Newspaper Novels
Date: 24 September 1989
LEAD: To the Editor:
The September 23, 1989 was a Saturday under the star sign of ♍. It was the 265 day of the year. President of the United States was George Bush.
If you were born on this day, you are 35 years old. Your last birthday was on the Monday, September 23, 2024, 361 days ago. Your next birthday is on Tuesday, September 23, 2025, in 3 days. You have lived for 13,145 days, or about 315,487 hours, or about 18,929,268 minutes, or about 1,135,756,080 seconds.
Date: 23 September 1989
LEAD: INTERNATIONAL 2-5, 24 An explosion in a British barracks killed at least 10 people, wounded 22 others, and damaged dozens of homes in southeast England. The Irish Republican Army claimed responsibility. Page 1
Date: 23 September 1989
LEAD: Water can kill - in quantities large enough to permit drowning. The same is true for asbestos. It can cause illness and death, but only after victims have been exposed to sufficient concentrations over a long time.
Date: 23 September 1989
LEAD: The International Business Machines Corporation said it plans to make an announcement Tuesday related to its Microchannel computer bus. Analysts said that the company is expected to introduce a faster version of the bus, which moves data inside the computer. I.B.M. is competing against the Compaq Computer Corporation, which is trying to establish a competing computer bus standard known as Extended Industry Standard Architecture.
Date: 23 September 1989
AP
LEAD: Some General Motors Corporation car and truck divisions announced today incentives ranging from $200 to $1,250 on a variety of 1990 vehicles. Incentives on two Chevrolet pickups and the Chevrolet Corsica came a week before the vehicles officially went on sale. Some incentives on the Chevrolet, Buick, Oldsmobile and GMC Truck products varied, depending on option packages purchased.
Date: 23 September 1989
Special to The New York Times
LEAD: The New York investment firm Goldman, Sachs & Company said in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission that it was in talks about a new plan to reorganize the Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corporation, the nation's eighth-largest steel producer. Wheeling-Pittsburgh has been in reorganization proceedings under Chapter 11 of the Federal Bankruptcy
Date: 23 September 1989
Special to The New York Times
LEAD: Adobe Systems Inc. said its board had authorized the repurchase of up to $15 million of its common stock, or about 4.8 percent at recent prices, in the open market in the next few weeks. Adobe will use existing cash to pay for the shares, which will be bought at the discretion of the company's management.