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Date: 02 January 1988
LEAD: INTERNATIONAL 3-8, 24 A Salvadoran amnesty law has led to the release of several gunmen accused of killing American and Salvadoran civilians, the United States embassy and human rights activists in that country say. Page 1 Israeli soldiers were on alert in Gaza, Jerusalem and the West Bank to combat Palestinian attempts to commemorate the 23d anniversary of Yasir Arafat's first military operation against Israel.
Date: 03 January 1988
By William E. Schmidt
William Schmidt
LEAD: Dr. Richard R. Green was walking downtown not long ago with the head of the city school board when he suddenly veered off to confront a young man loitering near a street corner.
Date: 02 January 1988
By Linda Amster
Linda Amster
LEAD: Questions are based on news reports in The Times this week. Answers appear on page 16.
Date: 02 January 1988
AP
LEAD: China's gross national product will exceed $270 billion this year, up 9 percent from 1986, the official New China News Agency said. Zheng Jiaheng, deputy director of the State Statistical Bureau, said in an interview earlier this week that industrial output increased 14.5 percent while agricultural output was up 4 percent.
Date: 03 January 1988
LEAD: Rupert Murdoch, who appears to believe he cannot own too many communications companies, has been told that he does. Under temporary waivers from the Federal Communications Commission, the Australian-born publishing magnate has been allowed since 1986 to own The New York Post and The Boston Herald while simultaneously operating television stations in those cities.
Date: 03 January 1988
By William Safire
William Safire
LEAD: The Senate Ethics Committee can no longer close its eyes to the political fixes that have been infecting the closed-door Senate-House conferences.
Date: 03 January 1988
By Alan Riding, Special To the New York Times
Alan Riding
LEAD: A Brazilian judge has ordered that a retired four-star general be tried for the 1982 murder of a journalist in what could become the first prosecution of a senior army officer since civilian rule returned here almost three years ago.
Date: 03 January 1988
By William Arrowsmith
William Arrowsmith
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