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Date: 09 November 1989
By Francis X. Clines, Special To the New York Times
Francis Clines
LEAD: The Soviet public today was given its first discreet but accurate news accounts of the political turmoil in East Germany.
Date: 08 November 1989
LEAD: Following are excerpts from President Bush's news conference in Washington yesterday, as recorded by The New York Times: QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Return of Assets to Iran Q. Mr. President, the United States is returning $567 million in frozen assets to Iran but says the action is not related to the plight of the eight Americans held hostage in Lebanon.
Date: 09 November 1989
LEAD: Mayor Edward I. Koch will join WCBS-TV in New York City as a news commentator and as the co-host of a new Sunday morning program in January when he returns to private life.
Date: 09 November 1989
By Peter Kerr, Special To the New York Times
Peter Kerr
LEAD: A jovial Governor-elect James J. Florio met with reporters today to declare that his first priorities in office would be to bring down high automobile-insurance premiums and to insure a smooth transition from the administration of Gov. Thomas H. Kean.
Date: 08 November 1989
LEAD: INTERNATIONAL A3-15 The East German Cabinet resigned in testimony to the scale of the crisis that has seized the state under the pressure of mass demonstrations and mass flight. A1
Date: 09 November 1989
LEAD: INTERNATIONAL A3-20 Bonn would provide East Germany with ''comprehensive'' aid if it allowed free elections and made fundamental changes in its economy, Chancellor Kohl said. Page A1
Date: 08 November 1989
Reuters
LEAD: A small potato chip company, whose product sells in expensive stores, is in talks aimed at setting up a joint venture to make chips in the Soviet Union. Edward Cohen, president of the privately held Tabard Farms Potato Chips, said that if the negotiations were successful, an agreement would be signed in January with two Soviet cooperatives.
Date: 09 November 1989
Special to The New York Times
LEAD: The Chiron Corporation reached agreement with the Dai-Ichi Pure Chemicals Company of Japan to develop diagnostic products for Japan and Taiwan using DNA probe technology developed by Chiron. Chiron will receive up to $20 million in royalties over five years for licensing its technology and for research.
Date: 09 November 1989
Reuters
LEAD: The Georgia-Pacific Corporation, which last week offered to buy the Great Northern Nekoosa Corporation for $3.1 billion, said the Interstate Commerce Commission would allow it to proceed with the proposed acquisition. The deal would create the nation's largest forest-products company. Nekoosa, based in Norwalk, Conn., has not responded formally to the bid.
Date: 08 November 1989
AP
LEAD: The GTE Corporation said it would lay off 800 workers, close two Massachusetts plants and 17 warehouses nationwide in a restructuring of its distribution system. The GTE light bulb plant operations in Salem will be moved to Pennsylvania. The operations of GTE's Fall River fixtures plant will be moved to Toronto.