CBS News Lays Off About 200 Staff Including Ike Pappas
CBS News cuts about 200 positions across the division as Howard Stringer apologizes in a memo. Veteran correspondent Ike Pappas and several on air reporters in cities like Chicago Atlanta Boston Washington New York Paris and Bonn are among those laid off. The moves aim to save about 31 million annually and also cancel the 15 year old Saturday morning children's news show In the News.
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Shirman dies in Israel at 32 after failed bone marrow transplant
Mikhail Shirman, a leukemia patient who called Gor bachov his murderer, died in Kaplan Hospital Rehovot at 32. Doctors say a timely bone marrow transplant could have saved him. Soviet Jewish activists blame Kremlin for blocking the donor from coming to Israel for 11 months.
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Girl buried in sand pile rescued after four hour ordeal
A 13 year old girl fell into a sand pile at Trap Rock Co and was buried up to her chest for over four hours in freezing weather. Firefighters drained sand and used ropes to lift her to safety. She was treated for mild hypothermia and released.
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Two historic Greensburg buildings collapse injuring six
In Greensburg Indiana two century old buildings on the town square including an Elks club collapsed Friday evening. Rescue workers searched rubble with dogs for a missing woman believed trapped. At least six people were injured in the collapse.
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Chun Doo Hwan pledges to seek compromise on government form
Secretary of State George Shultz obtained assurances from South Korean President Chun Doo Hwan that he would seek a constitutional settlement with the opposition. Chun pledged to move toward democracy, hold free elections, and leave office at the end of his term in February 1988. Shultz met Chun during a stopover in Seoul on his way from Shanghai to Tokyo.
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Contras tied to Iran arms deal run into millions
Senate investigators reported proof that Nicaraguan rebels benefited from profits diverted from the Iranian arms sale far exceeding Adolfo Calero’s admitted 200000. Warren Rudman said the amount could be six to ten million, possibly higher, with full figures to come within days.
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