NEWS SUMMARY: SATURDAY, AUGUST 29, 1987
Date: 29 August 1987
LEAD: International 2-5, 32 Philippine Government forces loyal to President Corazon C. Aquino crushed a revolt by dissident soldiers Friday. The coup attempt was the most serious assault yet on Mrs. Aquino's Government. Page 1 News analysis: The rebellion by disaffected soldiers reflects a deep discontent within the military that has erupted in a series of threats and coup attempts throughout President Aquino's tenure.
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NEWS SUMMARY: SUNDAY, AUGUST 30, 1987
Date: 30 August 1987
LEAD: International 3-17 The military was on alert in Manila after the Philippines Government forces put down the most serious armed challenge to the presidency of .orazon C. Aquino. The leaders of the attempted coup were at large. Page 1 Iraq broke an informal cease-fire with Iran on attacks on Persian Gulf shipping with bombing runs on Iranian offshore oil installations that left an Iranian supertanker ablaze and another ship possibly damaged.
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SATURDAY NEWS QUIZ
Date: 29 August 1987
By Linda Amster
Linda Amster
LEAD: Questions are based on news reports in The Times this week. Answers appear on page 50.
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Jury Finds a Reporter Guilty
Date: 29 August 1987
AP
LEAD: A newspaper reporter was convicted of criminal contempt today, seven months after he refused to testify for the prosecution in a murder case that ended in a conviction.
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Bork And the Press
Date: 30 August 1987
By Anthony Lewis
Anthony Lewis
LEAD: As law professor and judge, Robert H. Bork has criticized judges who in his view read the guarantees of the Constitution too expansively. On that ground he has denounced constitutional decisions going back 60 years.
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The Weightless Wordsman
Date: 30 August 1987
By William Safire
William Safire
LEAD: Why is it, when Ronald Reagan speaks seriously and makes good sense on the most vital matters, his words no longer carry weight?
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Publisher, Investigated by the Police, Is Outraged
Date: 30 August 1987
Special to the New York Times
LEAD: The police in this small town investigated the publisher of a weekly newspaper as a possible child molester, according to the contents of a police file.
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New Car for Ford
Date: 29 August 1987
AP
LEAD: A two-door Ford coupe to be manufactured at the Mazda Motor Manufacturing Corporation's plant near Detroit will be called the Probe, officials for the Ford Motor Company said. The vehicle will be sold by Ford dealers beginning in the spring of 1988. The car was at one time seen as the replacement for Ford's Mustang, but there was resistance to giving the Mustang name to a car assembled in a Japanese-owned plant, The Detroit Free Press reported.
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Of Purple Calves And People
Date: 30 August 1987
LEAD: THEY were described as the highway equivalent of a message in a bottle: 20 purple calves made of plywood and placed at rest stops on interstate roads in northern Vermont. They bore signs inviting drivers to pick them up and take them to different destinations in the country.
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Student Imbalance At Chapel Hill
Date: 30 August 1987
LEAD: ''ANY time you get over 50 percent, it's becoming more and more a girls' school,'' said one worried trustee said of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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