25th of May 1992 News
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Get the Courts Back on Camera
Date: 26 May 1992
After closing the courthouses to video cameras for a year, New York State's legislature is moving to let them back in. The bill now gathering support in Albany isn't perfect but it would at least reopen the civil and criminal courts to the light that cameras uniquely provide. Courts in all but half a dozen states now allow cameras -- including television cameras that record the proceedings for later use on the evening news or cable channels. Helped by wise supervision and today's quiet cameras, courts have overcome the fear of photography born in the boisterous era of the Lindbergh kidnapping trial.
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A Convention in Search of a Theme
Date: 26 May 1992
By James Barron
James Barron
Three little words that television viewers watching the Democratic National Convention in July will not see behind Gov. Bill Clinton when the delegates' votes have been counted and the balloons have cascaded from the rafters -- assuming, as the staff planning the convention does, that he wins the nomination -- are "we the people." The backdrop behind the podium, perhaps the most valuable square footage inside Madison Square Garden in terms of capturing television viewers' attention, is being changed. To what, the Democrats have not decided.
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THE 1992 CAMPAIGN: Undeclared Candidate; Perot Stresses Homey Image, But the Image Is No Accident
Date: 26 May 1992
By Michael Kelly
Michael Kelly
When Ross Perot talks of himself and his current position, he likes to conjure a picture of "a happy accident," an innocent abroad in the wilds and wiles of media-land. "I don't have a handler," he says with pride. "I don't have anyone who tells me what kind of suit to wear, what kind of tie to wear. I don't have any powder on my face." He boasts of his unsuitability for television politics, poking fun at his Texas country-boy accent, his big, beaten nose, the great out-sticking ears that frame his face like cartilaginous quotation marks. He generally ends his litany of curiously likable flaws with the same shrugging summary. "What you see," he says, "is what you get." Spinning Out a Hero This is true, but it is also true that what you see of Mr. Perot is by his own careful design. He is a master salesman, and for 25 years, he has done much of his selling -- of causes, business ventures, ultimately of himself -- through the press. The history of his dealings suggests Mr. Perot understands the ways of news organizations considerably better than they understand the ways of Mr. Perot.
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Egypt Deal for Nissan
Date: 25 May 1992
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
The Nissan Motor Company will soon begin assembling cars in Egypt in a joint venture with an Egyptian company, the Nihon Keizai newspaper reported today. The newspaper said Nissan, Japan's second-largest auto maker after Toyota, had not yet settled all of the details.
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Pacific Selling Drug Chain
Date: 26 May 1992
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Pacific Enterprises has agreed to sell its remaining stock in the Thrifty Corporation and its 620 Thrifty Drug Stores to Leonard Green & Associates, a Los Angeles investment group. Pacific, which has had financial problems for a year, said last week that it would sell the business to focus on its utilities. The company owns the Southern California Gas Company, which had $2.9 billion in revenues last year.
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European Official Will Meet With Baker on Trade Talks
Date: 26 May 1992
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
The European Community's minister for external affairs, Frans Andriessen, will hold talks Wednesday with Secretary of State James A. Baker 3d in Washington to try to unblock the global trade talks that have been deadlocked for more than a year. "We don't know whether or not there will be a change in attitude in Washington, but we have to go all the same," a spokesman for the European Community commission said today.
