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Publishers Face Clash Of Values

Date: 06 May 1992

By Alex S. Jones

Alex Jones

The nation's newspaper publishers grappled yesterday at their annual convention with the troubling clash of journalistic and marketing values as newspapers try to accommodate advertisers without sacrificing principles and credibility. Traditionally, publishers have responsibility for all aspects of a newspaper's operation, including news and business, but the difficult economic climate for newspapers has created concern that publishers have made business matters their priority in recent years, sometimes to the anger and distress of editors and reporters.

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Drivers Union Votes Down Contract With Times

Date: 07 May 1992

By Alex S. Jones

Alex Jones

In a decision that could lead to a major labor battle, a newspaper truck drivers union voted yesterday to reject contracts with The New York Times and a wholesale newspaper delivery company. In a bitterly contested election, the union, the Newspaper and Mail Deliverers' Union of New York and Vicinity, voted not to make sweeping concessions on staffing levels, work rules and overtime in exchange for severance bonuses, job security and higher base pay.

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Overseas Press Club Gives Award to Terry Anderson

Date: 06 May 1992

Terry A. Anderson, the Associated Press correspondent held hostage in Lebanon for nearly seven years by pro-Iranian kidnappers, will be honored tonight by the Overseas Press Club of America with the President's Award for "distinguished and exemplary service" in journalism. "His courage and deep faith in God during 2,455 days as a hostage of terrorists in Lebanon earned Terry Anderson the admiration and respect of journalists and the public alike and will serve always as a reminder of the dangers confronting reporters all over the world," says the citation by the club's president, H. L. Stevenson, former editor in chief of United Press International.

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New York Holds Together

Date: 06 May 1992

New Yorkers will never know why they escaped the rioting that hit other cities following the Rodney King verdict, but Mayor David Dinkins's sensitive leadership certainly contributed to a sense of calm and control. Although the city suffered sporadic incidents after the verdict, there was no wide-scale violence, arson or looting. The reasons may lie as much in the sociology of New York and its distance from Los Angeles as in the actions of its leaders. But surely it was beneficial that City Hall had prepared itself -- long ago -- for trouble.

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Newsday Seeks to Cut Work Force

Date: 06 May 1992

By Alex S. Jones

Alex Jones

Newsday announced yesterday that it would seek to reduce its total work force by about 10 percent by offering enhanced severance pay to up to 300 employees who volunteer to resign. Chiara Coletti, a spokeswoman for the newspaper, said the cost reduction had been prompted by the depressed economy on Long Island, which has significantly weakened advertising.

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Inquiry Fails to Find Source Of Leak at Thomas Hearing

Date: 06 May 1992

By Neil A. Lewis

Neil Lewis

A special Senate counsel reported today that after a nearly five-month investigation he was unable to determine who disclosed the accusation of sexual harassment against Judge Clarence Thomas last fall as he was being considered for a seat on the Supreme Court. The special counsel, Peter E. Fleming, a New York lawyer, submitted a report, which was then released by Senate leaders.

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Essay; Old Pro Perot

Date: 07 May 1992

By William Safire

William Safire

H. Ross Perot used to make himself useful around the Nixon White House, in hopes of settling disputes his company was having with the Social Security Administration. When we were battling the sinister forces of Vietnam protest in 1970, the short Texan with the Haldeman crewcut came up with an idea to dramatize the vastness of our support.

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HERSHEY ACQUIRES STAKE IN NORWEGIAN FOOD COMPANY

Date: 06 May 1992

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

The Hershey Foods Corporation said yesterday that it had completed its $180 million acquisition of the 18.6 percent stake held by Orkla A.S. in Freia Marabou A.S., a chocolate, confectionery and snack-foods company based in Oslo. Orkla, a consumer products, publishing and financial services company, is based in Lysaker, Norway.

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COMPANY NEWS

Date: 07 May 1992

ALLEN GROUP, Melville, L.I., an electronics company, agreed to a merger with Alliance Telecommunications Corp., a wireless communications concern, in which Allen would acquire Alliance for about $50 million. CENTURY MEDICORP, Los Angeles, a health maintenance organization concern, completed the acquisition of Mediq Care Inc., Chatsworth, Calif., a hospital company, for $5.45 million in cash and stock.

