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Date: 06 July 1997
By Lawrie Mifflin
Lawrie Mifflin
Local television news programs continue to focus on crime despite decline of crime rates across the country; critics say this is because crime is the easiest, cheapest, laziest news to cover; graph shows public's continuing appetite for crime news; photo (M)
Date: 07 July 1997
By Iver Peterson
Iver Peterson
Knight-Ridder newspaper chain will take control of its foreign bureaus away from its four big newspapers and place their reporters under direction of single foreign desk in Washington; move has upset senior editors at papers that will lose foreign bureaus; management says move is needed both to coordinate overseas coverage and to try to resolve problem facing many big newspapers: how to make overseas reporting meaningful to American readers (M)
Date: 07 July 1997
By Raymond Hernandez
Raymond Hernandez
New York State Legislature debates whether state should alter or keep its law permitting television cameras inside courtrooms (M)
Date: 07 July 1997
By Edward Rothstein
Edward Rothstein
Bill Gates's gift of $400 million of free computer equipment and software to troubled North American libraries has been hailed as major act of philanthropic wisdom, but some educators say it will do little to help American education; San Jose Mercury News, in series of articles, says their own analysis showed no strong link between presence of technology and superior achievement; Sherry Turkle, Massachusets Institute of Technology social scientist, wonders if nation is using computer technology because it has lost political will to fund education adequately; drawing (M)
Date: 06 July 1997
By Steven A. Holmes
Steven Holmes
Comment on disquieting episodes of shocking news reports that cause public outcry, but turn out to be based on shoddy research, misinterpretation of facts, superficial journalism or all three; examples are erroneous reports that many teen-age mothers have babies by adult men, danger of cancer from power lines and estimates that huge number of children are kidnapped each year; definition of group as victim also colors reports, as in arson fires at black churches, which were in fact often torched by blacks with other motives (S)
Date: 07 July 1997
By Sarah Lyall
Sarah Lyall
Britain's libel laws usually favor plaintiffs, placing burden of proof on defendants instead of plaintiffs, as is case in United States; libel laws in Britain come from deep-seated tradition of respect for authority and distaste for questioning integrity of people who hold public office; this has had chilling effect on what newspapers print; photo (M)
Date: 06 July 1997
By Diane Ketcham
Diane Ketcham
Russell Liebowitz, 5, of Mount Sinai, NY, invents board game involving map of world and coins; his parents, Diane and Ira, describe game, for which they have had local artist make prototype; Dr Howard Lebwith, dentist from East Hampton, NY, competes in Run to the Clouds up Mount Washington in New Hampshire; Roberto Tirado, former weatherman at News 12, embarks on singing career and is negotiating record deal; photo (M)
Date: 07 July 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Stocks trade lower in Tokyo on July 7; benchmark Nikkei index of 225 issues falls 262.83 points at end of morning session, to 19,705.17 (S)
Date: 06 July 1997
INTERNATIONAL 3-7 Fighting Sunders Cambodian Government Heavy fighting broke out near the airport in the capital of Cambodia, indicating the collapse of the coalition that the United Nations helped put in place four years ago. The explosions of rockets and mortar shells thudded through the city, as troops loyal to one of the two Prime Ministers attacked strongholds of the other, and talk of civil war spread. 4 Crucial Vote in Mexico Mexican voters go to the polls today in what appears to be a watershed plebiscite on the country's 70-year-old authoritarian system. The results are likely to usher in a new period of democratic ferment. 1 Anguish for Hostage's Wife In the two years since her husband was taken hostage in Indian-ruled Kashmir, almost the worst thing for Jane Schelly has been the uncertainty: not knowing whether he is alive, or how much to trust terrorists, spies and politicians. 3 Challenge as NATO Expands NATO leaders meet on Tuesday to open the alliance to several formerly Communist countries. But the big question is how an expanded alliance can provide security in a region of ethnic and nationalist tensions. 7 March Tests Northern Ireland British soldiers were deployed around Portadown, in Northern Ireland, to prevent sectarian violence at a parade today. A confrontation at a march last year set off widespread rioting. 4 Drug Lord May Be Dead Mexico's most powerful drug trafficker, Amado Carrillo Fuentes, has been reported dead, but the authorites cannot confirm the report. 7 NATIONAL 8-12 NASA Reconnects Link To Mars Rover and Craft NASA engineers overcame a communications problem on the Mars Pathfinder mission and prepared to clear the way so its rover could roll safely onto the surface for a geological reconnaissance of the broad, rock-strewn Martian plain. 1 The problems are more serious on the Russian space station Mir, which was damaged in a collision on June 25. A spacecraft was launched toward Mir with the equipment needed to make repairs, scheduled for July 17. 12 Cherokees in Turmoil Agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Bureau of Indian Affairs have been called in to help the Cherokee Nation in Oklahoma as it confronts a crisis over the tribal constitution. 