Aiming Beyond The Candidates' Smoke Screens
Date: 23 July 1989
By Walter Goodman
Walter Goodman
LEAD: As the television campaign for the New York City mayoralty primaries gets going in earnest, one's thoughts return, somewhat dispiritedly, to the 1988 Presidential campaign. On Wednesday, the candidates for mayor will have their first debate, parts of which will likely be carried by local news programs.
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Saturday News Quiz
Date: 22 July 1989
By Linda Amster
Linda Amster
LEAD: Questions are based on news reports in The Times this week. Answers appear on page 48.
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ANSWERS TO QUIZ
Date: 22 July 1989
LEAD: Questions appear on page 13.
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SOMALIA EXECUTES 46 AFTER RIOTING
Date: 22 July 1989
AP
LEAD: Somalia's armed forces rounded up thousands of people and summarily executed 46 men after Muslim riots that left 400 dead, a human rights group and independent sources said today.
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Henley's Fisher Bid
Date: 22 July 1989
Special to The New York Times
LEAD: The Henley Group, a La Jolla, Calif., engineering concern, said it had renegotiated its agreement to buy the 19 percent of Fisher Scientific Group Inc. it does not own and now will pay $22.50 a share, or about $144 million. In June, Henley offered $20.50 a share, but the proposal generated several lawsuits from shareholders who contended that Fisher, a Pittsburgh-based laboratory parts manufacturer, was worth more money.
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I.C.H. Not Sure Concern Is for Sale
Date: 22 July 1989
Special to The New York Times
LEAD: The I.C.H. Corporation, the Louisville, Ky., insurance holding company that received a leveraged buyout offer Thursday from a Dallas investment firm, said today that its board had not determined whether the company was for sale.
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Warner Increases Stake in Hasbro
Date: 22 July 1989
Special to The New York Times
LEAD: Warner Communications Inc. disclosed in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission that it had exercised warrants to purchase 2.81 million Hasbro Inc. common shares, bringing its holdings in the Pawtucket, R.I., toy company to more than 10 million shares, or 18 percent.
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Tesoro Suitor To Submit Bid
Date: 22 July 1989
Special to The New York Times
LEAD: An investment group that is interested in acquiring the Tesoro Petroleum Corporation said today that it had told the company's management it plans to submit a proposal by next Friday.
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