3rd of January 1991 News
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News Workers Sit In at Office and Are Arrested
Date: 03 January 1991
By David Gonzalez
David Gonzalez
Concerned that the public could be forgetting them, 10 striking Daily News reporters and artists descended on the paper's empty Brooklyn news bureau yesterday morning, pushed a desk against the door as a makeshift barricade and with a box of doughnuts as provisions announced a campaign of civil disobedience. The sit-in ended four hours later when the 10 were arrested and charged with criminal trespass, a misdemeanor.
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Pentagon Seeks Tight Limits On Reporters in a Gulf War
Date: 04 January 1991
By Michael R. Gordon, Special To the New York Times
Michael Gordon
The Pentagon has proposed rules for press coverage of a war in the Persian Gulf that are far more restrictive than the guidelines used in Vietnam. Under the Pentagon's plan, combat operations in the gulf would be covered by specially designated "pools" of print and broadcast journalists subject to tight restrictions. Pool members would have to remain with military escorts at all times, and all interviews with servicemen and women would be on the record.
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SOVIET COMMANDOS GUARD RIGA PRESS
Date: 03 January 1991
By Craig R. Whitney, Special To the New York Times
Craig Whitney
Armed Soviet police commandos surrounded Latvia's main newspaper publishing plant today to block the republic's independent government from taking it away from the Communist Party, according to the official Soviet press agency Tass. Another group of Soviet Interior Ministry forces also moved into position today to guard the headquarters of the Communist Party in Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania, preventing that republic's Interior Minister from going inside, reported the Baltfax news agency, a Baltic information service.
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192-Year-Old Weekly To Cease Publication
Date: 04 January 1991
The Washington County Post, a newspaper born when John Adams was President, and circulated nearly every week since, has printed its final issue. Its publisher, John Manchester, said Wednesday that last week's issue would be the last. "Basically, there was just not enough circulation in the marketplace," Mr. Manchester said. The paper faced stiff competition from daily papers in Glens Falls, Troy and Bennington, Vt., said Mr. Manchester, who bought The Post in October. The Post circulated mostly in Cambridge, Salem and Greenwich, rural villages and towns near the Vermont line 45 miles northeast of Albany. The Post is descended from The Northern Sentinel, which was founded in 1798. (AP)
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O.K., Flabby Press Corps, 32 Pushups for Uncle Sam
Date: 03 January 1991
By Philip Shenon, Special To the New York Times
Philip Shenon
Worried that too many reporters are too far out of shape to cover a war, Pentagon officials have imposed a physical fitness test on journalists who wish to be sent out with American troops if there is battle with Iraq. The test, which some journalists say has frightened them more than Saddam Hussein ever did, requires the reporters to meet the standards the military sets for its own men and women for sit-ups, pushups and a mile-and-a-half run.
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How the Supermarket Tabloids Stay Out of Court
Date: 04 January 1991
Every few months a Hollywood celebrity walks into Vincent Chieffo's law office in Los Angeles, angrily waving a copy of one of the supermarket tabloids, those weekly newspapers that offer readers a feast of gossip, scandal and believe-it-or-not phenomena. Asserting that an article is not true, the celebrity asks about suing the newspaper. Mr. Chieffo, a veteran entertainment lawyer, usually responds with what he calls "the facts of life" in the never-ending battle between these publications and the famous people whose lives provide the fodder for each week's blaring headlines.
