Most Doubt a Resolve to Change Campaign Financing, Poll Finds
Date: 08 April 1997
By Francis X. Clines
Francis Clines
New York Times/CBS News Poll finds most Americans doubt Pres Clinton and Congress are sincerely committed to changing campaign financing system, even though significant majority believe fundamental changes are needed; finds Clinton is maintaining strong personal standing with public, despite months of sometimes withering accusations of improper campaign and fund-raising tactics, but that Vice Pres Al Gore has suffered sizeable loss of support as controversy has grown; charts (M)
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20 Pulitzer Prizes Are Announced With a Theme of Personal Impact on Lives
Date: 08 April 1997
By Iver Peterson
Iver Peterson
Twenty Pulitzer Prizes are awarded; winners include: Richard Kluger (General Nonfiction) for book Ashes to Ashes, Wynton Marsalis (Music) for jazz oratorio, Lisel Mueller (Poetry) for Alive Together: New and Selected Poems, Jack N Rakove (History) for Original Meanings: Politics and Ideas in the Making of the Constitution, Walt Handelsman of Times-Picayune of New Orleans (Editorial Cartooning), Steven Millhauser (Fiction) for book Martin Dressler: The Tale of an American Dreamer, Frank McCourt (Biography) for Angela's Ashes, Byron Acohido of Seattle Times (Best Reporting), Alexander Zemlianichenko of Associated Press (Feature Photogtaphy), Annie Wells of Press-Democrat of Santa Rosa (Spot News Photography, Times-Picayune of New Orleans (Public Service), Newsday (Spot News Reporting), Michael G Gartner of Daily Tribune of Ames, Iowa, (Editorial Writing), John F Burns of New York Times (International Reporting), Wall Street Journal (National Reporting), Michael Vitez, April Saul and Ron Cortes of Philadelphia Inquirer (Explanatory Journalism), Eric Nalder, Deborah Nelson and Alex Tizon of Seattle Times (Investigative Reporting), Lisa Pollack of Baltimore Sun (Feature Writing), Eileen McNamara of Boston Globe (Commentary) and Tim Page of Washington Post (Criticism); there is no prize awarded for drama (L)
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Paying for One Big Party
Date: 09 April 1997
Editorial contends that latest New York Times/CBS News Poll offers 'startling portrayal' of nation that yearns for abolition of corrupt campaign-finance system; maintains that by ignoring such warnings, Congress deepens public's already considerable disgust and cynicism; holds that of major figures in Washington, only Senate majority leader Trent Lott remains personally unmarred by fund-raising scandal; criticizes Lott for supporting Sen Mitch McConnell's efforts to undermine reform legislation sponsored by Sens John McCain and Russell Feingold (M)
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NETANYAHU HOLDS WHITE HOUSE TALK
Date: 08 April 1997
By James Bennet
James Bennet
Pres Clinton and Israeli Prime Min Benjamin Netanyahu meet at White House in effort to shore up Middle East peace effort, but reportedly make little progress; Netanyahu suggests at news conference that he will build housing for Arabs in Jerusalem, but does not otherwise soften public stance toward Palestinians; accuses them of violating numerous provisions of Oslo agreements; accuses journalists of playing into Palestinian hands by accusing Israel of violating accords and crediting Palestinians with keeping it (M)
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MTV to Transmit Internet Videos
Date: 08 April 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Viacom Inc's MTV unit will broadcast music videos to consumers' personal computers using technology developed by Intel Corp (S)
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PROTECTIVE LIFE TO ABSORB WEST COAST LIFE
Date: 09 April 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Protective Life Corp will buy West Coast Life Insurance Co for about $257 million in cash from Nationwide Corp; transaction would create life insurer with annual revenue of about $1.2 billion, based on last year's figures (S)
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BOEING CONSIDERS INCREASE IN PRODUCTION AS ORDERS RISE
Date: 08 April 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Boeing Co is considering plans to increase aircraft production beyond record levels already announced; production is scheduled to rise to 40 planes a month in fourth quarter, its highest level ever (S)
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ROCKWELL TO ACQUIRE MAKER OF VIDEO AND DATA CHIPS
Date: 09 April 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Rockwell International Corp will buy Comstream Corp's Hi-Media semiconductor unit, which develops video and data chips for direct-broadcast satellite and cable television companies, for $50 million (S)
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CABLETRON IS ACQUIRING A STAKE IN IPSILON NETWORKS
Date: 08 April 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Cabletron Systems Inc, computer networking company, is paying $20 million for unspecified stake in closely held Ipsilon Networks Inc, a start-up company in that business (S)
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PECO AND BRITISH ENERGY IN TALKS ON JOINT VENTURE
Date: 09 April 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Peco Energy Co and British Energy PLC are in talks aimed at forming joint venture to buy and operate power plants, drawing on two electric companies' experience with nuclear reactors; discussions come as deregulation increases competition for power sales in US and Britain (S)
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