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Date: 06 October 1997
By Leslie Eaton
Leslie Eaton
CBS News is offering to pay print journalists up to $1,000 for tips that lead to reports on its network news broadcast or on network news magazines (S)
Date: 06 October 1997
By Melinda Henneberger
Melinda Henneberger
Growing number of news outlets, including two highly competitive newspapers, several faxed newsletters and new on-line publications, offer almost instantaneous updates to and about Congress, quickening already frenetic pace of Congressional coverage; expansion has gone well beyond what was thought market would bear, with lobbyists willing to pay relatively high advertising rates to appeal to readers who make laws; drawing; photo (M)
Date: 06 October 1997
By Leslie Eaton
Leslie Eaton
Time Warner's Warner Brothers studio agrees to supply films for four British cable television companies that plan to create pay-per-view movie channels; cable systems seek to compete with News Corp's British Sky Broadcasting, which responds with own plan for pay-per-view channels; four cable companies are Telewest Communications, NTL Inc, General Cable and Diamond Cable (S)
Date: 05 October 1997
By Daniel B. Schneider
Daniel
Daniel B Schneider answers questions on peculiar angle of Islamic Cultural Center building site in Manhattan, new 'zipper' in Times Square and periodic burning of Floyd Bennett Field by National Park Service (M)
Date: 06 October 1997
By Anthony Lewis
Anthony Lewis
Op-Ed column by Anthony Lewis praises Atty Gen Janet Reno for rejecting demands for appointment of independent counsel to investigate how money was raised for Pres Clinton's 1996 campaign; says her letter to Rep Henry Hyde offered lesson on difference between politics and law--and between journalism and law; says Americans do not want criminal investigations to be launched on basis of speculation or anonymous charges in press, nor do they want to make giving access to political contributors a crime (M)
Date: 06 October 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Italy will sell its remaining 32.8 percent stake in Telecom Italia SPa in share offering expected to raise some $9.6 billion; France is set to sell up to 20 percent of France Telecom in initial public offering (S)
Date: 05 October 1997
INTERNATIONAL 3-16 China's Plan to Privatize May Cause Worker Unrest China plans to shift almost all its 300,000 state enterprises to private ownership. But most are small, inefficient and under strict pressure to reform, and they often lack savvy managers. The grave risk is that unrest will erupt among workers, since 100 million jobs are at stake. 1 Brazil May Be Deaf to Pope Brazilians are said to look to the Roman Catholic Church for moral guidance, only to ignore it. That attitude challenges the Pope, who is preaching traditional family values there. 8 Cruise Ship Burns Off Cyprus Almost 700 people fled from a burning ship near Cyprus, rescued by helicopters and a nearby ship. There were no casualties. 10 U.N. Pullout From Congo The United Nations refugee agency said it would pull out most of its staff from the eastern Congo, in line with a Government order. A flow of Rwandan refugees has resumed there. 6 Afghan Peace Plan Uzbekistan plans to make a proposal to end the war in Afghanistan. It wants the Taliban to be in the government but not to be able to impose policies on its opponents. 9 Earl Spencer's Own Paparazzo Earl Spencer, who bitterly criticized the paparazzi after the death of his sister, Diana, has himself been in the midst of a court dispute with a photographer, a black South African. 3 Leadership Vacuum at Canal The sudden resignation of the chairman of the Panama Canal Commission has created a power vacuum just two years before Washington yields control of the waterway. 8 NATIONAL 22-36 Many May Face Hurdles In Seeking Health Policies Some health insurance companies appear to be finding ways to avoid making coverage more readily available to millions of Americans who change or lose their jobs, state officials say. Some insurers are discouraging sales to people with pre-existing conditions or charging such customers very high premiums. 1 Promise Keepers Gather The Promise Keepers, which scholars have called one of the fastest-growing religious revivals in the country, drew a large crowd of Christian men to the Mall in Washington for a prayer meeting. 1 Disease Saps Reagan's Wit Former President Ronald Reagan still plays golf and works out, but Alzheimer's has largely silenced the raconteur of old. The disease seems to be in the middle stages. 1 A Loser Who Won't Yield Eleven months ago, Loretta Sanchez beat Representative Robert K. Dornan, but he continues to contest the election and to dog her steps. 22 Dividing Tobacco Suit Spoils The lawyers who represented Florida in its lawsuit against tobacco companies are demanding that they get the 25 percent contingency fee they were promised. 22 Poor Falling Behind In the early 1990's, states raised taxes that affected lower-income people the most. Now they are enacting tax cuts that help the affluent most. 30 Drop in Crime Continues For five years in a row, the incidence of serious crime has fallen, the F.B.I. reported. The murder rate is at its lowest level since 1969. 