CBS News wants to pay newspaper reporters for tips on stories.
Date: 27 October 1997
By Iver Peterson
Iver Peterson
CBS News has taken informal connection between television news and print journalism to new level; it has sent E-mail to newspaper police and court reporters offering money for news tips that get on the air, with proviso that news reports cannot have already been broadcast elsewhere on TV, and with strong preference for news that has not even run in reporter's newspaper; newspaper editors take umbrage, claiming they have first rights to their reporters' tips (M)
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In Their Own Words
Date: 27 October 1997
Text of statement by New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani on being endorsed by editorial boards of New York Times, Newsday and The Daily News (S)
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80 Advisers Quit at American Express Unit
Date: 26 October 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Over 80 of 400 financial advisers at American Express Co unit's Detroit regional office, including vice president John Hantz, resign to open new firm; act after yearlong dispute; Hantz holds American Express does not offer customers enough investment choices (S)
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New Gay Newspaper Is Cause for Optimism
Date: 26 October 1997
Michelangelo Signorile letter says that Washington Blade is among best lesbian and gay newspapers in country and expresses optimism about its creation of New York Blade News
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NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 26 October 1997
INTERNATIONAL 3-15 Jiang Enters Spotlight On Milestone Trip to U.S. President Jiang Zemin of China appears stiff and awkward in public, but he has an unpredictable side that can lead him to break into song or take to the piano. He sets out today on his first state visit to the United States, one that is billed as a milestone and a way to showcase him now that he has amassed power. 1 Washington may let companies sell China nuclear power plants. 10 A Chance to Buy Asian Economic Analysis: Asia's financial crisis, which has lowered currency values, may give Americans the chance to buy cheaper imports and help those economies to revive. Asian consumers, shaken by falling currencies, have already cut their spending, and depend on Americans to pick up the slack. 10 A Peaceful Mood in Ireland The sectarian killing has stopped in Northern Ireland for three months now, and a sense of peace is taking root. ''The war is over,'' one hopeful resident said. 14 Italians Embrace Euro Unity Across the political spectrum, Italians are fans of European union. For some factory workers, ''joining Europe'' has meant survival. 8 Dangerous Voting in Colombia Colombia holds regional elections today. But with guerrillas vowing to blow up polling places as a way of humiliating the Government, nearly half the voters plan to stay home. 8 Indonesian Haze Holds On The haze from Indonesian forest fires, which are now four months old, is still spreading illness, ecological destruction and economic hardship across seven nations. 3 NATIONAL 16-30 House Committee Assails Pentagon on Gulf War Ills The panel that has led the chief Congressional inquiry into the illnesses of Persian Gulf war veterans will ask that the Defense Department and the Department of Veterans Affairs be stripped of their authority over the issue. A report expected to be made public next week says the agencies have so mishandled the investigation that Congress should create or designate an independent body to coordinate research into the cause of veterans' health problems. 1 Voting Again on Aided Suicide In Oregon, where the world's first voter-approved assisted suicide law was passed in 1994, a caustic campaign fueled by millions of dollars is now urging voters to repeal their original act. 1 In 'Vitamania,' a Health Gamble An estimated 100 million Americans are spending $6.5 billion a year on vitamin and mineral pills and potions, in effect volunteering for a vast, largely unregulated experiment with substances that may be helpful, harmful or simply ineffective. 1 Rethinking the Death Penalty In Massachusetts, one of only 12 states that have resisted restoring capital punishment, public outrage over a spate of killings has spurred a push to put the death penalty back on the books for the first time in 15 years. 16 Gay Prosecutor Goes Public The local prosecutor in Charleston, S.C., a Republican, finds himself ''outed'' -- forced by members of his own party, he says, to acknowledge against his will that he is gay. 16 NEW YORK/REGION 31-36 Conservatives vs. Whitman Leaders of conservative groups in New Jersey say they are either actively working to defeat Gov. Christine Todd Whitman or unable to generate much enthusiasm among their members for her candidacy. Mrs. Whitman's stands on abortion rights and gun control, among other issues, have troubled conservatives. 1 A Solitary Prison Term A Federal judge has ordered the founder of the New York chapter of the Latin Kings to serve out his prison term of life imprisonment plus 45 years in in solitary confinement. 31 OBITUARIES 38 Cong. Vote 36 Weather 36
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NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 27 October 1997
INTERNATIONAL A3-10 A Chinese Leader in U.S. For First Meeting Since '85 President Jiang Zemin of China arrived in Honolulu to begin the first state visit by a Chinese leader in 17 years. In a simple gesture laden with historical significance, he dropped a necklace of Hawaiian flowers at Pearl Harbor. Mr. Jiang is scheduled to meet President Clinton in Washington on Wednesday and to visit seven cities in seven days. A1 The sister of Wei Jingsheng, China's most prominent dissident, says that he is dying in jail and that the summit meeting this week may be his last chance to emerge from detention alive. A8
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October 19-25; But Good News for Yeltsin
Date: 26 October 1997
By Judith Miller
Judith Miller
George Soros, the Hungarian-born financier who has already given away almost $1.5 billion promoting what he calls ''open societies'' at home and abroad, made another startling pledge. Declaring that Russia both needed and deserved more Western help in its transition from Communism, Mr. Soros vowed to spend up to $500 million in the next three years in Russia trying to improve health care, expand educational opportunities and help retrain the military for civilian jobs.
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October 19-25; More Bad News For Russia's Communists
Date: 26 October 1997
By Michael Specter
Michael Specter
The Communist Party of Russia has been sliding into oblivion for quite a while. It was disbanded briefly after the failed coup attempt in 1991, and was literally shelled into submission by President Boris N. Yeltsin in 1993. But times have never been tougher for the backward-looking leaders of Russia's biggest political party. Enraged by the pace of reforms and emboldened by polls that show most Russians are too, the Communists last week called for a no-confidence vote against the current Government. Until Mr. Yeltsin made it clear he had no intention of listening to a word they said.
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World News Briefs; U.S.-Born Killer Is Freed by Israel
Date: 27 October 1997
US frees Alan Goodman, American-born Israeli who was sentenced to life in prison 15 years ago for killing Palestinian mosque guard during shooting in Temple Mount in Jerusalem (S)
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Foes of Brooklyn Junction Mall Get 2 Earfuls of Good News
Date: 26 October 1997
By Amy Waldman
Amy Waldman
Article on dangerous intersection on Fourth Avenue in Brooklyn, NYC, where four children from nearby Charles O Dewey Middle School have been hit by cars since January; photo; map (M)
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