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NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 03 January 1991
INTERNATIONAL A3-10 The U.S. dropped its demand that President Hussein meet Secretary Baker before Jan. 3, and signaled Baghdad that if it offered a compromise date before Jan. 12, Washington would most likely accept it. Page A1 NATO will send three squadrons of German, Italian and Belgian jet fighters to Turkey to strengthen its border with Iraq in case of a conflict, it said. The move was strongly endorsed by the United States. A1 Jordan has mobilized its military and reorganized its Government to include Muslim fundamentalists, bringing expressions of concern from Israeli Government officials and military strategists. A10 Washington at Work: Robert Kimmitt is Secretary Baker's point man in the day-to-day handling of the gulf crisis. He is known, paradoxically, for his low-profile style. A10 U.S. Embassy security a big worry in Baghdad A8 Arafat eases stand on Kuwait- Palestine link A8 Iraqis in Kuwait reported to step up defenses A8 O.K., flabby press corps, 32 pushups for Uncle Sam A8 A military helicopter was shot down by leftist guerrillas in El Salvador and three American crewmen on board were killed, Salvadoran military and rebel officials said. A3 The exodus of Albanians to Greece had taken on the dimensions of a "national disaster," according to Greek Prime Minister Mitsotakis, who declared the frontier region in a state of national emergency. A3 Foreign Minister Shevardnadze said in an interview that he had resigned because he could not defend the use of force to restore discipline in the Soviet Union. A3 Soviet commandos guard newspaper plant in Latvia A3 German drug makers refuse to lower high retail prices in East A6 Somali's capital was in chaos as the fighting continued between Government and rebel forces. A U.N. pilot said, "It's hard to identify who's who: soldiers, rebels or bandits." A7 Sogod Journal: A possible Aquino successor A4 NATIONAL A12-19 There was no panic among residents in Rhode Island following the Governor's order to close 45 banks, investment companies and credit unions until they could get Federal insurance. A1 Big banks lower prime lending rate D1 Market Place: It wasn't a good year for dividends D1 The White House agrees: It's a recession D1 A settlement in a pension law case is expected to be announced today. The United Steelworkers reportedly has won $415 million from the Continental Can Company, which it accused of laying off workers just before they qualified for pension benefits. D1 A part of the Big Bang Theory is being discarded by some of the theory's staunchest advocates, throwing the field of cosmology into turmoil. The theory offers an explanation for the origin and evolution of the universe. A1 Pete Wilson chooses his successor for his Senate seat when he becomes Governor of California: He is John Seymour, a state senator noted for his fund-raising abilities. A12 1990 was the seventh warmest year on record for the United States. It might have been the warmest ever, meteorologists said, had not the December chill in the Midwest and the West offset record high temperatures in the East. A18 A controversial Navy program to buy A-12 attack aircraft should proceed with the Government paying for some of the contractors' cost overruns, the Navy will urge Secretary Cheney, the Pentagon said. A19 Ex-regulator denies pressure by Senators in savings case A15 Barry era ends as a new Mayor takes oath A14 Bush picks three new directors of Legal Services A18 Retarded woman at center of furor has baby A13 New drug approved to treat AIDS anemia A12 Montana approves a plan to kill stray bison A16 Woodruff Journal: After mining, debate over an Indian shrine A12 REGIONAL B1-4 A tentative labor pact was reached between the Dinkins administration and two large municipal unions. It would provide 150,000 city workers with a wage and benefit increase of 5 percent over 15 months. A1 To pay for half the settlement, the city proposed raising its forecast of earnings from pension funds to one of the highest levels used by any municipal government. Some fiscal experts began sounding alarms. A1 New settlement sets standard for remaining bargaining B2 News workers sit in at office and are arrested B3 Bus companies for disabled agree to pact B3 A high school student will be added to the New York City Board of Education as a nonvoting member to give the board's adults a youngster's perspective on school life. B1 New principal takes reigns at Bronx school B2 Many illegal Chinese immigrants pay tens of thousands of dollars to become modern-day indentured servants in return for bogus identity papers and passage to the United States, law-enforcement authorities said. B1 The Long Island Expressway will receive a much-needed