32 NEW YORK/REGION 37-41 The New Tutoring: Keeping Up With Jones's Children's Grades It's high-powered, and expensive. But is it necessary remediation for children with learning problems, valuable enrichment for gifted youngsters or intellectual social climbing on the part of parents? Does it improve a child's chances of getting into an Ivy League school and landing a six-figure job? 37 Messinger to File Complaint Renewing her attack on Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani's ethics, Ruth W. Messinger plans to file a complaint with city regulators charging that Mr. Giuliani's re-election campaign has collected even more in illegal contributions than previously disclosed. 37 T. Rex Sells for $8.36 Million At a brief auction at Sotheby's yesterday morning, the nearly complete tyrannosaurus skeleton named Sue sold for $8.36 million. 37 OBITUARIES 43 Merian Lovelace Kirchner The little girl whose pleadings for just one more bedtime story gave birth to the beloved Betsy-Tacy series of children's books, was 66. 43 Cong. Vote 41 Weather 44
Date: 06 October 1997
INTERNATIONAL A3-11 War Crimes Trial Forces France to Face Its Past Maurice Papon, 87, a former French official, will go on trial on Wednesday in Bordeaux on charges of complicity in Nazi crimes against humanity by ordering the deportation to death camps of 1,560 Jews during World War II. He will be the highest-ranking French official during the German occupation to go on trial on charges of complicity in crimes against humanity, and only the second French citizen to be tried on those grounds since World War II. The case is forcing France to confront the wartime role of anonymous civil servants and other French functionaries. A1 Failed Attack Angers Israelis After four days of silence about allegations of a botched Israeli assassination attempt against a Hamas leader in Jordan, Israelis loosed a fierce barrage of accusations against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for a debacle that stood to seriously damage Israel on every political and security front. The Israeli Cabinet, while avoiding direct comment on the situation, sought to justify the operation. A1 Pope Ends Visit to Brazil Pope John Paul II wrapped up his visit to Brazil with an open-air Mass in Rio de Janeiro that drew an estimated two million people and seemed to rival the increasingly popular television evangelists for color and splash, while maintaining the Catholic church's traditional focus on the inviolability of the family. A3 A U.N. Official's Difficult Task Mary Robinson, 53, who resigned as President of Ireland last month, has been the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights for barely three weeks, but she has been busy: soothing China, reacting calmly to Afghanistan and warning the Democratic Republic of Congo, the former Zaire. She has already come under attack for remarks that angered Algeria. A10 Congo Warns Aid Agencies Two days after expelling some United Nations workers, the Government of Congo said that it was considering closing down several other refugee agencies in eastern Congo. Interior Minister Mwenze Kongolo told reporters that the office of the United Nations Commissioner for Human Rights has ''begun to put its nose in the political activities in our country.'' A8 North Korea Food Crisis Eases International food aid has staved off catastrophe in North Korea, at least for now, but the country will need twice as much assistance next year, a senior United Nations official said. (Reuters) 'War Council' in Colombia President Ernesto Samper of Colombia summoned a ''war council'' of top military leaders after 28 policemen, soldiers and judicial officials were killed within 24 hours in separate attacks by leftist and rightist gunmen. Mr. Samper ruled out the possibility of declaring a state of internal emergency. (Reuters) NATIONAL A12-17 G.O.P. Says Videotapes Fuel Case Against Clinton Republicans seized on videotapes showing President Clinton greeting donors at coffees before the 1996 election as evidence that Attorney General Janet Reno acted too hastily last week when she cleared him of several allegations of campaign finance abuses. The White House has insisted that the coffees were not fund-raising events. But a tape of one coffee seemed to suggest that some donors thought otherwise, as the Democratic Party's national chairman could be heard refusing an offer of five checks. A1 A Case of Corporate Hardball As a vote approaches on whether Cashmere, Wash., should give in to demands by a candy company to make its main product the town theme, the showdown has some residents lashing out against what they call corporate bullying. In essence, the maker of Aplets and Cotlets wants Cashmere turned into an advertising arm of the company, renaming its streets and changing its highway signs. A1 Global Warming on the Table The debate over what to do about global warming has shifted to the question of how restricting emissions of heat-trapping greenhouse gases might affect the economy. Climate change, in all its complexity, will be under the spotlight today at a conference in Washington. A1 Holy Cow, Dog, Gerbil. . . Georgia listened to prayers at the Cathedral of St. Philip in Atlanta on a day reserved for the blessing of the animals. Dogs, cats, rabbits, gerbils, even an elephant were blessed as churches around the country celebrated the feast day of St. Francis of Assisi, who taught that all creation was sacred and who, legend says, talked to the animals. A12 New Term for Supreme Court The new Supreme Court term opens today, bringing the Justices their most important affirmative action case in years, an employment