Defense Teams Are Reshuffled In Trade-Center Bombing Case
Date: 18 April 1993
By Ronald Sullivan
Ronald Sullivan
The defense in the World Trade Center bombing case is undergoing an extensive reshuffling, with several of the original lawyers either replaced or seeking to be removed from what promises to be one of the most highly publicized trials ever held in a Federal courtroom in Manhattan. The shifts follow an order by Judge Kevin T. Duffy forbidding both the prosecution and the defense from discussing any evidence with news organizations. They come as both sides prepare for the preliminary legal jockeying involving evidence in a trial that is scheduled to begin in September.
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ENDPAPER: Life and Times; Cash on Delivery
Date: 18 April 1993
By John Tierney
John Tierney
Journalists like to think of themselves as advocates for the dispossessed, friends of the little guy, but the feeling is not necessarily mutual. Most of the little guys I've met are not looking for affection or support from reporters. Their first request tends to be more specific: "How much you pay me to talk?" I've heard this from villagers in Africa and Asia, tenement dwellers in New York, drug addicts, panhandlers, runaway teen-agers, squatters in shantytowns, street criminals and others whose education did not acquaint them with the taboo against checkbook journalism. Sometimes I explained that I couldn't pay them but that I could buy them a meal during the interview. Things would go well until we sat down in a restaurant and the person announced: "I'm not hungry now. Just give me the money and I'll eat later."
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On Sunday; For Watchers Of Buttafuocos, It's a Career
Date: 18 April 1993
By Michael Winerip
Michael Winerip
It was only 11 A.M., but already the New York press corps was working on the day's seventh photo opportunity of Joey and Mary Jo Buttafuoco walking somewhere. "Don't push in, please!" Capt. Bob Smith, a court officer, pleaded with the press from the top of the Nassau County courthouse steps here. "I don't want anyone hurt." He'd said this 100 times, and of course, the instant the Buttafuocos walked somewhere, everyone pushed in. Journalists had arrived in Massapequa at 7 A.M. on Thursday to catch the Buttafuocos walking from their house to their car. "Joey came out at about 8:10 or 8:15 -- I wasn't really looking at my watch," said Mike Alexander of The Associated Press. "I kept the camera on him, moving toward him slowly. He was putting a duffel in the trunk. I try not to be too intrusive.
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A Press at The New York Post Damaged in Arson
Date: 18 April 1993
By Dennis Hevesi
Dennis Hevesi
A fire that the authorities said had been deliberately set damaged one of four presses at The New York Post building in lower Manhattan yesterday morning, the police said. The fire followed an agreement between the newspaper and its pressmen to put aside their differences for the weekend in a dispute over the size of the crews staffing the presses.
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New York Post and Pressmen Put Labor Dispute on Hold
Date: 17 April 1993
By Robert D. McFadden
Robert
After failing to publish Friday's paper in a dispute over work rules, The New York Post and its union pressmen agreed yesterday to set their differences aside for the weekend, publish normally today and Monday and meet on Monday to talk about a number of sensitive issues. In the miasmic recent history of The Post, with death at the doorstep and creditors, would-be owners and staff members fighting over the diagnosis and the medicine, the episode seemed little more than a one-day cold, but the symptoms were enough to signal rough days ahead for labor and management.
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FYFFES OF IRELAND REJECTS TAKEOVER BID
Date: 17 April 1993
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Fyffes, an Irish fresh fruit and vegetable distributor, rejected a takeover approach yesterday from an unidentified third party. The overture could have led to a bid worth around 390 million Irish pounds, or about $580 million, the company said. Shares in Fyffes surged 25 percent as the company released a brief statement saying it had been approached by the potential acquirer. Shortly before the market closed Fyffes said it had rejected the move. The release of the statement was in line with British rules on the disclosure of price-sensitive information.
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GRACE SIGNS DEAL TO BUY HOME INTENSIVE CARE
Date: 17 April 1993
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
W. R. Grace & Company said yesterday that it had signed a definitive agreement to buy Home Intensive Care Inc., a Miami home health-care company facing a large bill to repay Medicare, for $112.2 million in cash. The $6.60-a-share agreement is 60 cents higher than an offer made by Grace three months ago and rejected by Home as inadequate. Grace, based in Boca Raton, Fla., a specialty chemicals and health-care giant, will begin a cash tender offer on Thursday for all 17 million of Home's shares. Home Intensive Care provides home infusion and dialysis at 35 operating locations in Texas, Michigan, Maryland and other states. National Medical Care Inc., a Grace unit, is the nation's biggest provider of dialysis services, with 400 clinics.
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Women on Sports Beat Have Come a Long Way
Date: 17 April 1993
To the Editor: Marie Brenner's excellent "Girls of Summer" (Op-Ed, April 5) mentions that 14 years ago she was "one of the first woman baseball columnists in the major leagues." She is at least 19 years after the fact. I was the only female reporter in the country covering the Indianapolis 500 in 1960. I have the scars to prove it. My interviews had to be conducted through chain-link fences because women were not allowed inside Gasoline Alley, the race car drivers' domain. The fence was no impediment in one area; anyone on either side heard the lewd jokes lobbed my way.
