NEWS SUMMARY: MONDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1987
Date: 21 December 1987
LEAD: International A3-16
Khristopher Adrian Davis (born December 21, 1987), nicknamed “Khrush”, is an American former professional baseball left fielder and designated hitter. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Milwaukee Brewers, Oakland Athletics and Texas Rangers. Davis led MLB with 48 home runs in the 2018 season.
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Date: 22 December 1987
Reuters
LEAD: The local government in Zanzibar will introduce a law to require journalists, newspapers and magazines to register with the Government, a local official said today. Zanzibar, an autonomous Indian Ocean island which forms part of Tanzania, has no daily newspaper at present, but the official said the new law would oblige journalists visiting Zanzibar to obtain local accreditation before writing any news articles.
Date: 22 December 1987
By Andrew Rosenthal, Special To the New York Times
Andrew Rosenthal
LEAD: An official Soviet spokesman has written to The New York Times to take issue with Natan Sharansky, once a prominent leader of the Soviet human rights movement, over who attended a dinner in Moscow some 15 years ago and what was said there.
Date: 21 December 1987
By Andrew Rosenthal, Special To the New York Times
Andrew Rosenthal
LEAD: Gary Hart's return to Presidential politics set off an explosion of media attention, with everyone from George Will, the columnist, to Johnny Carson, the comedian, commenting on the move.
Date: 22 December 1987
By Francis X. Clines, Special To the New York Times
Francis Clines
LEAD: In a rebuff to the Thatcher Government, a British judge ruled today that the duty of the press to inform the public had ''overwhelming weight'' against potential Government embarrassment from scandal.
Date: 22 December 1987
LEAD: International A3-19 Arabs inside Israel joined a strike with Palestinians in the occupied territories protesting Israel's handling of the demonstrations. At least three Palestinian protesters who reportedly threw firebombs were shot and killed by the army. Page A1 Arabs in Israel demonstrate for ''Our Brothers''
Date: 22 December 1987
Special to the New York Times
LEAD: The General Motors Corporation said it had projected sales of 1.3 million Opel and Vauxhall cars in Europe in 1987. The projections are 3 percent more than last year's sales of 1.2 million and equal to 10.7 percent of the market, compared with 10.9 percent in 1986. John F. Smith Jr., the president of G.M.
Date: 22 December 1987
Special to the New York Times
LEAD: Wherehouse Entertainment Inc., apparently thwarting a hostile tender offer from Shamrock Holdings Inc., said today that it would be acquired for $14 a share, or about $118 million, by an affiliate of Adler & Shaykin Inc., a New York leveraged buyout firm.
Date: 22 December 1987
Reuters
LEAD: The long takeover saga of Dome Petroleum Ltd. by the Amoco Corporation's Canadian subsidiary neared completion today after the Canadian Government approved the deal, worth $5.5 billion (Canadian), or about $4.2 billion in United States currency.