dispute that could rewrite the ground rules for taking race into account in both public and private workplaces. This case is one of 59 cases the Court has agreed so far to review. There are few potential landmarks on the docket so far, but the cases present issues as diverse as sex discrimination in Federal immigration law and the First Amendment implications of excluding minor-party candidates from campaign debates on public television. A13 Clinton Plans Veto Session President Clinton plans to wield his veto pen today for the second time by crossing out as many as 50 pet projects worth about $300 million in the $9.2 billion military construction bill, White House officials said. Mr. Clinton intends to veto 30 to 50 projects added by members of Congress for items like child-care centers and improvements for runways and barracks. A16 NEW YORK/REGION B1-6 Corruption Punished More Than Police Brutality Internal Police Department documents show that New York officers are most often dismissed not for brutality but for overt, nonviolent acts of criminality or corruption, like selling steroids. In the year and half that Howard Safir has been Police Commissioner, only eight officers have lost their jobs for using excessive force. Police officials say this stems partly from the difficulty in judging when officers go too far. Critics say it reflects a greater hesitancy to punish officers for brutality than for corruption. A1 A County's Growing Pains One hundred developers and landowners, 98 percent of them from Putnam County, have filed a lawsuit charging that New York City's tight watershed regulations are taking away their property and development rights. It is an indication of how worried many residents are about the county's rapid growth. B1 Letter Angers Messinger Ruth W. Messinger accused Mayor Giuliani of orchestrating ''an attack by one Jew against another Jew'' after a political ally of the Mayor, Jules Polonetsky, wrote a letter to a Jewish newspaper describing the prospect of a Messinger mayoralty as ''our worst nightmare.'' Within hours after Ms. Messinger made her remarks, Mr. Polonetsky apologized for having ''characterized my opposition to Ms. Messinger in terms of only one community.'' B1 Yale Celebrates Prosperity With the completion of its $1.5 billion fund drive last week, Yale University is celebrating a turnaround. At the start of the campaign, in 1992, Yale was running a $12 million deficit and faculty members were angry over a plan to shrink their numbers. Now, having raised $200 million more than the goal, Yale is prospering. B4 Trash Dispute in New Jersey In May, a Federal appeals court found that New Jersey's longstanding control over garbage disposal was anti-competitive, so counties have struck out on their own to make cheaper arrangements. New Jersey officials appealed to the Supreme Court, which begins its new term today, but they do not expect the Court to take up the case. B2 OBITUARIES B7 A. L. Rowse The brilliant authority on Shakespeare and Elizabethan England, best known for his confident identification of the Dark Lady of Shakespeare's sonnets as Emilia Bassano Lanier, the daughter of an Italian court musician, was 93. B7 Lyman T. Johnson A grandson of slaves and the plaintiff in a lawsuit that led to the integration of the University of Kentucky in 1949, five years before the Supreme Court paved the way for the desegregation of all public schools in Brown v. Board of Education, was 91. B7 BUSINESS DAY D1-13 FCC in Lame-Duck Status The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission has announced that the panel will not consider two highly visible matters before it, because President Clinton's nominee for the next chairman is still being considered and the makeup of the panel could change. D1 Changes Urged in Bank Rules The chairman of the Federal Reserve called for an overhaul in Federal rules so banks could keep pace with technology, but he said the changes should come slowly so as not to upset the banking system and the economy. D2 AOL to Revise Services Starting next week, America Online will begin overhauling its service in an effort to attract another 2 million to 3 million subscribers during the next year. The revised service will include a streamlined group of more prominently displayed ''channels,'' each based on subjects of interest like sports. In addition, the featured offerings on America Online will be revised six times a day. D6 Business Digest D1 SPORTSMONDAY C1-11 ARTS E1-8 EDITORIAL A18-19 Editorials: The Supreme Court returns; the plane train, on track; Robert B. Semple Jr. on global warming. Columns: Anthony Lewis, Thomas L. Friedman. Bridge E8 Chronicle B6 Crossword E8 Weather D14
Date: 05 October 1997
By Calvin Sims
Calvin Sims
Nine months after murder in Buenos Aires of Jose Luis Cabezas, news photographer investigating police corruption, thousands of angry Argentines continue to wear black ribbons and hold rallies in bitter commemoration; despite rise of democracy in Latin America after decades of military dictatorship, freedom of press remains goal rather than reality across much of region, and often antagonists of free speech are democratically elected governments promising to protect it; photo (M)
Date: 06 October 1997
Sierra Club, breaking with other New Jersey environmental groups, says it will endorse neither Gov Christine Todd Whitman nor her Democratic challenger, State Senator James E McGreevey, in race for New Jersey governor (S)