A Resurgent CBS Moves To Regain the Edge in News
Date: 03 September 1990
By Bill Carter
Bill Carter
LEAD: As its ratings have bounced back and Dan Rather has rehabilitated his image as one of television's top journalists, CBS News is moving to challenge ABC News again as the leader in network prestige and profits.
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Presto! They Vanish
Date: 04 September 1990
By Russell Baker
Russell Baker
LEAD: Troubles get boring. They wear out their welcome. The savings and loan crisis had reached that stage. So had homelessness.
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Iraq Is Said to Order Foreign Reporters Out
Date: 03 September 1990
Reuters
LEAD: A French television crew has been ordered out of Iraq, and other foreign correspondents have been told to leave, a spokeswoman for the French channel Antenne 2 said today.
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Books of The Times; The Story of Ted Turner and CNN
Date: 03 September 1990
By Bill Carter
Bill Carter
LEAD: The Inside Story. By Hank Whittemore 308 pages. Little, Brown. $19.95.
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Action, Cameras in Federal Courts
Date: 04 September 1990
LEAD: Ever since the sensational coverage of the Lindbergh kidnapping trial in 1935, Federal courtrooms have been off limits to cameras and microphones. Now a panel of judges recommends an experiment that would open some civil trials to television and radio coverage. It's a welcome step that merits quick approval.
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The Troops Are in the Desert, And in More Ways Than One
Date: 03 September 1990
By Michael R. Gordon, Special To the New York Times
Michael Gordon
LEAD: At an airfield here for Marine Corps helicopters, the marines are trying to pass the time by holding a contest to name the base.
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Congress Returning to Its Tasks With No Sign of Budget Accord
Date: 04 September 1990
By Richard L. Berke, Special To the New York Times
Richard Berke
LEAD: Lawmakers returning this week and next from a monthlong recess for the final stretch of the 101st Congress face an overwhelming agenda complicated by the Persian Gulf crisis and fears of a recession, which threaten to undermine efforts to reach an agreement on trimming the budget deficit.
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NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 04 September 1990
LEAD: International A3-10 Combat aircraft have been deployed secretly by the United States in Persian Gulf nations to help defend Saudi Arabia, American and Saudi officials say. Page A1
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Symbols and Timing, And a Giant Oil Pool
Date: 03 September 1990
LEAD: The symbolism and timing of the Soviet-American summit conference seem more important than any prospects it may hold for a solution to the Persian Gulf crisis. News analysis, page 4. At the heart of Iraq's dispute with Kuwait is a huge banana-shaped oil formation some 10,200 feet below the desert sands.
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