In Cable TV, More Is Less
Date: 10 November 1996
By Mark Landler
Mark Landler
Review of feud between Time Warner and Rupert Murdoch's News Corp over which cable news channels New Yorkers will see; battle grew out of FTC's attempt to contain one burgeoning media empire at time when whole industry is consolidating into handful of octopus-like conglomerates (S)
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Black Weekly's Survival Is in Question
Date: 09 November 1996
By Lisa W. Foderaro
Lisa Foderaro
City Sun, weekly newspaper that has been a voice of black nationalism in New York City and aggressive competitor to more staid Amsterdam News, has not published in three weeks, raising questions about paper's future; City marshals evicted newspaper from its offices at 44 Court Street in Brooklyn in Oct for not paying rent, and State Taxation and Finance Dept has outstanding warrants against Sun Publishing Co for about $380,000 in back taxes; Sun's publisher, Andrew W Cooper, says he plans to dissolve company, form new one and 'start all over again'; some past and present employees, however, scoff at such plans, saying that staff members routinely went unpaid and that Cooper ran weekly into the ground (M)
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Sunny, Chance of Vote Results
Date: 10 November 1996
By Michael Wines
Michael Wines
Television networks' use of fancy computer-generated images to report election results described; photos (S)
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But He Smiled for My Birthday
Date: 10 November 1996
By Katharine Q. Seelye
Katharine Seelye
Katharine Q Seelye comment on Bob Dole's rancor about The New York Times coverage of Presidential campaign; reports that Dole was nevertheless gracious to reporters traveling with him, and wished her a happy birthday; photo (S)
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NOVELL STOCK SURGES AMID TAKEOVER SPECULATION
Date: 09 November 1996
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Shares of Novell Inc, provider of networking software products, soar 26% amid speculation that company could be takeover candidate (S)
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HICKS, MUSE TO GET 80 PERCENT OF WINDOW MAKER
Date: 09 November 1996
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst Inc, Dallas-based investment firm, says it will buy 80% of Atrium Corp, closely held maker of windows, for $135 million (S)
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KELLOGG EXPECTS CEREAL PRICE WAR TO HURT EARNINGS
Date: 09 November 1996
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Kellogg Co tells security analysts that its price war with other breakfast cereal companies would probably hurt earnings through first quarter of 1997; also says it expects to report earnings-per-share growth of at least 10% for its 1997 fiscal year (S)
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INTEGRATED SYSTEMS STOCK PLUNGES WITH LOW EARNINGS
Date: 09 November 1996
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Shares of Integrated Systems Inc fall 28% after company tells some analysts that its third-quarter earnings would not meet their expectations (S)
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Dow Keeps On Ascending at Record Pace
Date: 09 November 1996
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Stocks rise to records amid prospects for growing profits and low inflation, giving Dow Jones industrial average its best weekly gain in more than three months; index rises 13.78, to 6,219.82; tables (M)
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News Summary
Date: 10 November 1996
International MANDELA AT MID-TERM At the midpoint of his five-year term as South Africa's first democratically elected President, Nelson Mandela is hounded by nagging criticism that has discouraged investors and tourists. 1 A RIVAL TO THE PANAMA CANAL Panama's neighbors are dreaming of a new kind of canal, one cheaper and easier to build, and this time the principal players would be China, Japan and South Korea. 1 CHINA'S SILENT REVOLT Communist leaders are now suspected of instigating a violent struggle among the large Muslim population in a remote part China, in order to rid themselves of a potential source of rebellion. 3 SEARCH FOR SURVIVORS IN INDIA Rescuers scoured hundreds of devastated villages along India's southeastern coast for survivors of a cyclone that might have killed more than 1,000 people. 4 U.S. TIES SOUR WITH FRANCE The French mood these days is a sour one, and French-American relations, never better only six months ago, have soured with it. 4 FAMILY VALUES IN BRITAIN To a degree that is provoking some dismay, the campaign for the British general election is following a trend from the United States, with both parties vying to be the champion of family values. 4 CAUGHT IN RIO'S CROSSFIRE Rival drug gangs have been engaged in a war for Rio's underworld, leading to a stark rise in injuries and deaths from stray bullets, even in the city's most exclusive neighborhoods. 5 U.N. WARNING OVER ZAIRE With food shortages in eastern Zaire already acute, a United Nations relief official warned that thousands of refugees faced death by starvation. 8 National FOES OF BIAS PROGRAMS INSPIRED Quickly seizing on the path-breaking vote in California on Proposition 209, affirmative action opponents across the country are pledging to bring the issue back to the table. 1 SHIFT IN ORANGE COUNTY? The results of Tuesday's balloting made clear that the Democratic-leaning Hispanic vote is becoming an ever larger factor in American politics, nowhere more so than in Orange County. 1 TV, THE NATION'S BOOKSELLER When Oprah Winfrey recommends fiction, her gentle readers listen carefully. And then they make mega-best-sellers out of obscure first novels and two-decade-old books. 1 DRIVE-IN CHITLINS In Atlanta, a customer can shout into a drive-up microphone, just as if ordering a burger and fries, and come away with some seasoned, aromatic, honest-to-God genuine chitlins. 10 NOT EVERY VOTE COUNTS In Guam, Election Day begins 15 hours before New York's and the vote for President is simply an extra question on the local ballot. 14 REBUILDING AN ECONOMIC TEAM Surprised by the speed of a rash of post-election resignations on its economic team, the Clinton Administration is scrambling to rebuild that side of the Cabinet before it has to confront three major challenges next year. 17 FACING THE KEVORKIAN FACTOR Dave Gorcyca, the newly elected prosecutor in Oakland County, Mich., faces the same political and legal challenges that destroyed the career of his predecessor: What to do about Dr. Kevorkian? 11 SCHOLARS URGE NEW COURT RULING A group of prominent constitutional scholars has begun a campaign to get the Supreme Court to overturn a landmark decision that has allowed unlimited amounts of money to flow into political races. 18 FROM PALMS TO MURALS The town that took its name from an act of nature has come up with a plan to revitalize itself with man-made creations: making Twentynine Palms, Calif., the ''Mural Capital of America.'' 19 S.R.O.'S MAKE A COMEBACK Single-room-occupancy hotels are making a comeback in New York City, propelled largely by city and state loan programs aimed at creating new housing for the homeless. Not only are there more rooms, but many of the new hotels have also greatly improved their image, winning acceptance in neighborhoods that had long resisted them. 21 Metropolitan S.R.O.'S MAKE A COMEBACK Single-room-occupancy hotels are making a comeback in New York City, propelled largely by city and state loan programs aimed at creating new housing for the homeless. Not only are there more rooms, but many of the new hotels also have greatly improved their image, winning acceptance in neighborhoods that had long resisted them. 1 A HOSPITAL IS MOURNED For generations, a small community hospital in Jackson Heights, Queens, was what neighborhood residents expected -- not a world-class teaching hospital married to an Ivy League school, but the corner hospital. It is closing, and its problems say much about the state of health care in New York City. 41 Obituaries 46-47
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