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Article on Child Custody Case Is Grist For High Court Test of Press Freedom

Date: 04 January 1993

By William Glaberson

William Glaberson

In this part of Florida, Charlotte May Puffinberger, a little girl whose half-sister was beaten to death, and Tim Roche, a newspaper reporter who is threatened with jail for an article he wrote about her custody case, are often mentioned together. Now their story is headed to the United States Supreme Court in a confrontation between the courts and the press that could lead to a major First Amendment decision. To reporters, prosecutors and media lawyers around the nation, the case from Stuart is becoming a test of when reporters can be forced to name their confidential sources.

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The Media Business: Press Notes; Amid Newspapers' Gloom, The Readers Start to Return

Date: 04 January 1993

By William Glaberson

William Glaberson

Conspiracy theorists in the newspaper industry have long suggested that publishers slyly emphasize signs of gloom. Then, goes the thinking, they can justify cutbacks, price increases and general Scrooge-ishness. Unfortunately for publishers wedded to the doomsday scenario, 1992 brought some really good news for the news business.

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Date: 03 January 1993

By Maureen Dowd

Maureen Dowd

Sure, it all seems beguiling now. All the lively chat about infrastructure and all the intense seminars on spiritual renewal. The slow jogging and fast-food binges, the lip curls and love handles, the New Age networking and the his-and-hers Presidential file boxes full of holiday homework.

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HSBC Unit's Growth Plan

Date: 04 January 1993

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

Marine Midland Banks, the main North American unit of international banking group HSBC Holdings of Britain, plans to acquire a multiple branch bank or savings and loan institution in its home state of New York this year, The South China Morning Post reported today. Marine Midland's chief executive James Cleave declared this as his personal objective for the second half of 1993, the newspaper said.