fourth lane, but to reduce highway congestion, cars with only one person in them will be barred from it. B1 A small, financially ailing hospital in Westchester is working to establish an affiliation with the county's largest medical center that may not only save it, but also serve as a blueprint for the county's other small hospitals to follow. B1 Dinkins to urge a complete ban on some guns B3 Access is sought to secret files in New Jersey B3 Neediest Cases B4 BUSINESS DIGEST D1 The Home Section Living for folk art, and in it C1 Is home where the TV is? C1 A Gardener's World C1 Parent & Child C8 Chef's tresure: a storeful of old pots C9 Seeking child care in the middle of the night C10 Arts/Entertainment "Godfather" doing well at the box office C15 Eastern German artists' plight C15 Merrick closing "Oh, Kay!" C15 Dance: Two roles and a happy mother C15 Word and Image: Brandon Tartikoff injured C14 "The Russian Revolution" C20 Health Page B5 Personal Health Device that opens clogged arteries gets a failing grade Obituaries B6 Joseph T. Sharkey, former head of New York City Council John T. O'Hagan, fire chief and Fire Commissioner in the 70's Sports Three college football teams, Colorado, Georgia Tech and Miami, were named to the top spots in three different rating systems, capping a season of unusual turmoil with more than half a dozen teams ranked No. 1 at one time or another. A1 Colorado makes its case B7 Georgia Tech ponders polls B7 Baseball: Witt reaches accord with Yankees B8 Basketball: Celtics rout Knicks B7 Syracuse beats St. John's B7 Column: Vecsey on who's No. 1 B7 Hockey: Rangers top Kings B8 Sabres overcome Islanders B8 Editorials/Letters/Op-Ed Editorials A20 Where is Congress on the gulf? Keating Five, Senate Six Argentina pardons murder Facing recycling facts LettersA20 Anna Quindlen: Soul searching A21 William Safire: State of the State of the Union A21 Doug Bandow: Declare war, conditionally A21 Alexander J. Motyl: Eduard in the wilderness A21
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NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 04 January 1991
International A2-10 President Bush made a new offer to Iraq on the increasingly muddled diplomatic front. He offered to send Secretary Baker to Switzerland next week to meet Iraq's Foreign Minister, Tariq Aziz. Page A1 News Analysis: The offer is part of a diplomatic minuet that neither Washington nor Baghdad really expects to lead to a peaceful Iraqi withdrawal from Kuwait, Administration officials and Arab diplomats agree. A8 The 102d Congress convened, unenthusiastic about war in the Persian Gulf but institutionally uncertain about how and when to express those doubts. A1 A far-reaching Iraqi evacuation plan, in which "all functions of government" would be moved out of the capital in advance of the U.N. deadline demanding Iraq's withdrawal from Kuwait, has been mentioned by Iraqi authorities. A10 Pentagon seeks tight limits on reporters in a Gulf war A10 U.S. troops may get an unlicensed drug A10 U.N. rebukes Israel on Palestinian deaths in Gaza A9 Flights to Tel Aviv and Riyadh by Pan Am will be suspended because of surging insurance rates, a result of the crisis in the Middle East, the airline announced. A1 The three United States airmen whose helicopter was downed on Wednesday in El Salvador may have been executed by Salvadoran rebels, U.S. officials suggested. A2 Israel opened a consulate in Moscow in a major step toward the restoration of full diplomatic relations. The opening comes in the middle of the biggest flow of Jewish emigration from the Soviet Union to Israel. A6 An outcry over Soviet Jews' move to Germany A6 Gorbachev predicts an accord on budget A6 A transition in Czechoslovakia to capitalism has begun and most people seem resolutely braced for the worst, acknowledging that they will have to overcome 40 years of economic rot. A3 Albanians still migrating, despite Greek request to stop A3 Paris pledges to fight Corsican crime A3 A tribal group in South Africa, like many black people there, is still barred from living in 87 percent of the nation's land, including areas that its ancestors inhabited. A4 Effort to evacuate foreigners in Somalia stalls A5 National A12-16 A device that helps a failing heart pump blood until a heart donor can be found was approved by the F.D.A. The device, portable and battery powered, allows patients to be freely mobile. A1 Rhode Island's bank crisis may turn out to be the story of how one man, a bank president, ran off with $13 million of his bank's money, forcing into insolvency the fund that insured one third of the state's depositors, law-enforcement agents say. A1 22 Rhode Island credit unions to be insured A14 Congress takes first step to buoy deposit insurance D1 Sears will cut 21,000 jobs in an attempt to reverse a very serious