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NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 26 May 1992
International A3-10 SNARES IN POLISH CAPITALISM Viewers in Poland are now bombarded nightly with advertisements for Western detergent, yogurt and candy bars. But there are snares for companies that court the Polish consumer. Under the scarcities of Communism, the Poles were deprived of goods. Now they are inclined to dismiss as propaganda almost any TV or newspaper ad. A1 EUROPEANS PUSHED TO ACT News Analysis: European governments, pushed by Secretary of State Baker, have decided to do sooner what they were thinking of doing later -- impose new economic sanctions against Belgrade in reprisal for the Bosnia attacks. A6 Many fear Kosovo could become the next Yugoslav battleground. A6 THAIS WASTE NO TIME A day after the Army-backed Prime Minister resigned under pressure, the Thai Parliament amended the Constitution to end what has been a six-decade-long military stranglehold on politics. The legislators began discussing who might be the next Prime Minister. A3 POLITICAL SHOCK IS THERAPEUTIC Italian politicians, seemingly spurred by the killing of an anti-Mafia crusader, closed ranks and elected a Christian Democrat, Oscar Luigi Scalfaro, as President. A3 ONE POINT OF AGREEMENT In the wake of President Bush's order to send back Haitian boat people, U.S. officials and advocates for the refugees agreed that few of the Haitians would use asylum-review offices being set up in Port-au-Prince, Haiti's capital. A5 SKELETON IN A COMMUNIST CLOSET At the peak of detente, the Soviet Communist Party ordered that arms be supplied to Palestinian guerrillas for use against Israelis and Americans, a Yeltsin adviser said. Today, Russia's highest court begins deliberating on whether it was constitutional to ban the party. A7 The U.S. is said be considering limits on nuclear weapons testing. A6 Baker visits Georgia, fulfilling a promise to Shevardnadze. A7 NIGERIAN RESPONDS TO RIOTS Nigeria's military leader pledged to restore order after major Christian-Muslim violence in the north. Gen. Ibrahim Babangida said he would set up a national guard to replace regular soldiers and policemen in riot situations. He said he would not be hurried out of office. A8 NEW SITUATION IN SOUTHERN SUDAN The Sudanese armed forces, strengthened by Chinese weapons and Iranian advisers, and taking advantage of disarray in the southern rebel movement, have pushed the rebels to the brink of defeat, diplomats in Khartoum say. A9 Ingenio Journal: Peasant resistance to Peru's brutal insurgency. A4 Israel again attacked Party of God bases in southern Lebanon. A10 Two Afghan rivals agreed to hold elections within six months. A10 National A11-15, B8-9 YALE PRESIDENT RESIGNING Benno C. Schmidt Jr. is resigning the presidency of Yale University to head a new national private school system that its creator, the communications executive Christopher Whittle, intends as a model for major changes in education. A1 Another key departure in a time of transition has left Yale reeling. B8 Network of private schools is a risky and revolutionary venture. B8 REPUBLICAN ABORTION BATTLE A bruising battle over abortion rights will begin in the Republican Party at a platform hearing today, and advocates of changing the party's anti-abortion stance vow to carry the fight to the national convention. A1 THE DEBATE ON SINGLE MOTHERS In spotlighting single motherhood, Vice President Quayle has opened a debate over a complex issue of practical, emotional and spiritual choices that seldom has a straightforward moral answer. A12 PEROT, MASTER OF THE MEDIA As a master salesman, Ross Perot's skillful use of the press and broadcast news and has led to something extraordinary: a credible Presidential contender without a party or primaries, the first pure media candidate. A1 On the Trail: Brown said Perot threatened Clinton. A15 CALIFORNIA JUST DOESN'T COUNT California, with the biggest and potentially most meaningful of the Presidential primaries, finds itself again this year as the contest that doesn't count. A14 A SPECIES ACT ENDANGERED In the emotional conflicts over spotted owls and snail darters, it is often forgotten that most of the protection of the Endangered