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Date: 21 October 1996
By Randy M. Mastro
Randy
Randy M Mastro Op-Ed article opposes Time Warner's refusal to carry Bloomberg Business News and Fox News Channel on its cable television network in New York metropolitan area; says Time Warner cannot be allowewd to stifle news competition; drawing (M)
Date: 21 October 1996
By Lawrie Mifflin
Lawrie Mifflin
Sports Team Analysis and Tracking Systems Inc, known as Stats Inc, is appealing court order to stop disseminating scores of National Basketball Assn games through its Sports Trax, new gadget the size of personal pager, on which user can punch basketball shaped button to get latest score of game, minute by minute, basket by basket; NBA contends it should be paid for rights to transmit 'virtual game'; because of First Amendment implications of case, various news organizations have filed friend-of-the-court briefs supporting defendants, contending that their devices transmit only 'bare-bones facts' of game; but NBC, which has contract to broadcast NBA games, sides with NBA, contending that line must be drawn to prevent new media like on-line services from taking away the value of live game or television broadcast (M)
Date: 21 October 1996
By Tim Golden
Tim Golden
Article examines series of articles in San Jose Mercury News, which confirmed presumptions of some Californians who felt there was link between Federal Government, notably Central Intelligence Agency, and crack trade; plot allegedly involved associates of Central Intelligence Agency selling drugs in black neighborhoods to finance anti-Communist crusade in Central America; photo (M)
Date: 20 October 1996
By Vivian S. Toy
Vivian Toy
Mayor Rudolph W Giuliani responds to allegations by Ted Turner about Mayor's connections to one of Turner's cable rivals, Rupert Murdoch, calling them 'totally, absolutely false'; dismisses suggestion that he has conflict of interest in dealing with Murdoch's media empire because his wife, Donna Hanover Giuliani, works for television station owned by Murdoch (S)
Date: 20 October 1996
By Michael R. Gordon
Michael Gordon
Thousands of Belarus demonstrators march through Minsk to protest Pres Aleksandr Lukashenko's plan to gain near-absolute power, demanding he abandon attempt to rewrite constitution; photo; map; Lukashenko portrays himself as model of flexibility, offering to delay, but not drop, referendum on expanding his powers; Belarus appears to be going back in time five years after gaining independence from old Soviet Union; privatization is halted, bank accounts of independent newspapers are frozen, leaders are hanging onto 18 Soviet nuclear missiles and Soviet hammer-and-sickle has replaced nationalist flag atop parliament building; Lukashenko, former director of collective farm, was elected on reform platform but is now trying to return to strong-man rule; he insists Belarus is free, even as he scribbles down names of reporters asking unfriendly questions (S)
Date: 21 October 1996
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
BAT Industries PLC receives Federal Trade Commission approval to sell six discount cagarette brands and a North Carolina factory to Commonwealth Brands Inc of Kentucky; BAT had agreed to sell some assets to an FTC-approved buyer as condition for FTC clearance of its $1 billion acquisition of American Tobacco Co (S)
Date: 21 October 1996
International A3-10 JAPAN VOTES FOR STATUS QUO Results from Japan's national elections gave a major victory to the party that has dominated the country for most of the postwar era and that has been most reluctant to open up Japan to change. A1 STARK CHOICE IN NICARAGUA More than six and a half years after they cast the ballots that ended the Sandinista Revolution, Nicaraguans returned to the polls, enduring long delays in a vote offering a stark choice between right and left. A3 CLINTON TO ASSURE NATO HOPEFULS President Clinton will use a campaign speech this week to reassure Central European countries that they will soon be welcome in NATO, officials there say. A4 THOUSANDS MARCH IN BELGIUM Tens of thousands of Belgians marched peacefully in the heart of Brussels in a popular outpouring of anger and frustration over a widening child sex scandal. A6 ROCKETS HIT AFGHAN