Chronicle
Date: 10 September 1990
By Robert E. Tomasson
Robert Tomasson
LEAD: After 18 years as the executive editor of The Philadelphia Inquirer, during which time the newspaper won 17 Pulitzer Prizes, EUGENE L. ROBERTS will become a tenured professor of journalism at the University of Maryland at College Park. After a year of travel, mostly in Southeast Asia, Mr. Roberts, 58 years old, will join the university's public affairs reporting program, which includes faculty-directed student news bureaus in Washington and Annapolis.
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A Bidding War for Hungary's Newly Freed Press
Date: 09 September 1990
By Celestine Bohlen, Special To the New York Times
Celestine Bohlen
LEAD: In Hungary, the Government and journalists all agree they want a free and independent press. The fight is over who should own it.
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New York's Out-of-Town Reviews
Date: 09 September 1990
By Claudia H. Deutsch
Claudia Deutsch
LEAD: New Yorkers think they know what fascinates outsiders about New York. Theater, assuredly. Crime, probably. Fancy restaurants and hotels, most certainly. But articles about New York in the newspapers of Seattle, San Francisco, Washington, Boston and other major cities in the last two years barely mention these mainstays.
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Dear Comrade Editor...
Date: 09 September 1990
LEAD: For most of the years since its founding in 1923, Ogonyok, which means ''a small fire,'' was an undistinguished weekly photo-feature magazine, a pallid Soviet version of Life. Since the Soviet Union began loosening restraints on the press in 1985, Ogonyok has become the hottest mass-circulation magazine in the Soviet Union.
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NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 10 September 1990
LEAD: International A3-17
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Confrontation in the Gulf; Transcript of Bush-Gorbachev News Conference at Summit
Date: 10 September 1990
Special to The New York Times
LEAD: Following is a transcript of the news conference by President Bush and President Mikhail S. Gorbachev in Helsinki today, as recorded by the Federal News Service, a transcription company: OPENING STATEMENT Following is a transcript of the news conference by President Bush and President Mikhail S. Gorbachev in Helsinki today, as recorded by the Federal News Service, a transcription company: OPENING STATEMENT PRESIDENT BUSH: Well, I've been advised that I'm to take the first question, and if so, I would identify Helen Thomas of the U.P. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Q. I'd like to ask both Presidents whether we are going to have a war in the Persian Gulf? And I'd like to follow up. BUSH: Well, with your permission, Mr. President, I hope that we can achieve a peaceful solution, and the way to do that is to have Iraq comply with the United Nations resolutions. And I think that part of our joint statement, two short lines, said it most clearly - nothing short of the complete implementation of United Nations Security Council resolutions is acceptable. As soon as Saddam Hussein realizes that, then there certainly will be a peaceful resolution to this question. Q. How about President Gorbachev? What do you think?
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Canada Blocks Book by Former Israeli Agent
Date: 10 September 1990
Special to The New York Times
LEAD: The Israeli Government was reported over the weekend to have won a court order temporarily blocking Canadian publication of a book that purportedly discloses sensitive information about the operations of Mossad, the Israeli intelligence service.
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Confrontation in the Gulf; What the Russians Saw
Date: 10 September 1990
Special to The New York Times
LEAD: The summit meeting in Helsinki received hopeful, positive coverage on Government television this evening with the working closeness of President Bush and President Mikhail S. Gorbachev stressed more than the complexities of Iraq's invasion of Kuwait.
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