Man in the News: Woodrow Augustus Myers Jr.; A Commissioner Who Knows Strife
Date: 20 January 1990
By Dirk Johnson
Dirk Johnson
LEAD: From the time he was a youngster, Dr. Woodrow A. Myers Jr. has been confident of his ability to get his point across, even when it has involved some rough going.
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China Imposes Tighter Curbs on Foreign Reporters
Date: 21 January 1990
By Nicholas D. Kristof, Special To the New York Times
Nicholas
LEAD: China imposed new restrictions on foreign journalists today and banned articles that in the view of the authorities ''distort facts'' or violate ''the public interest.''
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Murdoch Buys Share of 2 Hungarian Tabloids
Date: 21 January 1990
By Celestine Bohlen, Special To the New York Times
Celestine Bohlen
LEAD: Rupert Murdoch, the Australian-born entrepreneur, announced today that his company had bought 50 percent of two independent Hungarian newspapers, making him the first Westerner to make a significant investment in Eastern Europe's emerging free press.
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Small Town, U.S.A., Is Going Global
Date: 20 January 1990
By H. Brandt Ayers
H. Ayers
LEAD: Strange accents will be heard in the local chamber of commerce offices, and there will be new activity out at the industrial park (plant openings, expansions and some closings) because the political plates of Eastern Europe have slipped and thrust that region closer to us.
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REPUBLICANS SHOW GAINS IN LOYALTY
Date: 21 January 1990
By Michael Oreskes
Michael Oreskes
LEAD: The Republican Party enjoyed virtual parity in 1989 with the Democrats in the loyalty of Americans for the first time since just after World War II ended.
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Managing; Media Manipulation 101
Date: 21 January 1990
By Claudia H. Deutsch
Claudia Deutsch
LEAD: The battle lines used to be clearly drawn: Reporters were the predators, executives were the prey, and public relations people ran interference between the two.
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A PAWN OF WAR
Date: 21 January 1990
By Jonathan Meyersohn: Jonathan Meyersohn Is A Producer For theCbs Evening News'' In New York City
LEAD: IT HAD ALREADY BEEN A BAD NIGHT. CBS NEWS CORRESPONDENT Juan Vasquez, editor John Mondello and I were covering the United States invasion of Panama as best we could from our edit room on the mezzanine of the Marriott Hotel. We were on an open phone line to the control room in New York, able to go on the air at any time.
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News Summary
Date: 20 January 1990
LEAD: International 3-9 Soviet troops fired on Azerbaijanis in Baku, pushing through street barricades with tanks toward the center of the city. Some armed civilians were reportedly resisting. Page 1 Kremlin abandons mobilization of troops 6 The White House watches helplessly as the turmoil unfolds in the Soviet Union, even as it has begun to take a more active, hands-on approach to the nations of Eastern Europe.
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Sweeter Offer For Aristech
Date: 20 January 1990
Reuters
LEAD: A Salt Lake City investor, Jon M. Huntsman, whose eariler offer for the Aristech Chemical Corporation was rejected, said today that he would submit a higher offer to rival a bid for the company by a management-led group and the Mitsubishi Corporation.
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