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Date: 25 April 1988
LEAD: International A2-10 Chernobyl still has problems two years after an explosion and fire. The nuclear power station is riddled with negligence, and managers have ignored safety regulations, the Soviet newspaper Pravda charged. Page A1 Soviet economic change has failed so far to produce much growth or raise living standards, despite the ambitious programs of Mikhail S.
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When TV News Gives Its Word
Date: 25 April 1988
LEAD: Should the television networks keep their promises to Congress? Of course, and when they don't, Congress and the public have a right to feel wronged.
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How 1984 voters feel now
Date: 24 April 1988
LEAD: Voters who went for ...Reagan in '84 but expect to vote Democratic 10% ...Reagan in '84 but are unsure about this year 20 ...Reagan in '84 and expect to vote Republican 36 ...Mondale in '84 and expect to vote Democratic 27 ...Mondale in '84 and are unsure about this year 6
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Expansion Plan for CNN
Date: 25 April 1988
Reuters
LEAD: The Cable News Network, the 24-hour cable television operation owned by Turner Broadcasting System Inc., plans to expand its broadcasts to South America.
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Comeback by the Atlanta Papers Isn't All Hurrahs
Date: 24 April 1988
By Alex S. Jones, Special To the New York Times
Alex Jones
LEAD: This city's newspapers, The Atlanta Journal and The Atlanta Constitution, have all the ingredients of an editor's dream: a celebrated reputation in need of repairing, owners with money and a hunger for dramatic improvement, a town large enough to support a first-rate paper, and a big story to cover - the evolving South.
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Family Violence
Date: 24 April 1988
By Tessa Melvin
Tessa Melvin
LEAD: In Rye and in Newport News, Va., ''if you hit a woman, you're going to jail'' or at least to a mandatory therapy program. That message is the focus of the award-winning videotape ''Agents of Change - A Law Enforcement Response to Family Violence,'' now being used to train police departments nationwide.
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Papers Move to Lighter Newsprint
Date: 25 April 1988
By Alex S. Jones
Alex Jones
LEAD: The nation's newspapers have begun moving toward the use of lightweight newsprint, according to some industry experts.
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The RoboAnchor
Date: 24 April 1988
By Adam Hochschild
Adam Hochschild
LEAD: Some weeks ago, NBC announced it was putting into operation television's latest technological marvel, the robotic camera, or robocam. The robocam slides around the studio floor and zooms in for close-ups like any other TV camera, but all by remote control. This means that the three or four cameras aimed at Tom Brokaw are no longer operated by three or four operators, but by one.
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IS MANAGUA REDRAWING THE PARTY LINE?
Date: 24 April 1988
By Stephen Kinzer
Stephen Kinzer
LEAD: Three days of talks between contra guerrilla leaders and the Sandinista Government ended without agreement last week, but the prospects for a peace settlement did not die and the two sides agreed to meet again this week. The cease-fire declared a month ago was holding, and negotiators said they still believe a formula for a final armistice can be reached.
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