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Date: 25 June 1985
By Charlotte Curtis
Charlotte Curtis
THE briefing was impressive. A senior producer tersely reminded researchers and writers that the hijack-hostage story was complex, fast-moving, full of rumors and difficult to substantiate. ''We want facts,'' he said repeatedly. ''Look at that script,'' he added, referring to a report by a former chief of its Beirut bureau. ''Make sure it's accurate. If not, or if it's out of date, let's not use it.''
Date: 25 June 1985
By N.r. Kleinfield
R. Foster Winans, a former WallStreet Journal reporter, was found guilty yesterday of using advance knowledge of Journal articles to make illicit profits in the stock market. Federal District Judge Charles E. Stewart, who heard the case without a jury, also convicted Mr. Winans's two associates: Kenneth P. Felis, a former stockbroker at Kidder, Peabody & Company, and David J. Carpenter, Mr. Winans's longtime roommate and a former news clerk for The Journal. Mr. Winans was found guilty of 59 criminal counts, Mr. Carpenter of 12 counts and Mr. Felis of 41 counts. Mr. Winans and Mr. Felis were convicted of conspiracy to commit securities fraud, among other charges, but Mr. Carpenter was acquitted of that charge. The convictions carry sentences of up to five years in prison for each count as well as fines. Mr. Winans theoretically could be sentenced to as many as 295 years in prison and $266,000 in fines. Mr. Carpenter could receive 60 years in prison and $71,000 in fines, while Mr. Felis could get 205 years and fines of $194,000.
Date: 25 June 1985
By Tom Wicker
Tom Wicker
As the hijacking of Flight 847 began to look like another long-running hostage story, someone put to me a question many Americans may be asking: ''Why does this always happen to us and not to the Soviets?'' It's a good question, although Americans are not actually the only or even the usual victims of terrorism. Soviet troops and civilians occupying Afghanistan, for instance, suffer frequent terrorist attacks, albeit from ''freedom fighters.'' Probably most incidents of terrorism stem from religious struggle in Northern Ireland, Basque separatism in Spain and racial conflict in and around the periphery of South Africa. Sikh extremists are already trying to claim responsibility for the Air India plane that apparently exploded Sunday over the Atlantic.
Date: 24 June 1985
By Douglas Martin, Special To the New York Times
Douglas Martin
Pierre Peladeau, publisher of Le Journal de Montreal, says his favorite writer is Honore de Balzac because of the way the 19th-century French novelist combined style, substance and sex appeal. There are those - including Roger D. Landry, publisher of La Presse -who think Mr. Peladeau combines some of those elements in Le Journal. Le Journal, Mr. Landry says, is a mix of ''sex, sports and sensationalism.'' And he likens his competitor, Mr. Peladeau, to Rupert Murdoch, the Australian whose worldwide publishing empire includes more than 80 newspapers and magazines, among them The New York Post, The Chicago Sun-Times and The Star in the United States. Mr. Murdoch's critics say he has turned some of his newspapers into tasteless publications with sensational headlines featuring sex, crime and gossip.
Date: 24 June 1985
By Marcia Chambers
Marcia Chambers
After two weeks of jury screening, not a single juror has been chosen in the trial of six transit police officers charged in the death of a Brooklyn art student after what prosecutors have described as a brutal police beating. Three of the officers are accused of criminally negligent homicide and assault in the September 1983 death of the man, 25-year-old Michael Stewart. All six are charged with perjury. They were among 11 officers who had contact with Mr. Stewart the night he was arrested on charges of scrawling graffiti in a Manhattan subway. The jury selection began June 10 when what the judge has called one of the largest jury pools ever assembled for a criminal case in Manhattan -290 people - was summoned to Courtroom 1164 at 111 Centre Street. The large pool was called, and special screening procedures were instituted, because of the extensive publicity about the case.
Date: 25 June 1985
TUESDAY, JUNE 25, 1985 International American warships must withdraw from the Lebanese coast, the Shiite Moslem militia leader, Nabih Berri, demanded as a new condition for release of 40 American hostages. A United States naval flotilla, which includes the aircraft carrier Nimitz, has been sent to the eastern Mediterranian, but the ships are not visible from the coast. [Page A1, Column 6.] Israel freed 31 Lebanese prisoners from a military prison and turned them loose in southern Lebanon. The release of the prisoners left 735 Lebanese and Palestinian detainees still in Israeli hands. [A10:1-2.]
Date: 24 June 1985
MONDAY, JUNE 24, 1985 International An Air India 747 jet plunged into the Atlantic Ocean off Ireland's southern coast, apparently killing all 329 people aboard. An Indian official said there was ''a distinct possibility'' the plane had been destroyed by a bomb. Ships in the area and helicopters sent from Britain and Ireland recovered 103 bodies. Most of the passengers on the flight from Toronto to Bombay were Indian nationals or Canadians of Indian origin, and they included 86 children. An air traffic supervisor said the plane ''fell like a rock'' from an altitude of 31,000 feet. [Page A1, Column 6.] Security for the Air-India plane had been tightened by Canada at the airline's request after it had received threats. Canada's Transport Minister said that extra policemen had been assigned to terminals in Toronto and Montreal and that ''on this particular flight, we were advised that all baggage was either checked by X-ray or checked by hand.'' [A1:5.]
Date: 24 June 1985
Following are excerpts from an interview with Prime Minister Shimon Peres on the NBC News program ''Meet the Press,'' as recorded by The New York Times: Q. Your Government has announced the release of 31 of the Lebanese Shiites. There are 766 there. Why not release them all? A. We did release the 31 in accordance, first of all, with the laws of our country. Every detainee has the right to appeal to a special committee and if the committee decides to release them so we do.
Date: 24 June 1985
By William J. Broad, Special To the New York Times
William Broad
Amid preparations for a return to earth Monday, the astronauts of Discovery held a televised news conference today in which they talked of wine, dreams and alien spacecraft, and took time to reflect on the Middle East hostages. On the ground, space agency officials hailed the mission as a complete success. In the weeklong flight, the crew launched four satellites and carried out a test to help develop weapons for President Reagan's proposed shield against missiles. The 100-ton winged spaceship is scheduled to land at 6:12 A.M. (9:12 A.M. Eastern time) at Edwards Air Force Base in California after a trip of more than 2.8 million miles.
Date: 24 June 1985
By Sanjoy Hazarika, Special To the New York Times
Sanjoy Hazarika
Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi ordered a judicial inquiry today into the crash of the Air-India jetliner as relatives and friends of the victims mourned. In Bombay and New Delhi, shocked and weeping relatives of the 329 passengers and crew members killed in the crash rushed to airports and to Air-India offices for news of flight 182. At Palam International Airport here, local reporters said several women became hysterical and other people wept loudly as they received confirmation of the deaths of their relatives.