BRIEFS
Date: 27 August 1991
* ABB Kraftwerke A.G., a German unit of Asea Brown Boveri A.G., the Swiss-Swedish engineering concern, will cut 450 jobs from its work force of 3,600 by the end of 1992. * Chippewa Resources Corp., Denver, an oil and gas company, has completed the acquisition of 71.9 percent of the outstanding equity of Amber Resources Co., Denver, an oil and gas company, plus certain offshore-California oil and gas interests, for about $2.2 million in convertible notes plus 1,100 shares of Chippewa's series B preferred stock.
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NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 27 August 1991
Soviet Turmoil A6-11 President Gorbachev called for unity in an attempt to keep the Soviet Union together, but he was all but drowned out by accelerated demands for independence from most of the nation's 15 republics. Page A1
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NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 26 August 1991
AFTER THE COUP A10-13 The unraveling of the Soviet Union gained speed, with one republic after another joining the rush to independence or laying claim to powers of the central government. Page A1 The secession of the Baltic states was recognized by Denmark, Norway and Finland. Their action paved the way for the rest of the world to embrace Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania as sovereign equals. A1 The Administration plans to respond immediately to the expected granting of independence to the Baltic states by giving the new countries official recognition and naming envoys, American officials said. A13 As Ukrainians uproot party, Communists head for the hills A11 The giant puzzle of the Soviet coup began to fall into place from interviews and other reports. Each piece confirmed how great the danger was, and how incredible the bungle. A1 Sergei F. Akhromeyev; Complete soldier, well liked in West A13 News analysis: Boris Yeltsin has argued that his plans for a radical economic overhaul could succeed without the old order. That order is gone, but it is unclear how much he can change and sustain unity. A11 Soviets drank at their kitchen tables, the traditional place where families focused their honest emotions in seven decades of Communism. They toasted the death of the party and the future of the nation. A10 The West is rethinking Soviet aid, but Bush Adminstration officials and economists are uncertain on what measures to increase help to Moscow would be most practical. A13 Chinese aides see slowing of renewed Soviet ties A13 Coup barely slowed these U.S. investors D1 INTERNATIONAL A3-9 Fierce new clashes in Yugoslavia between Croatia's militia and the rebel Serbs erupted, hours after Germany warned that it may recognize Slovenia and Croatia if the violence does not cease soon. A3 King Hussein met with Yasir Arafat to discuss peace prospects, but a senior P.L.O. official said no agreement was reached on a joint Jordanian-Palestinian delegation to send to the planned peace conference. A6 Made for TV: Orwell meets an Israeli malaise A5 A major block to peace in El Salvador is the guerrillas' demand that some of their members be incorporated into the national armed forces, President Alfredo Cristiani said. He dismissed the idea as impractical. A3 Youths trampled in Peru's gold rush A8 Opposition "new face" in Paraguay city hall A7 New charges of torture vex South African rebels A9 London Journal: Meanest mallets on the Thames A4 NATIONAL A14-17, B5 Elevated levels of mercury in fish have been detected across the United States and Canada. Two decades after the problem was declared solved, mercury is again threatening wildlife and human health. A1 A major new market for credit cards is college students, who are popular with card-issuers because their parents often bail them out. But for some, easy credit becomes bad credit while they are still in school. A1 Mayor Art Agnos of San Francisco, hailed as a hero after the earthquake, finds himself in a bruising campaign for re-election, blamed by a cranky electorate and challengers for urban problems that won't go away. A14 The struggle over abortion in Wichita continued, but this time between 25,000 abortion opponents in a football stadium and a small airplane pulling a sign that said: "Go Home. Wichita is Pro-Choice." A14 Schwenksville Journal: Woodstockers in land of Peter Pan A14 A Milwaukee police officer suspended for returning a 14-year-old Laotian boy to Jeffrey L. Dahmer, who has admitted killing 17 people, said he had agonized over how he might have prevented the boy's death. A15 Political Memo: The Soviet crisis, like the war, has given President Bush another chance to stride the stage as Commander and Chief and has confined Democrats to the wings, trying to change the subject. A16 Accord in Detroit would let girls attend all-boys school A16 U.S. transfers inmates from troubled Alabama prison A16 The free-trade system could be killed by the regional trading blocs that are emerging in Europe, North America and Asia, economists at a Federal Reserve conference said. D1 Publicity obsession pays off for suicide book publisher D1 Buffet picks top lawyer for Salomon D1 A bet Chrysler can't afford to lose D1 Stampeding the buckyball to market D1 REGIONAL B1-4 The bitter struggle in Connecticut to overhaul its revenue system and impose an income tax has placed it in front of what could be a wave of such battles in states from Texas to New Hampshire, economists say. A1 Woman now says she was beaten but not raped on videotape B2 A 10-year overhaul of the subways, bus lines and commuter railroads