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12th of January 1997 News
Nieuws zoals het verscheen op de voorpagina van de New York Times op 12 januari 1997
In Trying to Get Into Cuba, CNN Hits Snags at Home
Date: 13 January 1997
By Larry Rohter
Larry Rohter
CNN's effort to open first United States news bureau in Havana is being stalled by Clinton Administration; at issue is whether to allow American news organizations to establish permanent foothold in Cuba, the object of American economic embargo for 34 years; Administration officials say that rival news organizations worry that CNN will gain competitive advantage and that Fidel Castro would have right to grant or withhold access to Cuba to American news organizations; Miami Herald, for example, has been denied access because Cuban officials object to substance and tone of newspaper's coverage; more than half of all Cuban-Americans live in South Florida, and coverage of Cuban affairs is major part of Herald's news coverage; Cuban exile groups are especially critical of CNN's coverage of Cuba, in part because of friendship between Ted Turner, network's founder, and Castro; photos (M)
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Anchor Wars Around the State's TV Stations
Date: 12 January 1997
By Bill Ryan
Bill Ryan
Television watchers in Connecticut follow their favorite news anchors as they switch from one station to another; some of anchors' comings and goings have been accompanied by incidents that point up intensity of television news business; length of tenure at each station has depended not only on negotiated contracts but also on whims of management and marketing surveys on who is watching what station, and when; photos; drawing (M)
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Murdoch Again Tries His Luck on Line
Date: 13 January 1997
By Laurence Zuckerman
Laurence Zuckerman
Rupert Murdoch's News Corp, which has had many false starts on Internet, is trying again; Murdoch's son, James, will guide company's latest Internet venture, the TV Guide Entertainment Network; new site will include contents of TV Guide magazine as well as original articles on movies, television, pop music and sports; photo (M)
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Lessons from the Olympic bombing may be informing the coverage of two other cases.
Date: 13 January 1997
By Iver Peterson
Iver Peterson
Media column on news media's treatment of people under police scrutiny for highly publicized crimes; Paul K McMasters of Freedom Forum, journalism research center, sympathizes with reporters who must come up with new material every day, but says where news organizations fall short is in failing to add disclaimers if suspects have not been charged (M)
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Japanese Stocks Regain Ground
Date: 13 January 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Stocks regain ground on Tokyo Stock Exchange on Jan 13; at the close, Nikkei index of 225 issues is up 815.14 points, at 18,118.79 (S)
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U.S. Machine Tool Orders Fell in November
Date: 13 January 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Association for Manufacturing Technology and American Machine Tool Distributors' Assn report United States manufacturers decreased orders for machine tools in November by 22.8 percent, to estimated $647.0 million (S)
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NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 13 January 1997
International A2-9 DEAL NEARS IN MIDEAST Spurred on by Jordan's King and a threatened departure by the American mediator, the Palestinians and Israelis surmounted the final obstacle to a Hebron agreement, saying a deal could be concluded today. A1 INFIGHTING IN BELGRADE The battle for control of Serbia's key cities, which the opposition appeared to have won but lost when the Government annulled elections, has opened serious rifts within the governing Socialist Party. A2 THOUSANDS PROTESTS IN BULGARIA Tens of thousands of demonstrators crammed in front of the Orthodox cathedral in Bulgaria's capital to demand early elections in the hope of ending the country's debilitating economic crisis. A3 FEARS OF NEW VIOLENCE IN ULSTER Catholics in Belfast have begun to fear that Protestant paramilitary groups are preparing to end their self-imposed cease-fire in response to a recent campaign of violence by the