decline in which it has lost many customers to leaner, more innovative rivals like Wal-Mart. D1 The AIDS-virus infection was removed from a list of sicknesses that can keep someone from entering theUnited States by the Health Secretary, Federal officials said. A1 An important medical official at the National Cancer Institute was removed from his job pending the investigation of what another official called possible violations of criminal conflict-of-interest statutes. A12 A ban on a locomotive engineer from working on the rails may be put into effect by Federal regulators, who say he is unfit because of his safety record and alcohol abuse, both on and off the job. A16 A new Civil Rights Bill that is significantly tougher than the one vetoed by President Bush was introduced by House Democrats, portending a contentious battle. A12 Reporter's Notebook: A Senator arrives, ruffling feathers A12 Washington Talk: The blame for the recession A12 Lujan softens criticism of Yosemite concession A16 Regional B1-4 The city's fiscal ills have worsened in recent weeks, and will require several hundreds of millions of dollars of additional budget cuts by June 30, top Dinkins administration officials said. A1 News Analysis: The labor pact reached between New York City and two large unions gains Mayor Dinkins some labor peace but leaves fiscal experts worried about its expense and the Mayor's ability to manage the city's ailing economy. B3 Traffic up, "brownies" down, due to budget cuts B3 A wake for Engine Co. 17 B3 A plan to save teaching jobs will be presented to city and school worker unions next week, Chancellor Fernandez said. The plan entails closing schools for three days in the Spring to save as many as 4000 jobs. B1 A report on the construction industry by a state agency found widespreadcorruption, and recommended that the industry's various components, including private developers and the city bureaucracy, do better at policing themselves. B1 A big downtown development plan was killed because a major tenant could not be found for the plan's centerpiece, a triple-domed 60-story office tower atop the Staten Island Ferry Terminal. B2 A police officer was arraigned in the shooting death last November of a 41-year-old Bronx woman. The police said she threatened the officer with his nightstick as he tried to calm a domestic dispute. B1 The Manhattan Bridge is so deteriorated that its lower roadway will be closed to all trucks and vans and probably to all vehicles at nights and on weekends, city transportation officials said. B1 Cuomo fosters new opposition to utility rises B2 Neediest Cases B4 Business Digest D1 Weekend Appreciating the Hayden Planetarium C1 New York's many museums C1 A festival of Jean-Luc Godard's films C1 Theater: On Stage, and Off C2 Film: At the Movies C8 Music: Margaret Whiting C10 Art: Henry Fuseli's drawings C20 Auctions C17 Restaurants C24 Word and Image: "A Dangerous Woman" C25 TV Weekend B12 Sports Basketball: Knicks beat Nuggets A21 Column: Anderson on George Allen A21 Football: Giants study psychology A21 Hockey: Gretzky passes 700 goals A21 Rangers hold off Pittsburgh A22 Law Page B14 On trial: A videotape of a disabled girl's day Obituaries Luke Appling, Hall of Fame shortstop A18 William H. Davis, a founder and editor of Golf Digest A18 John T. O'Hagan, Fire Commissioner in the 1970's A19 Editorials/Letters/Op-Ed Editorials A26 Another misguided labor pact Democrats owe Hong Kong Lujan's embarrassing rant Letters A26 Anthony Lewis: Republic under law A27 James B. Jacobs: Arms control strategies -- revoke licenses A27 Franklin E. Zimring: Trace illegal firearms A27 Sterling Johnson Jr.: Put the heat on Washington A27 John Feinblatt: Teach kids to "talk it out" A27 James J. Fyfe: Use a gun, do Federal time A27 Norman Siegel: Let's debate drug policy A27 Marek Halter: King Hussein of Jordan should abdicate A27
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Eastern Job Recall
Date: 03 January 1991
AP
Eastern Airlines says it will recall 60 pilots who went on strike in 1989, but union officials are criticizing the move because it will bring top-ranking pilots back to lower positions.
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Fiat Truck Deal
Date: 04 January 1991
AP
The truck unit of Fiat S.p.A. took control of 60 percent of Spain's state-held Enasa truck maker, sealing an agreement reached last September. The unit, Iveco S.p.A., Europe's second-largest truck maker, paid 1.2 billion pesetas, or about $10.2 million, for the stake in Empresa Nacional de Autocamiones S.A., as Enasa is formally known. The venture's eight-member board will have five Iveco members, with the rest going to Instituto Nacional de Industria, Enasa's parent. The Spanish truck maker has 5,500 employees.
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