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Journalists criticize
Reasoner’s actions
Warped
by Scott McCullar
United Press International
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — An
Arkansas journalism group will
not take CBS’ “60 Minutes” to
court as reporter Harry Reason-
er suggested, but members
Saturday sent a rebuke to
Reasoner for meeting with a
school board in violation of the
state’s open meetings law.
Reasoner and a “60 Minutes”
camera crew Wednesday inter
viewed four members of the Lit
tle Rock school board in a meet
ing closed to other members of
the press.
In a draft of a letter released
Saturday, the Arkansas chapter
of the Society of Professional
Journalists, Sigma Delta Chi,
chided Reasoner for his “out
rageous performance” and criti
cized the reporter for making
“doubly difficult” the task of
“getting our public officials to
respect the Freedom of Infor
mation law.”
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sent during a taping.
I he SDX group will not sue
Reasoner because it does not
have the money “to take on
CBS, the letter said. The inter
view is to be part of an upcoming
program on the school district
since Central High School was
desegregated 25 years ago.
“Take us to court,” Reasoner
said when told Arkansas law for
bids closed meetings. Reasoner
said he would walk out of the
interview if other reporters were
present, and a program produc-
er said “60 Minutes’ never
allows other reporters to be pre-
Herbert C. Rule III, a school
board member who refused to
attend the meeting because it
was closed, was praised by (he
group for his “demonstration
that any lust for the 60-Minute
imehght should not exceed
one s duty to obey the law.”
Georgia drug search halted;
500 pounds of cocaine found
United Press International
ELLIJAY, Ga. — The Nation
al Guard and law officers called
off a rugged mountain search
Saturday for cocaine worth one
half billion dollars, confident
they had recovered all of the
drugs dropped from a smug
gler’s plane.
The search in rugged, snake-
infested north Georgia moun
tains also attracted scores of
scavengers hoping to find one of
18 canisters, worth-more than
$25 million each.
Officials said they found over
500 pounds of cocaine, packed
in three duffel bags and 18
fiberglass canisters.
Authorities said the cocaine
was dropped from an airplane
over the mountains by a drug
smuggler whose plane may have
been running out of fuel.
The plane believed to have
made the drop was capable of
carrying twice the amount of
cocaine that w'as found, so offi
cials had f eared another fortune
in drugs may be lying around on
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DETROIT — Ford IV
Go., Chrysler Corp. and Amei
ican Motors Corp. are leadir.
the 1983 model year parai
with cars that stress aerodyii:
mics, luxury and fuel econom'
Analysts agree the mere
troduction of differently style
cars likely won’t result in ft
sales surge needed to put ft
troit back on t he road tosucces
But interest rates are
personal incomes rising so®
w'hat and the economy itnpto
ving in general. So the autodial
ers’ hopes spring eternal
1983 wall be the year of recover
Models in 1983 likely wiP
toward the $10,000 ranjt
although price hikes this yea
will be minimal.
Of the automakers, F®
Motor Co. and Americas
Motors Corp. are pushing his
dest for w'hat they feel are jc
novative models.
Coming out this fall are ll*
aerodynamically styled IT
and Thunderbird — radical 1
different versions bearing M*
resemblance to the old modp
that bore the names.
The cars have sloping, all
pointed, noses and
curved rears. The style alll} | l
them to almost cut under
wind, reducing resistance
improving both fuel econ
and performance. ,,
Ford President DoP
Petersen admits the auto c®
pany is taking a chance by intt 1 '
ducing models that are sodi|
rent from others in the r®
sized class. Dealers hope the®
queness of the cars will profflf 1
buyers to take their checkbook
out of pockets and purses.
Ford also is introducing!^
performance versions of 15
small Escort and Lynx mode 1
plus a Mustang convertibleth' 1
is likely to be a hot-selling sp
cialty car.
AMC is banking heavily 011
the success of the Rena® 1
Alliance. The compact
available in two-door and
door forms, bears a seemiif
affordable $5,995 price tag 0 '
the base model and goes up !
around $7,200 for the big!® 1
priced car.
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similar to sedans offered b
foreign automakers. It is tf 1 '
tainly an attention-getter
AMC dealerships and theau®
maker says it hopes to build i’'
out 100,000 this year.
AMC risks getting lost in ft 1
crowd of small, fuel-effici®
cars when the novelty of the®'
model wears off, however
Chrysler’s new cars are belt's
touted as its fourth series
front-wheel drive autos. Call*
the Chrysler E-Class and Dodp
600, the family-sized cars rang
from base, no-frills models'
luxury styles.
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