Prague Reportedly Charges Two Editors With Subversion
Date: 17 October 1989
Reuters
LEAD: Two editors of Czechoslovakia's leading independent newspaper have been arrested and charged with subversion, human-rights advocates in Prague say.
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17th of October 1989 News
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Car Bomb in Colombia Kills 4 at Newspaper
Date: 17 October 1989
AP
LEAD: A car bomb exploded today in a northeastern Colombian city and killed four employees of a newspaper that had joined in a condemnation of cocaine traffickers.
Kremlin Leader Lashes at Press, Raising Its Fears
Date: 17 October 1989
By Bill Keller, Special To the New York Times
Bill Keller
LEAD: President Mikhail S. Gorbachev has sharply rebuked some of the leading practitioners of glasnost, and accused the liberated press of sowing division and discontent.
GORBACHEV SEEKS TO OUST AN EDITOR
Date: 18 October 1989
By Bill Keller, Special To the New York Times
Bill Keller
LEAD: The editor of the Soviet Union's best-selling newspaper said today that he had been called to Communist Party headquarters and told to resign for publishing a political popularity poll that angered President Mikhail S. Gorbachev.
News Summary
Date: 17 October 1989
LEAD: International A3-15 The U.S. is ready to help Moscow with advice and technical aid to restructure the Soviet economy and society, Secretary Baker said. Page A1 Excerpts from Baker's speech A14 President Gorbachev rebuked some of the leading practitioners of glasnost in a meeting on Friday.
NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 18 October 1989
LEAD: INTERNATIONAL A3-12 East Berlin showed new signs that it is open to change. A Politburo member told workers on Monday that Communists are committed to a dialogue for the ''renewal of socialism.'' Page A9
Yeltsin Makes the News Again, but Ruefully
Date: 17 October 1989
By Bill Keller, Special To the New York Times
Bill Keller
LEAD: Boris N. Yeltsin, the maverick Moscow politician who recently toured the United States, told the police late last month that he had been the victim of an assassination attempt, but later recanted his story, according to a bizarre report today by the Soviet Interior Minister.
Bank Revamping
Date: 18 October 1989
Reuters
LEAD: The Bank of New England Corporation said it would undertake a retructuring program that includes the sale of 53 branches and the consolidation of a number of departments. The result will be the loss of 800 jobs throughout New England, the bank said. The company said it also plans to close loan production offices in Chicago, New York and Philadelphia and to sell $250 million of subordinated debt.
Closing by Pauley
Date: 17 October 1989
Special to The New York Times
LEAD: Pauley Petroleum Inc. said it intends to close its Newhall Refining Company refinery at the end of the year, offer the site for sale and lay off about 70 people. The company said the refinery, in Santa Clarita, Calif., had suffered significant losses in recent years and that the market for its products, including asphalt, fuel oil and jet fuel, was expected to remain weak.