Le 17 août 1996 était un samedi sous le signe astral du ♌. C'était le 229ème jour de l'année. Le président des États-Unis était William J. (Bill) Clinton.
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Date: 17 August 1996
By Russell Baker
Russell Baker
Russell Baker humorous comment on Republican National Convention, and Ted Koppel's walkout on ground convention did not merit coverage as news event, holding it was more like infomercial (M)
Date: 17 August 1996
By Walter Goodman
Walter Goodman
Walter Goodman assesses television networks' coverage of Republican convention (Critic's Notebook) (M)
Date: 17 August 1996
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Smith Corona Corp says that Marafund Ltd has agreed to buy 15 percent of reorganized company for $5 million through stock purchase; Marafund also has option to buy additional 70 percent stake for $15 million (S)
Date: 17 August 1996
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Shares of Foxmeyer Health Corp fall 14 percent after company says it is in talks to sell its primary drug-distribution business to stem huge losses; shares fall $1.125, to $6.875 (S)
Date: 17 August 1996
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
US Surgical Corp's $235 million offer for Circon Corp turns hostile as company says it will proceed even after Circon rejects bid; US Surgical made $18-a-share offer for Circon on Aug 2; Circon calls offer inadequate and approves 'poison pill' anti-takeover plan (S)û
Date: 17 August 1996
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
US dollar rises against German mark, bolstered by growing speculation that Germany's central bank will reduce interest rates when its policy council meets on Aug 22 (M)ï
Date: 17 August 1996
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Western Resources Inc claims victory in its hostile takeover bid for Kansas City Power and Light Co, saying Kansas City Power shareholders rejected plan to buy out Utilicorp United Inc; analysts say if the claims by Western are borne out, its $1.9 billion bid for Kansas City Power is almost assured success (M)i
Date: 17 August 1996
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Treasury bond prices gain for first time in a week; price of 30-year Treasury bond rises 16/32, to 99 28/32; bond's yield falls to 6.76 percent from 6.80 percent (M)
Date: 17 August 1996
International 2-5 INTIMIDATION IN BOSNIA NATO officers say that the opposition party in Bosnia is being terrorized by agents of the Muslim-dominated Government, further eroding any pretense of fairness in the coming national elections. 1 CHALLENGE TO WAR IN CHECHNYA Aleksandr I. Lebed, President Yeltsin's national security adviser, demanded the dismissal of the Interior Minister who has led Russia's war in Chechnya, describing him as an inept ''Napoleon.'' 1 INDIA TO VETO NUCLEAR TEST BAN After months of negotiations, Prime Minister H. D. Deve Gowda, on the anniversary of India's independence, removed the last slim doubt about India's intention to veto a global nuclear test ban treaty. 3 TRIM BUDGET FROM U.N. Under pressure to cut costs, the United Nations released the outline of its 1998-1999 budget, which projects no overall spending growth for the rest of the century while further cutting staff. 5 KHMER DEFECTOR LASHES OUT Ieng Sary, a founding member of the brutal Khmer Rouge insurgency who has defected and sued for peace with the Cambodian Government, leveled a harsh attack on a rival guerrilla leader, Pol Pot. 5 CLEANING UP LONDON'S KIOSKS In an effort to crack down on the likes of ''Cuddly Elana,'' Britain's telephone company has begun a new effort to persuade prostitutes to stop littering telephone kiosks with their calling cards. 4 Lima Journal: Pride and prejudice for black workers. 2 National 6-9, 20 DOLE-KEMP CAMPAIGN BEGINS With a last display of fireworks and a burst of confetti, Bob Dole and Jack Kemp bounded out of their nominating convention in San Diego, kicking off a campaign to change the American view of the Republican Party and to turn the Presidential election into a referendum on tax cuts. 1 A BIG PARTY FOR CLINTON President Clinton plans to celebrate his 50th birthday by raising campaign money at an elaborate birthday bash at Radio City Music Hall. The party will be beamed by satellite to 80 other fund-raising parties across the nation. 1 OHIOANS AND THE CONVENTION The overwhelming response from shoppers in North Canton, Ohio, when asked what they thought of this week's Republican convention was, ''I didn't watch it.'' 1 BOY'S SURVIVAL MYSTERY Four days after disappearing while swimming in a Florida creek, a 10-year-old boy was found alive 14 miles away. Answers to questions about how he survived are likely to come slowly, if at all, because the boy is autistic. 1 PROSECUTION OF DRINKING MOTHER A Racine, Wis., woman has been charged with attempted murder after giving birth to a baby whose blood-alcohol level was twice the normal level for intoxication. 6 NEW AIRLINE SAFETY RULE Under new rules, hundreds of commuter planes in service around the country will have to fly farther behind jetliners on approach to an airport or shortly after takeoff, a step that is intended to reduce the risk of crashes but that will probably also increase delays. 6 35TH CASE FOR KEVORKIAN A woman who suffered from a nervous disorder and chronic fatigue syndrome became the 35th person known to die in the presence of Dr. Jack Kevorkian since he began a crusade to win acceptance of physician-assisted suicide. 6 MAJOR ACQUITTED IN SODOMY CASE A seven-member jury at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio has acquitted a female Air Force major charged with sodomy and conduct unbecoming an officer. 