Replaying onsdag 30 juli 1986

NEWS SUMMARY: THURSDAY, JULY 31, 1986

Date: 31 July 1986

International The American trade deficit continued in June at a record-breaking pace of $170 billion a year, the Commerce Department reported. At $14.17 billion, last month's deficit was little changed from May. [ Page A1, Col. 6. ] Geneva conferees made no progress on salvaging or replacing the unratified 1979 treaty limiting strategic weapons, Reagan Administration officials said. One high official described the American-Soviet meetings as ''very acrimonious.'' [ A1:4. ]

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'MORNING NEWS' PRODUCER TO LEAVE

Date: 30 July 1986

By Thomas Morgan

Thomas Morgan

Susan Winston, the executive producer of the ''CBS Morning News'' who was hired three months ago to revamp the program, is leaving the network on Friday, CBS said yesterday. ''We are disappointed that Susan Winston has decided not to stay with the company and produce the new morning broadcast to begin airing in 1987,'' Van Gordon Sauter, president of CBS News, said in a statement. ''She is a highly skilled and creative producer, and the enhancements she brought to the morning news speak eloquently to that fact. She will depart at the end of this week. We sincerely wish her well.''

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NEWS SUMMARY: WEDNESDAY, JULY 30, 1986

Date: 30 July 1986

International South Africa reacted hostilely to the latest Western initiative to promote a dialogue on apartheid. President P. W. Botha told Britain's Foreign Secretary, Sir Geoffry Howe, that Pretoria ''should be left in peace.'' Sir Geoffrey has represented the 12-member European Community on a seven-day visit to southern Africa. [ Page A1, Column 6. ] The U.S. and Pretoria signed an agreement to increase textile imports from South Africa by 4 percent, the Reagan Administrtion told Congress. The disclosure prompted angry criticism on Capitol Hill, where legislators have been considering the imposition of strict economic sanctions against South Africa. The White House maintained that the accord would in effect limit Pretoria's share of the American market, which has been rising rapidly. [ A1:5. ]

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Unbumped by Bush

Date: 30 July 1986

By Wayne King and Warren Weaver Jr

Wayne King

Wolf Blitzer, Washington bureau chief of The Jerusalem Post, is going to Jordan with Vice President Bush after all. On Monday the journalist said he had been barred from the Jordan segment of the Vice President's Middle Eastern trip by a Bush aide, despite the fact that he was a United States citizen with an American passport and a visa to Jordan signed by the Jordanian Ambassador himself.

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Congressional Sources

Date: 30 July 1986

By Wayne King and Warren Weaver Jr

Wayne King

Members of Congress go out of their way to obtain television coverage of their activities, but they don't seem to rely on radio or television sources a good deal as authorities in floor debates. In the first five months of 1986, according to a study by a Washington public relations agency, Jean Rainey Associ-ates, senators and representatives cited newspapers, magazines and other print sources 1,504 times in floor speeches, as against 37 mentions of radio and television sources.

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BRITISH COURT ORDERS PRESS NOT TO PUBLISH SPY MEMOIRS

Date: 30 July 1986

By Joseph Lelyveld, Special To the New York Times

Joseph Lelyveld

Apparently in an extension of the British Government's already far-reaching powers to restrict what is published in newspapers on grounds of national security, the Appeals Court has upheld a ban on publication of any allegations made by a retired member of the British Secret Service who is seeking to have his memoirs published in Australia. The ban represents the first judicial injunction won by the Government to achieve what amounts to a blanket prior restraint on publication of information it deems to be sensitive. In the past, the authorities have relied on the threat of prosecution under the Official Secrets Act or official requests to editors for the suppression of information. Such requests, known as D-notices, were generally accepted as binding by the press and were themselves supposed to be secret.

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A Lobbyist's Quest for Editorial Ink

Date: 30 July 1986

By Barbara Gamarekian

Barbara Gamarekian

Frank Fowlkes has brought a new twist to the Washington lobbying game. He does not lobby Congress, at least not directly. A free lance, he contracts with various organizations to lobby the editorial boards of newspapers on public policy issues that are being addressed legislatively in Washington. The aim is to build up a little more pressure on legislators at the grass-roots level.

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OFFICIALS JOIN KOCH TO PRESS NEW ATTACK ON DRUG ABUSE

Date: 31 July 1986

By Joyce Purnick

Joyce Purnick

City, state and Federal law-enforcement officials joined with Mayor Koch yesterday to demand a new attack on drug abuse from every level of government. Using strong language, they called for more state judges, more Federal judges, more prosecutors, more courtroom space and the deportation of all illegal aliens convicted of narcotics offenses. Their proposals require state or Federal action that has not yet been agreed upon and the use of state, city and Federal money, which would require formal approval. The officials, assembled at a hastily scheduled news conference, did not know how much their proposals would cost, did not say specifically how they would be financed and, with the exception of asking for 40 additional state judges, did not cite specific figures.

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ARGENTINA AND BRAZIL SIGN PACTS

Date: 31 July 1986

By Shirley Christian, Special To the New York Times

Shirley Christian

The Presidents of Brazil and Argentina said today that they had signed agreements to create the ''political framework'' for the long-sought economic integration of their two countries. Argentina's President, Raul Alfonsin, described the accords, which were signed Tuesday night, as ''good news for Latin America and the world'' at a news conference with President Jose Sarney of Brazil. Mr. Alfonsin added that it was now possible to ''work more efficiently to overcome the stagnation of the region.'' Of the 11 protocols, one considered of immediate importance is Brazil's agreement to buy 1.375 million tons of wheat from Argentina next year, with that figure to rise gradually to 2 million tons by 1991.

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CBS SEES LOWER TV PROFITS

Date: 31 July 1986

By Geraldine Fabrikant

Geraldine Fabrikant

CBS Inc. yesterday forecast lower television network profits for the balance of 1986, because of the weak market for television advertising. CBS stock fell $5.125, to $132.125, on the news. The information was not surprising since Capital Cities/ American Broadcasting Companies said earlier this week that it anticipated a somber second half for its network.

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