Species Act, which faces a stiff challenge for renewal, provokes no debate at all. A1 A FEW MEN AND THE SEA A few Americans ventured from Florida across the sea to Cuban waters for a fishing tournament, in the name of good will and Ernest Hemingway, but when they returned, they found themselves facing a gauntlet of Federal agents. A12 Metropolitan Digest, B1 URBAN GRAPES OF WRATH Across the New York metropolitan region, migrant workers -- most of them immigrants, nearly all of them desperate -- line up for hours, waiting for trucks or vans to pick them up for unskilled bottom-dollar jobs. Often undocumented, unable to speak English and willing to work for less than the minimum wage, they are members of a vast underground army seeking a foothold in a city where their American dream has been punctured by the faltering economy. A1 Business Digest, D1 Science Times C1-11 RULES FOR HIGH-TECH FOOD The Government plans to announce that foods developed through genetic engineering should not require extraordinary testing and regulation in most cases. A1 Infertility treatments bring a surge in premature, multiple births. C1 Men and women use different approaches to navigate. C1 Physicists step up search for universe's missing mass. C1 Arts/Entertainment C12-16 New life for 'lost' musicals. C13 Rappers on the riots. C13 Ooze halts operas in Munich. C13 Theater: "Dream of a Common Language." C12 Fashion Page B9 Fur finds a silver lining. Obituaries D16 Sports B10-16 Baseball: Yanks win another wild one. B11 Reds shut out Mets. B13 Basketball: Cavaliers beat Bulls, 99-85. B11 Columns: Anderson on Dave Stockton. B11 Editorials/Op-Ed A16-17 Editorials A16 Canada's no medical model. Forgotten Central America. Get courts back on camera. Letters A16 Russell Baker: Call me Ishquayle. A17 A. M. Rosenthal: A devouring monster. A17 David K. Shipler: Khaki, blue and blacks. A17 Marvin Liebman: The gay-bashing Republicans. A17
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NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 25 May 1992
International 2-6 BUSH ORDERS RETURN VOYAGE In another change in policy, President Bush ordered the Coast Guard to escort all Haitian refugees picked up at sea back to their country. 1 Haitians say nothing can dissuade them from fleeing. 4 BAKER LASHES OUT AT EUROPE Using his harshest words yet, Secretary of State Baker criticized European nations for not punishing Belgrade or trying to stop the fighting in Bosnia and Herzegovina. 1 U.N. TO MOVE AGAINST YUGOSLAVIA The Security Council is working out the details of sanctions against Yugoslavia that are expected to be enacted this week. 6 A 48-DAY REIGN ENDS IN THAILAND Gen. Suchinda Kraprayoon resigned as Prime Minister, then vanished. But his resignation was not sufficient to satisfy protesters. 1 MANUFACTURING MORE THAN GOODS China's economic revolution, aimed at catching up with the industrialized world, is likely to make it the greatest producer of the gases that contribute to global warming. 1 FAMILY PROBLEMS IN BRAZIL The Administration of President Fernando Collor de Mello faces new charges of corruption, but this time the accusations of drug use and kickbacks are aimed at the President and their source is his brother. 3 AUSTRIA CHOOSES A PRESIDENT The former Ambassador to the United States, Thomas Klestil, has been chosen to succeed President Kurt Waldheim in a victory that is likely to end the diplomatic isolation of the Waldheim years. 3 SLAP TO GERMANY'S MAJOR PARTIES Berlin voters gave about a third of their support to insurgent parties of the right and left in the first citywide election since 1946. 2 MILLIONAIRE QUITS FRENCH CABINET Bernard Tapie, who owns the Adidas sporting goods company, resigned from the French Cabinet amid reports that he will be charged with fraud in a business dispute. 4 LITHUANIAN REFERENDUM FAILS Too few voters turned out to pass a referendum that would have granted the leader of Lithuania's Parliament expanded powers. 5 Beira Journal: A corridor to sanctuary in Mozambique.4 Russia says Communist resistance threatens economic reforms. 