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NEWS SUMMARY

Date: 06 May 1992

International A3-17 GERMAN LARGESSE HAS LIMITS Chancellor Helmut Kohl said Germans had "reached the limit of our capacity" to help the former Soviet and East European Communist lands make the transition to democracy and free enterprise, and he urged Japan to offer more aid. A1 A spreading public-employee strike closed Frankfurt airport. A6 GIVE US YOUR MOBILE Caribbean nations have been among the largest sources of recent immigration into the United States. The newcomers' effect is evident on the East Coast, where they have created communities or revitalized old ones in Miami, New York and New Jersey, among other places. A1 A TOWN DIES IN AFGHANISTAN Paghman, 15 miles west of Kabul, was once Afghanistan's royal showpiece. The war reduced this once-gentle place to rubble, turning it into a graveyard and a stark symbol of man's inhumanity to man. A1 Artillery and rocket barrages emptied parts of central Kabul. A3 CRIMEA LOOKS TO INDEPENDENCE Lawmakers in the Crimea voted to declare conditional independence from Ukraine, adding a perilous new twist to the confrontation between that republic and Russia. A8 Russia intends to make the ruble fully convertible by Aug. 1. A8 CHINA OFFERS HOPE ON PRISONERS Chinese officials have told an American businessman that some imprisoned dissidents will be freed this month, and they released photos of two prominent political prisoners whose relatives feared they were being mistreated. A12 ISRAEL'S HOSTAGE CRISIS Senior Israeli Government officials are haunted and frustrated by their continuing inability to bring home, or get information about, four servicemen missing in Lebanon. A14 CONCESSION BY BELGRADE Authorities of the new, smaller Yugoslavia sought to ward off the possibility of international sanctions, saying they were relinquishing control over Yugoslav Army units in Bosnia and Herzegovina. A16 HAPPY OUTCOME FOR ESKIMOS Voters in the Northwest Territories of Canada approved the division in two of far-northern lands, creating an Eskimo homeland. A17 Kuwait Journal: A people depressed in the aftermath of war. A4 National A18-26 CLINTON BLAMES G.O.P. FOR RIOTS Governor Clinton said the rioting in Los Angeles had resulted in part from "12 years of denial and neglect" of festering social problems during Republican Administrations. He said he was appalled by the White House's suggestion that the upheaval was a result of Democratic social welfare programs of a generation ago. A1 When Fitzwater blamed the Great Society, what did he mean? A24 Bush ordered Federal prosecution of rioters. A24 In a new book, Chief Gates assails Mayor Bradley. A22 South-Central still seethes over economic disparities. A23 With curfew lifted, the city's night people re-emerged. A22 A beating-trial juror said she wanted at least one conviction. A23 THE JUSTICES AND HABEAS CORPUS News analysis: Of all the important issues on the Supreme Court's docket, few are so jargon-encrusted and technically complex as habeas corpus. But at this moment in the Court's evolution, habeas corpus provides, as does no other area of the law, a window directly into the Justices' mood, their agenda and their view of their own role. A1 CONGRESSMAN IS INDICTED A Federal grand jury charged Representative Joseph M. McDade of Pennyslvania, the ranking Republican on the House Appropriations Committee, with accepting bribes from military contractors and their lobbyists. A1 DISCLOSURE INQUIRY FAILS A special Senate counsel said his investigation had been unable to determine who made unauthorized disclosure of Anita F. Hill's sexual-harassment accusations against Clarence Thomas. A18 NEW VICTORIES FOR CLINTON Clinton moved closer to capturing the Democratic Presidential nomination, winning primaries in the District of Columbia, North Carolina and Indiana. A26 Ross Perot will cut back appearances to spend time on issues. A26 THE HOUSE BANK AFFAIR News analysis: The Justice Department denies that its special investigator for the House bank inquiry will use his power to fan the scandal stemming from thousands of overdrawn checks. But House Democrats remain skeptical of the Administration's motives. A18 SHOOTINGS IN TWO COURTROOMS A principal in a divorce hearing drew two pistols from his briefcase inside a suburban St. Louis courthouse, then killed his estranged wife and wounded four other people before he himself was shot. And in Grand Forks, N.D., a judge was critically wounded by a defendant in a child-support proceeding. A21 Education Pages B14-15 Mississippi legislature overrides the governor's veto of school finance bill. B14 More parents are suing and being sued over teaching children at home. B15 Campus Journal: The Los Angeles crisis rousts Connecticut College. B15 Metropolitan Digest, B1 PROTECTING ALBANY INCUMBENTS News analysis: The election-law changes passed by the Legislature still leave New York with one of the country's most efficient incumbency-protection machines. So it is a striking critique of state government that even those modest alterations came only after Governor Cuomo issued an implicit challenge to an even greater monument to incumbent protection: redistricting. A1 Business Digest, D1 The Living Section C1-10 "Why I am a pastry chef," by the women who are. C1 At lunch with Studs Terkel: "Everyone around here knows me." C1 Three who nosh on numbers: Demography served here. C1 Health Page C14 Personal Health: Guidelines for playground safety. Arts/Entertainment C17-24 Entertaining the delegates. C17 Music: Muti's farewell. C17 Word and Image: "Lawrence After Arabia." C17 Obituaries B16 Sports B17-24 Basketball: Knicks stun Bulls. B17 Hockey: Rangers beat Penguins, 4-2. B17 Editorials/Op-Ed A28-29 Editorials A28 The war against the poor. The aggressor in Bosnia. New York holds together. Cuomo blinks on vote reform. Letters A28 Anna Quindlen: No there there. A29 Paul Tsongas: The cancer freed me. It freed me. A29 Jason C. Deuchler: Race, hate and my new bike. A29

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