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...system, called the Vista, was developed by Scitex Corp. Ltd. of Herzlia, Israel, at the behest of TIME Operations Director Gérard Leliévre, and is the only such machine in the world. "We were seeking a kind of missing link between our computerized systems for processing copy and for preparing and transmitting completed pages," explains Leliévre. "Without electronic technology, the Art Department could have been left behind...
...monitors displays, in symbolic form, the story, headlines, art and pictures that the designer wants to place on a page. He can then move the elements around, altering their sizes and positions. The other monitor shows, in color, what the completed page will look like. "With the Vista," says Leliévre, "we can save a great deal of time by putting electronic technology to work much earlier in the production process...
...Vista arrived at TIME last fall and became the pride of a development team consisting of Systems Manager Steve Demeter and Technical Supervisor Suzi Romanik. They began fine-tuning the machine and figuring out which unique software they would need from Scitex. Says Demeter: "Since this is the first machine of its kind, we didn't know what we were getting until we actually started producing pages on it. As we increase the number and types of pages produced, we have to keep coming up with solutions to new problems...
Young was subpoenaed by the grand jury in the Vista case but refused to testify on grounds of possible selfincrimination. Federal agents had bugged his condominium in the city and reportedly collected hours of conversations, some of them between the defendants. Defense lawyers contend that the surveillance was illegal...
Another federal investigation is seeking to ascertain whether the Magnum Oil Co. had overcharged the city for fuel and had received from the city a $1 million loan with highly favorable terms. Young had supported the contracts to both Vista and Magnum, sometimes over the objections of the city council. Magnum is a black enterprise, and Vista posed as one in order to be eligible for preferential treatment by the city. Other less serious investigations involve the funding of several housing projects and a mall development and operations of the city...