MEDIA: PRESS;Detroit's bitter newspaper strike is creating some unlikely rivalries -- and bedfellows.
Date: 04 December 1995
By James Bennet
James Bennet
IN addition to causing considerable financial, psychological and even physical pain, the 18-week-old strike against the two daily newspapers here has yielded more than a little irony and just plain weirdness. One of the dailies, for example, has hired a labor reporter to replace a striking journalist. Among the obstacles he faces is that the unions in this labor town -- which is to say, the subjects of his beat -- will not speak to reporters who have crossed the picket lines at either paper, except to snarl at them.
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Home-Grown Capitalism Delivers the Wide World of Sports to RussianFans
Date: 04 December 1995
By Robert Edelman
Robert Edelman
In 1990, Vladimir Titorenko was a leading writer for the national sports daily in Russia, Sovetskii Sport. But as he began to write positive reports about the National Basketball Association, he faced increasing disapproval from hard-line editors, who were more interested in pushing coverage of the Olympic sports favored by the state: track and field, weight lifting and archery.
The deputy director of Sovetskii Sport, Vladimir Kuchmi, had been experiencing similar frustration. So that spring he raised the idea of starting a politically independent sports daily and invited Mr. Titorenko to join him.
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Mayor Moves To Curb Newsletter
Date: 03 December 1995
By Ramin P. Jaleshgari
Ramin Jaleshgari
THE official newsletter of the Village of Head of the Harbor, Harbor Views, is a tiny publication with big problems. Serving the 1,400 residents of this North Shore community, the newsletter has been quietly published with tax money for two years.
But a new editorial staff is fighting attempts by Mayor Daniel Shybunko to censor it. The publication mainly prints details about village government, often letters from the mayor and reports on resolutions. The coverage includes findings of panels and other committees that research local concerns.
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Votes in Congress
Date: 03 December 1995
Tally Last Week in Connecticut, New Jersey and New York House 1. Lobbying: Vote on an amendment to a lobbying reform bill intended to prohibit efforts by the executive branch to mobilize public support for legislation. Rejected 238 to 190, Nov. 28.
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Singapore Libel Case Casts Shadow on Press
Date: 04 December 1995
To the Editor: Re your Nov. 29 news article on the Singapore libel case: By paying the $214,285 fine and waiving the right to appeal, The International Herald Tribune accepts liability for flimsy charges by Government leaders in Singapore and throws into doubt the freedom of expression that should transcend American borders.
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WORLD NEWS BRIEFS;8th Argentine Arrested In Jewish Center Bombing
Date: 04 December 1995
AP
An eighth army officer was arrested today in connection with the car bombing last year of a Jewish cultural center, the main prosecutor in the case said. The arrest of Sgt. Luis Alberto Ferreyra came after a judge investigating the bombing authorized raids at the Campo de Mayo army base outside Buenos Aires, said the prosecutor, Eammon Mullen.
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WORLD NEWS BRIEFS;Powerful Quakes Rock Islands North of Japan
Date: 04 December 1995
AP
A strong earthquake hit the Kurile Islands in the Russian Far East early today, but no injuries or damage were immediately reported. The quake measured 7.2 on the Richter scale and was centered about 31 miles undersea off the island of Iturup, Japan's Central Meteorological Agency said. It followed a quake on Sunday that measured 6.9 and was centered 60 miles east of Iturup. Five other quakes hit the region last week, but there were no reports of injuries or damages from the sparcely populated area.
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WORLD NEWS BRIEFS;Ex-U.S. Colonel Resigns As Estonian Army Chief
Date: 04 December 1995
Reuters
The chief of Estonia's Army, a former colonel in the United States Army, was forced to resign today in the wake of political fighting with the Baltic country's Defense Minister. President Lennart Meri of Estonia said in a statement that he had asked for the resignation of the army commander, Aleksander Einseln, because he had argued with Defense Minister Andrus Oovel in public.
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