Der 3. August 1988 war ein Mittwoch unter dem Sternzeichen ♌. Es war der 215. Tag des Jahres. Präsident der Vereinigten Staaten war Ronald Reagan.
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Date: 03 August 1988
LEAD: INTERNATIONAL A2-7 An Iranian airliner was shot down because of error by radar operators on the Navy warship caused by the stress of being in battle for the first time, Defense Department officials said an investigation found. Page A1 Baghdad will not accept a cease-fire declared by Secretary General Javier Perez de Cuellar, the Iraqi delegation to the Persian Gulf talks said, demanding direct talks with Iran before the fighting can stop.
Date: 04 August 1988
By Dena Kleiman
Dena Kleiman
LEAD: Ordinarily soft-spoken in his courtroom and with a reputation for settling cases long before they get to trial, Judge Leonard B. Sand appears to be an unlikely target for diatribe.
Date: 03 August 1988
By David Binder & Steven V. Roberts
David Steven
LEAD: The front row in the White House press room is a place of prestige reserved for the senior correspondentsfrom the three major television networks and the news services. So chroniclers of Washington ways found it noteworthy yesterday when five of the six seats were occupied by women - the first time, in anybody's memory, that that had occurred.
Date: 04 August 1988
By Charles Mohr & David Binder
Charles David
LEAD: The phrase ''journalism is a a young man's game'' was made at least partly obsolete years ago by large numbers of extraordinarily talented women in all branches of the profession.
Date: 03 August 1988
By Edwin McDowell
Edwin McDowell
LEAD: High-Priced Ballet Tale
Date: 04 August 1988
Special to the New York Times
LEAD: The Washington investors, Steven M. Rales and Mitchell P. Rales, demanded a list of all of the shareholders of Interco Inc. The Rales brothers have offered to acquire Interco, the nation's biggest manufacturer of furniture and men's shoes, for $64 a share, or $2.1 billion. In a letter to Interco dated Tuesday, contained in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing, the Rales brothers said that the purpose of their demand is to communicate directly with the company's shareholders.
Date: 03 August 1988
Special to the New York Times
LEAD: Novo Industri A.S., a Danish company that produces industrial enzymes and insulin, said it had acquired control of Zymogenetics Inc., a private biotechnology company based in Seattle, in the consummation of an agreement announced in May.
Date: 03 August 1988
Special to the New York Times
LEAD: The Dow Chemical Company said it would buy back 10 million of its approximately 190 million shares outstanding. The repurchase, to be made over an indefinite period, will increase shareholders' equity, said Enrique C. Falla, a Dow vice president. The company has repurchased more than 20 million shares in nine buyback programs since August 1983; the latest was announced three months ago.
Date: 04 August 1988
AP
LEAD: The Coastal Corporation and a company owned by the Government of China today announced plans to form a joint venture to own and operate Coastal's West Coast refining and marketing properties. The announcement said