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Date: 28 March 1997
By Lawrie Mifflin
Lawrie Mifflin
Paul Friedman, who had been in line to succeed Roone Arledge as head of ABC-TV's news division, agrees to step back into his former position as executive producer of World News Tonight, the evening newscast; Kathryn Christensen, executive producer of the evening news, will become its managing editor, responsible for long-term planning and story development (M)
Date: 27 March 1997
By David M. Halbfinger
David
Pete Hamill, new editor of The Daily News, accepts resignations of gossip columnists A J Benza and Michael Lewittes (S)
Date: 27 March 1997
By Clifton Brown
Clifton Brown
Article lauds NBA Comr David Stern for fining New Jersey Nets coach John Calipari $25,000 and Miami Heat announcer David Halberstam $2,500 for their racially insensitive remarks (M)
Date: 27 March 1997
By Selena Roberts
Selena Roberts
NBA Comr David Stern fines New Jersey Nets coach John Calipari $25,000 for his calling Newark Star-Ledger reporter Dan Garcia 'a Mexican idiot'; he also fines Miami Heat broadcaster David Halberstam $2,500 for his inappropriate remarks about slaves during broadcast of Heat basketball game (M)
Date: 28 March 1997
1975 news coverage of cultists inspired by Marshall Applewhite and Bonnie Lu Nettles recalled in light of suicide by Applewhite and 38 Heaven's Gate followers in Rancho Santa Fe, California; twenty people left small Oregon town at time, apparently hoping to join UFO voyage; photo of Feb 29, 1976 New York Times Magazine cover on story of 'Bo and Peep,' as two called themselves; freelance writer James S Phelan interviewed couple about recruiting converts to leave Earth (S)
Date: 27 March 1997
By Celestine Bohlen
Celestine Bohlen
Former Italian Prime Min Giulio Andreotti is being tried in Rome on charges that he acted as political patron of Mafia; billed as Italy's trial of century when it began 18 months ago, case has now acquired timeless quality not uncommon to Italian judicial system; trial is only one part of Andreotti case; in separate trial now entering its second year, Andreotti also faces charges of having commissioned killing by Mafia of muckraking journalist in 1979 (M)
Date: 27 March 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Daimler-Benz AG rebounds from record $3.4 billion loss in 1995 to higher-than-expected profit of $1.7 billion in 1996 (S)
Date: 27 March 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
New York Stock Exchange announces listing of German electric utility, Veba AG (S)
Date: 28 March 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Caliber System Inc says it will reorganize its Viking Freight Inc division because of steep losses; move will result in elimination of 4,000 jobs and $150 million charge against previously reported 1996 earnings (S)
Date: 27 March 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Blyth Industries will acquire Endar Corp for as much as $45.5 million in stock (S)