Відтворення середа, 25 березня 1992 р.

THE 1992 CAMPAIGN: Media; Was TV Slow to Take Brown Seriously? The Networks Say No

Date: 26 March 1992

By Bill Carter

Bill Carter

Defending themselves against charges from the campaign of Edmund G. Brown Jr. that the "establishment media" had underplayed his candidacy until his upset victory in Connecticut Tuesday, executives of the four national television news organizations said yesterday that they believed he had received fair television coverage. But the executives conceded that early in the primary season he might have lagged behind other candidates in television exposure because he did not do well in the early primaries and because he organized his campaign in a way that limited traditional television access.

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2 Imprisoned Writers To Be Honored by PEN

Date: 26 March 1992

An Asian poet and founder of a feminist magazine and a Haitian political reporter, both in prison, are winners of this year's Freedom-to-Write Award to be presented by the writers' organization PEN at a literary gala on April 13. The recipients were chosen because their situations "are the most pressing and dramatic and need immediate attention," said Edmund Keeley, the president of the PEN American Center.

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Senators Are Urged to Press Reporters on Thomas Leaks

Date: 25 March 1992

By Clifford Krauss

Clifford Krauss

The special counsel investigating the disclosures of sexual harassment accusations against Judge Clarence Thomas asked the Senate Rules Committee today to order two journalists to divulge their confidential sources and reporting records. But the committee was on the verge of rejecting the request. Senator Mitch McConnell, a conservative Republican from Kentucky and a member of the committee, said the panel would reject the request rather than cause a confrontation with journalists and a test case over a reporter's privilege to refuse to disclose sources. Most members have indicated publicly or privately that they are not in favor of pursuing the matter.

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Senate Panel Rebuffs Prosecutor in Leak Inquiry

Date: 26 March 1992

By Clifford Krauss

Clifford Krauss

Averting a battle over the First Amendment, the two ranking members of the Senate Rules Committee today rejected a request from a special counsel to force two reporters to reveal who told them about the sexual harassment accusations against Judge Clarence Thomas. The decision appeared to doom the prospects of the investigation into the disclosures, which nearly scuttled the Thomas nomination to the Supreme Court, since many Senate staff members who might have been sources of the information have already been interviewed.

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THE 1992 CAMPAIGN: Brown; Dark Horse or Not, Brown Enjoys Being Able to Strut

Date: 26 March 1992

By Richard L. Berke

Richard Berke

He still sells himself as the dark horse, the renegade people's candidate. But Edmund G. Brown Jr. offered a newly optimistic assessment today of his prospects for the White House. "It's David versus Goliath," he proclaimed, "but that slingshot is getting pretty big and pretty heavy."

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PROGRESS IS SEEN IN GUATEMALA CASE

Date: 25 March 1992

Relatives of an American freelance journalist who disappeared here in 1985 have recovered what they believe to be his remains and those of a photographer traveling with him beside a rough mountain trail 90 miles northwest of Guatemala City. Sam Blake, the brother of the journalist, Nicholas Blake, said he has gathered about 200 pounds of bone fragments and soil samples, which will be delivered to a forensic pathologist at the Smithsonian Institution for further identification.

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Cambodia Chief, a Communist Survivor, Is Welcomed in U.S.

Date: 25 March 1992

By Barbara Crossette

Barbara Crossette

In the turbulent recent history of Cambodia, Hun Sen has been a survivor. He came of age in the ranks of the Khmer Rouge, turned against them to serve the Vietnamese and is now gambling on a peace plan that promises to turn his battered Communist country into a democracy. Mr. Hun Sen, the 40-year-old Communist Prime Minister of Cambodia, is on his first visit to Washington this week and the Bush Administration, which does not recognize his Government, is extending a cautious welcome nonetheless.

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Allied-Signal

Date: 26 March 1992

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

Allied-Signal Inc. said it would build a $40 million plant in Baton Rouge, La., to produce alternatives to chlorofluorocarbons, the chemicals used in refrigerants, solvents and aerosol sprays that are believed to be a cause of depletion of the earth's protective ozone layer. The plant, expected to begin production in 1994, will be Allied-Signal's second plant to produce CFC alternatives. The new plant will initially produce HCF-134a, a non-ozone-depleting fluorocarbon used in air-conditioning and refrigeration, the company said. The company said it had committed more than $250 million to research and development of CFC alternatives.

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Open Bidding in Japan

Date: 26 March 1992

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

Japan will allow foreign construction companies to bid for an $800 million airport project in Fukuoka, Japan, the Kyodo News Service reported today from Washington. The United States Commerce Department said the Fukuoka project was the first to be opened to bidding by foreign companies under a Japan-United States construction trade agreement reached last year, Kyodo reported. Six tentative public works projects and 17 new construction projects are set to be opened up under the agreement, it said.

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Office Max Deal

Date: 26 March 1992

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

Office Max Inc., an office supply superstore chain, which is 93 percent owned by the Kmart Corporation, said it had signed a definitive agreement to acquire OW Office Warehouse Inc. for about $74.8 million in cash. Shareholders of Office Warehouse, a 12-state chain based in Virginia Beach, Va., will receive $11 a share in the merger, which is subject to stockholder approval. Office Warehouse currently has about 6.8 million shares outstanding, Michael Feuer, Office Max president, said. It was founded in 1988 by Bernard Kossar, its chairman, who has agreed to vote his shares in favor of the merger. Office Max, a 17-state chain based in Cleveland, plans to increase the number of its stores to 140 by early 1993 from 85 now.

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