WEEKENDER GUIDE

LEAD: Tracey Maye made her monthly visit to Bronx Supreme Court Wednesday. It goes like clockwork now. All players know their parts. They have much practice. Two years ago this week, Ms. Maye killed her baby daughter, Tess; eight months ago, she pleaded guilty. And still the case is not resolved, still the judge asks if a treatment program has been found, still her lawyer answers, ''No, but soon, your honor.

Our Towns; A Child's Cry Goes Unheard: 'Tess Is Dead'

LEAD: OF all the questions posed to a restaurant critic, the most typical is: ''Can you suggest a really nice place for dinner: good food, a lively ambiance, efficient service, and it shouldn't be too far off in the boondocks? Oh yes, it has to be inexpensive.''

Where Value Is a Specialty of the House

LEAD: Mayor Edward I. Koch and three Democratic challengers offered considerably different views of New York City's problems and their proposed solutions last night at a meeting of Queens Democratic leaders. The leaders will play a critical role in the Sept. 12 mayoral primary.

Koch and 3 Rivals Spar in the Same Ring

LEAD: The House of Representatives, defying a veto threat by President Bush, today approved legislation to raise the minimum wage to $4.55 an hour from $3.35, the first increase in eight years.

House, Defying Threat of a Veto, Backs Increase in Minimum Wage

LEAD: FINDING the perfect little restaurant can be tough; finding one with the perfect little wine list is even tougher. Face it: a small restaurant, almost by definition, has to have a relatively short wine list. A place with 30 tables simply can't afford to tie up capital by buying and holding large stocks of wine: it costs too much, there may not be any place to store it and there probably won't be enough guests to drink it.

And There Are Decent Wines That Aren't Indecently Priced

LEAD: Today is Good Friday and Sunday is Easter. Here are holiday schedules.  NEW YORK  Parade: Fifth Avenue will be closed from 11 A.M. to 3 P.M. between 44th and 57th Streets on Sunday for the Easter Promenade.  Government offices: Open today.  Post office: Regular delivery.  Banks: Open.

Holiday Weekend

LEAD: The economy expanded at a moderate 2.4 percent annual rate in the final quarter of 1988, compared with an initial estimate of 2 percent, the Commerce Department reported today.

G.N.P. Revised Upward to 2.4% Rate

LEAD: Less than a year after entering the morass of Texas financial institutions, A. Robert Abboud is apparently bidding to create the largest banking company in the state.

Abboud Said To Pursue Mcorp Banks

LEAD: Take the money and run can be a fine strategy in choosing between competing takeover offers. Shareholders in the Holly Farms Corporation, the nation's third-largest poultry producer, only wish they could do so.

Market Place; Holly Farms Holders Await Conagra-Tyson Winner

LEAD: To preserve the character of the Upper West Side of Manhattan, a special planning committee recommended yesterday that builders of luxury towers be required to provide low-income housing and that a zoning device used to create extra-large buildings be curtailed.

Development Changes Urged for West Side

LEAD: Settling complaints from seven states that its advertisements for the Samurai utility vehicle were deceptive, the American Suzuki Motor Corporation said yesterday that future advertisements would include warnings that drivers should avoid sharp turns and abrupt maneuvers.

Suzuki Agrees to Warnings On Samurai Ads in 7 States

LEAD: The Federal bankruptcy judge overseeing the Eastern Airlines case has ordered the appointment of a powerful examiner with a broad mandate to end the 20-day-old strike at the airline quickly and get all of Eastern's planes back in the air.

Examiner to Get Job of Reviving Eastern Airlines

LEAD: In a major step toward round-the-clock electronic trading of securities, Reuters Holdings P.L.C. and its Instinet subsidiary have joined with the Chicago Board Options Exchange and the Cincinnati Stock Exchange to plan a network for trading options and stocks, they announced today.

