Replaying torsdag 3 juli 1986

NEWS SUMMARY: THURSDAY, JULY 3, 1986

Date: 03 July 1986

International A strike in Chile began violently as five people were reported shot dead in Santiago and Valparaiso. The general strike, scheduled to last for two days, was called by opposition and labor groups in an effort to persuade military leaders to help end the nearly 13-year regime of Gen. Augusto Pinochet. [ Page A1, Column 3. ] Washington and Havana have agreed to have emissaries meet in Mexico City next week for negotiations on reviving a 1984 immigration agreement, Reagan Administration officials said. Cuba suspended the accord after the United States began broadcasts by Radio Marti. [ A1:5-6. ]

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NEWS SUMMARY FRIDAY, JULY 4, 1986

Date: 04 July 1986

Liberty Weekend America rededicated the Statue of Liberty in a blaze of light, marking its centennial as a beacon of hope in New York Harbor. President Reagan ''unveiled'' the monument by triggering a 1.4-million-watt series of laser beams that shot a mile across the harbor and bathed the statue in successive stages of red, blue and white light. Then, after a program of music and dance, speeches and swearing-in ceremonies for new citizens, the statue's torch flamed into golden brilliance. [ Page A1, Columns 5-6. ] Three great fleets advanced on New York City - sailing ships from the east, warships from the south and pleasure boats from everywhere. The Coast Guard said they formed an armada of 25,000 vessels. [ B4:4-6. ] The scene in Upper New York Bay was dizzying as aircraft crowded the skies and vessels covered the waters from shore to shore. Into this swirl steamed the Queen Elizabeth 2, flying a 100-foot-wide American flag and carrying 800 Chrysler Corporation dealers. [ A1:6. ] Traffic was light in Manhattan but the lure of crossing New York Harbor for only 25 cents proved so great that the police had to board Staten Island ferries and order people to disembark. A throng of 20,000 had formed to await ferries at Manhattan's Battery Park when police officers started ordering passengers off and officials closed the ferries to cars. [ B6:4-6. ] The concept of the Statue of Liberty has always exceeded its physical presence. The icon is a global symbol of hope, freedom and opportunity for newcomers.

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FOLK HERO FOR THE 80'S: LEE ANTHONY IACOCCA

Date: 03 July 1986

By Martin Gottlieb

Martin Gottlieb

Two July Fourths ago, Leo-Arthur Kelmenson and a few hundred others were cruising by yacht from Manhattan to Liberty Island to celebrate the start of rehabilitation of the Statue of Liberty when a few people realized that the most celebrated of those celebrating, the man who was organizing the entire statue rehabilitation effort, the fellow whose deep eyes, dominant nose and no-nonsense jaw would have been recognized by everybody, was missing. ''How's Lee getting to the island?'' Mr. Kelmenson, the chairman of the Kenyon & Eckhardt advertising agency, recalls someone asking. As Mr. Kelmenson remembers, Ken Duskin, the agency's creative director, replied, ''He's walking.'' Appeal of Ordinary Men Although there are no indications that Lee A. Iacocca has yet learned to walk on water, there is imposing evidence that over the last half decade he has become, in his own way, as much an American phenomenon as the statue herself.

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CHILE AUTHORITIES ACT TO PROSECUTE LEADERS OF STRIKE

Date: 04 July 1986

By Shirley Christian, Special To the New York Times

Shirley Christian

The Government of Gen. Augusto Pinochet, reacting to a general strike called by opposition groups demanding a return to democracy, brought charges of inciting disorder against the protest leaders and two magazine editors today. In another sign of the crackdown, Chileans awoke without what many described as their main sources of public affairs news. Four radio stations, accused by the Government of encouraging violence through their aggressive coverage of strike activities, obeyed an order issued Wednesday night to limit their programming to music, commercials and Government pronouncements. [ The independent Human Rights Commission and newspapers quoting police sources said three teen-agers were shot to death Thursday night in Santiago neighborhoods patrolled by the army, The Associated Press reported. Aurelia Luca, a human rights worker, said residents told her one teen-ager was shot in the head by an army patrol that fired into a group of protesters, The A.P. said. ] Penalties for Strike Leaders Dr. Juan Luis Gonzalez and 16 other strike organizers said they would turn themselves in to the courts once they were advised in writing of the accusation that they had violated the state security law. Among other things, the law makes it a crime to incite ''the illegal paralyzation of normal activities.''

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TV FAVORED ON CENTENNIAL

Date: 04 July 1986

Three-fourths of the American people say they plan to watch the Statue of Liberty centennial celebrations on television, the latest New York Times/ CBS News Poll shows. That level of interest, 74 percent of the 1,618 adults interviewed by telephone from June 19 through 23, was generally consistent across educational, income and regional lines.

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ANTI-SANDINISTA PRESS FINDS JOB PRECARIOUS

Date: 04 July 1986

By Stephen Kinzer, Special To the New York Times

Stephen Kinzer

Roberto Sanchez is among several hundred people who are losing their jobs after the closing of La Prensa, the opposition newspaper. ''It's a sweet little story, what's happened to me,'' Mr. Sanchez said with a smile while sitting in La Prensa's quiet newsroom this week. ''This is the fourth job I've lost since the revolution, each time because the place I was working was shut down by the Government.'' The story of the journalist's search for steady work illustrates the Government's continuing confrontation with news outlets it considers unpatriotic.

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More in South Africa Are Said to Be Seized

Date: 03 July 1986

A South African news photographer who worked for Agence France-Presse was arrested in Cape Town yesterday, the agency said. The photographer, David Hartman, who contributed photographs on a freelance basis to the French agency and to a Johannesburg agency, was arrested under national security regulations, employees from Agence France-Presse said in Paris.

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Access to Hearings Is Sought

Date: 03 July 1986

AP

Two newspapers today asked the Supreme Court to allow them to report on their own efforts to get access to court proceedings in the impending fraud trial of former Labor Secretary Raymond J. Donovan. The Washington Post and The New York Daily News have been seeking access to proceedings in the United States Circuit Court of Appeals in Washington, which is considering whether to permit Bronx prosecutors to use material gathered by a Federal prosecutor in a state court trial of Donovan.

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A Job for Clark Kent

Date: 03 July 1986

To the Editor: I must differ with ''Dear DC Comics'' (editorial, June 11), in which you suggest that Clark Kent's future in journalism be as an editorial writer.

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HOUSING SET FOR NEWARK NEWS BUILDING

Date: 04 July 1986

By Philip S. Gutis, Special To the New York Times

Philip Gutis

In 1966, The Newark Evening News, which had long been New Jersey's most prestigious newspaper, installed 36 high-speed presses and added a wing to its 10-story headquarters. Altogether, the newspaper spent $12 million to upgrade its facilities. Today, however, a heap of 15 seven-foot-long rolls from those presses sits outside the building at 215 Main Street in the center of this city's downtown district. Inside the structure, workers are dismantling the remaining presses.

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