Genafspiller onsdag den 17. december 1986

NEWS SUMMARY: WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1986

Date: 17 December 1986

INTERNATIONAL A3-21 President Reagan was portrayed by Donald Regan as a victim of poor advice from those who supported arms sales to Iran, according to people who heard him testify before the Senate Intelligence Committee. Page A1 William Casey called Oliver North soon after an American plane with arms for the Nicaraguan rebels was shot down to ask if any C.I.A. personnel or equipment were involved, according to a Congressman. A20 U.S. personnel in El Salvador sent regular reports to Government officials about covert arms shipments to the Nicaraguan rebels last spring and summer, State and Defense Department officials said. A20 Man in the News: Daniel K. Inouye, appointed chairman of the Senate committee to investigate the Iran arms affair, is not new to inquiries involving intelligence and other sensitive matters.

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NEWS SUMMARY: THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1986

Date: 18 December 1986

INTERNATIONAL A3-23 Nicaragua freed Eugene Hasenfus, the American seized when his arms-laden plane was shot down. Mr. Hasenfus was turned over to Senator Christopher Dodd of Connecticut and left Nicaragua aboard his jet. Page A1 Israelis disputed Donald T. Regan. Senior officials denied the reported testimony by the White House chief of staff that Israel began shipping arms to Iran in mid-1985 without President Reagan's approval. A23 A key G.O.P. Representative rejected White House suggestions that witnesses in the Iran arms affair be granted immunity to compel their testimony before a newly appointed 15-member House inquiry.

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Overqualified

Date: 17 December 1986

Jerry Glanville, coach of the 4-11 Houston Oilers, returns some of the heat he's been receiving from the local press: ''No matter how bad things get, I still have my intelligence, my mind and my honesty. So I know I can't write a column.''

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JURY RULES WAYNE NEWTON WAS DEFAMED ON NBC-TV

Date: 18 December 1986

By Judith Cummings, Special To the New York Times

Judith Cummings

A Federal jury in Las Vegas today found that NBC had defamed the entertainer Wayne Newton in a series of broadcasts in 1980 and 1981 that linked him to organized crime. The jury awarded Mr. Newton $19.2 million in damages. The case posed issues of freedom of the press against the rights held by an individual who is a public figure. The jury decided that NBC knew or had reason to know that the three reports concerning Mr. Newton were false and broadcast them with intent to injure the entertainer.

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COLOMBIA EDITOR IS SHOT DEAD

Date: 18 December 1986

AP

Two gunmen on a motorcycle shot dead a prominent Colombian journalist tonight in Bogota, officials said. The journalist, Guillermo Cano, 61 years old, was editor and part-owner of El Espectador, Colombia's second-largest newspaper, with a circulation of 215,000. Mr. Cano's newspaper had recently published reports accusing drug traffickers of harming the country by dealing in narcotics.

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POLL FINDS REAGAN'S CREDIBILITY CONTINUES TO DROP

Date: 17 December 1986

By Adam Clymer

Adam Clymer

President Reagan's overall job rating remains stable but his image as a singularly honest public figure has continued to slip, the latest New York Times/CBS News Poll shows. Moreover, the poll showed substantial public suspicion that the use of the Fifth Amendment by officials meant the Administration was not cooperating with Congressional investigations as it had promised. Forty-seven percent of the 1,087 adults interviewed by telephone on Sunday and Monday said they approved of how Mr. Reagan was handling his job as President, the same percentage as gave that answer a week earlier.

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Why Is the Iran Deal a Surprise? Reagan Has Long Been Deceptive

Date: 17 December 1986

By John B. Oakes

John

The latest New York Times/CBS News poll shows that nearly half the American public believes that President Reagan has been lying when he denies any knowledge of the Iranian-Nicaraguan arms deal. The sad truth is that, apart from the effect on the President's own personal reputation, it doesn't much matter. Since the beginning of his first term, he and his Administration have been engaged in so much deception, particularly in connection with foreign policy, that one more bit of evidence to that effect doesn't greatly change the score. From its very beginnings in 1981, the Administration, including the President, has not told the truth to the public about its Nicaraguan policy. It has not told the truth about its human rights policy, especially in the Caribbean, Latin America and Africa. It has not leveled with the public on its hostages policy, on its information policy, on its anti-terrorist policy, even on some aspects of the most crucial issue of all - arms control policy.

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COMPANY NEWS;

Date: 17 December 1986

Reuters

The Control Data Corporation said today that it would take charges totaling $200 million, associated with the restructuring of its operations, in the fourth quarter. The troubled Minneapolis-based company said about $65 million of the charges would occur once, including costs of work force reductions and facility closings.

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Meese Finds No News in His Inquiry

Date: 18 December 1986

By Gerald M. Boyd, Special To the New York Times

Gerald

Attorney General Edwin Meese 3d said today that he had not ''seen anything'' to contradict his original finding that only Vice Adm. John M. Poindexter and Lieut. Col. Oliver L. North knew of the diversion of Iranian arms payments to Nicaraguan rebels. Mr. Meese, speaking at a news conference after testifying under oath for five hours before the Senate Intelligence Committee, said he had no evidence that any official other than Colonel North took part in the diversion. ''So far, I have not seen anything that would provide evidence different from what we originally found,'' he said.

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SPANISH-LANGUAGE TV NEWS SERVICE NAMES OFFICIALS

Date: 17 December 1986

By Alex S. Jones

Alex Jones

Two former senior executives at United Press International will head a new Spanish-language television news service being formed by the Spanish International Network, it was announced yesterday. William Adler, a spokesman for the network, the nation's largest Spanish-language network, said the new television news service, which is named Eco Inc., would begin operations in the first quarter of 1987. He said that Luis Nogales, who was chief executive officer of U.P.I. until last July, had been named president of the news service and that Sylvana Foa, who was foreign editor of U.P.I. until September, would be Eco's news editor and would be responsible for supervising its day-to-day news-gathering operations.

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