will come to an end this year. Now transit officials are scrambling to convince New York legislators that more rebuilding is needed. B1 Mayor Dinkins visited Crown Heights and, summing up a week of strife in which two died, went to a black church and called on a Hasidic leader. He urged the area to find "seeds of redemption" in the deaths. B1 The grand rabbi of the Lubavitchers has not spoken directly about the violence in Crown Heights. Some members of the black community say that Rabbi Menachem Schneerson should have played a more visible role. B3 Salesmanship among the candidates, most of them unknown, will make a major difference in the City Council elections in New York, whether they campaign at subways or buy computerized mailing lists. B1 "Taught" by TV and friend, boy loads rifle and sister dies B2 Educators are courting the elderly across the New York region in an effort to win their support for school budgets. Their efforts recognize that more and more taxpayers do not have children in school. B1 Flushing Journal: Status aces the stands at U.S. Open B3 BUSINESS DIGEST D1 Arts/Entertainment Changes in SoHo's art world C13 El Gran Combo on the road C13 Music: Farewell Mostly Mozart C13 "Madama Butterfly" C15 Robert Palmer at the Beacon C15 Word and Image: The Emmys C18 Books: "How We Know What Isn't So" C18 Robert Motherwell documentary C18 Sports C1-11 Baseball: Tigers keep pace with Blue Jays in A.L. East C4 Cards complete 3-game sweep of Dodgers C4 Gooden to miss a turn; Mets win C5 Yanks still scramble to sign No. 1 pick C5 Football: Jet defense makes progress C2 Horse Racing: Housebuster wins C2 Tennis: Is fame too much for Sampras? C1 TV networks team for total coverage C8 Lendl's game too hot for Edberg C8 Track and Field: Lewis sets world record in 100 meters C1 Big spill for Joyner-Kersee C11 Obituaries B7 Bernard Castro, founder of convertible sofa chain Abel Kiviat, runner Editorials/Letters/Op-Ed Editorials A18 The parties, after the party The missing reform in Mexico New York, the jury holdout Topics: Titanic talent
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Pacific Enterprises
Date: 27 August 1991
Pacific Enterprises said it wanted to sell its interest in oil and gas reserves located off the coast of the Netherlands. A subsidiary of the company owns 21 percent of the reserves through a joint venture with the Amoco Netherlands Petroleum Company. Pacific Enterprises, which said the sale comes as part of a strategy of selling some assets to reduce debt, gave no indication of the value of its investment.
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Sun Microsystems Signs Resale Deal
Date: 27 August 1991
Sun Microsystems Inc. has signed a multi-year, multimillion dollar agreement under which Computer Consoles Inc. will integrate and resell Sun computers as a platform for telecommunications applications. The agreement is intended to advance a shift by Computer Consoles, based in Rochester, N.Y., from proprietary computer hardware to industry-standard machines like Sun's work stations and file servers.
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New Troubles Seen At Newmark & Lewis
Date: 27 August 1991
By Eben Shapiro
Eben Shapiro
Newmark & Lewis Inc. closed all its stores on Sunday to take inventory, an unusual midyear move that led to questions about the future of the troubled consumer electronics retailer. The company is in the midst of renegotiating its bank loans, and analysts and competitors said the Sunday inventory was most likely conducted at the request of Newmark's banks.
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Faster Recharge Time For Nissan Electric Car
Date: 27 August 1991
By Adam Bryant
Adam Bryant
The Nissan Motor Corporation said today that it had developed an electric car that can be fully recharged in 15 minutes, a significant improvement over electric car batteries announced to date. But industry experts say the Japanese auto maker's latest entry in the race to develop electric cars faces numerous technical hurdles before the battery in the vehicle can be sold widely.
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Apparatchiks Awaken To Life on the Sidelines
Date: 27 August 1991
By Celestine Bohlen
Celestine Bohlen
In the upside-down world of Moscow today, where the Communist Party has all but vanished and its once infallible newspaper, Pravda, has been shut down pending an investigation, the executive editor still has a direct phone connecting him to the Kremlin. "Who do you want to speak with?" the executive editor, Aleksandr V. Chernyak, asked with a touch of wry nostalgia as he waved the receiver from one of the six phones stacked on his side table. "Gorbachev? Here I'll put you through."
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Corrections
Date: 26 August 1991
An editorial on Saturday incorrectly reported the status of Izvestia. Its publication was not suspended.
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U.P.I. Fights for Life In Yet Another Crisis
Date: 26 August 1991
By Alex S. Jones
Alex Jones
United Press International, the news agency that has stubbornly refused to die despite chronic financial distress, is facing a new fiscal crisis from old creditors demanding that U.P.I. redeem stock they hold, which could cost $2 million. The demand could push U.P.I. to seek protection for a second time from creditors under Chapter 11 of the Federal Bankruptcy Code. That, in turn, could cost the news organization many of its remaining customers and finally force it out of business after 84 years.
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