NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 12 September 1988
International A2-9 Poison gas attacks on Kurds by Iraq were recounted by Kurdish refugees at a camp in Diyarbakir, Turkey. But Turkish Government doctors say the refugees' medical problems were caused by poor nutrition. Page A1
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NBC News Dismisses 110 Employees
Date: 12 September 1988
By Peter J. Boyer
Peter Boyer
In the final stage of a long-term drive to cut its budget and eliminate jobs, NBC News is giving notice to 110 news employees that their jobs will be terminated by the end of the year.
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Another Mosquito To Worry About
Date: 11 September 1988
AS MOSQUITOES go, the Asian tiger is not only exceptionally aggressive, but also a carrier of serious diseases. So it was with an undercurrent of unease that Federal authorities reported in 1985 that the insect had entered this country in Houston aboard used tire casings.
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Still Fighting The Civil War
Date: 11 September 1988
''OUR point,'' says the president of the Alabama chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, ''is that that flag can be flown at any time in any place except on public property.''
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Paying Children To Go to School
Date: 11 September 1988
WHEN Red Bank (N.J.) Regional High School began paying potential dropouts $5 a day to attend school regularly, some other students and teachers became upset.
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Under a Roof Of Thatch In the Jungle
Date: 11 September 1988
By Michael McCartney
Michael McCartney
WE wanted to see a part of the Amazon jungle, that vast wilderness of land and water that makes up more than a third of the South American continent. We weren't hikers or campers. On the other hand, neither were we interested in boating on the Amazon River, where we feared we'd see more cruise ships than anything else.
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Washington Talk: Briefing; A Touch of Classroom
Date: 12 September 1988
By David Binder & Martin Tolchin
David Martin
You can take the professor out of the classroom, but you can't take the classroom out of the professor. Like other Senators, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, the New York Democrat who came to Washington by way of Harvard, holds news conferences. But that is not what his press aides call them. Because Mr. Moynihan's discussions of current affairs tend to be discursive and laced with historical references, they jokingly invite reporters to his ''tutorials,''
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Details at Eleven
Date: 11 September 1988
BROADCAST NEWS Starring William Hurt, Holly Hunter (in photo), Albert Brooks, Robert Prosky, Lois Chiles, Joan Cusack, Peter Hackes, Christian Clemenson, Robert Katims. Directed by James L. Brooks. 1987. CBS/Fox Video. 132 minutes. $89.98. Rated R.
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U.S.-Canada Accord Sets Qualifications for Journalists
Date: 12 September 1988
By Albert Scardino
Albert Scardino
THE new trade agreement between the United States and Canada contains a surprise for those who consider themselves to be journalists: unless they have finished college and have practiced their craft for three years, they do not qualify for the privileged immigration status accorded other working professionals.
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