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The News From Disney World

Date: 08 October 1986

Walt Disney World did not purchase all the journalists who swarmed over the Florida amusement park last weekend. Some of the reporters covering the park's four-day 15th anniversary celebration were from news organizations that paid their own way. The public, however, could not have distinguished between the serious reporters and those who showed up only because Disney had offered free transportation, lodging, meals and entertainment. It appeared instead that the entire Fourth Estate was on the take.

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NEWS SUMMARY: THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1986

Date: 09 October 1986

The World The State Dept. spokesman resigned in protest over what he called ''the reported disinformation program'' of the Reagan Administration against the Libyan leader, Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi. The spokesman, Bernard Kalb, told reporters, ''Anything that hurts America's credibility hurts America.'' [ Page A1, Column 6. ] Reporters praised Bernard Kalb for resigning as the State Department's chief spokesman. Many journalists said they regarded the action as a demonstration of his integrity and further evidence of the existence of a disinformation program in the Administration. [ A17:1. ]

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NEWS SUMMARY: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1986

Date: 08 October 1986

The World The President linked human rights in the Soviet Union to a full-fledged meeting with Mikhail S. Gorbachev in the United States. Mr. Reagan stressed the need for improvements in Soviet rights policies after meeting with Yuri F. Orlov, the freed Soviet dissident. [ Page A1, Column 6. ] No change in key arms control issues will be expressed by President Reagan at the East-West summit talks in Iceland this weekend, according to an Administration official. He said Mr. Reagan would hold to the position that American Pershing 2 ballistic missiles should be deployed in West Germany under an interim agreement. [ A9:1. ]

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THE EX-SPOKESMAN: BERNARD KALB

Date: 09 October 1986

By Bernard Weinraub, Special To the New York Times

Bernard Weinraub

From the moment last Thursday morning when he read about the Reagan Administration's reported effort to deceive news organizations, Bernard Kalb's days and nights have been marked by personal anguish. ''It has pursued me unshakably,'' said Mr. Kalb, who joined the State Department as its spokesman nearly two years ago after a long career as a newspaper and television reporter. ''I have been agonizing about this thing. I knew nothing about it. I was concerned. I was concerned with the impact of any such program on the credibility of the United States and the word of America and what the word of America means.''

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Quotation of the Day

Date: 09 October 1986

''Faith in the word of America is the pulsebeat of our democracy.

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JOURNALISTS LAUD KALB FOR QUITTING

Date: 09 October 1986

By Alex S. Jones, Special To the New York Times

Alex Jones

Many journalists said today that they regarded the resignation of the top State Department press spokesman as a demonstration of his integrity and further evidence of the existence of a disinformation program within the Reagan Administration. In explaining his resignation, Bernard Kalb, Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs, repeatedly declined to confirm that there was a policy to disemminate false information to accomplish political objectives. But he also said his resignation was a ''modest dissent'' prompted by press reports of a disinformation policy.

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Ziff-Davis Acquisition

Date: 08 October 1986

By Philip H. Dougherty

Philip Dougherty

The Ziff-Davis Publishing Company has acquired Government Computer News, an every-other-week newspaper with a circulation of 85,000 that is based in Silver Spring, Md. Israel Feldman, who sold it for an undisclosed price, will continue as its publisher. The acquisition brings to seven the number of Ziff-Davis computer publications.

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Daniloff's Reservations

Date: 09 October 1986

By Wayne King and Warren Weaver Jr

Wayne King

n a letter to Speaker Thomas P. O'Neill Jr., hand-written while he was in the United States Embassy after being released from prison in the Soviet Union, Nicholas S. Daniloff thanked the Speaker for the support of Congress. But he expressed deep concern over the arrangements for his release after the Soviet Union accused him of spying.

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FALLEN WAR CORRESPONDENTS JOIN TROOPS

Date: 08 October 1986

By David Shipler, Special To the New York Times

David Shipler

An oak tree was dedicated and a plaque was unveiled in Arlington National Cemetery today to honor the more than 200 war correspondents who have been killed while reporting to the American public on the far-flung battles of the last 100 years. Some died alongside soldiers in World War I and II. Others were hit by stray bullets in the Middle East, were killed by mines in Central America or simply disappeared while driving down roads in Cambodia. All ''have given their lives while pursuing the truth,'' said Steve Bell of ABC News, the master of ceremonies, who covered the Vietnam War.

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SPOKESMAN QUITS STATE DEPT. POST ON DECEPTION ISSUE

Date: 09 October 1986

By David K. Shipler, Special To the New York Times

David Shipler

Citing the importance of personal and governmental credibility, Bernard Kalb resigned today as the State Department spokesman to protest what he called ''the reported disinformation program'' conducted by the Reagan Administration against the Libyan leader Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi. ''Faith in the word of America is the pulsebeat of our democracy,'' Mr. Kalb told reporters at the State Department. ''Anything that hurts America's credibility hurts America.'' President Reagan, asked about the resignation of Mr. Kalb as he boarded Air Force One tonight in Atlanta, en route to Washington, said, ''No one on our side has been lying to anyone.''

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