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NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 18 April 1993
International 3-21 TIGHTER NOOSE ON BELGRADE
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NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 17 April 1993
International 2-5 U.S. REEVALUATING BOSNIA POLICY While U.S. officials debated whether to seek air strikes against Serbian forces, President Clinton said the United States and its allies needed to consider actions that "previously have been unacceptable" to stop the Serbian attacks in Bosnia. 1 SERB FORCES ENTER SREBRENICA As residents huddled behind bunkers, Serbian nationalist forces moved to within 1,000 yards of the center of the besieged Bosnian Muslim town of Srebrenica, and capture of the city appeared imminent. 1 U.N. DEBATES SAFE-HAVEN PLAN The Security Council agreed to make Srebrenica a United Nations-protected haven and to send peacekeeping troops to the embattled town, but with opposition and a fast moving situation, it was unclear whether the move would be an empty gesture. 4 A SETBACK IN HAITI TALKS Haiti's military commanders rejected an offer of amnesty by the country's ousted President that was to have been the cornerstone of a diplomatic settlement of the nation's 18-month-old political crisis. 1 A FACEOFF FOR U.S. AND JAPAN President Clinton and Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa of Japan used their first White House meeting to scold each other about trade, with Mr. Clinton insisting on an approach to resolving disputes that the Prime Minister called unacceptable. 1 RUSSIAN AID A POLITICAL FOOTBALL The opposing sides in Moscow's political wars tried to use a $28 billion package of Western aid to their advantage, with supporters saying it was a sign of confidence and opponents saying it would mean further dependence on the West. 5 A SHOW OF MUSCLE IN BRITAIN Britain's state-owned railroads and coal mines were shut down by workers demanding safeguards against layoffs. The strike stranded one million passengers and paralyzed Britain's rail system. 3 A car bomb on the West Bank killed two and wounded nine. 3 Italy's leader says his coalition is near collapse. 3 Istanbul Journal: As a city, a glittering, but tragic, magnet. 2 National 6-9 NEIGHBORHOOD'S NEW TERROR Random shotgun killings in the Columbia Heights neighborhood of Northwest Washington have brought a typically troubled urban neighborhood an unwelcome fame. 1 JURY ACTION IN LOS ANGELES A member of the Police Commission said the jury in the trial of four police officers charged in the beating of Rodney King would make an announcement today. 6 MOVEMENT IN PRISON SIEGE Inmates in Lucasville, Ohio, were allowed to broadcast their demands on television. In exchange they freed a second of the eight guards whom they took hostage five days ago. 6 CHANGE AT PLANNED PARENTHOOD Pamela Maraldo, the new president of Planned Parenthood, is trying to change the organization's emphasis from abortion rights to health care for women. 7 TAILHOOK REPORT DELAYED The Pentagon is delaying the release of its report on a Navy sexual-harassment scandal until other events might well diminish its news value, some officials said. 7 PRESIDENT CONCEDES ON JOBS PLAN Making a first concession on his plan to stimulate the economy, President Clinton offered to cut $4 billion from the $19.5 billion package. But Republicans said the move was not enough. 8 HILLARY CLINTON RETURNS Hillary Rodham Clinton resumed her campaign to defuse opposition to the proposals her health-care task force is drafting. 8 DALLAS MINISTER ACQUITTED Walker Railey, a former pastor who was charged with trying to choke his wife to death in 1987, was acquitted of all charges. 8 PRESIDENT MEETS GAY GROUPS Clinton met with leaders of gay and lesbian organizations, the first time that homosexual groups have been welcomed to the White House. 9 CLINTON CAMPAIGN UNDER FIRE The Clinton Presidential campaign listed scores of campaign workers as consultants, allowing the campaign to avoid paying Social Security taxes, CBS News reported. 9 Washington Journal: It's cleaning time atop the Capitol. 6 Metro Digest 23 CUOMO SIGNS CASINO PACT Gov. Cuomo signed an agreement today allowing the tiny Oneida Indian Nation near Syracuse to open New York State's first high-stakes gambling casino in more than a century. 1 JUDGES' DRUG CASE PROTEST Two of New York City's most prominent Federal judges said yesterday that they will no longer preside over drug cases, going public with a protest that calls attention to what dozens of Federal judges are doing quietly across the country. The decisions were made in protest of national drug policies and Federal sentencing guidelines. The judges said the emphasis on arrests and imprisonment, rather than prevention and treatment, had failed, and they are withdrawing from the effort. 1 Sports 28-32 Baseball: Mets beat Reds. 29 Basketball: Knicks lose to Pacers. 31 Column: Rhoden on Keenan. 29 Hockey: Keenan to become coach of Rangers. 29 Islanders defeat Devils. 29 Horse Racing: Wood may be a mudder. 31 Sports People31 Arts/Entertainment 11-16 Celebrating Jack Lemmon. 11 Film: "Boiling Point." 16 Music: Notes 11 Laurie Anderson. 11 Classical reviews 14 Dance: New theater at Hunter. 15 "Misa Flamenca."15 Editorials/Op-Ed 20-21 Editorials Lowering the passions over trade. Griefs of South Africa. Sex survey surprise. Police and election-year politics. Letters Russell Baker: Sexwise it's the pits. Joseph Goffman: Less acid rain for the buck. Dannie M. Martin: Just say no to informer testimony. Mark Sacerdote: The Board of Education fails a math test. Obituaries 10 William J. Fox, a war hero, an engineer, a movie stunt man and cowboy. Dr. James Lynn Hoard, a chemist who worked on the atom bomb. Irving K. Kessler, a retired RCA executive. cation fails a math test. Business Digest 35
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