Hearings set on TV News
Date: 22 March 1987
AP
LEAD: The House telecommunications subcommittee has asked the chief executives and news division presidents of the three major television networks to testify on the quality of network news.
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LETTING GRANDPA DELIVER THE NEWS
Date: 22 March 1987
By Michael Freitag
Michael Freitag
LEAD: TO Brian J. Kelly, using children to deliver the weekly Greenwood (Ind.) Gazette to 19,000 geographically dispersed customers made no sense. So he went to the other extreme - he contracted the delivery work out to a local senior citizen center.
NEWS SUMMARY: SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 1987
Date: 21 March 1987
LEAD: International 2-5, 28 Labor unrest in Yugoslavia has erupted recently. Since the beginning of March, workers have been walking off their jobs to protest stern new wage restraints at a time when prices of most necessities are being raised. Page 1 Poland's labor federation protested expected price increases, declaring them unacceptable to Polish workers, and calling for an end to policies of continuously raising prices of food, services and consumer goods.
Say It Ain't So, Larry
Date: 21 March 1987
By Russell Baker
Russell Baker
LEAD: People in the news business tend to forget it's a business, so when something like the firings at CBS News jolts them back to reality, they respond with shock and rage.
Headliners; An Exclusive
Date: 22 March 1987
LEAD: What did Barbara Walters know about the Iran-contra affair, and when did she know it? In one instance, it seems, the White House could answer that. An official there said last week that in December and January, after interviewing an Iranian arms merchant, the ABC News correspondent had informed the President that the weapons dealer believed Lieut.
PAPERBOYS GO THE WAY OF THE DODO
Date: 22 March 1987
By Michael Freitag
Michael Freitag
LEAD: EVERY year, The San Jose (Calif.) Mercury News hires some 5,000 paperboys to deliver 264,000 papers a day over 3,500 routes. That math looks skewed, but it is not. Annual turnover at the paper is hitting about 150 percent - which means that Timothy J. Allridge, director of consumer marketing, and his staff have to spend an inordinate amount of time recruiting and training new carriers.
Weapons Race Coverage Cited
Date: 22 March 1987
LEAD: The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, CBS-TV News and CNN-TV have been named winners of Olive Branch Awards for outstanding coverage of the nuclear weapons race. Robert S. McNamara, former Secretary of Defense, earned an award for his book ''Blundering Into Disaster.''
AFTER 30 YEARS, THE COINS KEEP JINGLING
Date: 22 March 1987
By Michael Freitag
Michael Freitag
LEAD: THE coin-operated newspaper rack is celebrating its 30th birthday this year, and it has never been in better shape. ''Business has been doing nothing but growing for the last 10 to 15 years,'' said David C. Kaspar, vice president for sales of Kaspar Wire Works Inc., the Shiner, Tex., company that is the largest of the half-dozen-or-so concerns that produce coin-operated racks in the United
SATURDAY NEWS QUIZ
Date: 21 March 1987
By Donna Anderson
Donna Anderson
LEAD: Questions are based on news reports in The Times this week. Answers appear on page 54.