7 NEWS FROM THE CONVENTION Everyone understood that the Republican convention would produce little news and that its producers would be poaching on the human-interest appeals of commercial television. But no one foresaw how effectively they would do it. 8 DEMOCRATS RESPOND TO G.O.P. Democrats responded to the Republican Party's four-day show of moderation and unity much as they have responded to Republicans all year: by branding the party a radical, intolerant institution bent on siphoning Federal largess from ordinary folk to the rich. 8 CONSERVATIVES SING A NEW TUNE While united in their disgust with President Clinton, many conservative radio hosts have been cool toward Mr. Dole. But this week, radio hosts nationwide started singing his praises. 9 FRAMED WOMAN WINS SETTLEMENT The city of Philadelphia will pay nearly $1 million to a Baptist minister framed by police as a cocaine mastermind and sent to jail for three years. 20 Metro Report 21-24 HOMELESS PARENTS IN WORKFARE Homeless adults with children staying in city shelters will, for the first time, be required to work for the city in exchange for welfare benefits, Mayoral aides said. 1 Business Digest 33 Arts/Entertainment 11-17 3,000 flutists in convention. 11 Theater: ''Possible Worlds.'' 13 Music: Toward a cacophony of futures. 11 Rage Against the Machine. 15 Dance: Dallas Black Dance Theater. 14 Television: ''Gotti.'' 11 Sports 27-31 Baseball: Mets routed by Padres in historic game in Mexico. 27 Mariners edge Yankees. 27 Cone to pitch in minors. 29 Column: Rhoden on football 27 Football: Giants and Jets meet tonight. 27 Golf: Three-way tie in Northville Classic 31 Hockey: Coyotes, not Islanders, get Jeremy Roenick. 31 Obituaries 26 George Starbuck, wry poet Joe Seneca, a character actor in ''Ma Rainey's Black Bottom'' Editorials/Op-Ed 18-19 Editorials Peace, then justice in Cambodia. Hopeful signs on juvenile crime. Robert B. Semple Jr.: Nixon. Letters Frank Rich: San Diego unplugged. Russell Baker: News in the nick of time. Paul LeClerc: Electronic data for all the people. Paul Weyrich: The Republicans are fractured by ''unity.'' Alan Makovsky: Responding to Turkey's eastward drift. Bridge 15 Crossword 16
Date: 18 August 1996
International 3-21 SEEDS OF A RUSSIAN DEFEAT Chechen separatists have once again managed to defeat the Russian Army, which is the biggest in Europe but suffers from corruption, poor training, bad equipment and low morale. 1 FEAR AND HATRED IN CYPRUS Two Greek Cypriots were killed by Turkish Cypriot security forces during a week of violence that has stunned Cypriots on both sides of the divided island and brought old hatreds to the surface. 3 GLASGOW'S ANTI-DRUG EFFORTS Glasgow is battling a drug epidemic with a controversial program called ''harm reduction,'' whose goal is to prevent AIDS and reduce mugging, shoplifting and other crimes caused by drug addiction. 14 UNEASY PEACE IN GUATEMALA For the first time in 35 years, Guatemala is not ravaged by civil war. But a peace agreement between the armed forces and leftist guerrillas has yet to be concluded, leaving the country uneasy and impatient. 20 LIBERIANS BURY THEIR DEAD Dr. Isaac Moses of Monrovia leads 50 volunteers who spend their days digging up the hundreds of hastily buried victims of Liberia's latest round of civil strife and taking them to cemeteries for proper burial. 21 In the wake of war, Dubrovnik is rethinking its tourism. 4 Clinton's efforts to oust the U.N. Secretary General are stalling. 9 Thanks to prohibition, Indian women say life has improved. 10 National 24-34 PEROT WINS NOMINATION Ross Perot won the nomination of the Reform Party, officials announced last night, setting the stage for another unpredictable candidacy by the Dallas billionaire. Mr. Perot easily beat his only challenger, Richard D. Lamm, the former Governor of Colorado. 1 PRE-CONVENTION STRATEGY Democrats have set two goals for their national convention: raise doubts about the tax-cut plan and moderate image the Republicans touted, and then use the President's aura of incumbency to reach out to voters. 1 POST-CONVENTION STRATEGY Republicans say the White House is within Bob Dole's grasp if he succeeds in a two-pronged strategy of convincing voters that his economic prescriptions would be a boon to taxpayers and that President Clinton is so tainted by ethical questions that he should not be re-elected. 28 Chicago is sprucing itself up for the Democratic convention. 30 KEMP'S MEDICAL EXEMPTION Jack Kemp, the Republican candidate for Vice President, received a medical exemption in 1961 that allowed him to avoid active duty in the Army while he played professional football. 27 SIZING UP DOLE AND COMPANY Now that the Republican National Convention has ended, Republican, Democratic and independent voters nationwide are talking about what it meant to them. 26 President Clinton attacked Bob Dole's tax plan as unrealistic. 31 FAMILIES HIT BY WAGE FLUXES More and more Americans who were accustomed to jobs with fixed wages and predictable raises are finding that all or part of their pay can fluctuate steeply, in ways often beyond their control. 1 New Mexico's Indian gaming industry is prosperous. And illegal. 24 Metro 43-48 SEEKING CLUES THROUGH VICTIMS With the underwater inquiry into the explosion of T.W.A. Flight 800 failing to yield answers about the cause of the crash, investigators say their best hope for a break in the case may lie above ground in the hunt for human suspects. 1 CLERGY JOIN FORCES WITH UNIONS Religious leaders are making common cause with trade unions, lending their moral authority to denounce sweatshops, back a higher minimum wage and help organize workers. 1 CRITICAL MASS IN THE HAMPTONS Yes, it gets more crowded every year. No, it isn't the way it used to be. Even in this summer of disgruntling weather and too-close-for-comfort tragedy, the complaint is ongoing in the Hamptons: People keep coming here! 43 QUESTIONS RAISED ON I.N.S. OFFICE The Immigration and Naturalization Service's office in Newark recovered 60 fraudulently issued green cards and other work papers recently, then discovered its own office had issued some of them. 43 Obituaries 51 Leo McLaughlin, former president of Fordham University.