I.R.A. A4 NO FREEDOM FOR PERU'S CAPTIVES Former captives of the leftist rebels who still hold 74 hostages in Lima said that after their release no Peruvian intelligence officials ever questioned them, but instead placed them under surveillance. A5 GIRLS SUFFER AFTER RITUAL CUTTING A powerful women's secret society has cut the genitals of about 600 girls in a camp for displaced people and many have developed complications from the mass ritual, relief workers said. A6 THE CAVE WHERE EURIPEDES WROTE Greek archeologists say they have located the island cave where Euripides is believed to have written some of the masterpieces of the ancient Greek theater. A6 SECOND BALLOON ATTEMPT FAILS The second of three tries at a nonstop trip around the world in a balloon came to grief when kerosene fumes nearly overpowered the two men aboard and forced them to ditch in the Mediterranean. A7 National A10-15 2 FEMALE CADETS LEAVE CITADEL Two female cadets at the Citadel who said they endured hazing announced that they would not return to the military college. A10 PILOT ACTIONS EXAMINED The pilots of Flight 3272, which crashed near Detroit on Thursday, may have been trying to shut down one of the engines. A10 CALLS IN THE WILD As cellular phones, snowmobiles and aircraft intrude on the nation's wildest public lands, critics say the very nature of the wilderness experience is being undermined. A10 SHUTTLE HEADS SKYWARD The space shuttle Atlantis blasted off in pursuit of the Russian space station Mir, with the two expected to link up on Tuesday. A13 CONSERVATIVE COLLEGIANS Fewer college freshmen say they approve of casual sex compared with the opinions of freshmen two decades ago. A14 STRATEGY IN BOMBING CASE Lawyers for the defendants in the klahoma City bombing case are seeking to suppress the testimony of nine prosecution witnesses, some of whom appear to be central to the Government's case. A13 THE GINGRICH CLOCK TICKS In nine days the House is to vote on a punishment for Speaker Newt Gingrich, but there is still no schedule for public hearings. A15 Metro Report B1-5 PUSH FOR INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS Latching on to one of the fastest-growing movements for school change in the nation, Gov. George E. Pataki proposed a plan to allow parents, teachers and community groups to create schools that are financed by taxpayers but are independent of local school boards. A1 GROWING PAINS IN THE SUBURBS Monsey, N.Y., which in the 1950's was a small rustic intersection with a single yeshiva, now has 112 synagogues and 45 yeshivas. Rapid changes like these have led to tensions between the Hasidic and Orthodox Jewish community and its more Cheeveresque suburban neighbors in Rockland County. A1 G.O.P. FIGHT ON RENT RULES Just weeks after calling for ending almost all rent regulations, the Republican leader of the New York State Senate faces a potential revolt among some Republicans that could derail his plans for sweeping changes to the system. A1 Business Digest D1 Arts/Entertainment C11-18 A conference on literature in the age of AIDS. C11 Strong weekend for ''Evita.'' C15 Theater: ''Two Gentlemen of Verona.'' C11 Music: Prince at Roseland. C11 Eartha Kitt. C16 Books: On Bruno Bettelheim. C18 Television: ''La Femme Nikita'' is back. C15 ''Crime and Punishment in America.'' C16 Dusty Springfield. C16 TV Notes C16 Sports C1-10 Basketball: St. John's loses to West Virginia. C9 Columns: Anderson on A.F.C. championship. C6 On Pro Football. C6 Rhoden on the Packers. C7 Football: Packers will meet Patriots in Super Bowl XXXI. C1 Fallout from Cowboys' case. C4 Golf: Woods wins in playoff. C3 Hockey: Rangers top Devils. C2 Obituaries B7 Sheldon Leonard, actor and television producer Editorials/Op-Ed A16-17 Editorials Citizen Clinton. The steamroller in Singapore. Brent Staples: Special education. Letters Anthony Lewis: E pluribus unum. William Safire: Of wrongs and rights. Sherwin B. Nuland: How we die is our business. Barbara Dafoe Whitehead: The divorce trap. Chronicle B2 Bridge C16 Crossword C16
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Date: 12 January 1997
