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Date: 30 August 1998
By Kenneth Best
Kenneth Best
Profile of and interview with former radio disk jockey Bill Rock of Stratford, Conn, who comments on his current television promotional voice-over work, including NBC News, Meet the Press, Dateline, International Dateline and Weekend Magazine; photo (M)
Date: 31 August 1998
By Charlie Leduff
Charlie Leduff
Interview with Mike Sheehan, former New York City police undercover officer and detective, who is now crime reporter for Fox 5 news; his extensive contacts within law enforcement and ability to reconstruct crime have made him one of most recognizable crime reporters in NY; photo (M)
Date: 31 August 1998
By Dylan Loeb McClain
Dylan McClain
New polls taken by Media Studies Center and Pew Research Center for People and Press show public has become less critical of news media coverage of Pres Clinton's relationship with Monica S Lewinsky since Clinton admitted sexual affair; graphs (S)
Date: 31 August 1998
By Caryn James
Caryn James
Caryn James Critic's Notebook column on glut of television specials and news reports marking first anniversary of death of Diana, Princess of Wales; notes anniverary has brought more earthly reading of her character; table of special programs; photo (M)
Date: 31 August 1998
By Doreen Carvajal
Doreen Carvajal
Patricia Smith, ousted Boston Globe columnist and co-author of book Africans in America, will not take part in planned book tour because of concerns her personal problems could overshadow news coverage of book; photo (M)
Date: 30 August 1998
By Alan Schwarz
Alan Schwarz
Excerpts from 1961-62 press attacks on Roger Maris before and after he set major league baseball home run record; photo (M)
Date: 31 August 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Damon Hill wins Grand Prix of Belgium in race that is marred 13-car first-lap pileup (S)
Date: 31 August 1998
INTERNATIONAL A3-9 Power-Sharing Agreement Hits a Snag in Russia A power-sharing agreement between President Boris N. Yeltsin and Russia's Communist-dominated Parliament appeared to break down hours after it was announced. On national television, political leaders resumed their squabbling and appeared to renege on the accord, which was intended to pave the way for confirmation of Viktor S. Chernomyrdin, above, as Prime Minister. A1 Clinton Administration officials warily monitored the political maneuvering in Russia, disturbed at possible signs of backsliding on Moscow's commitment to tough economic reforms. President Clinton is scheduled to arrive for a summit meeting in Moscow on Tuesday. A8 Albright Visits Balkans Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright, on a symbolic visit to the Balkans, openly campaigned for candidates in upcoming elections in Bosnia who are considered supporters of the 1995 Dayton peace accords. A3 Terror Against Kosovo Serbs Foreign diplomats and human rights workers say that ethnic Albanian rebels have begun a wave of kidnappings and terror intended to drive the small Serbian population of Kosovo out of the province. More than 80 Serbian civilians are missing and feared dead. A3 Palestinian Executions A firing squad carried out the first executions under Palestinian self-rule, shooting two brothers convicted of killing two brothers from another family three days ago. Two human-rights groups condemned the executions and called for the abolition of capital punishment by the Palestinian Authority. A9 Protest March in Cambodia The opposition marched thousands of people through the Cambodian capital to demand the ouster of the country's leader, Hun Sen. The marchers, estimated in some reports at 15,000, brought the city to a standstill and capped a week-long vigil by opposition supporters who object to Mr. Hun Sen's declared victory in elections a month ago. A9 Beijing Frees a Dissident Beijing authorities released a former Tiananmen Square student leader who recently tried to form an opposition party. The police allowed the dissident, Wang Youcai, to return home under house arrest after more than seven weeks in detention. (AP) Subdued Commemoration Thousands sought to commemorate the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, on the eve of the first anniversary of her death today. Britain's monarchy, shaken by the public outpouring of grief for Diana, has sought to redefine itself. A photo of Diana was placed near the Paris tunnel where she died in a car crash. A4 NATIONAL A10-16 Lewinsky Revelations Sap Confidence of Democrats Democratic candidates and strategists say there is a growing consensus that the party has all but forfeited its prospect for closing the 11-seat gap and winning back control of the House of Representatives. In the two weeks since President Clinton acknowledged a relationship with Monica S. Lewinsky, the tension and uncertainty within the Democratic Party have intensified as its candidates gear up for the general election. A1 President Clinton's top legal and political advisers said that they have developed a detailed defense against what they anticipate are the four arguments that Kenneth W. Starr, left, the special prosecutor, might use to mount a case of obstruction of justice against the President. A14 E.P.A. to Test Household Items The Environmental Protection Agency is gearing up for one of the most ambitious projects ever proposed to test chemicals found in everyday products for harmful side effects. The work will take place at a laboratory in Uniondale, Long Island. A14 Strike Leaves a State Isolated In Grand Forks and elsewhere in North Dakota, nearly everyone depends to some degree on Northwest Airlines, which was shut down by a pilots' strike on