Reluare duminică, 29 august 1982

BOSTON TV STATIONS BATTLING OVER NEWS ANCHORS

Date: 30 August 1982

By Tony Schwartz, Special To the New York Times

Tony Schwartz

It was scarcely an uncommon occurrence in the itinerant world of television news: an anchor, nearing the end of his contract, jumps to a competitor. In the subsequent three months, however, the move has turned the country's sixth largest television market topsy-turvy, provoked heated charges and countercharges, set off a substantial restructuring of salaries for local newsmen and prompted the resignation of a leading local news executive disheartened by what he called ''the star wars.'' The ''star'' who prompted the war is Tom Ellis. On June 11, Mr. Ellis, already the highest paid anchor in the Boston market, at $160,000, jumped from WCVB-TV, the local ABC affiliate, to WNEV-TV, the local CBS affiliate, for a salary reported to be in excess of $500,000 a year. A Co-Anchor Is Hired Several weeks later, WNEV hired a co-anchor, Robin Young, for a salary also said to be above $500,000. WCVB, pressed not to lose its other top anchor, Natalie Jacobson, offered her a new contract at approximately five times her previous salary - and comparable to that paid Mr. Ellis and Miss Young.

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It's a Deal At the 'News'

Date: 29 August 1982

By Richard Levine and William E. Rhoden

Richard Levine

Millions of readers for whom no News would have been bad news had reason to cheer last week. The Daily News came to terms with the last of its 11 unions on a plan to cut costs, ending months of uncertainty at the nation's largest general interest newspaper.

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POLAND'S QUIET PRELATE

Date: 30 August 1982

By John Darnton, Special To the New York Times

John Darnton

There is irony in the fact that Archbishop Jozef Glemp, the Primate of Poland, embodies many of the Christian virtues. He is genuinely humble and modest. He is reflective, charitable and caring. He strives for collegiate rule, shunning the autocratic ways of many of his predecessors. During his infrequent interviews with the press, the Archbishop shies away from providing details of his personal life, out of a sense that this is ''showing off.'' When he receives visitors in the ornate palace that is the Primate's residence on Miodowa Street, in a vast, wood-paneled reception room with grim-faced paintings of earlier Primates looking down, he prefers to sit at a table to one side than upon the elevated, crimson-backed throne reserved for the spiritual leader of this fervently Roman Catholic nation. The explanation for the irony is that at this particular point in Poland's troubled affairs, some Roman Catholics would prefer to see a fighter, a strong-minded, iron-lunged savior. Some long for the Primate's predecessor and mentor, Stefan Cardinal Wyszynski, who succumbed to cancer in May 1981 after 32 years of ruling the church. They assume, undoubtedly mistakenly, that he would stand up more strongly to the martial law authorities.

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Escaping Disaster

Date: 29 August 1982

By Richard Haitch

Richard Haitch

Three hours into their search of rubble in last month's jetliner crash outside New Orleans, rescuers had all but given up hope of finding further victims alive. Then one spotted a carpet and a mattress moving.

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Marriage for Pay

Date: 29 August 1982

By Richard Haitch

Richard Haitch

Some soldiers at Fort Benning, Ga., were reported entering into marriages of convenience with other soldiers at the base to get extra pay. One soldier, identified only as Jack, said in February 1981: ''I needed money, and she needed more money.''

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Converts to Judaism

Date: 29 August 1982

By Richard Haitch

Richard Haitch

In a historic step, Reform Jews began a vigorous program in December 1981 to invite conversions by Americans who expressed no religious preference. The plan, aimed especially at non-Jewish partners in mixed marriages, was approved by a convention of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, composed of 735 Reform synagogues.

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'Social' Car Risks

Date: 29 August 1982

By Richard Haitch

Richard Haitch

Saying auto insurance rates were based on ''social engineering at its worst,'' the New Jersey Insurance Commissioner ordered insurers in April 1981 to stop using age, sex, marital status and scholastic standing as factors in computing rates. The Commissioner, James J. Sheeran, cited the example of a teenager in Newark paying $2,500 while an adult in Princeton with the same driving record paid $250 for identical insurance coverage.

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ECONOMISTS DEBATE WHETHER GOOD NEWS WILL BE BETTERED

Date: 29 August 1982

By Edward Cowan

Edward Cowan

Not two weeks after interest rates tumbled with dramatic suddenness, touching off a hectic stock market rally and encouraging Republican hopes for Election Day, the cost of credit crept up late last week, prompting concerns that the Federal Reserve's tight monetary policy would block a solid, sustained recovery from the year-long recession. By week's end, the questions troubling many corpo rate treasurers, Washington politicians and savers with a thousand or two to invest included these. Has the decline in interest rates run its course? Or was the rise of short-term money-market rates on Thursday and Friday merely a brief reversal in what will emerge within a month or two as a continuing downward trend? On the answers could turn the vigor and duration of the economic recovery that may - or may not - be putting down roots this summer. If interest rates continue to fall between Labor Day and the Nov. 2 Congressional elections, prospects for a revival in autos, housing and even capital goods will brighten. But if interest rates are rising or merely steady, the recent financial community nervousness about banks and bankruptcies, and Washington's worries about record postwar unemployment - 9.8 percent in July - are likely to persist.

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News Summary; MONDAY, AUGUST 30, 1982

Date: 30 August 1982

International A ''real disaster'' in the Middle East was predicted by King Hussein of Jordan unless some movement was made soon toward a solution of the Palestinian problem and a just and durable peace. The King said he would consider any new American peace initiative that went beyond the Camp David accords. (Page A1, Column 4.) A convoy two miles long carried more than 1,200 Palestinian guerrillas from Beirut to the Syrian border, where they received an uproarious welcome from throngs of relatives and friends. On its journey to Syria the convoy passed about 50 Beirut-bound Syrian army trucks and armored personnel carriers that will be used in the evacuation of Syrian troops from Beirut, probably today. (A6:5.) 1,700 more guerrillas left west Beirut. An Israeli spokesman said that the withdrawal of the P.L.O. fighters was proceeding at a quicker pace than had been expected when it began nine days ago. He said that about 8,700 guerrillas have left Lebanon, leaving less than half of the total now estimated by Israel still to leave. (A6:1.)

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News Summary; SUNDAY, AUGUST 29, 1982

Date: 29 August 1982

International The P.L.O. has been destroyed as a fighting force, despite being capable of individual terrorist acts, Prime Minister Menachem Begin of Israel said in an interview in which he discussed the results of the Israeli invasion of Lebanon and the prospects for peace in the area. He said that despite some disappointments with the Reagan Administration, he regarded President Reagan as ''a wonderful friend of the State of Israel.'' (Page 1, Column 1.)

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