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Date: 31 October 1991
Four journalists working in South America and Mexico have been awarded the 1991 Maria Moors Cabot Prizes from Columbia University for "the advancement of press freedom and inter-American understanding." These are the winners, who will each be honored tonight at Columbia with a gold medal and a $1,000 award:
Date: 31 October 1991
By David Margolick
David Margolick
Jury selection is to start Thursday in the case of William K. Smith, the 31-year-old Kennedy heir charged with raping a Florida woman on the family's Palm Beach estate over Easter weekend. But the task of finding six citizens sufficiently unaffected by the saturation news coverage the case has already received could prove formidable. Lawyers say interviewing potential jurors could take two weeks to a month or more, longer than the time earmarked for testimony in the trial, which is scheduled to begin Dec. 2.
Date: 30 October 1991
An article on Saturday about New York City newspapers misstated the average daily circulation of the Long Island edition of Newsday for the six months ended Sept. 30, as reported to the Audit Bureau of Circulations. It was 495,000, not 695,000.
Date: 31 October 1991
International A3-19 Israel and the Arab nations around it sat down face to face for the first time in talks aimed at settling their disputes and finding a way for Israelis and Palestinians to share the land they both call their own. Page A1
Date: 30 October 1991
INTERNATIONAL A3-13 The Middle East peace talks begin today in Madrid under a mood of guarded optimism after both Israeli and Palestinian leaders issued encouraging statements. Page A1 News analysis: The conference has already highlighted new relationships between Arabs and Arabs, between Israel and the United States and most importantly between the United States and the Soviet Union. A11
Date: 31 October 1991
* Amax Inc., New York, a metals company, said its Alumeax Inc. unit in Norcross, Ga., would form a venture in Japan with Mitsui & Co., Tokyo, and Mitsui & Co. U.S.A. Inc. The new company, to be called SSF Japan, will promote metal-forging technology. * Computer Associates International Inc., Garden City, L.I., a software company, said 15,010,368 common shares, or 83 percent of the total outstanding, of Pansophic Systems Inc., Lisle, Ill., a computer company, had been tendered and accepted for payment as of Tuesday.
Date: 31 October 1991
By Bloomberg Business News
Bloomberg News
The Halsey Drug Company said it had acquired most of H. R. Cenci Laboratories, a manufacturer of generic liquid prescription and over-the-counter products in Fresno, Calif. Jay Marcus, Halsey's president, said the company anticipated "an increase in operational efficiency and overall capacity" as a result of the acquisition. Halsey Drug, based in Brooklyn, and its subsidiaries make generic drugs and vitamins. The company sells its products under the Blue Cross name and other private labels.
Date: 31 October 1991
Barry F. Sullivan, chairman and chief executive of the First Chicago Corporation, will take early retirement by next April, the company said yesterday. A spokeswoman for First Chicago, the nation's 13th largest banking company, said Mr. Sullivan, 60 years old, wanted to pursue civic interests. A Bronx native and graduate of Georgetown University, Mr. Sullivan spent 23 years at Chase Manhattan. After he was passed over for the top spot there, he left New York in 1980 for First Chicago.
Date: 31 October 1991
John A. Kofalt, the chief operating officer of the Cablevision Systems Corporation, will become president on Jan. 1. He will succeed John Tatta, who has been named chairman of the executive committee. Both appointments were announced yesterday. Mr. Kofalt, 49 years old, a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, has been with Cablevision since 1976. In 1981, he was named group vice president in charge of all company-managed cable operations.
Date: 30 October 1991
Turner Broadcasting System Inc. said today that it had signed a definitive agreement to acquire Hanna-Barbera Productions Inc., the Hollywood cartoon producer, for $320 million. Turner said the acquisition would be made as a 50-50 joint venture with a partner, the Apollo Investment Fund, led by the financier Leon Black.