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Date: 29 March 1998
By Tina Kelley
Tina Kelley
David Johnson has been writing weekly column for Lewiston, Idaho, Morning Tribune since 1984 featuring person chosen at random from phone books in newspaper's circulation area; he comments, interview; map; photo (M)
Date: 29 March 1998
By Peter Applebome
Peter Applebome
Instantaneous groping for meaning that followed horrendous shooting incident outside middle school in Jonesboro, Ark, raises question of whether babble of interpreters provides insight or just sows more confusion and cynicism; Jack Fuller, former newspaper publisher, says that at time of information overload, making sense of events, rather than just reporting them, is increasingly critical part of journalistic franchise; but profound resonance of Jonesboro shootings has not always lent itself to equally profound responses, and much of what passes for analysis is really little more than advocacy; Mark Crispin Miller of New York University contends that constant drone of knowing voices is largely chorus of propagandists talking to public; photo (M)
Date: 30 March 1998
By Iver Peterson
Iver Peterson
Number of journalists killed worldwide in 1997 because of their work was 26, same as previous year despite reduced hostilities in Balkins and in former Soviet republics; but number in prison declined to 129 from 189 in 1996, principally due to sharp decline in imprisonments in Turkey; figures were compiled by Committee to Protect Journalists (M)
Date: 29 March 1998
By Max Frankel
Max Frankel
Max Frankel article deplores media failure to expose falsity of claims by both Democrats and Republicans of having balanced budget and achieved budget surplus; holds 'borrowing' from Social Security 'Trust Fund' conceals continuing Federal budget imbalance; cites hypocrisy of Pres Clinton's pledge to use impending surplus to 'save Social Security first;' drawing (M)
Date: 29 March 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
South Korea plans to let businesses invest in North Korea without controls or prior consultation; says it will allow business travel and visits by elderly to North Korea in bid to expand economic cooperation (S)
Date: 30 March 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Telewest Communications PLC, Britain's second-largest cable television company, says it may acquire rival General Cable PLC in takeover bid worth $1.12 billion (M)
Date: 29 March 1998
Michael Liss letter points out that tabloids are not published in a vacuum (S)
Date: 30 March 1998
INTERNATIONAL A3-8 U.S. Arms Makers Lobby For NATO Expansion American arms manufacturers, who stand to gain billions of dollars in sales of weapons, communication systems and other military equipment if the Senate approves NATO expansion, have made enormous investments in lobbyists and campaign contributions to promote their cause in Washington. A1 Infighting Rocks Khmer Rouge The remnants of Cambodia's Communist Khmer Rouge movement have turned their guns on one another, and the jungle stronghold that has withstood repeated Government offensives is now torn by factional fighting. The turmoil comes at a moment of political tension in the capital, where Prince Norodom Ranariddh is scheduled to return after fleeing a coup last July. A3
Date: 29 March 1998
INTERNATIONAL 3-15 Former Premier to Run For Yeltsin's Job in 2000 Russia's dismissed Prime Minister said he would run for President in 2000. Viktor Chernomyrdin, who was ousted as premier on Monday, quickly announced his plans and tried to undo any perception that he was dead politically. But he has powerful rivals and low support in polls. 9
Date: 29 March 1998
By Kenneth Best
Kenneth Best
Gayle King, in interview with Kenneth Best, discusses her career as WFSB news co-anchor and host of nationally syndicated talk show, Gayle King Show; photo (M)