News Summary
Date: 19 April 1988
LEAD: International A3-15 Iranian and American forces battled in the Persian Gulf. The attacks began when U.S. ships destroyed two Iranian oil platforms as retaliation for the mining that damaged a U.S. ship last week. Page A1 Congressional support for retaliation against Iran is broad.
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NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 18 April 1988
LEAD: INTERNATIONAL A3-12 The program to arm Afghans was one of the largest ever mounted by the C.I.A., officials say. It cost more than $2 billion over eight years as Congress pressed for more U.S. support to the guerrillas. Page A1
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Speakes Says He Told Reagan Of Bogus Quotes, but Later
Date: 19 April 1988
By David Johnston, Special To the New York Times
David Johnston
LEAD: Larry Speakes, the former White House spokesman, said Sunday night that he told President Reagan during the Geneva summit meeting in 1985 that he had fabricated a quotation and attributed it to Mr. Reagan.
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Speakes and Meese
Date: 19 April 1988
by Tom Wicker
Tom Wicker
LEAD: Larry Speakes has set the Administration he used to work for an admirable precedent - not in those words he wrongly put in Ronald Reagan's mouth but in manfully resigning a lucrative job when he realized his confession had embarrassed his company and perhaps damaged its credibility.
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Campeau's Plans
Date: 19 April 1988
Special to the New York Times
LEAD: Robert Campeau, chairman and chief executive of the Campeau Corporation, said at a the headquarters of the Rich's unit of his newly acquired Federated Department Stores Inc. that he would leave the management of the 20-story chain in place, but that he might locate a Bloomingdales in the area.
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U.S. Inspection At Continental
Date: 19 April 1988
AP
LEAD: Federal Aviation Administration officials began inspecting Continental Airlines planes today, extending an investigation that had begun last week with Eastern Airlines.
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Di Giorgio Unit
Date: 19 April 1988
Special to the New York Times
LEAD: The Di Giorgio Corporation, a producer of food products and building materials, agreed to sell its Serv-A-Portion division to Borden Inc. for an undisclosed amount. The sale of Serv-A-Portion, which is the leading United States manufacturer of individual serving portion foods, is the latest step in the company's restructuring and recapitalization program.
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Metaphor, I.B.M. Tie Seen
Date: 18 April 1988
LEAD: The International Business Machines Corporation plans to announce today that it will make a minority investment in Metaphor Computer Inc., a maker of a custom database computer designed for market researchers and industry analysts, according to a source close to Metaphor. Metaphor, based in Mountain
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Industry's Operating Rate Slips
Date: 19 April 1988
AP
LEAD: The operating rate of American industry declined in March for the second consecutive month despite a rebound at automobile plants.
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take in Yugo Importer to Be Sold
Date: 18 April 1988
AP
LEAD: Malcolm Bricklin, who brought the Yugo to America, is being bought out of his auto-importing business, the president of Global Motors Inc. has disclosed. Mr. Bricklin, whose 1970's sports-car venture ended in failure, met with only limited success when he introduced the budget-priced Yugoslavian car to the United
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