Soviet TV News
Date: 02 December 1987
LEAD: American publications may not have much of an appetite for such news out of the Soviet Union as ''Volunteers Harvest Uzbekistan Cotton by Hand'' or ''Substandard Auto Services Plague Khabarovsk,'' but Soviet television's version of arms control talks in Geneva or a new flare-up in the Persian Gulf could be a different story - at least the owners of Worldview Inc.
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News Seems Held Hostage At Prison Site
Date: 03 December 1987
By James Barron, Special To the New York Times
James Barron
LEAD: Shortly before noon on the third day of the uprising at the Federal prison here, a dozen reporters signed a handwritten note. It was a request for a briefing on 25 hostages who had been taken captive the night before and five others who had been freed.
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NEWS SUMMARY: THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1987
Date: 03 December 1987
LEAD: International A3-19 Washington charged Moscow with a new technical violation of the 1972 anti-ballistic missile treaty. The charge may increase Senate opposition to the treaty to eliminate medium- and shorter-range missiles.
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NEWS SUMMARY: WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1987
Date: 02 December 1987
LEAD: International A3-19
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A Tough Ox For Afghans: Najibullah
Date: 02 December 1987
By John Kifner, Special To the New York Times
John Kifner
LEAD: He is called the Ox. The nickname for Afghanistan's Soviet-sponsored leader, Najibullah, refers not only to his bulky physique, but also to his stubborn, driving power and his approach to obstacles in his path.
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A Calm Voice For Chicago: Eugene Sawyer Jr.
Date: 03 December 1987
By Isabel Wilkerson, Special To the New York Times
Isabel Wilkerson
LEAD: In the tumult of Chicago politics, Eugene Sawyer has been considered the calm voice of reason that could appeal to the city's many opposing factions.
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In New York's Newspaper War, Tabloids Race to the Final Battle
Date: 02 December 1987
By Alex S. Jones
Alex Jones
LEAD: The combatants in New York City's bitter tabloid newspaper war - The Daily News, The New York Post and New York Newsday - appear to be on the threshold of a final melee that could determine the city's newspaper landscape for many years to come.
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Manila Is Split Over Order To Oust Australian Reporter
Date: 03 December 1987
Special to the New York Times
LEAD: The Philippine Government ordered the expulsion of an Australian reporter today, revoked the order, then reinstated it in a bureaucratic tug of war.
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Anchors of 4 Networks To Interview Reagan
Date: 02 December 1987
By Peter J. Boyer
Peter Boyer
LEAD: A day after Mikhail S. Gorbachev's appearance on American television, the White House arranged yesterday for an unusual four-way session between President Reagan and the anchors from ABC, NBC, CBS and the Cable News Network.
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2 Say Officials Withhold Data
Date: 02 December 1987
AP
LEAD: Two organizations of journalists today accused the Justice Department of refusing to enforce the Freedom of Information Act. Officials of the two groups urged Congress to create an independent agency to resolve disputes over access to Government files.
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