NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 23 September 1988
LEAD: INTERNATIONAL A3-17 Soviet troops were deployed in Armenia. They sealed off official buildings and several central squares in the latest move to contain spreading ethnic unrest in two Soviet republics. Page A1
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NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 22 September 1988
LEAD: International A3-21
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Bergen Paper Curbed On Delivery in Passaic
Date: 22 September 1988
AP
LEAD: A Superior Court judge has ordered a Bergen County-based newspaper to delay plans for morning home delivery in neighboring Passaic County.
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The Debates: Dead on Arrival
Date: 23 September 1988
By Don Hewitt
Don Hewitt
LEAD: I produced the first Presidential debate between Richard M. Nixon and John F. Kennedy. Unfortunately, it was not a debate. It was a joint appearance and a quasi-news conference, which is what I expect this Sunday's Presidential debate to be. If we really want debates, we should adopt the the Oxford approach, with each candidate bringing along a team.
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Gandhi Drops Measure Denounced by the Press
Date: 23 September 1988
Special to the New York Times
LEAD: Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi bowed to weeks of opposition from Indian journalists today and scrapped a measure to revise the law on defamation.
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Campaign Trail; Importing Help To Get Last Word
Date: 23 September 1988
By Bernard Weinraub
Bernard Weinraub
LEAD: As Vice President Bush and Governor Dukakis curtail campaigning and prepare for their nationally televised 90-minute debate Sunday in Winston-Salem, N.C., both sides are looking toward that all-important post-debate spin. That is, sending high-profile surrogates into the press room to feed reporters and tell them that their candidate was, well, nothing short of Lincolnesque.
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Panel of 3 Questioners Is Selected For Initial Bush-Dukakis Debate
Date: 23 September 1988
By Michael Oreskes, Special To the New York Times
Michael Oreskes
LEAD: The Presidential campaigns of Vice President Bush and Gov. Michael S. Dukakis agreed today on whom they would allow to ask questions Sunday night at their first debate.
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JAPANESE PROTEST SLUR FROM BRITAIN
Date: 23 September 1988
By David E. Sanger, Special To the New York Times
David Sanger
LEAD: As Emperor Hirohito lay seriously ill, Japan filed a formal diplomatic protest in London today over items in the British press that called the monarch ''a worse butcher than Hitler'' and said that ''he will surely be guaranteed a special place in hell.''
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Rate Put at 88% In Court Survey On Camera Use
Date: 22 September 1988
By Dennis Hevesi
Dennis Hevesi
LEAD: Halfway through New York State's 18-month experiment with the use of cameras and audio equipment in courtrooms, 88 percent of the applications for coverage submitted by newspapers and television and radio stations have been approved by presiding judges, a survey by the State Office of Court Administration shows.
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Paris Journal; A Marriage at Figaro: Right Lies Down With Left
Date: 23 September 1988
By James M. Markham, Special To the New York Times
James
LEAD: A powerful but troubled newspaper reaches out for the editorial talents of a brilliant young journalist: a familiar story. The right-wing press baron Robert Hersant steals the 39-year-old editor of France's leading leftist weekly: another story altogether.
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