Saturday. Residents who survived the flooding last summer are learning to cope with a new problem -- isolation in a state that was served almost exclusively by an airline that is now strikebound. A1 Setting the stage for what could be a long strike, Northwest Airlines said that it would not alter the dollar value of the final offer it made to its pilots before they walked off the job on Saturday, grounding the carrier's 1,700 daily flights. A12 Tobacco Ads Face Scrutiny The Department of Justice is reviewing whether tobacco companies promised some Senate Republicans that they would pay for television advertisements if the Senators voted to defeat the tobacco bill. The advertisements were not to have been direct endorsements of the senators, but were meant to explain the tobacco issue in a way that might provide the senators with ''political cover'' for their vote, according to a complaint filed with the Federal Election Commission by an advocacy group. A15 NEW YORK/REGION B1-8 Cabbies See Down Side To a Safety Crackdown The rules of the road -- and the consequences of violating them -- have changed drastically for cabbies since Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani began his crackdown last spring amid growing concerns about taxi safety. But many drivers and fleet owners, and even some judges in the city taxi commission's own court system, say that some aspects of the enforcement initiative amount to overkill, and are likely to worsen a shortage of full-time drivers. A1 From Obscurity to Center Stage Few people outside the Nation of Islam knew much about Khalid Abdul Muhammad in November 1993, when, as the top aide to Louis Farrakhan, he railed so viciously against whites, Jews, Catholics, homosexuals and black civil rights leaders in a lecture at a small New Jersey college that Congress denounced him and Mr. Farrakhan eventually dismissed him from his post. Until a few weeks ago, it seemed he was well on his way back into obscurity. Now, however, fresh from victory over Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani in a Federal courtroom last week, where a judge cleared the way for his Million Youth March in Harlem this Saturday, Mr. Muhammad is about to take center stage. B1 Hope Amid Synagogue's Ashes Two days after a roaring fire devastated the historic Central Synagogue on Manhattan's East Side, the senior rabbi of the congregation looked beyond the charred timbers and ruins of a magnificent landmark and saw some reasons for hope. B5 SPORTSMONDAY C1-10 ARTS E1-10 OBITUARIES A17 Paul J. Anderson A professor of neurology who directed the Division of Neuropathology at Mount Sinai Hospital and School of Medicine for 30 years, he was 72. A17 Jerre Mangione A writer whose thinly veiled memoir of life in a Sicilian enclave in Rochester, ''Mount Allegro,'' became a classic of American ethnic literature, he was 89. A17 BUSINESS DAY D1-8 Wall Street Stock Sell-Off Leads to Talk of Recession The sharp sell-off in stocks has led a growing number of people on Wall Street to wonder whether the stock market, often a leading economic indicator, may be forecasting a recession in the United States. The stock market is down nearly 14 percent in last six weeks, with more than a third of that loss coming in the last week. The stock market has not experienced such a prolonged downturn since 1990, when the nation last slipped into a recession. A1 New Move Against Microsoft The Government and 20 states suing the Microsoft Corporation are planning to ask a Federal judge to admit new evidence in their antitrust case against the software maker. The request could be made as early as today, when the Justice Department and states are scheduled to reply to a Microsoft motion requesting that the judge reject or pare back the case. D4 Violating Its Own Standards Only a handful of the Clinton Administration's sites on the World Wide Web post the privacy guidelines that the Federal Trade Commission recently said businesses should post, and none of the Administration's sites offer the special protections for children that the Government recommends for commercial sites. Even the White House Web site does not meet the standards that were recommended by the Federal Trade Commission and endorsed by the Administration. D1 Stocks Higher in Tokyo Stocks were higher today in Tokyo. At midday, the benchmark Nikkei index of 225 issues was up 87.02 points, or 0.63 percent, at 14,002.65. (Bloomberg News) Business Digest D1 EDITORIAL A18-19 Editorials: Campaign reform's next hurdle; training abusive militaries; Floyd Norris on Nixon and Clinton. Columns: Bob Herbert.
Date: 30 August 1998
INTERNATIONAL 3-15 Ruble's Slide Leaves Russians in a Scramble Chaos over the value of the ruble is affecting everyone from ordinary Russians to importers to small-business owners. Shops have raised prices or simply closed. Russians have fought to get money out of banks. And many of those who kept savings under the mattress have gone on buying sprees, looking for ways to park their money before its value declines any further. 1 President Clinton plans to depart for summit meeting in Moscow tomorrow, hoping to repair his scandal-stained image while offering comfort, but no aid. 1
Date: 31 August 1998
By Michael Wines
Michael Wines
Analysis of Russia's financial crisis says problem is that Government of Pres Boris Yeltsin and Communists who run Parliament are diametrically opposed, even though both sides have plenty of ideas for keeping country from sliding into insolvency, social chaos and third-world status; mismatch is unlikely to disappear, even if global presure in form of Pres Clinton's upcoming visit persuades both sides to glue together some sort of agreement (M)