NEWS SUMMARY: THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1987
Date: 05 November 1987
LEAD: International A3-14
El 4 de novembre de 1987 era un dimecres sota el signe estrella de ♏. Era el 307 dia de l'any. El president dels Estats Units era Ronald Reagan.
Si vas néixer aquest dia, tens 38 anys. El teu darrer aniversari va ser el dimarts, 4 de novembre de 2025, fa 232 dies. El teu proper aniversari és el dimecres, 4 de novembre de 2026, d'aquí a 132 dies. Heu viscut durant 14.112 dies, o unes 338.701 hores, o uns 20.322.072 minuts, o uns 1.219.324.320 segons.
Date: 05 November 1987
LEAD: International A3-14
Date: 04 November 1987
Special to the New York Times
LEAD: The Weintraub Entertainment Group and ABC News said they would pool their news film archives into a single library. The joint venture, called ABC/ Weintraub Pathe, will use the film archives to develop new programming for home video cassettes and cable television, the companies said. They declined to disclose specific applications or terms of the deal.
Date: 04 November 1987
LEAD: International A3-13
Date: 05 November 1987
By William K. Stevens, Special To the New York Times
William Stevens
LEAD: Shortly after 5:30 P.M. on May 13, 1985, W. Wilson Goode's life changed forever.
Date: 05 November 1987
Special to the New York Times
LEAD: The Southland Corporation, which is in the middle of a $4.9 billion leveraged buyout by the company's founding Thompson family, said that it would postpone its Nov. 5 shareholder meeting until Nov. 12. The Dallas company, which owns the 7-Eleven convenience store chain, said that the meeting had been delayed ''to provide time to complete the sale of the $1.5 billion of subordinated debt necessary to finance the merger.
Date: 04 November 1987
Reuters
LEAD: The Plessey Company said it planned to acquire Sippican Inc., a maker of oceanographic products based in Marion, Mass., for about $80 million. Plessey, an electronics company based in Ilford, near London, described Sippican as a leader in the construction of antisubmarine equipment. It said it had agreed to pay $18.50 for each Sippican share.
Date: 05 November 1987
AP
LEAD: The Delaware Supreme Court deferred judgment after hearing arguments over whether or not it should uphold a lower court ruling that effectively blocked T. Boone Pickens's attempt to take over the Newmont Mining Corporation. Chief Justice Andrew Christie said a written ruling would be made ''within a reasonable time.
Date: 04 November 1987
AP
LEAD: The General Electric Company said today that it had notified the Pentagon of accounting irregularities in contracts involving nuclear missiles.
Date: 04 November 1987
Reuters
LEAD: The Maxwell Communication Corporation said it had agreed to buy a 70 percent stake in Nimbus Records Ltd., a privately owned company, for $:24 million, or about $42 million. The deal marks the British printing and publishing group's third acquisition this week. Maxwell on Monday announced the purchase of United Trade Press Holdings Ltd.
Date: 04 November 1987
By Lee A. Daniels
Lee Daniels
LEAD: The price of Texaco Inc.'s stock fell almost 10 percent while the Pennzoil Company's shares soared more than $10 yesterday as the financial and legal communities pondered the significance of the Texas Supreme Court's decision to let stand the $10.53 billion judgment against Texaco.