The August 17, 1992 was a Monday under the star sign of ♌. It was the 229 day of the year. President of the United States was George Bush.
If you were born on this day, you are 33 years old. Your last birthday was on the Sunday, August 17, 2025, 300 days ago. Your next birthday is on Monday, August 17, 2026, in 64 days. You have lived for 12,353 days, or about 296,474 hours, or about 17,788,447 minutes, or about 1,067,306,820 seconds.
17th of August 1992 News
News as it appeared on the front page of the New York Times on August 17, 1992
Daily News Unions Still Divided on Buyer
Date: 18 August 1992
By Alex S. Jones
Alex Jones
The board of The Daily News yesterday embraced Conrad M. Black's proposal to acquire the bankrupt paper, but which prospective buyer will ultimately get The News remains an open question because the paper's unions -- who are essential to any purchase -- remain very much divided. "The unions at the end of the day hold the whip hand," said Martin E. Moleska, an investment banker at Veronis, Suhler & Associates, which represents Mr. Black, owner of The Daily Telegraph in London.
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CHRONICLE
Date: 18 August 1992
By Marvine Howe
Marvine Howe
Skirmishes at NBC News have escalated into a war of words. On Thursday, the network announced that ARTHUR KENT, the correspondent who became famous for his live reports during the Persian Gulf War, and a producer, JOE ALICASTRO, had been suspended without pay for refusing an assignment in Zagreb, the capital of Croatia. The suspensions, on Thursday, coincided with the news that an ABC News producer, David Kaplan, had been shot to death in Sarajevo. In a letter distributed to colleagues in front of NBC headquarters in Rockefeller Center yesterday, Mr. Kent sharply criticized the network's leadership. Accusing the management of "incivility," "brute stupidity" and "unworthiness of command," he threatened to continue his fight "in the streets, over the airwaves and through the legal system."
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Behind the Scenes, a Powerful Editor Lives, Breathes and Shapes His State
Date: 18 August 1992
By Jon Nordheimer
Jon Nordheimer
Mort Pye has arguably wielded more influence in New Jersey affairs over the last quarter-century than any other person, public or private. But his name would not be recognized by the average reader of the newspaper he has edited since 1957, The Star-Ledger. Mr. Pye has taken pains to stay out of the spotlight, ducking interviews, almost never appearing on television, an editor who has confined his professional life to the newsroom and rarely ventured out of it.
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It's War, Party Says, And the Press Is the Enemy
Date: 18 August 1992
By Richard L. Berke
Richard Berke
When George W. Bush hit the talk show circuit this morning, he had no interest in defending his father, the President, against Gov. Bill Clinton. He reserved his fire for another target: the press. "What isn't right is impact journalism," he told Harry Smith on the CBS News program "This Morning," "where the press tries to use their position to hurt my dad, whether it be to hurt my dad through his kids or to hurt my dad through unbelievable allegations."
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Fractured G.O.P. Meets as Public Voices Disfavor
Date: 17 August 1992
By Robin Toner
Robin Toner
Battered by political events and months of disorganization in President Bush's re-election drive, Republicans assembled here today for their national convention in a mood of striking uncertainty for a party that has held the White House for the last 12 years. The latest New York Times/CBS News Poll outlines the daunting task of political rehabilitation that faces them. Gov. Bill Clinton, the Democratic nominee, retains a 17-point lead over Mr. Bush. Perhaps more important, the vast majority of American voters said there needed to be "real change" in the way things are going in this country, according to this survey. Candidate for Change Only 15 percent said that re-electing Mr. Bush would bring that change, compared with 63 percent who saw that possibility under a Clinton Presidency.
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THE MEDIA BUSINESS: Press; Buyers Seek Distress Sales as Newspaper Prices Stay Low
Date: 17 August 1992
By Alex S. Jones
Alex Jones
THOUGH few newspapers are being bought and sold these days, prospective buyers with cash in hand are sensing that some real bargains are available from sellers who need -- not merely want -- to sell. Make no mistake. The vast majority of prospective sellers will not settle for the prices that newspapers currently bring and are hoping that an improved economy will restore newspaper prices to the glory days of the late 1980's.
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Two Killers Separated at Last by Freedom
Date: 18 August 1992
By Francis X. Clines
Francis Clines
Two murderers were bidding farewell at the gate of the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, separated from the outside world by the dense thickets bordering the Mississippi and by a combined 54 years of prison time. "I'm leaving you here, Bud," said Ron Wikberg, a lanky, sad-eyed man, newly freed after 23 years, his life term undone by a legal loophole he opened for himself.
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Investor Quits S.& L. Rescue
Date: 18 August 1992
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
The Ambase Corporation, a banking company, said yesterday that Kohlberg & Company had decided not to proceed with a plan to lead a $200 million rescue of Ambase's troubled Carteret Savings Bank. Ambase, based in New York, said in a statement that Kohlberg would no longer lead a group of investors in recapitalizing Carteret, based in Morristown, N.J.
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BALLY SAYS BANKRUPTCY MAY BECOME NECESSARY
Date: 18 August 1992
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
The Bally Manufacturing Corporation, in default on $107.2 million of consolidated debt for failure to pay $19 million in interest last month, said in an S.E.C. filing that it might have to sell stock or assets, exchange bonds, or file for bankruptcy if it could not complete restructuring plans.
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CASTROL AND QUAKER STATE SETTLE AD DISPUTE
Date: 18 August 1992
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Castrol Inc. said it had reached a settlement with its rival, the Quaker State Corporation, which agreed to withdraw its opposition to Castrol's motor oil ads. Quaker State filed a lawsuit in Federal court in April seeking to stop Castrol, owned by the British oil company Burma Castrol P.L.C., from publishing ads asserting that Castrol GTX 20W-50 was the only leading motor oil in America to meet performance standards of the Committee of Common Market Automobile Constructors, a European organization. Federal District Judge Charles Haight Jr. declined Quaker's request.
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