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Date: 21 October 2001
By Felicity Barringer
Felicity Barringer
News organizations in United States have given audiences avalanche of information since Sept 11 terrorist attacks, but whether having so much information about a problem quells panic or creates it remains a question (M) y
Date: 21 October 2001
By Micheline Maynard (COMPILED BY RICK GLADSTONE)
Micheline COMPILED
Jacques Nasser, who is expected to be ousted as chief executive of Ford Motor Co by year-end, sends out invitations to Ford's annual holiday party for news media, which is on Nov 26 at Fairlane, estate of Ford's founder, Henry Ford; photo (S)
Date: 20 October 2001
By Ross E. Milloy (NYT)
Ross Milloy
Texas Lottery Commission restores ban on political contributions to state officials by gaming contractor, Gtech Corp, day after Dallas Morning News reports that ban had been lifted by commission and amid warnings from state Democratic Party that relaxing ban invites potential scandals (S)
Date: 21 October 2001
By Todd S. Purdum and Alison Mitchell
Todd Purdum
Terrorism experts have warned for years that federal, state and local governments are ill-prepared to handle biological attack; elaborate drills have found glaring gaps in coordination, communication and command, so that response to real-life anthrax attack looks frighteningly like practice runs; confusion, amplified by 24-hour media, recounted since first Florida case was followed by letters delivered in New York and Washington; photo (M)
Date: 21 October 2001
By Tom Kuntz
Tom Kuntz
Several reporters from around country describe crackpot letters they have received from readers; photo (M)1
Date: 20 October 2001
By Celia W. Dugger (NYT)
Celia Dugger
More than 200 journalists sign letter to Pres Chandrika Kumaratunga of Sr Lanka demanding more active investigation of assassination year ago of Mylvaganam Nimalarajan, who reported for BBCV's Tamil and Sinhala langeuge services from Jaffna Peninsula; rights workers suspect Nimalarajan was killed because of his reporting on vote rigging in last year's election (S)
Date: 21 October 2001
By Thomas J. Lueck and David E. Rosenbaum
Thomas Lueck
Letter discovered at New York Post tests positive for anthrax; postmark is Trenton and handwriting is similar to that on letters found at NBC in New York and at Sen Tom Daschle's office in Washington; evidence of anthrax is also found in House of Representatives mailroom in Ford Office Building, third site on Capitol Hill where spores have been found; map; Post letter, postmarked Oct 18, same day as NBC letter, contains small amount of powdery substance and is found after editorial-page employee tests positive; Washington Mayor Anthony Williams says worker from postal center is being treated for possible infection; Brazilian authorities says second tests on letter received by The New York Times office in Rio rule out anthrax; contaminated letter from Miami reported in Buenos Aires but not confirmed; search for source continues along postal route in Trenton (M)
Date: 20 October 2001
By Julie Flaherty (NYT)
Julie NYT
Two television reporters caught trying to cross into United States from Canada at East Franklin, Vt, which is not official crossing point, face civil fines of $5,000; authorities say this is sixth time since Sept 11 that journalists sneaked across border to test its security, wasting time of Border Patrol and Customs agents (S)
Date: 20 October 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
American Classic Voyages, cruise ship company controlled by Sam Zell, seeks bankruptcy protection; cruise bookings fell 50 percent after Sept 11 terrorist attacks; company will cease operating its Hawaii vessels and will shut down four of five Delta Queen vessels in next three days (S)
Date: 20 October 2001
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Shares of Providian Financial Corp fall 58 percent after company says losses are mounting and its chief executive will resign; profit fell 71 percent in third quarter (S)