NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 05 January 1989
LEAD: International A2-15
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4th of January 1989 News
Nyheter som framträdde på New York Times framsida den 4 januari 1989
NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 04 January 1989
LEAD: International A2-9 A major Soviet troop withdrawal from Afghanistan appears to be ready for as early as Jan. 15, Western diplomats said. At the same time, rebels announced an alliance for interim government. Page A1
Friendly French Offer for Collins Is Ended
Date: 05 January 1989
By Sheila Rule, Special To the New York Times
Sheila Rule
LEAD: The battle for control of William Collins P.L.C., the Scottish publisher, took a new turn today as a friendly French bidder stepped aside and Collins said it would open talks with Rupert Murdoch's News International P.L.C.
Collins Spurns Murdoch Bid
Date: 04 January 1989
Reuters
LEAD: The Scottish publisher William Collins P.L.C. today rejected an increased takeover bid by Rupert Murdoch and sought a friendly deal with a French publisher instead.
CNN in Latin America
Date: 05 January 1989
AP
LEAD: The Turner Broadcasting System said today that it would transmit the Cable News Network 24 hours a day to Latin America on the Pan American Satellite Corporation's international satellite. The agreement followed tests that began in November, TBS said. Turner's decision to use Pan American Satellite is a victory for the private company, based in Greenwich, Conn., and a defeat for Intelsat, the international consortium that operates most communications satellites.
Castro Plays Down Differences With Soviets on Economic Change
Date: 05 January 1989
By Joseph B. Treaster, Special To the New York Times
Joseph
LEAD: Fidel Castro sought tonight to minimize differences between Cuba and the Soviet Union, but reaffirmed his refusal to adopt Mikhail S. Gorbachev's program of economic liberalization to remedy his country's critical economic problems.
Watching Steinberg
Date: 04 January 1989
By Floyd Abrams
Floyd Abrams
LEAD: Once the Joel Steinberg trial is over, will there be any serious argument left against televising trials?
Booking Guests for Talk Shows: A Hectic Hunt for Ever-Fresh Gab
Date: 05 January 1989
By N. R. Kleinfield
N. Kleinfield
LEAD: Gail Evans has 9,000 telephone numbers. She has dozens of earthquake survivors, 15 people who say they've had afterlife experiences, 4 who insist they've seen Big Foot. She has the phone number of Cher's mother and the number of Rocky Graziano's upstairs neighbor. She has business numbers, home numbers, country home numbers, car phone numbers, airplane numbers and beeper numbers.
Koch Contends He Is Scapegoat For Journalists
Date: 04 January 1989
By Richard Levine
Richard Levine
LEAD: Mayor Edward I. Koch yesterday spent much of his first, formal City Hall press conference of the year testily complaining about the press.
Izvestia Opens Pages to 'Parasites'
Date: 04 January 1989
By Bill Keller, Special To the New York Times
Bill Keller
LEAD: ''French perfumes, French wines, the French striving for comfort have been well known to you for a long time,'' read the notice on page 5 of tonight's issue of Izvestia, the Soviet Government daily newspaper. ''Now you have the opportunity to get better acquainted with industrial France.''