NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 18 September 1988
LEAD: INTERNATIONAL/3-22
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17th of September 1988 News
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Making, and Unmaking, the News in Beijing
Date: 18 September 1988
By Edward A. Gargan, Special To the New York Times
Edward Gargan
LEAD: Last Sunday, People's Daily, the organ of the Chinese Communist Party, reported on its front page that Qi Wenzeng marched into Zhongnanhai, the walled and guarded compound where China's leaders live and work, and proceeded to peddle more than $8,000 worth of stock in his company.
MEN IN THE NEWS: Eliot L. Engel; An Artful Insurgent
Date: 17 September 1988
By Wayne King
Wayne King
LEAD: If part of the art of politics consists of donning the cloak of insurgency while building bridges to the establishment, Eliot L. Engel is something of a master.
MEN IN THE NEWS: Robert Thomas Johnson; 'Devastating Adversary'
Date: 17 September 1988
By Sam Howe Verhovek
Sam Verhovek
LEAD: Robert T. Johnson admitted yesterday that, for political purposes, he deliberately failed to tell voters one key fact about himself during the campaign for the Democratic nomination as District Attorney of the Bronx: if a Subway Series ever comes to pass, he'll take the Mets.
WE ARE WHAT WE READ
Date: 18 September 1988
By Mark Crispin Miller
Mark Miller
LEAD: A HISTORY OF NEWS From the Drum to the Satellite. By Mitchell Stephens. Illustrated. 401 pp. New York: Viking. $24.95.
U.S. Appeals Court Delays Detroit Newspaper Merger
Date: 17 September 1988
AP
LEAD: The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has ordered The Detroit News and The Detroit Free Press to delay their partial merger, which could have begun as early as this weekend, as the judges consider whether the deal should be scrapped altogether.
SATURDAY NEWS QUIZ
Date: 17 September 1988
By Linda Amster
Linda Amster
LEAD: Questions are based on news reports in The Times this week. Answers appear on page 34..
On the Road To Monopoly
Date: 18 September 1988
By Albert Scardino
Albert Scardino
LEAD: Alvah H. Chapman Jr., a Southern patrician with deep pockets, does not like to lose. But to win what could be the most dazzling prize of his long career - huge and steady profits from one of his most important markets - he must prove that the biggest newspaper under his control is a failure.