NEWS SUMMARY: MONDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1987
Date: 05 October 1987
LEAD: INTERNATIONAL A3-10 A wide-ranging trade agreement has been forged by the United States and Canada, the two countries' Governments announced. The long-sought pact would eliminate tariffs and other trade barriers before the year 2000. Page A1 Eerie silence inside a Sikh shrine and increased violence involving suspected Sikh terrorists beyond its walls symbolize the crisis considered to pose the most serious threat to India's national unity.
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Man In The News; A Mexican on the Fast Track: Carlos Salinas de Gortari
Date: 05 October 1987
By Larry Rohter, Special To the New York Times
Larry Rohter
LEAD: From his father comes a passion for politics; from his mother, a delight in the intellectual rigors of economics. Throughout his short but successful career, friends say, Carlos Salinas de Gortari has sought to satisfy the demands of two often contradictory disciplines.
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Editors at School Give Klan Photos to County
Date: 05 October 1987
AP
LEAD: A high school student newspaper voluntarily turned over photographic negatives of a Ku Klux Klan rally to the Carroll County state's attorney after a local daily newspaper refused.
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Tribune Fete: An American In Paris at 100
Date: 04 October 1987
By James M. Markham, Special To the New York Times
James
LEAD: With pomp and flourish, The International Herald Tribune, an American newspaper abroad, celebrated its 100th anniversary in Paris this week.
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Dukakis Aides Quit; The Truth Hurts Two Campaigns
Date: 04 October 1987
LEAD: POLITICAL professionals were of several minds last week about how much damage was caused the Presidential candidacy of Gov. Michael S. Dukakis by the disclosure that it was two of his top aides who supplied a videotape that contributed to the downfall of a rival.
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The Chamorros: Nicaragua's Remarkable Press Family
Date: 04 October 1987
By Stephen Kinzer
Stephen Kinzer
LEAD: WITH the reopening of the opposition newspaper La Prensa last week, Nicaragua regained one of its most celebrated institutions, and the remarkable Chamorro family once again stepped to the forefront of national life. Both the newspaper and the family have become icons of Nicaraguan history, and both are certain to play important roles as the country advances tentatively toward liberalization under provisions of the new Central American peace accord, to go into effect Nov.
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INVENTING THE FUTURE
Date: 04 October 1987
LEAD: If it is the premise of the Media Laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (''Inventing the Future,'' by Edward Dolnick, Aug. 23) that such a think tank holds the key ''to invent [ ing ] the future of newspapers, cinema, television and music,'' it is - or at least I hope it is - a mistaken one.
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INVENTING THE FUTURE
Date: 04 October 1987
LEAD: Nicholas P. Negroponte predicts ''Newspapers as we know them won't exist.'' The computer age will bring newspapers ''printed for a readership of one,'' delivered on computer screens. Mr. Negroponte may meet some resistance.
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Dial-a-Teacher For Help at Home
Date: 04 October 1987
LEAD: NEW YORK CITY elementary school pupils can let their fingers find the answers if a homework problem stumps them. By dialing (212) 777-3380, they reach the Dial-a-Teacher program, which offers help in eight languages.
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