1 Credit Is Harder to Get Credit-card companies have started to raise fees and interest rates, limit credit lines and scale back the most generous bonus programs. 1 An Earful on the Arts Many members of Congress, most of them Republicans, have been asked by constituents to fight an effort to cut the financing for the National Endowment for the Arts. 8 Study Faults an Air Bag A study says all the fatalities from air bags have occurred with the type that opens directly toward the passenger. Automobile makers dispute the findings. 11 Move on Gun Safety Prince George's County and Montgomery County in Maryland will require safety locks on the handguns that are sold. 9 NEW YORK/REGION 13-18 Labor Groups Unimpressed By Democrats in Mayoral Race With two months to go to the primary and four months to the general election, the Democratic candidates for Mayor of New York City have failed to win the backing of the city's most powerful unions, a traditional bastion of support that Democrats often rely on to lift them to victory in citywide races. In fact, several important unions have already thrown their support to Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani, and municipal unions that have long supported Democratic candidates have thus far refrained from making an endorsement. 1 Insider's View of 'Numbers' Spanish Raymond wants to clear his name. In his first extensive interview, Raymond Marquez, a 67-year-old numbers kingpin, not only provided a rare look into the lucrative racket but also accused the government of singling him out for prosecution because of his life style as legendary figure in Harlem and East Harlem with a penchant for stylish clothes, glittering jewelry, luxury cars and yachting. 13 Gauging Food Stamp Change More than 2,000 of New York's poorest people, those without income, jobs or public assistance, have lost food stamps for failing to find work. But, to the surprise of Syracuse area officials and advocates for the poor, they appear to be relying far more heavily on family, friends and low-wage, irregular jobs than on soup kitchens and homeless shelters. 13 Speaking of Volumes In New York, it does not take long to fill up a rent-stabilized, one-bedroom apartment, if a person is buying, say, a book a day. Suddenly, there are books under the litter box, books under the bed, books rising in towers, whole rooms given over to books. The creators of these collections are as individual as their libraries. 13 OBITUARIES 19 Styles 21 Radio 18 Weather 20 Weddings 24
Date: 07 July 1997
INTERNATIONAL A1-7 A Claim of Victory In Cambodia's Fighting After two days of armed confrontation, one of Cambodia's two Prime Ministers, the former Communist Hun Sen, claimed victory over the forces of Norodom Ranariddh, his royalist rival and co-Prime Minister. Mr. Hun Sen, who denied that his actions amounted to a coup, accused Prince Ranariddh of illegal acts and wanted him replaced. It was unclear whether the armed confrontation had ended. Prince Ranariddh was abroad, but his party officials said they had not given up. A1 Caribbean Weighs Tie to Britain Across the English-speaking Caribbean, from Barbados to Jamaica, rising dissatisfaction with the handling of death-row cases is leading Governments to weigh proposals to eliminate formal ties to the British legal system. A1 Body May Be Drug Lord The Mexican Government said there were indications that the body of a man who died after plastic surgery was that of Amado Carrillo Fuentes, the billionaire drug trafficker. Although the Government would not completely confirm the drug lord's death, initial tests on the cadaver showed a matching identity. A1 Violence in Northern Ireland The annual march of the Orange Order, a Protestant group, went ahead in a Roman Catholic neighborhood of Northern Ireland after weeks of Government efforts to find a compromise. The police dragged Catholic protesters from the road to clear the way for the parade, and incidents of violence erupted throughout Northern Ireland in response to the decision to allow the march. A3 Pile-Up Kills 62 in Sudan Sixty-two people were killed and 30 seriously injured in a highway pile-up south of Khartoum, the Sudanese capital, state-run television reported. It said a pick-up truck had tried to overtake another car near Kamlin, about 60 miles southeast of the capital, but collided with an oncoming passenger bus and a truck, setting them on fire. Local people tried to put out the blaze with dust and water, as there was no fire station in the area. (Agence France-Presse) Bomb Planted in Moscow An underground Communist group tried to blow up an enormous statue of Peter the Great in Moscow in a protest over a proposal to remove Lenin's body from its mausoleum in Red Square for burial elsewhere, Russian news agencies said. The group, which calls itself the Revolutionary Military Council, said it had planted a bomb but did not detonate it to prevent injuring passers-by. The police defused the device. (Agence France-Presse) Crackdown in Pakistan In a citywide sweep in Karachi, Pakistan, the police arrested 220 people suspected of involvement in a wave of ethnic killings that have left at least 150 people dead in recent months. (AP) Historic Voting in Mexico In San Juan Chamula in the state of Chiapas and across Mexico, voting took place in an election managed for the first time by an autonomous Federal elections council brought about by a reform led by President Ernesto Zedillo. In the race for mayor of Mexico City, Cuauhtemoc Cardenas Solorzano, an opposition candidate, claimed victory. A1 NATIONAL A8-13, B8 Sojourner Begins a Survey Of Rocks and Soil on Mars The Sojourner, the first mobile explorer