Le 18 février 1987 était un mercredi sous le signe astral du ♒. C'était le 48ème jour de l'année. Le président des États-Unis était Ronald Reagan.
Si vous êtes né ce jour-là, vous avez 39 ans. Ton dernier anniversaire était le mercredi 18 février 2026, il y a 130 jours. Votre prochain anniversaire est le jeudi 18 février 2027, dans 234 jours. Vous avez vécu 14 375 jours, soit environ 345 023 heures, ou environ 20 701 390 minutes, ou environ 1 242 083 400 secondes.
Date: 19 February 1987
By Pauline Yoshihashi, Special To the New York Times
Pauline Yoshihashi
LEAD: Freedom Newspapers Inc., the nation's 14th-largest chain by circulation, was born of dissension. R. C. Hoiles, a scrappy newsman from Ohio, founded Freedom in the early 1930's, a few years after a quarrel with a brother led him to break up their small newspaper partnership and strike out on his own.
Date: 18 February 1987
LEAD: International A3-12, B24
Date: 19 February 1987
LEAD: INTERNATIONAL A3-14, A18 Halting U.S. aid for the contras was backed, 11 to 9, by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. However, the bill will be vetoed by President Reagan if it eventually passes both houses of Congress. Page A1 Radical changes in the contras are sought by Arturo Cruz, the Nicaraguan rebel leader who is seeking to control the anti-Sandinista movement.
Date: 19 February 1987
By M. A. Farber
LEAD: On July 19, 1983, in Oakland, Calif., someone broke into the office of the Guatemala News and Information Bureau, a center for research on human rights and other issues in Guatemala. The burglar smashed a window to gain entry, rummaged through a filing cabinet and drawers and scattered papers. No valuables other than petty cash were taken.
Date: 19 February 1987
Reuters
LEAD: The Allegheny Beverage Corporation said it had canceled its plan to spin off the Service America Corporation to shareholders because of recent disappointing results. It said it would seek to improve the food-service operations and increase earnings.
Date: 18 February 1987
Special to the New York Times
LEAD: The Louisiana-Pacific Corporation said that its accounting firm, Arthur Andersen & Company, would qualify its opinion on the Portland, Ore.-based forest-products company's financial statements. The company said the move is a result of the high number of asbestos-related claims affecting the Fibreboard Corporation, a subsidiary.
Date: 18 February 1987
AP
LEAD: Heck's Inc., a discount store chain, said that it would close 29 of its 158 stores, cut its headquarters staff and eliminate stock dividends in an attempt to stem its losses. Heck's said that the cutbacks would save it more than $4 million. The retailer has not reported an annual profit since 1983.
Date: 18 February 1987
Special to the New York Times
LEAD: Baker International Inc. said it had agreed to sell the domestic operations of its electrical submersible pump division to Trico Industries for an undisclosed amount. The sale of the unit would move Baker a step closer to completing its previously announced plan to merge with the Hughes Tool Company.
Date: 19 February 1987
Reuters
LEAD: The board of Dome Petroleum Ltd. has approved in principle the company's plan to reschedule $6.1 billion in debt, a company spokesman said. The spokesman declined to comment on details of the proposal, saying Dome would issue a statement when the plan is sent to the company's principal lenders at the end of next week.
Date: 18 February 1987
Special to the New York Times
LEAD: The Taco Bell Corporation, a fast-food unit of Pepsico Inc., has purchased 9.9 percent of Calny Inc., and said it might seek control of the company, which is its largest franchisee. In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Taco Bell of Irvine, Calif., said it acquired 469,017 shares of Calny for $11 a share on Feb.