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Date: 13 July 1987
LEAD: INTERNATIONAL A2-11 President Reagan was told of plans to use profits from the Iran arms sales for covert operations other than supporting the contras in a memo written by Rear Adm. John M. Poindexter, according to Senator Daniel K. Inouye, the Hawaii Democrat. Page A1
Date: 12 July 1987
LEAD: International 3-14 2,5.5,q>The Iran-contra investigation will continue to be aggressive despite the favorable public reaction to Lieut. Col. Oliver L. North's testimony before the Congressional committees, members of the committees said. Page 1 White House officials mishandled their approach to the Congressional testimony of Colonel North and, in the words of one official, made themselves and the President look silly in the process.
Date: 12 July 1987
LEAD: Most judges observe a simple rule when interpreting a law: If it's clear on its face, don't dig into its history looking for some more subtle meaning. New York enacted such a statute in 1970, the first state law in the nation shielding journalists, their notes and unused film footage from prosecutors' subpoenas.
Date: 12 July 1987
By George Johnson and Laura Mansnerus
George Johnson
LEAD: Many journalists have long argued that to insure the existence of an independent press they should be shielded from prosecutors who try to compel them to reveal the names of sources. In fact, some reporters argue that the First Amendment implicitly gives them this right. Similar protection has been sought for reporters' notebooks, tapes, films and other raw material used in gathering the news.
Date: 13 July 1987
By James Lemoyne, Special To the New York Times
James Lemoyne
LEAD: Two American freelance journalists living here are at the heart of an unresolved lawsuit charging that a broad conspiracy surrounded Nicaraguan rebel activities in Costa Rica, including an assassination attempt, drug-dealing and gun-running.
Date: 12 July 1987
By David E. Rosenbaum, Special To the New York Times
David Rosenbaum
LEAD: Members of the Congressional select committees say the favorable public reaction to Lieut. Col. Oliver L. North's testimony does not lessen their determination to conduct an aggressive investigation into his activities and the Reagan Administration's policies on Iran and Nicaragua.
Date: 12 July 1987
By Vicki Goldberg
Vicki Goldberg
LEAD: LAST WINTER, MARY ELLEN MARK turned her fascination with autism into an assignment. At the Mothering Center in Greenwich, Conn., she stood among the mothers and children, photographing a therapy session.
Date: 13 July 1987
LEAD: An editorial yesterday overstated the percentage of respondents in a New York Times/CBS News Poll who think Lieut. Col. Oliver North acted on his own in the Iran-contra affair. The correct figure is 4 percent.
Date: 12 July 1987
LEAD: IT was just a year ago that Donald F. James - a distillery executive and ''an exceptionally fine person,'' in the words of a minister who knew him -left a company party in Louisville, Ky., after midnight and drove head-on into a murder indictment.
Date: 12 July 1987
LEAD: AS Mayor Koch saw it, the coin-operated parking meter was doomed in New York, victim of a curse of riches. With 62,778 meters and a quarter buying as little as 10 minutes of parking in the streets, the city was hard put to keep the coin boxes from overflowing.