CBS Film Flap: No Stringers, No News
Date: 16 October 1989
By Mike Hoover
Mike Hoover
LEAD: In banner headlines, CBS News is accused of shoddy journalism by The New York Post and, for nearly a week, Afghanistan pushes Zsa Zsa off the tabloid's cover. ''CBS Aired Fake Afghan Battles,'' The Post charged, citing a 1984 broadcast of the Evening News in which film I shot showed many electrical power pylons being blown up by
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African Rebels' Living Encyclopedia: Walter Max Ulyate Sisulu
Date: 16 October 1989
By Christopher S. Wren, Special To the New York Times
Christopher Wren
LEAD: When Walter Max Ulyate Sisulu emerged from his small stucco house in Soweto today after savoring his first few hours of freedom, he told journalists that he had never despaired that he would die in prison, where he spent the last 26 years.
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Prague Reportedly Charges Two Editors With Subversion
Date: 17 October 1989
Reuters
LEAD: Two editors of Czechoslovakia's leading independent newspaper have been arrested and charged with subversion, human-rights advocates in Prague say.
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Car Bomb in Colombia Kills 4 at Newspaper
Date: 17 October 1989
AP
LEAD: A car bomb exploded today in a northeastern Colombian city and killed four employees of a newspaper that had joined in a condemnation of cocaine traffickers.
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Washington Times Gets Aggressive as Its Big Losses Continue
Date: 16 October 1989
By David Johnston, Special To the New York Times
David Johnston
LEAD: The Washington Times is reaching for a new foothold in its uphill battle for readers in the nation's capital, with sensational articles like its front-page reports on Representative Barney Frank's relationship with a male prostitute.
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Kremlin Leader Lashes at Press, Raising Its Fears
Date: 17 October 1989
By Bill Keller, Special To the New York Times
Bill Keller
LEAD: President Mikhail S. Gorbachev has sharply rebuked some of the leading practitioners of glasnost, and accused the liberated press of sowing division and discontent.
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New U.S. Prosecutor Ushers In a Low-Key Style
Date: 16 October 1989
By William Glaberson
William Glaberson
LEAD: Otto G. Obermaier, who is to be sworn in as the new United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York at 4 P.M. today, has something to say: ''I have no message to deliver and I will have no message to deliver. The prosecutor's office speaks in the courtroom.''
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News Summary
Date: 17 October 1989
LEAD: International A3-15 The U.S. is ready to help Moscow with advice and technical aid to restructure the Soviet economy and society, Secretary Baker said. Page A1 Excerpts from Baker's speech A14 President Gorbachev rebuked some of the leading practitioners of glasnost in a meeting on Friday.
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NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 16 October 1989
LEAD: INTERNATIONAL A3-13 Released South African prisoners called for the release of Nelson Mandela. They also said they would continue to work for the banned African National Congress. A1
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'Murphy Brown' Stays on Top of the News
Date: 16 October 1989
By Jeremy Gerard
Jeremy Gerard
LEAD: The writer was a relative newcomer to situation comedy, a high-stakes, high-pressure world that eats talented writers for breakfast and often spits them out by noon. The beautiful film actress was nobody's idea of the star of a half-hour series.
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