NEWS SUMMARY: MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1987
Date: 28 September 1987
INTERNATIONAL A3-12, B10 The U.S. agreed to help Poland obtain economic help to lighten its foreign debt burden, after Polish leaders assured Vice President Bush that they were committed to internal political and economic change. Page A1 El Salvador's land program suffers from falling agricultural production and failing cooperative farms. The program, a United States-supported effort to help the country's Government win support from peasants, is in sharp decline. A1 Nicaraguans rejoined relatives who fled across the border with Honduras to escape Nicaragua's decade-old war. The border crossing, opened for the first time in several years, drew 15,000 to 20,000 people. A12 A Tunisian court ordered death sentences for seven of 90 Islamic militant defendants in a sedition trial. The verdict was milder than expected, possibly because of international criticism, defense lawyers said. A10 Mistreatment of children detained under South Africa's state-of-emergency regulations is the focus of an international conference of opponents of the South African system of racial separation meeting in Zimbabwe. A6 China's Prime Minister has hinted he is reluctant to head the 44-million-member Communist Party. Instead, Zhao Ziyang said in an interview, he prefers to oversee ''economic affairs.'' A3 Beijing is cleaning up in preparation for the 13th Communist Party congress next month, at which thousands of China's Communists will converge to chart the nation's future. A4 Cambodia should return the remains of missing American servicemen if it holds them, the Pentagon said in response to remarks by a Cambodian leader that his Government has the bones of many missing Americans. B10 Talks are scheduled to resume between the United States and Canada in an effort to revive free trade negotiations between the two countries. The United States proposed resuming the talks late Saturday, Canadian officials said. D1 Iraqi warplanes raid Iranian tankers A3 Sophia Casey said report about her husband was false A3 Whites back move to end apartheid A7 Bush inspects private Polish farm and finds anger A9 NATIONAL A16-22, B6-10 New analysis: The Bork battle, raging from the Senate to America's television screens, has thrust electoral politics and public opinion more deeply into the Supreme Court confirmation process than ever before. A1 New fees for some Federal services would be acceptable to President Reagan to help meet the targets in the deficit reduction bill, a top aide suggested. Mr. Reagan has pledged to veto any tax increases. A1 Football fans faced unfilled hours of leisure time on the first Sunday of the National Football League players' strike. Some mourned their purchases of tickets to unplayed games; others opted to watch baseball instead. A16 The Pope's visit helped some churches along his tour, according to priests in San Francisco, San Antonio and New Orleans, where parishioners who had been lukewarm about their faith exhibited more enthusiasm, B9 A prominent Democratic strategist, Ann F. Lewis, has become one of the most quoted politicians in Washington. Her one-liners win praise, although some Democrats find her too strident and too far to the left. A16 Albuquerque journal: Chili growing in New Mexico has blossomed from insignificance in 1976 to more than 35,000 tons of the small green peppers last year, which are sold to a salivating international market. A16 The cruise ship industry is booming, with the total number of passengers expected to reach about 3 million this year, up from 1.5 million in 1982. And industry executives say the market has barely been tapped. D1 Report says computers spy on workers A20 Press notes A22 Democratic candidates clash over foreign policy B8 U.S. to dress up roads with flowers B9 Adults build serious sand castles B10 WASHINGTON TALK B6 From the Biden case, lessons on damage control For Proxmire, the fleece goes on REGIONAL B1-5, B12 A witness has recanted his testimony that helped send a New York Mafia boss to prison in the ''pizza connection'' case. The witness, Luigi Ronsisvalle, said he voluntarily provided a statement calling his previous testimony false. A1 Versions of testimony differ B4 The secrecy surrounding incest permits it to continue, experts say. But the case of Cheryl Pierson, who says she arranged the killing of her father because he sexually abused her, has focused new attention on the subject. A1 As a high school turned 200, public officials and prominent alumni pledged to work to reverse its decline. At Brooklyn's Erasmus Hall High School, a new coat of paint and Mayor Koch helped encourage optimism in the decaying school. A1 Restocking Long Island's East End with scallops began last week as the water began to clear from brown tide, the bloom of algae that has blemished the area by ruining the scallop harvest for the last three summers. B1 A Spanish-language theater reopened in the Bronx, reviving the spirit of the 1940's and 1950's when the Teatro Puerto Rico was a cultural focal point for Spanish-speaking families from all over New York City. B1 Lebanon's President preached a message of peace at a Brooklyn church. President Amin Gemayel said peace would be possible in his country if foreign nations stopped meddling in Lebanese affairs. B3 Mounting strains on foster care are foreseen in New York City, where the number of children in need of care is expected to rise 16 percent, said the city's Human Resources Administrator, William J. Grinker. B1 New Jersey urged to toughen licensing for principals B2 D'Amato to propose mass-transit tax break B3 U.S. to review denial of visa for Soviet scholar to visit Buffalo B3 Cuomo sums up trip to Soviet B8