WRITERS AT CBS AND ABC NEWS VOTE TO STRIKE
Date: 28 February 1987
LEAD: Writers at CBS News and ABC News have voted to strike the two networks and several network-owned radio and television stations at 11:59 P.M. tomorrow, when their three-year contracts expire.
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NEWS SUMMARY: SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1987
Date: 28 February 1987
LEAD: THE WHITE HOUSE CRISIS 6-10 The President ousted Donald Regan from his post as the White House chief of staff and replaced him with former Senator Howard H. Baker Jr., in a dramatic move to revive his troubled Presidency. Page 1 Man in the News: Howard H. Baker had always said that it's hard to say ''no'' to the President.
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NEWS SUMMARY: SUNDAY, MARCH 1, 1987
Date: 01 March 1987
LEAD: THE WHITE HOUSE CRISIS 12-15 The President sought suggestions from Congressional leaders and personal advisers on how he could can regain his political and legislative momentum after three months of preoccupation with the Iran-Nicaragua affair. Page 1 A Nancy Reagan-Donald Regan clash on the telephone about 10 days ago sealed Mr.
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ABC NEWS CHIEF HINT WESTIN MAY RETURN
Date: 28 February 1987
By Peter J. Boyer
Peter Boyer
LEAD: Roone Arledge, the president of ABC News, indicated yesterday that he might allow the return of Av Westin, the executive he dismissed this week because of a widely distributed criticism of the network's news operations.
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TRYING TO COLLECT ON SOVIET LIBEL
Date: 01 March 1987
LEAD: AFTER suing the Soviet Union for libel and winning, Raphael Gregorian, a businessman in Palo Alto, Calif., set out to try to collect the $450,000 awarded for damages.
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The Great Conciliator: Howard Henry Baker Jr.
Date: 28 February 1987
By Martin Tolchin, Special To the New York Times
Martin Tolchin
LEAD: Howard H. Baker had always said that when the President asks you to do something, it's hard to say no.
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PRETORIA'S PRESS CURBS LIMITING COVERAGE OF STRIFE
Date: 01 March 1987
By Alex S. Jones
Alex Jones
LEAD: The South African Government's 16-month campaign of steadily tightening restrictions on the flow of information has proved effective at limiting reports of apartheid-related violence and at shaping news coverage in both the United States and South Africa.
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PHOTOJOURNALISM'S COLORFUL ERA
Date: 01 March 1987
LEAD: PHOTOJOURNALISM IS ALIVE AND WELL, despite television. There may even be more news photographers at work now than in the 1940's, the heyday of the big American picture magazine. Today's work is mostly in color and is marketed worldwide to hundreds of publications. The best of it gives news events the permanence and haunting quality of art.
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POLK AWARDS ARE RECEIVED BY THE TIMES
Date: 01 March 1987
LEAD: Twelve George Polk Awards, including two to The New York Times, have been announced by Long Island University.
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The Focus on Israel
Date: 01 March 1987
LEAD: Mr. Friedman explains the Palestinians' use of the language of Jewish suffering ''to attract the same interest and sympathy.'' A more accurate explanation is to point out the incredible double standard we Jews employ when comparing our historical suffering with that of the Palestinians. Do second-class rights, harsh military rule over civilians, refugee status and a scattered nation without a home apply only to the Jewish people?
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