CAPITAL Rockets slammed into Kabul airport, opening a new phase in the battle for the Afghan capital only 25 days after Islamic militants captured the city. A6 DELAYING BOSNIA'S ELECTION Faced with Bosnian Serb intransigence and logistical nightmares, senior Clinton Administration officials have concluded that municipal elections in Bosnia should be put off again, officials said. A6 CLOSELY WATCHED VOTE IN ALBANIA Voting in local elections that was watched with unusual concern by international observers appeared to go relatively smoothly as the Albanian Government tried to repair relations with the West. A6 STUDY FINDS LESS CHILD LABOR Fewer children appear to be working overseas to make apparel sold in the United States, as companies facing adverse publicity adopt standards barring such labor, the Labor Department has found. A10 An Spideal Journal: Pride and peril in speaking Gaelic. A4 National A12-15, B7-8 DOLE TALKS FINANCE REFORM Speaking in New Hampshire, Bob Dole urged a reform in campaign finance laws that he blamed for giving President Clinton an unfair advantage. A1 CLINTON AIDS PARTY CANDIDATES Visiting New York and New Jersey, President Clinton, campaigned for Representative Robert Torricelli and attended fund-raising events intended primarily to help House and Senate candidates. A1 HOUSE OF CRITICAL ADS The two major political parties are closing the fall campaign for the House of Representatives with an advertising war. B7 A BUSINESSMAN'S MOTIVES John Huang, one of the most successful fund-raisers for the Democratic National Committee, has had two missions: to increase the political influence of Asian-Americans and to aid his patrons, the Riady family of Indonesia. A1 Mr. Dole has also accepted major donations from noncitizens. B8 FURY OVER DRUG TRADE A series of articles in The San Jose Mercury News has confirmed the presumptions of some Californians who felt there was a link between the Federal Government and the crack trade. A14 Two men called key drug financiers were not major traffickers. A14 COLORADO TO VOTE ON TRAPS The residents of Colorado, a state with a history of fur trading, are poised to ban lethal trapping. A12 RELOCATION PROMPTS IRE A Federal plan to spend about $18 million relocating 358 families from an area they say was contaminated has reached beyond the Florida panhandle and raised accusations of electioneering. A12 G.O.P. TRIES IT AGAIN Thirty-one Republicans who lost to Democratic Congressional incumbents in 1994 are trying to defeat them again this time, in a much less hospitable political climate. A15 Canadian auto workers and General Motors made little progress. A12 Metro Report B1-6 AN ECONOMY ON THE RISE The economy of New York City, which has foundered since the recession of the early 1990's, has begun to crawl back toward prosperity, largely because of rising profits on Wall Street. A1 Business Digest D1 Arts/Entertainment C13-18 Two magazines, two versions of a Nobelist's poem. C13 Gambling and entertainment amid a forest of symbols. C13 Theater: ''Fit to Be Tied.'' C13 Music: Standing in for Gerry Mulligan. C15 ''Le Nozze di Figaro.'' C17 Books: ''Plotting Hitler's Death.'' C16 Television: ''Ink.'' C17 Sports C1-11 BRAVES' BATS PREVAIL Andruw Jones, Atlanta's 19-year-old left fielder, homered in his first two at-bats and drove in five runs as the Braves powered their way to a 12-1 victory over the Yankees in Game 1 of the World Series, which returned to the Bronx after a 15-year absence. A1 WOODS WINS AGAIN Tiger Woods, the 20-year-old PGA Tour rookie, won a stirring playoff duel with Payne Stewart yesterday to capture the Disney Classic. It was Woods's second victory in seven events. A1 Columns: Anderson on Braves' starters C8 Vecsey on World Series C1 On Baseball C1 Rhoden on Jets C6 Football: Elway works his magic. C5 Jets close, but . . . C6 Reeves inspires, but not quite enough. C7 Hockey: Rangers lose in Lightning's new arena. C2 Soccer: D.C. United wins title. C7 Obituaries B9 Editorials/Op-Ed A16-17 Editorials Change the term limits law. Workfare's missing link. Tina Rosenberg: Belgium. Letters Anthony Lewis: Running from the law. Bob Herbert: In the mouths of babes. William Safire: Get Riady, get set. Randy M. Mastro: Busting a cable trust. Chronicle A15 Bridge C17 Crossword C17
