OPEA NEWS EDITOR AND CRITIC
Date: 11 May 1987
By Will Crutchfield
Will Crutchfield
LEAD: Robert M. Jacobson, the editor of Opera News magazine, died Saturday night at St. Vincent's Hospital. He was 46 years old and lived in Manhattan.
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Date: 11 May 1987
By Will Crutchfield
Will Crutchfield
LEAD: Robert M. Jacobson, the editor of Opera News magazine, died Saturday night at St. Vincent's Hospital. He was 46 years old and lived in Manhattan.
Date: 11 May 1987
LEAD: INTERNATIONAL A3-11 The trial of Klaus Barbie in France is due to begin. The trial, taking place more than 40 years after his alleged crimes as a Gestapo lieutenant, has absorbed the French like few other recent events. Page A1 Israeli efforts for a peace conference in the Middle East have caused a split in the country between demonstrators demanding Government attendance and hard-liners who oppose the conference.
Date: 12 May 1987
Reuters
LEAD: The Ford Motor Company said it had increased the cash allowance alternative on its cars and extended its buyer-incentive program until June 8, from May 9. It said buyers of all 1986 and 1987 models of the Taurus and Sable now had a choice of a $500 cash allowance or a 3.9 percent to 9.9 percent annual percentage rate financing.
Date: 12 May 1987
By Shafiqul Islam
Shafiqul Islam
LEAD: Washington is hell-bent on fighting ''unfair trade practices'' overseas to close America's trade gap. President Reagan and the House have fired their first shots, with Japan as the key target; now it's the Senate's turn to ''get tough'' with unfair foreigners.
Date: 12 May 1987
Reuters
LEAD: The car maker Fiat S.p.A. and another Italian concern are close to forming a joint venture that could make Italy a competitive international force in telecommunications. The venture would be between Telettra, a subsidiary of Fiat, and the state-owned telecommunications group Italtel. To be called Telit S.p.A., it would quickly seek an alliance with larger companies, Milan analysts said.
Date: 12 May 1987
AP
LEAD: Church's Fried Chicken Inc. said it had rejected a takeover overture valued at almost $470 million from an investment group that includes a former Church's executive.
Date: 12 May 1987
Special to the New York Times
LEAD: The Chrysler Corporation, as expected, said today that it would convert its parts manufacturing division into a wholly owed subsidiary to be known as Acustar Inc.
Date: 12 May 1987
AP
LEAD: Northwest Airlines Inc. said it would eliminate 646 positions, about 1.9 percent of its work force, through attrition and layoffs beginning this week. The company said it hoped to rehire many of these employees later. Northwest said the job cuts were intended to help control costs in the face of pricing competition created by low-cost, nonunion airlines.
Date: 12 May 1987
By Leonard Sloane
Leonard Sloane
LEAD: The Lomas & Nettleton Financial Corporation, the country's biggest independent mortgage banking institution, said yesterday that it had agreed to acquire the Equitable Life Leasing Corporation from a subsidiary of the Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States.