At Los Angeles Times, a Debate on News-Ad Interaction
Date: 17 November 1997
By Iver Peterson
Iver Peterson
Mark Willes, chairman of Los Angeles Times's parent company, is pushing collaboration between paper's news and business sides far further than any major newspaper has done; in effect, he is removing most of walls that separate news and business departments, increasing degree to which business people will be involved with daily lives of lower-level editors; Willes says he is dedicated to preserving integrity of newspaper, but his moves raise controversy among journalists inside and outside his paper; critics see potential for advertisers to gain influence over news coverage; debate is part of argument in newsrooms across the country about how newspapers should respond to decades of declining readership; photo (M)
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Manufacturers See Lack of Basic Skills
Date: 16 November 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
United States manufacturers see serious shortcomings in basic reading, writing and math skills among their workers, according to an industry survey released on Friday. Although employers are investing more to educate and train their employees, a shortage of skilled workers seen since 1991 has not improved, said the study, conducted for the National Association of Manufacturers by Grant Thornton, the accounting firm.
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Judge Rejects Suit Against Store Chain
Date: 17 November 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
John John Holschuh throws out lawsuit that accuses Limited Inc and two suppliers of trying to avoid trade quotas, fines and duties by saying that clothing made in China was actually produced in Hong Kong; suit, filed by American Textile Manufacturers Institute, also names Tarrant Apparel Group and Mast Industries; Limited Inc argued that only Customs Service can prosecute suspected violations of customs laws (M)
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NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 16 November 1997
INTERNATIONAL 3-14 U.S. Military Sees Risks in Bombing Iraq American military and political officials are discovering that any strategy that relies on bombing raids to change Iraq's opposition to arms inspection is filled with gambles. 1 Iraq said its expulsion of American inspectors could not be reversed even by military attack, and official newspapers and television stations carried accounts of defiance. 10 American Jews Divided Increasing numbers of American Jews are disenchanted with Israel and divided among themselves. 8 In Israel, interest in American Jewry has waned, with the passage of generations, the growth of prosperity and forming of a national identity. 8 China Releases Dissident Three weeks after a China-United States summit meeting in Washington, China's most prominent dissident, Wei Jingsheng, has been released from jail by the Chinese Government and is traveling to the United States. 1 Albright Push on Palestinians Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright, after talks with Palestinian leader Yassir Arafat, said she saw some new openings in the stalled peace talks with Israel and urged both parties ''to use December in a positive way.'' 10 Croats Refugees Are on Edge Ethnic Croats who have returned home to the Bosnian village of Podkraj have found the place all but completely devastated. But they say their greatest terror is that Muslim officials are sabotaging the refugee resettlement, because they do not want a Catholic Croatian majority to dominate the area. 3 NATIONAL 18-38 Disability Benefit Cutoffs Found to Be Improper Social Security officials have found evidence that the Government improperly terminated disability benefits for many poor children, misinformed parents of their legal rights and actively discouraged some parents from appealing the decisions. Now they are planning changes, including appeals. 1 Crime Rate Plunges The number of Americans victimized by crime fell last year to the lowest level since the Government began keeping data on the issue in 1973, according to a Justice Department report. The nation's rate of violent crime dropped 10 percent in 1996, while the rate of property crime declined 8 percent. 18 Working Parents' Dilemma The ''nanny trial'' may be over, but it has reignited a national debate not so easily settled by a judge or jury: Should parents of younger children work if they can afford to stay at home? 18 Clinton Defends Gun Freeze One day after ordering a four-month halt on imports of modified assault weapons, President Clinton said, ''You don't need an Uzi to go deer hunting, and everyone knows it,'' the President said in his weekly radio address. The Treasury Department is considering whether it can ban the guns permanently. 22 School Studies Klan Link Virginia Polytechnic Institute has begun investigating whether a longtime professor for whom a dormitory was named was a student leader of the Ku Klux Klan a century ago. A class studying the school's history found in an 1896 college yearbook a page devoted to the Klan. 38 NEW YORK/REGION 41-48 Bronx School Is Reborn The announcement last week that the New York State Education Department had removed a Bronx junior high school from its list of ''worst'' public schools dispelled much of the notion that public schools are unable to embrace the creativity needed to fix themselves. 1 Slaying Linked to a Gang A livery driver was fatally shot by two women who the police said belonged to the Bloods gang. It is the first time the police have linked the Bloods to the killing of a non-gang member. 1 OBITUARIES 50 TV Update 49 Weather 48
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NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 17 November 1997
INTERNATIONAL A3-17 U.S. and Iraq Show Signs Of Easing Confrontation Iraq and the United States showed signs of stepping back from a conflict over United Nations arms inspections. Iraq reportedly offered to readmit Americans as long as other Security Council members were equally represented on inspection teams. American and United Nations officials rejected the offer, but Washington persuaded Russia, once Iraq's strongest ally, to try to persuade Iraq to back down. A1 Albright to Visit Pakistan Secretary of State Madeline K. Albright is to arrive in Pakistan today for meetings that are expected to focus on fighting drug trafficking. A1
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A Mature, Wealthy Israel Gives Its American Cousins a Jolt: 'Jews Are Not News'
Date: 16 November 1997
By Serge Schmemann
Serge Schmemann
Israelis, newly prosperous and with their own distinct identity, have lost much of their interest in American Jews, and their lack of concern can come as jolt to those American Jews who believe their financial and political support is vital to Israel's survival; Israeli Jews are frustrated by what they perceive as American Jews' efforts to push policies for which Israelis have to pay the price in blood and hardship (M)
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Woman's Body Found In Recreation Area
Date: 17 November 1997
Parks enforcement worker on routine patrol in Bronx discovers woman's badly burned body in a heavily wooded area of Van Cortlandt Park; photo (S)
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HUD Questions Prompt Suspension of Program
Date: 17 November 1997
Atlantic City suspends operations of community development program in response to allegations of mismanagement and questions about spending (S)
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Runaway From Virginia Is Raped at Queens House
Date: 16 November 1997
17-year-old runaway from Virginia is lured to man's house in Richmond Hill, Queens, and raped and sodomized by four men (S)
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Shellfish Beds Reopen Five Days After Spill
Date: 17 November 1997
About 2,000 acres of shellfish beds in northern Monmouth County (NJ) reopen, five days after broken pipe at pumping station dumped thousands of gallons of raw sewage near mouths of Shrewsbury and Navesink Rivers (S)
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