NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 29 December 1988
LEAD: INTERNATIONAL A3-11 A plastic explosive device blew apart the Pan Am jet that crashed in Scotland, British investigators said. They said two parts of the framework of a luggage rack showed evidence of a detonating high explosive. Page A1
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NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 28 December 1988
LEAD: International A2-11
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Fourth-Estate Vanity
Date: 28 December 1988
By Steven V. Roberts and David Binder
Steven Roberts
LEAD: Anyone who imagines that newswomen might incline more to vanity than newsmen had better listen to Norma A. Lee, who has directed a ''fresh-up lounge'' for members of the press on behalf of Clairol and Bristol Myers at Republican and Democratic national conventions and Presidential inaugurations for some years.
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Courtroom Cameras, Still on Trial
Date: 28 December 1988
LEAD: Millions have watched Hedda Nussbaum's dramatic televised testimony in the Lisa Steinberg murder case, testimony that until recently could only have been seen by a few spectators in a Manhattan courtroom. Does the magnification serve the public interest? Perhaps, but the broadcasting of trials is still not a settled question.
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Attorneys for 2 Indians Ask For New York Investigation
Date: 28 December 1988
AP
LEAD: Attorneys for two American Indians charged with kidnapping in the takeover of a newspaper office are urging Governor Cuomo of New York to order an investigation into their charges of corruption in a North Carolina county.
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Papandreou Scandals: First Casualty Is Popularity
Date: 29 December 1988
By Paul Anastasi, Special To the New York Times
Paul Anastasi
LEAD: According to a popular anecdote here, the Greek Socialist Government is afflicted by the same problem as the Acropolis: pollutants are eroding its structures, necessitating drastic restoration efforts to save them from total collapse.
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A Purchase By Hughes
Date: 28 December 1988
Special to the New York Times
LEAD: The Hughes Aircraft Company said today that it had agreed to buy the flight-simulation unit of Honeywell Inc. for an undisclosed sum.
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Swank to Sell Units
Date: 28 December 1988
LEAD: Swank Inc., a jewelry and leather goods manufacturer based in Attleboro, Mass., said it had agreed to sell its Prince Gardner and Wilshire divisions to a company formed by members of Prince Gardner's management and other investors. Terms were not disclosed, and the sale is expected to be completed by the end of January.
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2 LTV Committees
Date: 28 December 1988
AP
LEAD: The LTV Corporation's committee of unsecured creditors, assembled during its Chapter 11 reorganization proceedings, has split into two groups, the company said. One group will handle LTV's steel company creditors and the other will be responsible for the parent company's creditors. James F. Powers, LTV's chief financial officer, said the move could hasten the company's emergence from Chapter 11.
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Bid Is Spurned By Champion
Date: 29 December 1988
Special to the New York Times
LEAD: The board of directors of Champion Products Inc. announced today that it had rejected as inadequate the $220 million tender offer from an investment group led by the New York brokerage firm Walsh, Greenwood & Company.
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