Media Talk; Slide Seen at NBC Nightly News
Date: 16 November 1998
By Bill Carter
Bill Carter
ABC's evening newscast, World News Tonight, has interrupted top ratings of NBC's rival Nightly News over last five weeks; graph; photo (M)
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Pushing Harder for Access to Cuba
Date: 16 November 1998
By Felicity Barringer
Felicity Barringer
Dozen news organizations press to open news bureaus in Cuba despite general cutbacks in foreign news reporting; have gotten United States Government waivers, but only CNN and now Associated Press have won Cuban permission for permanent correspondent; photo (M)
Compressed Data; Reporters Get the Story On Silicon Real Estate
Date: 16 November 1998
By John Markoff
John Markoff
John Chambers of Cisco Systems and Larry Ellison of Oracle, in what could be new trend among computer industry chiefs, have both invited reporters to their homes for private social events in last two weeks (M)
Media Talk; An Endorsement That Wasn't
Date: 16 November 1998
By Felicity Barringer
Felicity Barringer
Publisher Peter Ridder spurred dispute at Charlotte, NC, Observer with his bid to endorse Sen Lauch Faircloth for re-election over opposition of top editors, all editorial writers, and over 40 journalists, who favored Democratic candidate and eventual victor, John Edwards; newspaper's decision not to endorse candidate generated strongly-worded round-robin open letter from editors and reporters (M)
National News Briefs; Federal Express to Begin Picketing in Labor Talks
Date: 16 November 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Pilots union at Federal Express will begin informational picketing on Nov 16 as pilots move toward possible holiday-season strike against world's largest air-freight company (S)
Berkshire Hathaway Posts Drop in Assets
Date: 16 November 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Berkshire Hathaway Inc, Warren E Buffett's investment and insurance company, reports its net assets fell 15 percent in third quarter, to $54.1 billion, from $64 billion on June 30; reports value of its stock portfolio fell 25 percent in period, to $31.2 billion (S)
NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 15 November 1998
INTERNATIONAL 3-20 Iraqi President Retreats But U.S. Threat Remains The government of President Saddam Hussein appeared to back down in the face of imminent American attack and said Iraq would resume cooperating with arms inspections. But he initially set conditions on his agreement, and American officials said they would procede with military preparations. 1 Air Attacks Called Off The United States had prepared a broad campaign of air strikes on Iraq but called it off, at least temporarily, after the last-minute flurry of diplomacy. 1
NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 16 November 1998
INTERNATIONAL A3-13 U.S. Accepts Iraq's Pledge To Allow Arms Inspections President Clinton said that President Saddam Hussein of Iraq had unconditionally retreated and once again vowed complete cooperation with United Nations weapons inspectors. That vow will be tested quickly, Mr. Clinton said, and American and British forces that nearly struck Iraq on Saturday remain poised to act. A1 Even before the Security Council resolved to give Iraq a chance to prove that it really intended to resume cooperation with arms inspectors, some familiar code words for trouble were in the air. A11 Some American soldiers in Kuwait are getting weary of Saddam Hussein and expressing frustration at what they see as a problem with Iraq that will not go away. A11 Iraq's shift away from confrontation was greeted in the Arab world with swift statements of relief that could complicate American efforts to maintain military pressure. Three days ago, Egypt, Syria and others said Saddam Hussein alone would bear the blame for whatever his defiance provoked. A11 Indonesian Military Scrutinized The unrest in Indonesia subsided, but not before some military officers on duty to keep order on Saturday said they felt uncomfortable exerting their authority during the recent protests. Indonesians, diplomats and other analysts are perplexed as to why the military acted as harshly as it did, shooting and killing six demonstrators who had made no real effort to break through its lines. A3 Trips to Israel for Jewish Youth Jewish organizations plan to start a program that will pay for any Jew in the world between 15 and 26 to visit Israel for 10 days, an effort to rebuild religious identity among young Jews, who are marrying non-Jews and abandoning the faith in large numbers. While many details remain to be worked out, the program is expected to cost $300 million over five years and to be financed by the Israeli Government, a group of major Jewish donors from North America and the Council of Jewish Federations. There is a wide menu of choices -- kibbutz trips, archeological trips, hiking treks, ecological journeys and historical trips. A8 Albright Meeting Angers Hosts Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright met the wife of a jailed Malaysian political leader in Kuala Lumpur, a gesture of solidarity that angered her hosts at the annual meeting of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum. Ms. Albright's meeting and the reaction suggested that politics could swamp economics at the gathering. A6 Georgia Holds Local Elections The Georgian republic, facing financial and economic woes, held its first post-Soviet local elections, a key test for President Eduard Shevardnadze and his ruling Citizens Union bloc. More than 150,000 candidates and 13 parties and blocs competed for town and village council seats. (Reuters) NATIONAL A14-19 U.S. and Partners to Begin Building Space Station The United States and 15 other nations are ready to start building the largest, most complex structure ever assembled in space, the international space station. The start