTING OVER BIG BONES Acting on a complaint by leaders of an Indian tribe, Federal agents in South Dakota seized the largest and best-preserved Tyrannosaurus rex fossil ever found. Now the Department of Justice and the tribe are facing off against scientists and dinosaur fans. A1 SIGN OF OPTIMISM IN NEW ENGLAND The Bank of Boston announced an unusual commitment of $3 billion in new loans for businesses in the region, signaling renewed confidence in the battered New England economy. A1 REACHING INTO REAGAN'S OFFICE An inquiry's focus on Caspar Weinberger reflects a long and often frustrated effort by Lawrence Walsh to investigate whether wrongdoing in the Iran-contra affair reached into Ronald Reagan's Oval Office. News analysis. A1 INSURANCE, AIDS AND BUSH A dispute has broken out within the Bush Administration over whether to support a decision by a Federal appeals court allowing employers to revoke the health insurance coverage of employees who develop costly illnesses like AIDS. A12 CONGRESSWOMAN'S SUDDEN RISE Washington at Work: When riots erupted in Los Angeles, Representative Maxine Waters of California burst onto the national political scene as the voice of the disenfranchised. She has had a lot to say, and not everybody likes it. A18 STRING OF VIOLENCE IN LAS VEGAS A few miles from the casinos in Las Vegas, the city's black neighborhoods have been wracked by mob violence almost every night since the riots in Los Angeles. A18 JACKSON CRITICIZES HIS PARTY Jesse Jackson accused both political parties of being unresponsive to the crisis in the cities, criticism that could complicate the effort of Governor Clinton to unify the party behind moderate policies. A20 Innocents and cynics alike are talking about Ross Perot. A20 A black official has challenged an Alabama Senator. A20 RIGHTS OF MENTALLY ILL CRIMINALS The Supreme Court gave mentally ill criminal defendants new constitutional protection against unwanted medication during trial and continued confinement once they regain their sanity. A14 The Bush Administration acted in a torture suit against Saudi Arabia. A12 VIRGINIA EXECUTION TO GO AHEAD Virginia's Governor refused to halt the execution of a former coalminer whose conviction has been questioned in many recent news articles and television programs. A12 Marlboro Journal: Rudyard Kipling left a small black box here. A12 A woman in Philadelphia lost her home to the city's mistake. A16 A Federal agency said it destroyed a list of gay employees. A16 Three men died on Mount McKinley. Three others were rescued. A17 Metropolitan Digest, B1 Business Digest, D1 Science Times C1-11 To treat or not to treat the hormone loss of menopause? C1 What may be the most endangered primate charms breeders. C1 Statistical doubts cast on theory of human ancestry. C1 Science Watch C2 Hearings on halcion, the disputed sleeping pill. C3 Arts/Entertainment C12-18 Swedish film wins at Cannes. C13 Theater: One-act marathon. C18 Music: Bang on a Can. C13 Dance: "Donizetti Variations" by New York City Ballet. C13 Word and Image: NBC adds eight series. C13 "Salaryman," a first novel. C17 Obituaries B8 LAWRENCE WELK IS DEAD Lawrence Welk, the band leader whose folksy charm and "Champagne music" shaped his long-running television show, died on Sunday evening in Santa Monica, Calif. He was 89 years old. Sports B9-15 Auto Racing: Lyn St. James achieves Indy goal. B9 Baseball: Tartabull leads Yankees in 7-2 victory. B9 Padres beat Mets, 3-0. B11 Basketball: Knicks look for shooting stars. B9 Column: Rhoden on Jordan B9 Fashion Page B7 Furs for all reasons. Editorials/Op-Ed A22-23 Editorials A22 Bush's political environment. Fight Haiti's thugs with oil. Topics: Profit in crime. Letters A22 Russell Baker: This'll fetch 'em. A23 A. M. Rosenthal: Straight in the eye. A23 Lawrence M. Mead: Jobs programs and other bromides. A23 Robert E. Barna: Say it with plastic -- "I love New York." A23

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