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16th of August 1998 News
Nieuws zoals het verscheen op de voorpagina van de New York Times op 16 augustus 1998
Newspaper's Giving Upsets Some on Its Staff
Date: 17 August 1998
By Christian Berthelsen
Christian Berthelsen
Aug 7 edition of Daily News of Los Angeles includes disclosure that newspaper had contributed $60,000 to group advocating first step in San Fernando Valley's secession from rest of city; donation sparks concern among reporters and editors at paper that their impartiality on divisive issue in Los Angeles had been compromised; newspaper's management denies this is case, and publishes open letter to readers on editorial page, saying future stories about secession would contain disclosure about contribution; Ike Massey, publisher, says he has never asked reporter or editor to slant story in favor of secession movement; but Marshall Loeb, editor of Columbia Journalism Review, says newspaper's contribution of money to campaign would prompt readers to think newspaper editorials speak to what is in best interests of company, rather than its readers; photo; map (M)
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Media Talk; 'Burn Rate' Author Gets a Media Column
Date: 17 August 1998
By Lisa Napoli
Lisa Napoli
Michael Wolff's media column has its debut in current issue of New York magazine; Wolff, who early critiqued on-line media for Internet trade publication, will focus on traditional media in his new column; photo (S)
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Furor Over Globe Columnist Exposes Fault Lines in Boston
Date: 17 August 1998
By Felicity Barringer
Felicity Barringer
Boston Globe's decision to suspend columnist Mike Barnicle for two months is latest swaggering scene in long-running Boston drama of Us versus Them; working-class neighborhoods see Globe as Them, driven by elites, speaking to elites, while Barnicle is seen as voice of unrepentant, unapologetic common man; supporters say Barnicle has been important link to blue-collar communities that feel paper does not care about them; Barnicle's relations with Globe's management has long been mercurial, but in the past few reporters or editors brought their suspicions about veracity of his columns to those in authority; photo (M)
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It's Not Called Arkansas for Nothing
Date: 16 August 1998
By Peter Applebome
Peter Applebome
Arkansas' position at bottom of social-status heap discussed in light of Hillary Clinton's novel suggestion that her husband's travails are caused by anti-Arkansas bias; remark is surprising, coming from Chicago native with Wellesley and Yale pedigree, but context lies in 'rube-aphobia,' or fear of being treated like a bumpkin unless one has approval of media powers and taste makers; photo of Clintons in 1970's (M)
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Sore Winner
Date: 16 August 1998
By Jeffrey Goldberg
Jeffrey Goldberg
Jeffrey Goldberg profile of New York City Police Comr Howard Safir; says his predecessor, William Bratton, has claimed credit for impressive drop in crime in city, as has Mayor Rudolph W Giuliani, but Safir, who has contributed his fair share of new crime-fighting ideas, keeps low profile; says Safir studied lessons of Bratton's premature demise, and unlike Bratton, Safir defers to Giuliani in public, dissenting with him only in private meetings, and does not seek spotlight for himself; says this might explain in part why Safir and Giuliani get along so well; says members of city's minorities, as well as many civil libertarians, question some police methods and accuse department of being tolerant of police racism and brutality; notes Safir's heated denial of such charges; says Safir shares with Giuliani firm belief that Police Dept is made up of good people doing what is best for city's minority communities. even if some of leaders of those communities might think otherwise; photo (L)
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NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 16 August 1998
INTERNATIONAL 3-14 Blast in Northern Ireland; At Least 28 Killed A car bomb exploded in a crowded Northern Ireland market town, killing 28 people and injuring more than two hundred in the worst paramilitary attack ever in the province. 1 Embassy Bomb Suspect Found Law enforcement officials said tonight that American investigators in Pakistan were preparing to fly to Kenya with a man whom they identified as a suspect in last week's embassy bombings in Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. 1
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NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 17 August 1998
INTERNATIONAL A3-7 Possible Nuclear Facility Detected in North Korea United States intelligence agencies have detected a huge, secret underground facility in North Korea that they believe is the centerpiece of an effort to revive the country's frozen nuclear weapons program, according to officials who have been briefed on the intelligence data. A1 Progress in Africa Bomb Case Law-enforcement officials investigating the bombings at the American Embassies in Kenya and Tanzania expressed optimism that a man brought back to the Kenyan capital after being detained in Pakistan will help the authorities unravel the plot behind the deadly terrorist attacks. The officials said that one or two other men also suspected of complicity in the bombings were in custody in Pakistan. A1
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Man Accused of Killing Girlfriend in the Bronx
Date: 17 August 1998
Eric Watson of Bronx is charged with stabbing his girlfriend, Donna Fitzpatrick, to death and setting her apartment on fire before turning knife on himself in unsuccessful suicide attempt (S)
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Smoke Bombs Prompt Evacuation at Theater
Date: 16 August 1998
About 4,000 moviegoers are evacuated after pair of smoke bombs go off inside Sony Lincoln Square and Imax Theater on Upper West Side (S)
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Two Are Injured in Crash Of a Small Private Plane
Date: 17 August 1998
Small private plane crashes into backyard of house in Jackson Township, NJ, injuring pilot and passenger (S)
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