of the five-year construction project comes after years of debate, hundreds of studies, thousands of pages of blueprints and billions of dollars. A1 Cruise Lines Face Accusations The booming of the cruise business has presented new concerns in part because of the size of giant liners and in part because the cruise lines operate largely outside the laws of any one country. Of particular concern are the accusations of sexual assaults committed by crew members. An examination of such cases on ships operated by the largest cruise lines found a pattern of coverups. A1 Lawmaker's Financial Troubles Representative J. C. Watts Jr. of Oklahoma, who is challenging Representative John A. Boehner of Ohio for his post as Republican Conference Chairman, has had to defend himself over the years against accusations arising from bad debts, unpaid state and Federal taxes, and his actions during a Federal bribery investigation in 1991. Details of Mr. Watts's finances emerged from interviews and an examination of records. A1 Labor Party Convenes Delegates of the Labor Party gathered in Pittsburgh for the party's constitutional convention. A14 Challenging the Death Penalty Death penalty opponents brought together 28 of the 75 people who have been released from death rows across the country since 1972 to participate in a Chicago conference. A14 Coyote Hunters Compete Hunters from several states gathered in south-central Wyoming to compete in the annual National Coyote Calling Contest. A19 Blacks Object to Course Leaders of the state N.A.A.C.P. in North Carolina are deciding whether to file a formal complaint over a college course that asserts that most slaves were happy in captivity. A15 NEW YORK/REGION B1-8 City's Trash Strategy Raises New Concerns New York City is scrambling to deal with the flow of residential trash that, by law, must stop going to the Fresh Kills landfill on Staten Island by Dec. 31, 2001. Large swaths of the city will experience a much closer connection with garbage, both through transfer stations, where waste is loaded for shipment out of state, and the fleets of trucks traveling to them. Critics say that minority neighborhoods suffer unfairly. B1 Costs of Police Inquiries New York City has a big financial incentive to strengthen the independent agency that monitors and investigates accusations of police misconduct, with police brutality lawsuits costing the city $96.8 million over the last four years -- nearly 10 cents of every dollar that the city paid in 1997 in personal injury cases, according to a new report released by the New York Civil Liberties Union. B3 Court Battle on A.T.M. Fees Connecticut officials and two major banks will face off in court today in a battle over a state rule -- one of just two in the country -- that forbids banks to charge noncustomers who use their automated teller machines. Industry officials say that if the ban is upheld, other states might seek to impose similar bans. B4 ARTS E1-8 SPORTSMONDAY D1-10 OBITUARIES B10-11 Stokely Carmichael The flamboyant civil rights leader was 57. He changed his name in 1978 to Kwame Ture and is best remembered for his use of the phrase ''black power,'' which in the mid-1960's ignited a white backlash and alarmed an older generation of civil rights leaders, including the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. B10 Laurence Gandar A South African newspaper editor credited with bringing investigative journalism to a country that desperately needed it, he was 82. B11 BUSINESS DAY C1-12 Satellites on Meteor Alert The Earth is hurtling into the path of a comet called Temple-Tuttle and, according to scientists, will witness the most intense meteor shower in more than three decades tomorrow when it enters the comet's debris-strewn backwash. The storm predicted for tomorrow will put 600 or so man-made satellites at some risk. C1 Ouster Expected at Universal ''Meet Joe Black,'' the lavish three-hour film made by Universal Studios, opened over the weekend to poor reviews and a disappointing box office, increasing expectations in the movie industry that the studio's owner, Seagram, planned to oust Frank Biondi Jr., Universal's chairman and chief executive, and overhaul Universal's corporate structure. C2 Taking On Operating Systems Lawrence J. Ellison, chairman of Oracle, plans to introduce a new version of his company's data base program at the Comdex computer industry trade show in Las Vegas, Nev. The program is intended to do away almost entirely with the operating system on computer servers. C5 Deal for Fiber Optic Lines Cable and Wireless of Britain has agreed to buy more than $100 million worth of fiber optic lines from Global Crossing, a small international communications carrier, executives close to the deal said. C5 Business Digest C1 EDITORIAL A20-21 Editorials: Back from the brink with Iraq; the reading room reopens; honest numbers on Capitol Hill; Steven R. Weisman on a Democratic ''ground war.'' Columns: William Safire. Bridge E4 Metro. Diary B2 Crossword E4 Weather B9
Who Backed Down?
Date: 16 November 1998
By R.w. Apple Jr
R W Apple Jr analysis contends that both Pres Clinton and Pres Saddam Hussein blinked in showdown over Iraq's weapons of mass destruction; Clinton, by ordering air attacks and then calling them off, has given United Nations weapons inspections another chance even though many officials in his Administration say inspections will not work; Hussein felt obliged by threat of US and British military action to reverse his decision to suspend cooperation with United Nations; his goal remains development of weapons to help him dominate his region; not a great deal has been resolved, and Administration has provided no clear blueprint of its future strategy (M)
Livery Driver Is Accused Of Attacking Inspectors
Date: 15 November 1998
Livery driver Milton Robinson is charged with assaulting inspectors from Taxi and Limousine Commission (S)