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Date: 01 February 1987
LEAD: There's little doubt that CBS ''personality'' people are more interested in promoting themselves than the news, and in preaching grade-school admonitions that turn important news items into immature object lessons.
Date: 01 February 1987
LEAD: In this era of changing telecast journalism, for CBS to look backward to find itself is hardly a testament to the vision of its president, Laurence A. Tisch, or, for that matter, Dan Rather and company (''CBS News in Search of Itself,'' by Peter J. Boyer, Dec. 28).
Date: 01 February 1987
LEAD: I do not think that CBS News has to apologize for itself or to search for itself. Dan Rather - ''the bulldog reporter,'' as you call him -has the right instincts to keep CBS News in the proud tradition of Murrow and Cronkite. Anyone who survived Vietnam, Afghanistan and the 1968 Democratic National
Date: 01 February 1987
LEAD: At a salary that ''pays him about $3 million a year,'' Dan Rather makes sure that his agent secures for him ''veto power over co-anchor candidates'' but neglects to demand equal control over news quality. This shows you where his priorities lie. PAULINE PIEKARZ Yonkers
Date: 01 February 1987
LEAD: I was distressed by the full-page picture of Diane Sawyer, seated, facing a man of color wearing a headset. He is telling her something of importance, because he has her undivided attention, but the man's name is not mentioned. He is James E. Wall, and he is the stage manager of ''60 Minutes'' and of the ''CBS Evening News With Dan Rather.
Date: 31 January 1987
Special to the New York Times
LEAD: Nortek Inc. has purchased a 7.8 percent stake in the Rexham Corporation and said it might seek control of the Charlotte, N.C., packaging products concern. In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Nortek said it had bought the Rexham shares ''with a view to acquiring a significant equity interest'' in the company, but added that any possible acquisition of the company was ''subject to future developments.
Date: 31 January 1987
Reuters
LEAD: The General Motors Corporation said its Fisher Guide division plans a gradual phase-out of operations at the Detroit Fort Street plant to be completed by the end of the 1989 model year. It said efforts would be made to cushion the impact of the closing on the plant's 2,057 employees. The 1.5-million-square-foot plant builds a variety of car parts, such as foam arm rests, door trim panels and instrument panels.
Date: 31 January 1987
Reuters
LEAD: The Holiday Corporation said it had received commitments from three banks for $1.23 billion in financing for its previously announced recapitaliztion plan. The company also said it had set Feb. 27 as the date for the special meeting at which stockholders will vote on the plan. Under the plan, Holiday shareholders will receive a $65-a-share dividend and retain ownership of about 90 percent of the company's stock to be outstanding.
Date: 31 January 1987
By Lawrence M. Fisher, Special To the New York Times
Lawrence
LEAD: H. Ross Perot, founder of the Electronic Data Systems Corporation, confirmed today that he had invested $20 million for a 16 percent stake and a board seat in Next Inc., the start-up company formed by Apple Computer Inc.'s co-founder, Steven P. Jobs.