International 3-7 CONTACTS RESUME IN PERU After a standstill, Peruvian officials have renewed contacts with leftist guerillas holding 74 hostages at the Japanese ambassador's residence in Lima, establishing a ''radio bridge'' to the rebels. 1 RUSSIA DISCOVERS THE SITCOM A crop of sitcoms satirizing many of the brutal upheavals in society have begun showing on post-Soviet television, providing a radical turn in broadcasting. 1 TO BE A WOMAN, AND THE CHIEF As the first woman to be a chief of the Ndebele tribe in Zimbabwe, Sinqobile Mabhena has been threatened with violence and witchcraft, but that hasn't stopped her from dispensing the law. 3 IDENTITY CRISIS FOR GEORGIA Heavy-handed tactics by some Russian border guards have fanned a debate in Georgia over the continued presence of Russian troops as the country searches for a new, more Western identity. 4 BULGARIAN POLICE BREAK SIEGE Bulgarian policemen, swinging clubs and firing guns, freed about 100 lawmakers who had been trapped in the Parliament building since it was besieged by some 50,000 protesters. 5 NEW THREAT IN BOSNIA NATO officers say they have the military forces of Bosnia's factions under control, but now see a risk to peace in the country's heavily armed police units. 6 CHINA SAYS U.N. VETO JUSTIFIED China said its veto of a United Nations resolution that would have sent peacekeepers to Guatemala was justified by Guatemala's recognition of Taiwan, which Beijing regards as a renegade province. 6 National 10-24 STATES SEE LIMITS ON POWER A steady refrain from many people involved in state government is just how limited the transfer of power to the states has been, at least compared with the scale of the promises once held out for the idea. 1 EMPLOYEES TAKE UP ANTIBIAS FIGHT Even as the Government scales back its antidiscrimination efforts and voters show impatience with affirmative action, minority and female employees are increasingly taking matters into their own hands. 1 ALCOHOL ADS RE-EXAMINED The decision to end the voluntary policy against television advertising has so rattled regulators and politicians that it has forced a re-examination of all alcohol advertising. 10 GLOATING IN PROVIDENCE The Mayor of Providence, R.I., is leading the gloating about his city's selection over Boston as the official host for a National Football League playoff game on Sunday. 10 A CASE OF POLITICAL PERIL The Supreme Court will hear arguments in a case fraught with political peril and potential personal humiliation for President Clinton -- the sexual-harassment suit filed in 1994 by Paula Corbin Jones. 16 A CITY GRIEVES AFTER CRASH The deaths of all 29 people aboard a commuter plane that crashed in Detroit on Thursday hit hard on the city and the industry for which it is famous. 12 FEW RETURNS FROM MONEY GRAB On Thursday, the Miami police gave holders of the money that fell from an armored truck 48 hours to turn it in without being charged with theft. As the deadline neared, only three people had returned any money, one of them who took $19.53. 13 Metropolitan 25-29 TAX RELIEF PLAN PRESENTED Calling on New York State to assume a greater share of the cost of public education, Gov. Pataki proposed a four-year, $3.4 billion plan that would cut the property taxes paid by homeowners to their school districts while increasing state assistance for local education. 1 NOVEL CLAIM BY DEFENSE LAWYERS In the trial of the man accused of raping and strangling 7-year-old Megan Kanka, defense lawyers will make a novel legal claim: that anyone with knowledge of the so-called Megan's Law should be barred from the jury. 1 FIGHT OVER CASINOS EXPECTED The leaders of the New York Legislature are pushing for quick passage of a plan to legalize casino gambling, a move that opponents charge is intended to prevent them from mounting an effective lobbying campaign. 25 NEW-LOOK REPORT CARD IS GAINING Hundreds of school districts around the nation are allowing their elementary school report cards to include far more details, with new phrases, symbols and graphics. 25
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A Woman's False Accusation Prompts Reflection
Date: 13 January 1997
By Sam Howe Verhovek
Sam Verhovek
Article discusses ramifications of false accusations filed by Nina Shahravan against Dallas Cowboys football players Erik Williams and Michael Irvin; photo (M)
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BUSINESS DIGEST
Date: 13 January 1997
Ford Said to Be in Deal To Sell Budget Rent A Car Team Rental is expected to announce today that it is acquiring Budget Rent A Car for more than $350 million from Ford, as the big Detroit auto makers continue to flee the car rental industry, which they once dominated.
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