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Date: 24 March 1988
LEAD: International A2-15 President Reagan will visit Moscow from May 29 to June 2, but it seems uncertain that he and Mikhail S. Gorbachev will sign a treaty reducing long-range nuclear arms. Page A1 Nicaragua and contra conferees signed an agreement on a cease-fire that was described as historic by both sides.
Date: 23 March 1988
LEAD: INTERNATIONAL A3-15 Sandinista and contra leaders offered differing proposals for a cease-fire during their second day of talks at a southern border outpost. The head of the contra delegation, Adolfo Colero, said that progress had been made. Page A1 Renewed aid for the contras was called for by President Reagan as the White House worked to fashion a contra aid package that could win bipartisan support in Congress.
Date: 24 March 1988
By Larry Rohter, Special To the New York Times
Larry Rohter
LEAD: Since early February the Panamanian Government has shut three newspapers, three radio networks and a television station. But one news outlet here remains tantalizingly beyond the reach of Gen. Manuel Antonio Noriega and his censors.
Date: 23 March 1988
LEAD: ''By putting my signature beneath the dishonest materials of the Communist Party, you have insulted me before the whole country. I am obliged to beg forgiveness not only of the Armenian people but also before all honest people of our country.'' - Yuri Arakelyan, a Pravda correspondent, to his editor.
Date: 24 March 1988
By E. J. Dionne Jr
E. Dionne
LEAD: Americans oppose President Reagan's decision to send troops to Honduras and continue to be against aid to the Nicaraguan contras, the latest New York Times/CBS News Poll shows.
Date: 23 March 1988
By Francis X. Clines, Special To the New York Times
Francis Clines
LEAD: A self-described paramilitary retribution gunman, his eyes blackened, his face puffy, was charged today with the murders of three mourners in a grenade attack here last Wednesday on an Irish Republican Army funeral.
Date: 23 March 1988
By Felicity Barringer, Special To the New York Times
Felicity Barringer
LEAD: An Armenian correspondent for Pravda has disavowed an article published over his signature, an article that dashed Armenian hopes for a favorable resolution of territorial demands.
Date: 23 March 1988
By John D. Battersby, Special To the New York Times
John
LEAD: The South African Government closed a leading anti-apartheid newspaper for three months today after declaring that it was bent on stimulating revolution.
Date: 24 March 1988
By E. J. Dionne Jr
E. Dionne
LEAD: Americans overwhelmingly oppose pardoning Lieut. Col. Oliver L. North of the Marines before he goes on trial in the Iran-contra scandal, the latest New York Times/CBS News Poll shows.
Date: 24 March 1988
Special to the New York Times
LEAD: Kansas City Southern Industries said a letter it had received from the New York investor Howard Kaskel to buy the railroad and data processing company for $60 a share, or $588 million, ''appears to be an effort to stimulate trading in Kansas City Southern stock.'' Mr. Kaskel leads a group of investors who control 11.3 percent of the common shares.