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Time Warner Gets Preview Of CNN's Future

Date: 18 September 1995

By Mark Landler

Mark Landler

Last Wednesday, in the midst of his protracted negotiations with Ted Turner, Gerald M. Levin took time out for a tour of Cable News Network's sprawling newsroom in Atlanta. Mr. Levin, the chairman of Time Warner Inc., greeted some of CNN's senior news producers and lingered at a presentation of the network's fledgling interactive ventures. With Time Warner seemingly on the verge of clinching a deal to acquire CNN's parent company, Turner Broadcasting System Inc., for about $8 billion, Mr. Levin's visit to the CNN newsroom was fraught with meaning.

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NatWest in U.S. May Be for Sale

Date: 18 September 1995

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

National Westminster Bank P.L.C. of London is trying to sell all or part of National Westminster Bancorp, its consumer bank in the United States, according to those familiar with the move. A potential buyer for the bank's 185 New Jersey branches is the Bank of New York Company, analysts said. A Bank of New York spokesman declined comment.

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NEWS SUMMARY

Date: 17 September 1995

International 3-14 LONG ROAD FOR SERBS Among the Serbs who dreamed of greater Serbia, many are finding that the end of the road is back in Serbia, now a desolate land of broken promises. 1

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NEWS SUMMARY

Date: 18 September 1995

International A3-9 NEW CONCERNS OVER BOSNIA NATO gave the Bosnian Serbs a second 72-hour extension for removing weapons from around the capital, but a Government offensive raised fears that the steps taken toward peace could unravel. A1 IN RWANDA, SOME HAPPY ENDINGS The Rwandan massacres and civil war killed an estimated half million people and left 100,000 children separated from parents. Now a program is working to reunite some of the separated families. A1 A PERIOD OF CLIMATE CHANGE New assessments of the problem of climatic change indicate that it is likely to cause significant economic and social disruptions in the coming years if emissions of heat-trapping gases are not cut. A1 HONG KONG VOTERS' MESSAGE Hong Kong held its last legislative elections before China takes over the British colony in 1997, and voters appeared to deliver a blow to Beijing-backed candidates. A8 CZECH ENVIRONMENTAL EFFORT A model program to reduce gases that are altering the world's climate is being set up in the Czech Republic by American companies, and it could be widely copied in Eastern Europe if it works. A8 ISRAEL TALKS STILL IN DEADLOCK Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization, under pressure to complete an agreement, continued talks on self-rule, but a sticking point still remained. A3 CUBA HOLDS RENEGADE U.S. OFFICER Cuba has arrested a former C.I.A. officer wanted in the United States for 15 years for an array of charges, but it was not clear whether he would be turned over. A6 A proposal was reported to aid Northern Ireland talks. A6 Haiti voted in elections seen likely to stabilize its Government. A5 Johannesburg Journal: A papal mass, and a new day. A4 National A10-12, B7-8 MOVE AGAINST LOBBYING House Republican leaders have decided to bring anti-lobbying measures to the floor in the next few weeks, abandoning their plan to wait until next year. A1 IMPLANT CASE'S FAR REACH Never has the rush to doctors' offices in a class-action suit been so startling -- or the financial stakes so high for patients, doctors, lawyers and manufacturers -- as in the case of breast implants. A1 PERIL IN TUBERCULOSIS The surge in tuberculosis is due less to the limits of medicine than to the profit motives of drug companies, participants at an international meeting said. A1 TURNER DEAL SEEMS SET Ending a tortuous, monthlong courtship, Time Warner's $8 billion offer for Turner Broadcasting seems likely to be approved by both companies' boards this week after Time Warner apparently struck a deal with a big Turner stockholder.A1 VIRGIN ISLANDS SURVEY DAMAGE Hurricane Marilyn moved on from St. Thomas, but it left the Caribbean island vastly damaged. A10 VOTING ON SEATTLE'S FUTURE Seattle voters will go to the polls to decide whether to pay for a large park and a new stadium. A10 QUEST FOR SPORT TEAMS FAULTED Municipal officials from across the Southeast were told at a gathering in Atlanta that the competition among cities to attract sports teams was misguided. A10 PREDICTING WELFARE OVERHAUL Newt Gingrich predicted that Congress would complete an overhaul of welfare by Thanksgiving and come up with a measure reducing the rules on how states conduct their welfare programs. A12 MONEY FOR CALIFORNIA COUNTY The California Legislature acted to rescue Orange County from its fiscal crisis but left Los Angeles County with a huge budget gap. B7 GRAMM WINS STRAW POLL Senator Phil Gramm of Texas finished first in a straw poll held at a convention of the National Federation of Republican Women. B7 Metro Digest B1 Sports C1-9 Baseball: Yanks' loss leaves them a game out in wild-card race. C1 Mets complete a three-game sweep of the Phillies. C9 Columns: Anderson on the Giants' offense. C3 Rhoden on two Jet rookies. C4 Smith on the wild-card race. C9 Football: Giants fall to 0-3 with loss to Packers. C1 Jets romp over the expansion Jaguars for first victory. C1 Golf: For players, the pressure of the Ryder Cup is unmatched. C2 Arts/Entertainment C11-16 The television networks' scheduling wars. C11 Bastille Opera opens. C11 Music: "Don Giovanni." C12 "Mathis der Maler." C12 Folk music from Asia. C13 Simon and the Bar Sinisters at the Mercury Lounge. C13 Mamady Keita and Sewa Kan at Symphony Space. C13 Dance: St. Petersburg Male Ballet. C12 Books: "Heart: A Memoir." C16 Television: "Danny Hoch: Some People." C14 Business Digest D1 Obituaries B9 Sir Grahame Clarke, archeologist. Editorials/Op-Ed A14-15 Editorials Global warming heats up. Senator D'Amato's chance. The bar sets an example. A grinding debate. Letters Anthony Lewis: The authentic quality. Bob Herbert: Disgracing the badge. William Safire: The phony air war. Gary Milhollin: Fire sale. Bridge C16 Chronicle A13 Crossword C14