of another planet, began prospecting the soil and rocks of Mars and transmitting a flood of data to overjoyed scientists. The roving vehicle pressed the head of one of its scientific instruments to the powdery surface near the Mars Pathfinder and made history as it recorded the surface chemistry. A1 NASA's administrator said the decision on whether to send a replacement NASA astronaut to Russia's troubled Mir space station in September would rest on whether the assignment was judged to be safe and productive. A9 The Hiring of John Huang Congressional investigators say President Clinton took a personal interest in the hiring of John Huang, a fund-raiser whose activities are a central focus of the inquiry into campaign financing improprieties, by the Democratic National Committee, going so far as to ask the committee's finance chairman whether Mr. Huang would be hired. Former party officials have told investigators that in the two months leading up to that conversation, top officials at the White House had strongly urged the Democratic National Committee to hire Mr. Huang so he could begin soliciting contributions from Asian-Americans. A1 A senior Republican Senator investigating campaign-finance abuses urged President Clinton and Vice President Al Gore to testify before the Senate committee that begins its televised hearings on Tuesday. B8 Building in Reagan's Honor The Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center is about to be completed on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington. Among Federal buildings, the complex is second in size only to the Pentagon. Some say the Reagan Building will save the Government money because $2.2 billion has been spent in rent in the last 60 years to house the Federal offices that will move there. A10 Minister and Poor Against City A flamboyant preacher who favors suspenders and a tie emblazoned with the American flag and the Statue of Liberty goes on trial in Buena Park, Calif., for letting homeless people camp in the parking lot of his First Southern Baptist Church. He faces a maximum of four and a half years in jail for nine misdemeanor charges. A13 NEW YORK/REGION B1-7 Taking on Soft Money With New Campaign Rules New York City officials are applying new rules intended to limit the influence of unregulated political contributions, known as soft money, in the mayoral race. Records show soft money was more widespread in the last mayoral race than was previously known and suggest it may be hard to curb fund-raising and spending that tries to get around the limits set by the city's Campaign Finance Board. B1 A Local March for Hong Kong Chinese-Americans marched through downtown Manhattan to celebrate the return of Hong Kong to Chinese rule. Recent immigrants displayed their affinity to events in China, but protesters in Times Square complained of lingering human-rights abuses in China, cried out for democratic reforms, and said the return of Hong Kong to Chinese rule meant more people would come under the control of a corrupt, tyrannical system. B3 Cosby Extortion Trial Opens A trial will open in Manhattan Federal Courthouse for a woman accused of extorting $40 million from Bill Cosby by claiming to be his out-of-wedlock daughter. In pretrial hearings, her lawyers have signaled that they will focus on her belief that he was her father and thus was negotiating her rights as a daughter. B1 Debate on Cameras in Court A debate has erupted in Albany over whether New York should alter or keep its law permitting television cameras in courtrooms, which is considered among the most restrictive in the nation. Some would like to ban television entirely from courtrooms. Others, represented largely by news organizations, like Court TV, want to televise most courtroom proceedings if not all of them. The law gives judges the authority to bar cameras from courtrooms or shield certain witnesses from being filmed while on the stand. B4 SPORTSMONDAY C1-9 Fourth Wimbledon for Sampras Pete Sampras won his fourth Wimbledon championship in five years and his 10th career title in a Grand Slam event, leaving him just two trophies shy of the record. His virtuoso performance against 44th-ranked Cedric Pioline of France demonstrated a perfect and continually perfected grass-court technique. C1 BUSINESS DAY D1-8 '96 Book Sales Plummeted Books went unsold, adult trade sales declined and the shelf life was brief for new titles in 1996, a new study shows. And the book industry itself appears partly to blame. D1 Integrated Services in a Box A company that uses wireless technology to deliver television pictures, phone conversations and Internet access is determined to create the nation's first integrated wireless provider of voice, video and data services. D3 Hitachi Adds Mainframe Power Since Hitachi introduced the Skyline 18 months ago, large companies have snapped them up as fast as Hitachi can make them. The demand has helped Hitachi become the No. 2 mainframe computer maker. D1 Business Digest D1 ARTS C11-15 OBITUARIES B9 Richard H. Randall Jr. An authority on medieval ivory carvings who was director of the Walters gallery in Baltimore was 71. B9 Ade Thomas Milhorat A pioneering researcher of neuromuscular disease and one of the world's foremost experts in muscular dystrophy was 98. B9 Al Braverman A Runyonesque boxing manager and promoter who spent the last two decades working with the promoter Don King was 78. B9 EDITORIAL A14-15 Editorials: Intramural warfare at CUNY; Turkey gets a secular leader; Karl E. Meyer on Tibet. Columns: Thomas L. Friedman, Anthony Lewis, Bob Herbert. Bridge C12 Crossword C14 Weather D9