LEAD: Who had the most hits in the major leagues in the 1980's?

The Hitter Of the 80's

LEAD: IN a sense Mikhail S. Gorbachev may be seeking the impossible in his Mediterranean rendezvous with President Bush, trying to project the image of a confident leader as the Communist monolith melts in Eastern Europe.

Gorbachev May Seek a Bush Vote of Confidence

LEAD: Each morning, hundreds of Vietnamese-born fishermen cast off in refitted wooden boats from piers here and in the harbors of Monterey and Los Angeles to sail far out into the Pacific to cast their nets for kingfish and rock cod.

18th-Century Law Snares Vietnamese Fishermen

LEAD: A light plane carrying two dozen Soviet-made antiaircraft missiles crashed in eastern El Salvador today on what Government officials said was a mission to resupply leftist guerrillas here with weapons from Nicaragua.

PLANE IN SALVADOR WITH SOVIET ARMS CRASHES AND 4 DIE

LEAD: LONG ISLAND'S largest defense contractor and employer, the Grumman Corporation of Bethpage, is seeking permission from the Town of Oyster Bay to become the Island's largest developer.

Cold War's Aftermath: Grumman Gears Up

LEAD: Despite a rainy, relatively mild season and a softening of the second-home market, Vermont's ski industry last year recorded the third best winter in its history, taking in $330.2 million from all sources, according to the Vermont Ski Areas Association, an industry organization. But higher snowmaking costs cut profit margins.

FOCUS: VERMONT;
Ski Resorts Wary About Development

LEAD: THE use of so-called compliance techniques by police officers around the state to subdue people being arrested is drawing wide attention and is expected to be the subject of public hearings when the General Assembly reconvenes in February.

Use of Pain By the Police On Protestors Draws Scrutiny

LEAD: EIGHT years ago at its first benefit dinner, the Tri-County Scholarship Fund raised $70,000. Last month its annual fund-raising event, attended by more than 600 guests, raised $350,000. William M. Kearns Jr., president of the Tri-County board for three years, says the dinner is now the largest nonpolitical single-time fund-raising event in the state.

Behind the Scenes of Fund Raising

LEAD: Political changes in Eastern Europe, Soviet arms cuts and improved United States intelligence gathering mean that the Pentagon would now have a month or more of warning before a Soviet attack, intelligence experts believe. They previously expected only 14 days.

Change in East Allows Earlier Word of Attack

LEAD: The recent unveilng of a plan for new housing and a waterfront park in the dilapidated downtown area has raised both hope and fear from residents of this village.

In North Tarrytown, Hope and Fear Greet Development Plan

LEAD: Karel Urbanek, a Communist Party functionary unknown abroad and little known in his own nation before he was surprisingly chosen as Communist Party chief, found himself in his first day in office at the center of swelling criticism. He was forced to go on television to appeal to the Czechoslovak nation for understanding.

From Obscurity to Spotlight, Urbanek Faces the Skeptics

LEAD: The people who live in the vicinity of Union Square are engaged in heated debate about the future of real estate development in their neighborhood. Some equate development with progress, saying that until the last few years the area was regarded by many as having no future at all; others worry that too much development will ruin its social and architectural diversity.

Union Square: Gritty Past, Bright Future

LEAD: The consumer price index jumped 0.5 percentage points in October, indicating a 5.9 percent annual rate of inflation. The Federal Reserve Board has said it wants to keep inflation low. But with a weakening economy, its ability to stem inflation is limited. Four economists assess inflation and the Federal Reserve's next move.

Prospects; The Fed's Rate Dilemma

LEAD: A generation ago, the big rivals for the Giants were the Cleveland Browns. After that, the Giants' main rivalries were with the Dallas Cowboys and then the Washington Redskins.

A HEATED RIVALRY IN THE 80's

LEAD: EVERY couple of hours, Barbara Kenyon uses a plastic tube from a portable suction unit to loosen the phlegm in her adopted son's windpipe. The boy, Ian Michael, 4 years old, who wears a plastic necklace with a circular opening at the base of the throat, also needs a controlled household temperature in order to thrive.

Where Foster Children Become Family

LEAD: Having attracted American buyers for years with high quality and reliability, Japanese auto makers are now moving to win sales with a new competitive edge: technically advanced engines that burn fuel more efficiently and produce more power than most American engines.

New Japan Car War Weapon: A 'Little Engine That Could'

LEAD: Smoke issued from vents, as a kaleidoscope of lights flashed wildly. Two hulking figures brimming with human meanness, with painted faces and Mohawk haircuts and encased in black vests decorated with metal studs, commenced an ominous walk down a black ramp toward the ring. Thumping rock music bounced off the ceiling, and as the pair neared the ring, fireworks exploded over their heads.

THIS IS NOT REAL

LEAD: Since Oct. 19, when Richard J. Angelo, a former nurse, went on trial on charges of murdering four patients and assaulting three others at Good Samaritan Hospital in West Islip two years ago, a parade of witnesses has given volumes of testimony.

At Nurse's Trial, Questions of Intent

LEAD: Bubba Paris is planning a way for you to become more familiar with the San Francisco 49ers. Paris said that you can soon do this by dialing a 900 number that he will answer.

Despite Rocky Season, 49ers Take Firm Stand

LEAD: SEATTLE'S largest developer, Martin Selig, has come forward with the first major project proposed under new building-size restrictions. Mr. Selig, who has erected more than 6 million square feet, or about a third of the downtown office market, is proposing a $25-million, 10-story building with 268,000 square feet of offices, retail space and restaurants.

Project Tailored To Space Limits

LEAD:  Panel Orders New Vote In Gandhi's Own District

INSIDE

LEAD: Four 100-year-old buildings that had stood vacant for a decade on the eastern end of the block bounded by Laight, Vestry, Varick and Hudson Streets in TriBeCa have been renovated into a warehouse intended primarily for household goods. Called the New York Security Mini Storage, the six-story facility near the Manhattan end of the Holland Tunnel that incorporates the adjacent buildings will have 28 Laight Street as its address.

POSTINGS: TriBeCa Warehouse; From 4 Buildings, One

LEAD: A $5 million commercial center for specialty companies selling home furnishings and decorations is under construction on Route 10 in the Township of East Hanover in Morris County, N.J. Scheduled to be completed next summer, the two-story building will contain 22,000 square feet of space intended for use by companies selling furniture, wallpaper, paints, windows, tiles, fabrics, hardware and the like.

POSTINGS: Center Rising on Route 10; For Homework

LEAD: Joseph F. Fernandez says his superiors approved of his secret efforts to aid the Nicaraguan rebels but remained silent while he took the blame in the Iran-contra affair. Page 31.

Ex-C.I.A. Agent Is Bitter

LEAD:  Everything's coming up roses   This time for me   for me   for me!

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November 26, 1989

Headlines from November 26, 1989

The Hitter Of the 80's

Gorbachev May Seek a Bush Vote of Confidence

18th-Century Law Snares Vietnamese Fishermen

PLANE IN SALVADOR WITH SOVIET ARMS CRASHES AND 4 DIE

Cold War's Aftermath: Grumman Gears Up

Billboard 200

Girl You Know It's True

Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814

Storm Front

Steel Wheels

Forever Your Girl

Notable Births

Notable Deaths

Historical Context for November 26, 1989