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NEWS SUMMARY

Date: 04 January 1993

International A2-9 U.S. AND RUSSIA SIGN ARMS PACT Presidents Bush and Yeltsin signed a landmark treaty in Moscow that calls for their countries to eliminate almost three-quarters of their nuclear warheads by 2003. A1 NOSTALGIA FOR THE OLD ORDER News analysis: The signing of the Start II treaty was a poignant final adventure in George Bush's Presidency. Adding to the nostalgia was a sense that the world is more volatile than it was during the cold war. A1 President-elect Clinton welcomes an early meeting with Mr. Yeltsin. A9 America invades Moscow with fast food and videocassettes. A8 SOMALI CROWD ATTACKS U.N. Rock-throwing protesters besieged the United Nations compound in Somalia's capital. It was the second country in a week to protest the arrival of Secretary General Boutros-Ghali on a peace mission. A1 The Marines leisurely came to the rescue of the U.N. leader. A6 Somalia's warring factions are to open talks today in Ethiopia. A6 The U.N. will pull aid workers from a port where one was killed. A6 SHELLS ISOLATE 400 PALESTINIANS Shells landed near tents in southern Lebanon where about 400 Palestinians are living after being expelled by Israel. The Palestinians said Israelis were trying to prevent people from bringing them food. A2 An Israeli intelligence agent was slain in Jerusalem. A2 WITH A MAP, BOSNIAN FOES MEET Radovan Karadzic, leader of the Serbian nationalists who have seized two-thirds of Bosnia, met in Geneva with Bosnia's Muslim President, Alija Izetbegovic. They gave conflicting reports of their talks. A3 Germany's Economics Minister resigns over aid to a cousin. A3 Svaty Jur Journal: Cut off, Slovaks search for their identity. A4 National A10-13, B12 CLINTON FILLS ECONOMIC SEAT Responding to pressure to name a prominent mainstream economist to his Council of Economic Advisers, Bill Clinton has offered a seat on the council to Alan Blinder of Princeton University, and Mr. Blinder has accepted, Clinton aides said. A1 NAVIGATING THE TV DIAL Plans by a cable television company to expand its systems tenfold in some cities provoked the lament, "500 channels and nothing on." But a more fundamental problem remains: how would anyone know? Simply figuring out what's on television is becoming skilled labor. A1 COURT TEST FOR THE PRESS The case of a reporter and an abused child is headed for the Supreme Court, possibly leading to a major First Amendment decision. A10 NUTS AND BOLTS OF INAUGURATION Apart from the lofty issues of symbolism and politics involved in an inauguration, vendors are consumed with practical problems like how to connect electrical systems and how high to build bleachers, in addition to how to make money. A12 CONFIRMATION HEARINGS SET Senate committees will start conducting informal confirmation hearings of Clinton's Cabinet selections this week. A12 SNOW SHUTS DOWN RESORT TOWN Tahoe City Journal: Vacationers and merchants dug out from one of the worst winter storms to hit the Sierra Nevadas in a decade. A10 CONCERN OVER MEDICAL BILLS According to a new survey, low-income Americans are most concerned with paying doctors and hospital bills. A13 ROBOT MISSION CANCELED Scientists called off the robot Dante's mission of climbing down into an Antarctic volcano when a communications cable broke. A13 ASTEROID PHOTO RELEASED The space agency made public the first close-up photograph of a speeding asteroid whose path in space crosses Earth's orbit. B12 Metro Digest B1 BILINGUAL-EDUCATION DEBATE Two decades after bilingual education was introduced into the New York City school system, its effectiveness is the subject of debate. Champions of bilingual education assert that teaching immigrant children in their native tongues is essential to their progress. But critics say the program has developed serious flaws. A1 Sports C1-9 A COMEBACK TO REMEMBER As soon as Steve Christie's field goal sailed between the goal posts, the yelling and cheering began. Buffalo was celebrating one of sports' most historic comebacks. A1 Football: The Bills beat the Oilers, 41-38, in overtime. C1 Eagles first rally then dominate Saints, 36-20. C1 How the Oilers let it slip away. C7 Basketball: Seton Hall's Dehere a late, but fragrant, bloomer. C9 Kentucky defeats Indiana, 81-78. C9 The Barkley era in Phoenix. C3 Columns: Vescey on the Saints. C6 On Pro Football C5 Hockey: Rumors of a Hull trade preoccupy Rangers. C4 Islanders' Hogue excels at center. C4 Sports People C2 Business Digest D1 Neediest Cases B8 Arts/Entertainment C11-16 Talk of Hollywood. C11 Struggling artists. C11 Film: "Unforgiven" wins critics' award. C14 Music: Wei Hai-Ming Chinese Theater Troupe from Taiwan. C11 Amor Artis in Bach. C12 Brazilian-Caribbean songs. C13 Word and Image: 3 enduring journalists. C14 "Americas" on PBS. C16 Obituaries B14 Dr. Frank J. Rauscher Jr., leading cancer researcher. Johnny Most, sports broadcaster. Jerome S. Hardy, created Time-Life books. Editorials/Op-Ed A14-15 Editorials New Year's in the city. A huge rate hike for Empire. Folksiness at the White House New York's loss: Timothy Healy. Letters Anthony Lewis: The soul of justice. William Safire: Peeping Tom lives. Alexander Abrams and David Lipsky: The boomlet generation. Osha Gray Davidson: Farming the system.