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Patents; Good news and bad news for the maker of a drug for people who are anemic and on dialysis.

Date: 18 September 1995

By Teresa Riordan

Teresa Riordan

AMGEN INC., the pioneer biotechnology company, recently got good news and bad news on the patent front. First the bad news, which arrived in late August but which Amgen said it did not consider newsworthy enough to tell its stockholders about: the European Patent Office possibly has opened the door for a licensee of Amgen's archrival, Genetics Institute, to sell erythropoietin in Europe. The drug, better known as EPO, is used to treat anemia in people on dialysis.

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Bus Cutbacks are Bad News for Night Owls

Date: 17 September 1995

By David M. Herszenhorn

David

At 1 A.M. one night last week, Vinny Calvarino and Don Reddy were standing on Roosevelt Avenue waiting without luck for a Q15 bus to take them home to Whitestone. The Q15 was one of three Queens bus lines to lose overnight service when cutbacks went into effect last week as part of the Metropolitan Transportation Athority's $113 million budget reduction. In all, service was reduced on seven Queens bus lines and on the IRT 7 subway line.

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Word for Word/Sweetening the Bitter Pill; How a Republican Should Break Bad News to Grandma

Date: 17 September 1995

By Sarah Boxer

Sarah Boxer

LAST week Republican leaders in the House unveiled their plan to slash projected Medicare spending by $270 billion, or 14 percent, over the next seven years. The breakdown of the cuts was not revealed. Democrats accused Republicans of hiding the grim details from their constituents. And House Speaker Newt Gingrich accused the Democrats of trying to "frighten 85-year-olds."

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Newt Tests TV and Flunks the Press

Date: 17 September 1995

By Adam Clymer

Adam Clymer

FOR all the animosity between officials and reporters, they still regularly come together in a ritual that at least holds the promise of conveying information from the Government to its people. The ritual is the daily news briefing, at the State Department and the White House. The Senate gave these up long ago, but until this year they were held at the House of Representatives, too. But the House briefings are suddenly no more, and the death of the Speaker's news conference reflects how much Capitol Hill has changed in the age of Newt.

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Linda A. Bolton, Jeffrey R. Weiser

Date: 17 September 1995

Linda Ann Bolton, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roland Bolton of Sterling, N.Y., was married yesterday to Jeffrey Richard Weiser, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Jacques Weiser of Melville, L.I. The Rev. Dr. Melvin Hawthorne, the chaplain of the Church Center of the United Nations, officiated at the Stanhope in New York. Rabbi Roy A. Rosenberg took part in the service.

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Al Roker and Deborah Roberts

Date: 17 September 1995

Deborah Ann Roberts, a correspondent in New York for the ABC news magazine "20/ 20," was married yesterday to Albert Lincoln Roker Jr., a weatherman on the "Today Show," in New York. The Rev. John Andrew performed the ceremony at the St. Thomas Episcopal Church in New York. Mrs. Roker, 34, graduated from the University of Georgia. She is a daughter of Ruth N. Roberts and Ben Roberts of Perry, Ga. Her father is a building contractor in Perry.

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