Toistetaan maanantaina 17. lokakuuta 1983

JOURNALISTS DEBATE GUILD'S ENDORSEMENT

Date: 17 October 1983

By Jonathan Friendly

Jonathan Friendly

The Newspaper Guild's endorsement of Walter F. Mondale's Presidential aspirations has raised anew the issue of whether journalists lose credibility if they and their organizations take partisan political positions. Charles A. Perlik Jr., president of the guild, whose 31,000 members include reporters, editors and photographers involved in the coverage of Presidential campaigns, said some members were worried that the union's vote would call journalistic impartiality into question. But he said the majority of the guild's executive board and probably most of the membership believed that ''we should not surrender our right to speak out on issues of such consequence.'' Mr. Perlik cast the union's vote for Mr. Mondale, who is seeking the Democratic nomination for President, at the general board meeting in Hollywood, Fla., of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations on Oct. 5, when the labor federation voted to endorse the former Vice President.

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Magazine Ad Pages Rose 8% in September

Date: 18 October 1983

By Philip H. Dougherty

Philip Dougherty

One indication that things are looking up in the magazine business is that the Publishers Information Bureau now lists ad pages before ad revenues without embarrassment in its monthly advertising report. During those recent tight days of unpleasant memory, it was always the other way around, since with the customary annual rate increases, the revenues always looked better than the pages, which were sometimes in a zero-growth situation.

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SNIPERS IN BEIRUT KILL A U.S. MARINE AND HIT 3 OTHERS

Date: 17 October 1983

By Thomas L. Friedman, Special To the New York Times

Thomas Friedman

Snipers opened fire on the American Marine contingent in Beirut for the third day in a row, killing one marine and wounding three others, a Marine spokesman said tonight. Hours earlier in the southern Lebanese town of Nabatiye, a Reuters reporter on the scene said one man was killed and at least seven were wounded in a clash between Israeli troops and Moslem worshipers. The clash was one of the most serious confrontations between Israeli troops and Lebanese civilians in southern Lebanon since the Israelis entered Lebanon last year. Dispute Over Clash The Reuters report said that the Israeli troops opened fire on the worshipers and that four Israeli soldiers were hurt when the crowd retaliated with stones and sticks.

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Investors Buy Condec StakeStates News Service

Date: 18 October 1983

Three investors have acquired 9 percent of the common stock of the Condec Corporation with the possibility of gaining control of the Greenwich, Conn., heavy machinery manufacturer. The investors, Farley Metals Inc. of Chicago; William F. Farley, director and president of Farley Metals Inc., and the Farley Metals Inc. Employee Benefit Master Trust, were earlier rejected in an attempt to seek a leveraged buyout of Condec. Condec has filed a suit in Federal District Court in New York charging that Mr. Farley and other Farley Metals officers failed to disclose in an earlier Securities and Exchange Commission filing that they planned to take control of the company.

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PROGRAMMING SWITCH AT CHANNEL 13

Date: 18 October 1983

By Sally Bedell Smith

Sally Smith

WNET-TV, Channel 13, the New York metropolitan area's major public-television station, has shaken up its weekend schedule, replacing its long-time block of children's programs on Saturday mornings, including ''Sesame Street,'' ''Mister Rogers, '' and ''The Electric Company,'' with public-affairs programs. As part of the change, Sunday morning, which previously accommodated two hours of children's shows, is now being devoted entirely to such programs, from 7:30 A.M. until noon. ''Sesame Street,'' ''The Electric Company'' and ''Mister Rogers,'' which previously had been broadcast on both weekend days, now appear on Sundays only.

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Lisa Baker Is Married To Robert Brill, Editor

Date: 17 October 1983

Elizabeth Jane Baker, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Laurence S. Baker of Pleasantville, N.Y., was married yesterday to Robert Michael Brill, son of Mr. and Mrs. Abraham Brill of Scarsdale, N.Y. Rabbi Jack Stern Jr. performed the ceremony at the Baker home. The bride, who is known as Lisa, is manager of the Emigre Orchestra in New York and was formerly a researcher with CBS News in New York.

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GERMAN SAYS ARMS TALKS MAY CONTINUE

Date: 17 October 1983

By James M. Markham

James

West Germany's Foreign Minister, Hans-Dietrich Genscher, said today that the Soviet leadership was considering remaining at the Geneva arms limitation talks even after the projected deployment of American medium-range missiles in Western Europe. But the West German politician said that in two days of discussions here with the Soviet Foreign Minister, Andrei A. Gromyko, there had been ''nothing forthcoming'' to suggest a modification of Moscow's position. ''The Soviet leadership is seriously considering whether or not to continue the negotiations,'' said Mr. Genscher at a news conference. ''And I would caution against any early conclusions. I will not speculate over where this might lead.''

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TWO WHITE HOUSE AIDES AFFIRM REAGAN WILL RUN FOR RE-ELECTION

Date: 17 October 1983

Two of President Reagan's top political operatives said today they were sure he would run for re-election in 1984. James A. Baker 3d, the White House chief of staff, said, ''In my personal opinion, he is going to run.'' Mr. Baker added: ''Those of us who work with him on a day-to-day basis all feel that way.'' Edward J. Rollins, the campaign director for the Reagan-Bush '84 Committee, said that ''I am 100 percent convinced that the President is going to run'' and said the Republican Party planned to spend $21 million on Mr. Reagan's behalf in primary elections.

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OVERREACTION TO FED POLICY

Date: 17 October 1983

By Michael Quint

Michael Quint

Economists have been accused of predicting nine of the last five recessions, but that overzealous record does not seem any worse than that of traders of Treasury securities, who have a habit of predicting many more changes in Federal Reserve monetary policy than actually occurr. The past few months have been a good example of the overanticipation that is common among traders, investors and Fed watchers who constantly react to any news that might be construed as pointing toward higher or lower interest rates. Despite the recent rate fluctuations, Victor Chang, director of research and marketing at Ehrlich- Bober Government Securities Inc., said, ''There was no fundamental change in Fed policy, but there was a tendency by market participants to overreact and overanalyze.'' ''The market hates to trade flat,'' said Robert A. Brusca, a vice president and money market analyst at the Irving Trust Company.

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CANADIANS SIGN PACT WITH U.S. ON GREAT LAKES

Date: 17 October 1983

By Bernard Gwertzman, Special To the New York Times

Bernard Gwertzman

The United States and Canada signed a new agreement today to cleanse the Great Lakes further of phosphorus pollutants. However, they were still at odds over the American failure to produce a program for reducing acid rain over eastern North America. ''Canadians are becoming impatient with this issue,'' Charles L. Caccia, Canada's Minister of the Environment, said at a news conference after the meetings with American officials. The issue of acid rain is highly emotional in Canada, and has been given top priority in the two days of talks involving Secretary of State George P. Shultz and William D. Ruckelshaus, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. Signs and brochures were scattered throughout the Hotel Nova Scotian where the Americans are staying.

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