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NEWS SUMMARY

Date: 03 January 1993

International 3-13 A PROPOSAL TO REMAP BOSNIA Leaders of factions involved in the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina met in Geneva and began discussing plans to redraw the map of the former Yugoslav republic into 10 provinces. Creation of these regions, to be dominated in various areas by each of the combatants or in combination, would be an attempt to recognize territorial demands without formally engaging in ethnic partition. 1 Guests dodged snipers to attend a New Year's lunch in Sarajevo. 6 IN TOKYO, LESS WINING AND DINING Japan seems to be turning away from its conspicuous consumption of the late 1980's. Sales of Cognac and designer handbags are declining, and some say the trend may last. 1 U.N. PLANS SOMALI PEACE TALKS Secretary General Boutros-Ghali is in Somalia today, between stops in neighboring Ethiopia, where he is to convene a meeting of leaders of many of Somalia's battling factions in the hope of restoring some measure of civil authority. 3 BUSH ARRIVES IN MOSCOW Keeping President Yeltsin's weak domestic position in mind, the United States made significant concessions in a nuclear arms reduction treaty with Russia, Administration officials said. President Bush arrived in Moscow to sign the pact. 8 PANEL OPPOSES NEW KENYA VOTE An election-monitoring group said that fraud marred Kenya's balloting last week. But it declined to endorse calls for a new vote. 3 Lithuania's new Foreign Minister says policy has been too insular. 7 Afghanistan's new President pleaded for unity after a disputed vote. 9 Archeologists find the model of an early horse in Syria. 10 Russian defector says faulty radar doomed Korean airliner in 1983. A10 The P.L.O. says droves of Palestinian refugees have left Lebanon. 11 For Venezuela's Muslims, the highest minaret in the West. 13 National 14-22 AN UNSETTLING LEGACY As President Bush submits a budget outline to Congress this week, he leaves his successor a Federal debt whose size will severely narrow the new Administration's options. 1 Clinton is expected to fill top White House posts this week. 19 Twelve earlier Commanders in Chief never served in uniform. 20 The new national security adviser finally "drives the tractor." 16 Bush's Iran-contra deposition of 1988 was videotaped. 17 THE WINTER OF CONTENT This is the time of cuddling, coddling and cooing, that brief, heady respite in which Americans treat their new President like a just-born baby. He'd better enjoy it while he can. 1 NEW SEASON ON CAPITOL HILL The 103d Congress will convene on Tuesday, with the Democratic majority hoping to prove that inaction in Washington can end now that there will be a Democratic President. 16 In Texas, there is no stampede to succeed Bentsen. 14 AN ISLAND UNDER SIEGE The North American Free Trade Agreement is posing a threat to Puerto Rico's economic gains. 1 WHERE THE CELLS ARE EMPTY Two years ago, needing an economic lift, the quiet farming town of Appleton, Minn., decided to go into the prison business. What it needs now are prisoners. 14 PSYCHIATRY AND THE CHURCH The long period of rocky relations between psychiatry and the Roman Catholic Church appears over. Indeed, many leaders of the profession who will meet with the Pope tomorrow are themselves Catholics. 22 A robot's descent into a volcano was called off when a cable broke. 15 Metro 23-28 FIGHT OVER APPROACH TO AIDS Earlier this month, St. Vincent's Hospital abruptly cancelled its annual observance of World AIDS Day. The move offered a glimpse into a tug-of-war between the Roman Catholic Church and the public health establishment over how to prevent new infections. 1 ARMORED BUT NOT INVINCIBLE They are entrusted with the ultimate in valuables. But the largely unregulated courier services that deliver billions of dollars in the New York area are dismayingly vulnerable to theft, officials say. 23 Methods differ for transporting cash. 26 The watch for the Messiah in Crown Heights. 23 Obituaries 30 Neediest Cases 28

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Fleetwood Is the B-I-G News for 1993

Date: 03 January 1993

By Marshall Schuon

Marshall Schuon

WE talked here last week about Lincoln's Town Car, a prime example of modern technology applied to the big and somewhat old-fashioned version of American luxury. Spacious passenger compartment, rear-wheel drive, V8 engine, all that. But Ford revamped the Lincoln for 1990, and the real news in automotive cabin-cruisers this year comes from Cadillac, which has stretched and redesigned its 1993 Fleetwood four-door, making it the longest -- and generally the biggest -- production car sold anywhere in the world.

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Date: 03 January 1993

Because of holiday production requirements, the main news pages are printed today in one section. The Metro Report begins on page 23.

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Dinkins on TV

Date: 04 January 1993

Mayor David N. Dinkins's State of the City message, which is expected to begin at noon today and last about a half-hour, will be televised live on New York 1, the cable news station, and on WNYC-TV, according to the Mayor's office.

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London Notebook: Canary Wharf Sees a New Bank Line

Date: 04 January 1993

By Erik Ipsen, International Herald Tribune

Erik Ipsen

Soon, said a spokesman for London's Canary Wharf office development, "We will be shouting from the roof tops." Under normal circumstances that would mean good news is forthcoming. But in the case of the £1.4 billion ($2.1 billion) Canary Wh

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