Cable News Feud Has Personal and Political Roots
Date: 05 October 1996
By Mark Landler
Mark Landler
New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani administration, in backing Rupert Murdoch's fledgling cable news channel against Time Warner Inc, has waded into corporate grudge match; feud features corporate executives led by Murdoch, Gerald M Levin, chairman of Time Warner, and Ted Turner, founder of CNN, who is in process of selling his company to Time Warner for $6.7 billion; feud revolves around ambitious project: Murdoch's effort to unseat Turner as pre-eminent cable news producer; photos (L)
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City Hall Threatens Action if Time Warner Rejects Channel
Date: 05 October 1996
By Clifford J. Levy
Clifford Levy
New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani administration steps up pressure in its effort to persuade Time Warner Inc to carry Rupert Murdoch's Fox News Channel, 24-hour cable news channel in New York City; administration suggests that refusal by Time Warner could influence city panel that would be reviewing company's lucrative cable franchises next week; veiled warning comes after Time Warner on Oct 3 rebuffed request by administration to put news channel temporarily on one of five public-access cable stations controlled by the city (L)
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Of Hacks and TK
Date: 06 October 1996
By William Safire
William Safire
William Safire On Language column discusses journalism slang; drawing (L)
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We're No. 3!
Date: 05 October 1996
By David J. Eilenberg and Matthew J. T. Murray
David Eilenberg
Op-Ed article by David J Eilenberg and Matthew J T Murray, editors at The Harvard Lampoon, on Harvard's drop from No. 1 to No. 3 in the latest US News and World Report guide to American colleges (M)
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A Short, Fresh Take on Topics of the Day, and Free, Too
Date: 06 October 1996
By Melinda Tuhus
Melinda Tuhus
Peace & Justice News & Views activists distribute free weekly leaflets on timely topics, seeking to cover points news media leave out; have been handing out leaflets at New Haven, Conn, Green every Thursday at noon for six years; photos (M)
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Judge Rejects Interview Plan In Bomb Case
Date: 05 October 1996
By Jo Thomas
Jo Thomas
Judge Richard P Matsch rejects request by lawyers for Timothy J McVeigh, defendant in the Oklahoma City bombing, to allow him to be interviewed in prison by reporters of their choosing so that the public might have a chance to know him as a human being, not a monster (S)
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Suburbs' Soccer Moms, Fleeing the G.O.P., Are Much Sought
Date: 06 October 1996
By Carey Goldberg
Carey Goldberg
Early polls show that white suburban women are breaking with their traditional Republican leanings and spurning Bob Dole in striking numbers; they have become central focus of campaigners and pollsters who consider them part of swing vote, without which Dole cannot win Presidency; latest New York Times/CBS News Poll, conducted in early Sept, found that support for Pres Clinton amoung married white suburban women appears to have jumped dramatically since 1992 (M)
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CHARTWELL RE IN TALKS TO ADD ARCHER GROUP
Date: 05 October 1996
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Chartwell Re Corp says it is in discussions to take over Archer Group Holdings; terms not disclosed (S)
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MCKESSON PLANS TO ADD FOXMEYER HEALTH UNIT
Date: 05 October 1996
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
McKesson Corp says it will pay $400 milion to acquire ailing drug unit of Foxmeyer Health Corp; Foxmeyer placed its Foxmeyer Drug Co unit in Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in August (S)
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S.E.C. Closes Its Investigation of Denver Airport
Date: 05 October 1996
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Securities and Exchange Commission says it has closed its two-year investigation into Denver's sale of $3.9 billion in airport bonds without making any charges; at issue was whether Denver officials failed to inform bond investors fully of construction delays at Denver International Airport, which opened 16 months behind schedule and $2 billion over budget; city spent $1.6 million defending itself in SEC inquiry (M)
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