Der 15. Januar 1987 war ein Donnerstag unter dem Sternzeichen ♑. Es war der 14. Tag des Jahres. Präsident der Vereinigten Staaten war Ronald Reagan.
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Date: 16 January 1987
Special to the New York Times
LEAD: Rupert Murdoch appears to have won his $1.5 billion bid to control Australia's largest newspaper group by making a dramatic last-minute deal with his rival, Robert Holmes a Court, the Perth entrepreneur.
Date: 16 January 1987
By Alex S. Jones
Alex Jones
LEAD: The nation's news organizations have lost substantial public esteem and credibility as a result of the Iran-Nicaragua affair, although the public views them as more believable than it views President Reagan or Congress, according to a new Gallup Poll for The Times Mirror Company.
Date: 15 January 1987
By Bill Keller, Special To the New York Times
Bill Keller
LEAD: Soviet television this week introduced sign language for the hearing impaired into its main, prime-time newscast, an unusual step in a country where special services for the handicapped are considered primitive by Western standards.
Date: 15 January 1987
AP
LEAD: A court removed an injunction today that had blocked Rupert Murdoch's $1.47 billion bid to acquire the Herald and Weekly Times Ltd., Australia's largest newspaper group.
Date: 16 January 1987
Reuters
LEAD: South Africa, which has expelled five foreign correspondents since June, granted a reprieve today to a reporter for The Los Angeles Times who had been ordered out of the country.
Date: 16 January 1987
AP
LEAD: In an effort to bolster struggling AM radio stations, the Federal Communications Commission today proposed a loosening of its ownership rules.
Date: 16 January 1987
By David K. Shipler, Special To the New York Times
David Shipler
LEAD: Secretary of State George P. Shultz, who returned from a six-nation tour of Africa late Wednesday, has become embroiled in criticism over his assertion that Liberia has made progress in human rights.
Date: 15 January 1987
By Michael Oreskes
Michael Oreskes
LEAD: The Howard Beach assault, far from being an unusually grievous case, is disturbingly similar to other incidents of racial violence in New York City in recent years. Yet a combination of factors beyond the incident itself has elevated this case to a notoriety unlike that of any other.