24-Hour Trading Is Planned

LEAD: American auto makers have rung up six years of strong profits, including a record $11.2 billion for 1988. That is a remarkable performance for an industry that not long ago suffered severe losses in the face of competition from abroad. But it would be premature to conclude that Detroit has vanquished its rivals: in many crucial areas,

In Autos, U.S. Makes Strides

LEAD: Administration officials and Congressional leaders reached tentative agreement today on a bipartisan policy toward Central America, including additional aid for the Nicaraguan guerrillas.

TENTATIVE ACCORD SET IN WASHINGTON ON AID TO CONTRAS

INSIDE

LEAD: After several hectic weeks of sorting and discarding tax options to fill a $247 million hole in the current state budget, the State Senate gave final passage today to a patchwork solution that would tap two state accounts and raise taxes on alcohol, cigarettes and corporate profits.

Senate Votes Tax Increases In Connecticut

LEAD: Robert Golub, an unemployed 21-year-old weightlifter who lives with his parents, was arrested today and charged with the murder of his 13-year-old Valley Stream neighbor, Kelly Tinyes.

Neighbor Is Charged in Murder of 13-Year-Old

LEAD: Several members of the New York City commission charged with drafting a new government said yesterday that their proposal would probably include a stronger City Council with full power to approve the multibillion-dollar municipal budget.

CHARTER UNIT SEES STRONGER COUNCIL IN NEW YORK CITY

LEAD: WITH five plays on Manhattan stages, American Jewish theater is booming in New York at the moment. Indeed, it appears to have become a staple of the city's theatrical life.

Jewish Theater Is Making a Comeback

LEAD: The Palestine Red Crescent Society put on a show in the Andalus movie theater here the other night to raise funds for brethren caught in the uprising against Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip that Arabs call the intifadeh.

For the Palestinians in Diaspora, The Vision Fades but Won't Die

LEAD: A Navy engineer and a California military-contracting company, both with important roles in the inquiry into Pentagon procurement fraud, pleaded guilty today to Federal conspiracy charges, the third round of guilty pleas since indictments were issued in January.

TWO PLEAD GUILTY TO A CONSPIRACY IN PENTAGON CASE

LEAD:  THE ECONOMY  A Navy engineer and a military contractor pleaded guilty to Federal conspiracy charges in the third round of pleas in the Pentagon fraud case since indictments were issued in January. Both Stuart E. Berlin and Teledyne Electronics Inc. play important roles in the Pentagon procurement scandal.

BUSINESS DIGEST

LEAD: Lee Arthur Lawrence spent much of the last five years being a model of the concerned citizen in the war on drugs: chasing pushers out of his grocery store's parking lot, working with the police to sweep drug dealers from the streets, visiting schools to preach against narcotics and alcohol abuse.

One Citizen's War on Drugs: A Lonely Fight, Then Death

Aziz Sergeyevich Shavershian, better known as Zyzz, was an Australian bodybuilder, personal trainer and model. He established a cult following after posting multiple videos of himself on YouTube, starting in 2007.

Zyzz, Russian-Australian bodybuilder and internet personality (died 2011)

Zyzz

Prince William Sound is a sound off the Gulf of Alaska on the south coast of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is located on the east side of the Kenai Peninsula. Its largest port is Valdez, at the southern terminus of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System. Other settlements on the sound, which contains numerous small islands, include Cordova and Whittier plus the Alaska native villages of Chenega and Tatitlek.

In Prince William Sound in Alaska, the Exxon Valdez spills 240,000 barrels (38,000 m3) of crude oil after running aground.

March 24, 1989

Headlines from March 24, 1989

WEEKENDER GUIDE

Our Towns; A Child's Cry Goes Unheard: 'Tess Is Dead'

Where Value Is a Specialty of the House

Koch and 3 Rivals Spar in the Same Ring

House, Defying Threat of a Veto, Backs Increase in Minimum Wage

Billboard 200

Electric Youth

Don't Be Cruel

Appetite For Destruction

Forever Your Girl

Traveling Wilburys

Notable Births

Historical Events

Historical Context for March 24, 1989