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Date: 16 December 2001
By Jim O'Grady
Jim O'Grady
Publishers Donald and Margaret Ryan reportedly are considering selling Rockaway Point News; paper, mainstay of local culture, has been published since 1925; photo (M)
Date: 16 December 2001
By Laura Mansnerus
Laura Mansnerus
New Jersey Superior Court Judge Linda Baxter issues contempt order against Philadelphia Inquirer reporters Joseph Gambardello, George Anastasia, Dwight Ott and Emilie Lounsberry after they reveal identity of jury forewoman when case against Rabbi Fred J Neulander, charged with hiring hit man to kill his wife, ends in mistrial (S)
Date: 16 December 2001
By By Richard L. Berke
Richard Berke
Pres Bush has created an administration that is remarkably devoid of infighting, and more disciplined and loyal than any administration in decades; in Bush White House, it is considered disloyal for anyone to allow information to seep out that could reflect negatively on president; there are few leaks to press about internal debates; photo (M)
Date: 17 December 2001
INTERNATIONAL A3-10 Arafat, on TV, Urges Halt To Violence Against Israel Yasir Arafat went on Palestinian television to appeal for a halt to all armed activities against Israelis, including suicide bombings, but stopped short of asking Palestinians to abandon their revolt, and lashed out at Prime Minister Ariel Sharon for waging what he called a ''brutal war'' against people in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. A1 Arrests in India Attack Four people who admitted to conspiring in Thursday's attack on the Indian Parliament that killed 12 people were arrested in New Delhi, and named two anti-Indian militant groups operating openly in Pakistan that had organized the plot, the police said. A3
Date: 16 December 2001
INTERNATIONAL A3-26 U.S. to Press Pakistan To Act Against Militants The United States plans to increase pressure on Pakistan to curb the activities of two militant Islamic groups after a suicide attack on the Indian Parliament that killed seven people, American officials said. A26 Philippines Ready for Rescue Lt. Gen. Roy Cimatu, chief of the armed forces southern command, said a special ''rescue group'' is prepared to rush Muslim separatist kidnappers ''once visual contact is made.'' Two American missionaries and a Filipino nurse have been held hostage by the rebels for nearly seven months in the dense Philippine jungle. A19
Date: 16 December 2001
By Denny Lee
Denny Lee
Newspaper publishers and many residents are at odds over restrictions on news boxes that New York City Council is racing to adopt; residents say boxes create visual blight and bottlenecks along sidewalks; publishers maintain proposed rules violate constitutional freedoms; city officials estimate number of boxes has doubled to 50,000 in past five years; photo (M)
Date: 16 December 2001
By Anthony York
Anthony York
Anthony York reviews book One Scandalous Story: Clinton, Lewinsky, and Thirteen Days That Tarnished American Journalism by Marvin Kalb (M)
Date: 16 December 2001
DIARYThose Online Bargains Aren't Always Bargains.
Date: 16 December 2001
By Neil MacFarquhar
Neil MacFarquhar
US faces uphill battle in using latest Osama bin Laden videotape to influence Arab public opinion, which is deeply suspicious of US and tends to regard fight to dismantle Al Qaeda as American problem (M)
Date: 16 December 2001
News of the terrorist attacks and their aftermath appears today in Section B; index, Page B2.