Date: 20 October 1996
International 3-13 PROTESTS SWELL IN BELARUS Thousands of demonstrators marched through Minsk, the capital of Belarus, to protest President Aleksandr Lukashenko's plan to gain near absolute power. 12 A FAMILY SHOP IN INDONESIA The Riady family, which is at the center of a political uproar in America, is a rags-to-riches story in a culture where business is done with handshakes and favors. 10 DISUNITY IN BOSNIA A month after elections, Bosnia's political landscape is depressingly familiar, with striking disunity and renewed calls for secession by the leadership of both the Bosnian Serbs and the Bosnian Croats. 3 YELTSIN REPLACES LEBED President Boris N. Yeltsin appointed a mild-mannered, moderate politician, Ivan Rybkin, to replace the ousted Aleksandr I. Lebed. 13 PROSECUTING WAR CRIMES The trial of Erich Priebke, a former SS captain who participated in the execution of 335 Italian civilians, has again raised the issue of responsibility for wartime atrocities. 4 CAMPAIGN RUN-UP IN JAPAN Political candidates across Japan shouted themselves hoarse in a final burst of campaigning before voting today, the first major test of a new electoral system. 12 National 14-32 CLINTON'S DRUG PROPOSAL President Clinton, in his weekly radio address, proposed a drug-test requirement for teen-agers who are applying for driver's licenses. 1 REPUBLICAN DOUBTS Prominent Republicans around the country are increasingly, and openly, expressing doubts that Bob Dole can gain enough ground to defeat President Clinton. 1 COURTING CALIFORNIA Bob Dole's decision to campaign heavily in California shows, among other things, the importance of the battle for the House. 1 CHURCHES SHARE RESOURCES An Evangelical Lutheran congregation in Missouri got an Episcopal priest recently, evidence of a pooling of resources long discussed by the two churches. 1 TOBACCO OPPOSES PENTAGON The tobacco industry is campaigning on Capitol Hill to block a Pentagon plan to raise the price of discounted cigarettes sold in military stores around the world. 28 PUERTO RICO'S PROBLEM Puerto Rico has been sending witnesses in drug cases to Florida to protect them, but that is creating tensions in the state, which has its own drug problems. 30 PRESERVING A RIVER A three-way land deal has protected a 10-mile stretch of a scenic Montana river. 32 ASSISTED-SUICIDE ISSUES As proposals to legalize assisted suicide advance, some ethicists say there are troubling issues attached to such suggestions that have not been thoroughly considered. 14 COMPARING DRUG RECORDS A new study finds that drug prosecutions under President Clinton roughly match the number under his predecessor. 19 Metropolitan 33-38 RESISTANT TO YANKEE FEVER In this season of baseball bliss in New York City, little has been said of a particular brand of New Yorker: a minority, to be sure, but a well-established one that is suffering mightily at the moment as the Yankees try to dethrone the Atlanta Braves as baseball's world champions. These are Yankee haters. 1 HARROWING LEGACY OF PAIN A day after he died in a torrent of police bullets, Harvey Richardson continued to cause sorrow and outrage, as he had through a criminal career that stretched over four decades and ended in the slaying of a New York City police lieutenant on Friday evening. 33 ADVERTISING GAP IN SENATE RACE Representative Robert G. Torricelli significantly outspent his rival, Representative Richard A. Zimmer, in crucial television advertising in their race to become Senator from New Jersey. 38 VILLAGE MAY BE SLEEPY AGAIN For more than 100 years, North Tarrytown, N.Y., had this claim to fame: being the home of a mammoth General Motors plant. Now that the plant is closing, residents are looking to the village's historic, and literary, past -- and to change its name to Sleepy Hollow. 33 Obituaries 39-40
Date: 20 October 1996
By Erik Burns
Erik Burns
Erik Burns reviews book I Never Came to You in White by Judith Farr; drawing (M)
Date: 20 October 1996
By Sam Howe Verhovek
Sam Verhovek
Brief article on Texas State Rep Sylvester Turner winning $5.5 million libel judgment against television station KTRK, which broadcast a news report that Turner claimed destroyed his chances of winning 1991 mayoral election in Houston (S)