NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 09 February 1989
LEAD: INTERNATIONAL A3-15 Iran said it would release prisoners by the thousands to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Islamic revolution on Saturday. Page A1
Le 8 février 1989 était un mercredi sous le signe astral du ♒. C'était le 38ème jour de l'année. Le président des États-Unis était George Bush.
Si vous êtes né ce jour-là, vous avez 37 ans. Ton dernier anniversaire était le dimanche 8 février 2026, il y a 130 jours. Votre prochain anniversaire est le lundi 8 février 2027, dans 234 jours. Vous avez vécu 13 644 jours, soit environ 327 472 heures, ou environ 19 648 340 minutes, ou environ 1 178 900 400 secondes.
Date: 09 February 1989
LEAD: INTERNATIONAL A3-15 Iran said it would release prisoners by the thousands to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Islamic revolution on Saturday. Page A1
Date: 09 February 1989
By Randall Rothenberg
Randall Rothenberg
LEAD: Harold Burson, the chairman and founder of Burson-Marsteller, has been named public relations professional of the year for 1989 by Public Relations News, a weekly industry newsletter. Mr. Burson is the first two-time recipient of the award, which he last won in 1977.
Date: 09 February 1989
LEAD: Once there was a Socialist utopia where all workers were happy and the sun always shone on model collective farms. Such was the fantasy offered in the glossy pages of Soviet Life, a monthly magazine published by the Soviet Embassy in Washington. But as Moscow has changed, so has the magazine - and its outlook.
Date: 08 February 1989
By David Binder and Philip Shabecoff
David Binder
LEAD: Sheila Tate, who was Nancy Reagan's press secretary and served in the campaign and transition period as George Bush's spokeswoman, has no regrets about not being in the White House.
Date: 09 February 1989
By Rick Maze
Rick Maze
LEAD: It's virtually breathtaking to see the arrogance that surfaces among some journalists when the tables turn and questions arise about their possible conflicts of interest.
Date: 08 February 1989
By Michael Oreskes, Special To the New York Times
Michael Oreskes
LEAD: Congress killed the proposed 51 percent Federal pay increase today, leaving a tangle of political problems, including judges demanding a raise and critics promising to continue the fight over Congress's taking honorariums from private groups.
Date: 08 February 1989
AP
LEAD: West-Point Pepperell Inc. said it had agreed to provide non-public data to Farley Inc. on the condition that Farley, which has made an unsolicited $1.5 billion offer for the textile giant, keep it confidential.
Date: 08 February 1989
Special to the New York Times
LEAD: The Vernitron Corporation said it might raise its hostile $23-a-share tender offer for the Kollmorgen Corporation if Kollmorgen's confidential financial data ''justifies such an increase.'' In a letter Monday to the Kollmorgen board of directors, Stephen W. Bershad, Vernitron's chief executive, also said the company would take legal action, if it was not included in the bidding for the Stamford, Conn., electrical machinery manufacturer.
Date: 08 February 1989
Reuters
LEAD: Ing. C. Olivetti & C. S.p.A., the Italian business machine group, introduced a line of personal computers that are equipped with microchannel architecture. The microchannel system improves linkage between the internal and external components of the computer, allowing it to move large amounts of data more smoothly.