Reluare duminică, 20 iulie 1997

The newspaper industry is thriving, but several projects are exploring danger signs.

Date: 21 July 1997

By Iver Peterson

Iver Peterson

Newspaper industry is thriving as a business, but some industry leaders wonder how well newspapers inform; various newspaper associations have launched studies to try to plumb some underlying problems of daily journalism and its relationship to country and readers; are unified in their sense that journalism as it is practiced today is headed for trouble; cite declining circulation and readership, polls that show rising disdain for news media and aging readership; drawing (M)

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Fantasy Sports Gets New Site On the Web

Date: 21 July 1997

By Nzong Xiong

Nzong Xiong

CNN and Sports Illustrated enter joint venture on World Wide Web called SportSim, free fantasy sports environment where players can pit their 'dream team' against teams concocted by other players (S)

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NEWS SUMMARY

Date: 20 July 1997

INTERNATIONAL 3-10 I.R.A. Plans Cease-Fire, Opening Way for Talks The Irish Republican Army said it would restore the cease-fire it broke in February 1996, opening the way for its political wing to open negotiations in September with the Irish and British Governments and other political parties in Northern Ireland. But Protestant leaders were scornful of the announcement. 1 Qatar Women Get Opportunity Women in Qatar are shedding centuries-old traditions that kept them at home, and may soon get to vote. But many strict limits still apply. 3

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Date: 21 July 1997

INTERNATIONAL A3-11 Cautious Relief in Ulster As Cease-Fire Takes Effect The Irish Republican Army's new cease-fire has officially begun, bringing a cautious sense of relief to Catholics and Protestants in Northern Ireland. The current effort to halt violence followed indications by the new British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, that he would make the pursuit of peace in Northern Ireland a priority. The previous I.R.A. cease-fire had lasted 17 months, ending in February 1996, and people know that a return to mayhem is always possible. A1

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Paxon Says He Doesn't Want Speaker's Post Despite Revolt

Date: 21 July 1997

By Steven Erlanger

Steven Erlanger

Rep Bill Paxon, who is at center of abortive effort to oust House Speaker Newt Gingrich, says he has no desire to become Speaker; other young Republicans point to Paxton as a potential successor to Gingrich; Paxton denies he participated in plot to oust Gingrich and declines to say whether majority leader, Dick Armey, or party whip, Tom DeLay, were involved; photo (M)

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In Mexico, Tales of Deception Confirm the Fears of the Deaf

Date: 21 July 1997

By Sam Dillon

Sam Dillon

Arrest of seven Mexicans on charge of smuggling 57 deaf Mexicans into US and holding them in involuntary servitude in New York City arouses considerable alarm in Mexico City, confirming widespread rumors of ill treatment suffered by thousands of deaf who travel to US each year to sell trinkets on streets from Los Angeles to Queens; events transfix deaf people and make headlines in several of city's largest newspapers; photo (M)

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Official Recommends Judge's Removal From Bench

Date: 21 July 1997

By David M. Halbfinger

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Gerald Stern, state judicial official prosecuting misconduct case against Judge Lorin Duckman of Brooklyn Criminal Court, reportedly has recommended his ouster; Duckman, focus of fierce criticism for his handling of domestic abuse cases, is charged with being biased against prosecutors and making disparaging comments toward blacks and women; photo (M)

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Paid Notice: Deaths HARRIS, JAMES W.

Date: 21 July 1997

HARRIS-James W. Of Forest Hills. On July 19, 1997. (Retired New York City Fire Department and Daily News). Beloved husband of Lenore. Devoted father of James and Michele. Loving brother of Lady Sara Lou Carter and Esther Walker. Reposing Tuesday, Glascott Funeral Home, Inc., 10203 Metropolitan Avenue, Forest Hills. Religious service at New Lots Community Church, 620 New Lots Avenue, Wednesday, 10 AM. Interment St. John's Cemetery.

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Since 1971, a Poll Just for New Jersey

Date: 20 July 1997

By George James

George James

Brief history of origins of Eagleton Poll in New Jersey (S)e

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In a Classroom, Yet at Home, Outback and Down Under

Date: 20 July 1997

By Clyde H. Farnsworth

Clyde Farnsworth

Australia links teachers with students who cannot easily get to school by radio; operates 13 schools of the air, providing both radio and correspondence lessons to students, ages 4 to 12, at ranches, fishing and mining camps, Aboriginal settlements and other remote sites; map (M)

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