LEAD: Time Warner Inc. said yesterday that it had lost $222 million in the fourth quarter, compared with a profit of $56 million, or 97 cents a share, in the corresponding period of 1988.

  Time Warner Posts Losses From Merger

LEAD: Let's take a look in the window of the Penny Lane novelty shop on Main Street here. Valentine's Day cards. Heart-shaped candy. But what's this? ''Sex fantasies'' toilet paper. Let's go inside. Gum and candy rack. Stuffed animals. One carousel after another brimming with birthday cards, valentines, joke greeting cards.

Our Towns;   Angry Shoppers Protest Cupidity In Valentine Vice

LEAD: AS the Bush Administration presses for a big increase in financing for the ''Star Wars'' anti-missile program, the visionary weapon that first ignited White House interest in the idea has fallen to its lowest ebb ever, the victim of technical failures and budget cuts.

Crown Jewel of 'Star Wars' Has Lost Its Luster

LEAD: A state of emergency was declared in the capital of the Central Asian republic of Tadzhikistan today after a mob of several thousand people set cars, buses and the Communist Party headquarters on fire because of rumors that Armenian refugees were being given scarce housing, official Soviet accounts said.

  Riots Involving Ethnic Rivalries Erupt in Another Soviet Republic

LEAD: Soviet leaders voted to convene the country's Parliament to expand the powers of the presidency, now held by Mikhail S. Gorbachev. Page A12.

Expanding the Presidency

LEAD: Having returned with what he calls a ''green light'' from Moscow, Chancellor Helmut Kohl stands in a dominant position as he prepares to receive Prime Minister Hans Modrow of East Germany on Tuesday to press a demand for rapid monetary union.

  2 German Chiefs Prepare to Meet: A Steamroller vs. a Lame Duck?

LEAD: Donald J. Trump, the billionaire real-estate developer, has long attached his name to objects of his desire: Trump Tower, the Trump Shuttle, the Trump Castle Casino and, of course, Trump, the board game.

Trump, the Divorce Case: The Accusations Are Flying

LEAD: Drexel Burnham Lambert Inc., the once-powerful Wall Street investment house whose fortunes rose and fell with the high-risk ''junk bond'' market, announced yesterday that its worsening troubles had forced it to seek new funds or a merger partner, heightening concerns about the firm's stability.

A FINANCIAL CRISIS MAY FORCE DREXEL TO SEEK A MERGER

LEAD: MARIJA Gimbutas is an eminent archeologist who says she believes the world once lived in peace. It was during the Stone Age, she says, when goddesses were worshiped and societies were centered on women.

Idyllic Theory Of Goddesses Creates Storm

LEAD: Five years ago the New Jersey Turnpike Authority issued $2 billion in bonds to finance the widening of 35 miles of the state's most important road. Today much of the project has been abandoned, none of it is complete, and the authority is seeking large toll increases to pay the cost of the borrowed money it is still deciding how to spend.

New Jersey Turnpike Plan Dwindles Despite $2 Billion in Debt

LEAD: The speed with which Federal regulators responded to financial problems at Drexel Burnham Lambert's parent illustrates their awareness of how quickly problems at this particular Wall Street firm could spread through the complex structure of today's financial markets.

Controlling The Damage;   Regulators Move Fast To Reassure Markets

LEAD: President Bush today rebuffed a proposal by President Mikhail S. Gorbachev to set equal limits on American and Soviet troops in Europe. He insisted that American soldiers were needed there as ''a stabilizing factor'' even if Moscow withdrew its forces from Eastern Europe.

PRESIDENT REBUFFS GORBACHEV'S PLAN ON SIZE OF FORCES

LEAD: Carolyn Warmus, the 26-year-old woman accused of murdering her former lover's wife, came of age in a wealthy Detroit suburb, earned degrees from well-known universities and went on to teach in Westchester County elementary schools. One neighbor summed up her personality: ''She's the kind of girl you want to bring home to Mom.

An 'Obsession,' a Tangled Life and a Killing

LEAD:    Bush's Risks in Colombia       When President Bush flies to Colombia on Thursday for a conference on drug trafficking, despite aides' objections, he will face dangers that Presidents normally avoid. Page A3.       Iran-Contra Trial Delayed       A Federal judge postponed the trial of John M. Poindexter for two weeks to resolve a potentially serious snag over 150 secret executive branch documents.

INSIDE

LEAD: Prices of Treasury securities fell sharply yesterday on what dealers described as profit taking in the wake of the strong rally that followed last week's Treasury refunding auctions.

Credit Markets;   U.S. Notes And Bonds Off Sharply

LEAD: Five New York City police officers who spent seven months undercover as high school students found little evidence of drug use, weapons, or gang activity in the schools, said officials of the Joint Commission on Integrity in the Public Schools.

Violence Is Scarce In Schools, Police Find

LEAD: The Neiman Marcus Group Inc. said yesterday that it had filed a $19 million lawsuit against Federated Department Stores Inc., the Allied Stores Corporation and Olympia & York Ltd. accusing them of inducing Allen I. Questrom to resign as head of the Neiman Marcus stores to accept the post of chairman and chief executive of Federated and

Federated Sued Over New Chief

LEAD: Over more than a decade, Perrier convinced Americans that its French spring water was chic enough to be worth $29 a gallon when consumed in small bottles in restaurants. But over just two days, Perrier has seen its marketing efforts of endangered by a swell of bad publicity.

Perrier Recall: How Damaging Is It?

LEAD: Federal safety inspectors are overwhelmed by the job of monitoring the nation's airplanes, airports, mechanics and pilots. And crash investigators say lapses in these inspections have contributed to several recent fatal accidents.

  F.A.A. Staggers Under Task Of Monitoring Airline Safety

LEAD: Papken S. DerTorossian, an Armenian who emigrated from Syria, exudes patriotism. At the helm of a $130 million electronics business here, he is among the industry executives most outspoken on the importance of keeping American technology in American hands.

Low-Tech Company In High-Tech Gamble

BUSINESS DIGEST

LEAD: In a reflection of New York State's declining economy, Cuomo administration officials said today that New York would end the fiscal year short more than $1 billion - $300 million more than they had estimated just last month.

CUOMO BUDGET GAP SEEN RISING AGAIN

LEAD: A REVOLUTIONARY approach to pain control, pioneered at research centers over the last 15 years, is gaining rapid acceptance at hospitals across the country and should spare patients from considerable misery.

Powerful New Weapons Change Treatment of Pain

LEAD: After seven days of hearings over the last two months in Federal court, in which the Government tried to show that it was justified in seizing Charles H. Keating Jr.'s failing Lincoln Savings and Loan Association in April, Mr. Keating and his colleagues went on the offensive today.

It's Keating's Turn at Bat In Lincoln Seizure Hearings

LEAD: Nelson Mandela predicted today that negotiations on a new constitution extending political rights to blacks could start soon despite his unresolved differences with President F. W. de Klerk.

  Mandela Sees Negotiations Soon Over Political Rights for Blacks

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February 13, 1990

Headlines from February 13, 1990

Time Warner Posts Losses From Merger

Our Towns; Angry Shoppers Protest Cupidity In Valentine Vice

Crown Jewel of 'Star Wars' Has Lost Its Luster

Riots Involving Ethnic Rivalries Erupt in Another Soviet Republic

Expanding the Presidency

Billboard 200

Forever Your Girl

Girl You Know It's True

...But Seriously

Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814

Cosmic Thing

Notable Births

Historical Context for February 13, 1990