Volume 16, Number 39, September 29, 1989
Departments
Report from Bonn
by Rainer Apel
Bush Shows Disinterest in Germany.
Satanwatch
by Mark Burdman
Soccer Thugs: “Satan Made Us Do It.”
Andean Report
by Jacobo Frontoni
Venezuela and Drug-Money Laundering.
Editorial
Soviet Justice.
Science & Technology
‘Cold fusion’ Is Still Generating Plenty of Heat
by Ramtanu Maitra
A tour of the laboratories around the U.S. which are working on this new breakthrough in room-temperature fusion energy production, shows that despite what the “science mafia” is telling most Americans, scientists are getting exciting and promising results.
The Geometric Secret of Stradivarius
by Prof. Bruno Barosi
Of the Cremona Institute of Violin Building dispels the myths surrounding Antonio Stradivari’s construction of his famous violins in the 18th century. These violins were designed to resonate best at the natural tuning of C=256 Hz, and are being destroyed by the “modern” high A=440 Hz tuning.
Economics
Banks on Slippery Slope of Deflationary Collapse
by William Jones
What has already happened to the savings and loan institutions, will soon happen to the U.S. banking system at large, according to bankers’ testimony before House Banking Committee hearings.
Banca Nazionale del Lavoro Scandal in Italy May Have Irangate Links
Currency Rates
Stanford ‘Thought Control’ Engineers Manipulate Farm-State Decline
by Marcia Merry
Don’t expect any free discussion at the “town meetings” they’ve been setting up.
Agriculture
by Marcia Merry
An Apple a Day?
From New Delhi
by Susan Maitra
The Price of Perestroika.
Business Briefs
Feature
After the Junk Bond Collapse, Time To Change Course
by Christopher White
Sept. 15, 1989, will go down in history as the day the junk bond market died, and the biggest depression of the 20th century began. It is also a vindication of the economic thinking of Lyndon LaRouche, who predicted over two decades ago that this would come to pass, unless the current “post-industrial” policies were reversed. Is it too late? Chris White reports.
LaRouche’s Proposals for Economic Reform
International
KGB Strengthens Its Hand in Soviet Politburo Shakeup
by Konstantin George
Gorbachov has won his power bid—for now. But the deepening of the crisis in the Soviet Union means only one thing for sure in the longer term: brutal repression, whether administered by Gorbachov or a successor.
In Moscow, Talk of Coups, Civil War
by Rachel Douglas
‘Che scandalo, Mr. Kissinger!’
by Mary McCourt Burdman and Scott Thompson
His dirty laundry connections to China are hanging out for all to see.
Argentine President Backs War on Drugs
by Cynthia R. Rush
Colombian Government Offers Bounty for Capture of Drug Lords
by José Restrepo
Pakistan’s Benazir Bhutto Fights Back against Heavy Odds
by Susan Maitra and Ramtanu Maitra
Trade War Consensus Grows in U.S. against Republic of Korea
by Lydia Cherry
The Daughter of the ‘Fifth Man’: Who Is Emma Rothschild Really?
by Mark Burdman
Lord Victor Rothschild and His Evil Circles
by Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr.
East Germany Tries To Stop Refugees
by Rainer Apel
International Intelligence
National
Illusion Outweighs Reality at Baker-Shevardnadze Meeting
by Nicholas F. Benton
Moscow’s hoped-for economic bailout didn’t quite materialize, but the Bush Administration has locked itself into the Soviet strategic deception game—summit and all.
Bush Is Informed of Responsibility if LaRouche Is Killed in Prison
by John Sigerson
Documentation: Telegrams protest LaRouche treatment.
LaRouche Associate Billington Fights Attempt To Impose Soviet Justice
Defeat of Koch Opens New Era in New York
by Dennis Speed
The Bronfmans: ‘Golden Handshake’ with Gorbachov
by Scott Thompson
Part IV of this series.
Eye on Washington
by Nicholas F. Benton
Bush Hedged His Bets on Gorbachov.
Congressional Closeup
by William Jones
National News