5 National 7-9 ECONOMIC PLAN FOR CITIES The Bush Administration is promoting enterprise zones as the centerpiece of its plan to revive the nation's inner cities, but the more than 600 existing zones have made only a slight dent in urban blight. Yet many local officials and urban experts hope the Administration's proposal will provide a nucleus to build around. 1 LEFT OUT OF LAS VEGAS'S BOOM Much of Las Vegas boomed with the gambling industry in the 1980's, but the poor, overwhelmingly black neighborhoods a few miles from the Strip remained mired in decay and hopelessness. It was those neighborhoods that recently erupted in gunfire and flames. 7 THE ONCE AND FUTURE BROWN Edmund Brown entered the Presidential primary in his home state of California virtually an invisible man, overshadowed by talk of other candidates and even of his sister Kathleen, who is often cited as the true heir to their father's political talents. 1 BREAKING INTO THE MEN'S CLUB California will elect two United States Senators this year, and public opinion polls suggest that Dianne Feinstein will win one seat and that another woman, Representative Barbara Boxer, has a solid shot at winning the other. 9 FRIENDS TO SENATOR AND SON The son of Senator J. Bennett Johnston of Louisiana raised $324,000 for his own bid for Congress, and much of the money has come from lobbyists who have business before the Senator's energy committee. 9 CLINTON'S NON-PEROT STRATEGY Even as his Democratic nomination neared inevitability, Governor Clinton and his aides appeared frustrated by the surging popularity of Ross Perot and baffled at how best to combat it. 8 Perot petition tables popped up around New York State. 8 LAWYER SPEAKS OF EXECUTION The lawyer who made Roger Keith Coleman a high-profile symbol in the debate over capital punishment failed to prevent his execution. But her campaign was a tour de force for a young lawyer in her first criminal appeal. 7 A professor and a librarian made the works of Houdini reappear. 9 Royal Oak Journal: Burying a priest's legacy of bigotry. 7 Metropolitan Digest, 21 TOUGH CHOICES AT COLUMBIA Columbia, like many elite universities, is suffering under the weight of reduced government spending, a sagging economy and increasing demands on its services. But Columbia's troubles this year have been played out in public on an unusual scale that included attacks by a large segment of the faculty on the president and his administration. 1 Business Digest, 35 Sports 27-34 Auto Racing: Al Unser Jr. wins Indy 500. 27 Crashes slow down Indy. 32 Baseball: This time, Yankees rally and win. 27 Mets' Cones throws another shutout. 27 Quarterly report on the Mets. 29 Basketball: Jazz beats Blazers to even series. 32 The thinking-man's series. 32 Columns: Berkow on war and sports. 31 Golf: Trevino is top senior. 28 Hockey: Streaking teams in Cup finals. 31 Tennis: Springtime in Paris. 28 Triple sweep for Stanford player. 28 Track and Field: Joyner-Kersee wins twice at New York Games. 27 Obituaries 10 John Gates, former editor of the Daily Worker Arts/Entertainment 11-16 Munich Biennial and new music. 11 Serious Fun. 11 Music: Beastie Boys. 11 From Madagascar. 15 Long Island Mozart Festival. 16 Dance: A benefit for the ill. 11 Dance in Review. 14 Word and Image: "Center Stage," biography of Helen Gahagan Douglas. 15 Editorials/Op-Ed 18-19 Editorials 18 Why not a carbon tax? The rings of memory. Peru needs democracy. Letters 18 Leslie H. Gelb: Shazam defense. 19 William Safire: Crimes of Iraqgate. 19 Holly Burkhalter: Put the squeeze on Beijing. 19 Mitchell Davis: The foie gras factor. 19
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Bad News: Fuel Is Cheap
Date: 25 May 1992
Energy prices are so low that the going is rough for scientists hoping to limit global warming by encouraging people to burn less fuel. Page 35.
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INSIDE
Date: 26 May 1992
The Burden of Debt The Government is hemorrhaging red ink at a rate of $1 billion a day. Economists now fear that the debt is undermining productivity. Page D1. Baker and the Europeans The European Community is likely to respond half-heartedly to an American scolding over Yugoslavia policy. News analysis, page A6. Too Many Tiny Babies Aggressive infertility treatments cause a surge in premature, multiple births. Science Times, page C1.
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