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Date: 17 December 1994
Michael D. McCurry, the State Department spokesman, is on track to being named next week as the new White House press secretary, senior White House officials said tonight. Mr. McCurry is expected to meet this weekend with Leon E. Panetta, the White House chief of staff, and senior officials described the session as a prelude to his being formally offered the job.
Date: 18 December 1994
By Max Frankel
Max Frankel
I USED TO HATE hearing about the "war" against drugs, and as executive editor tried to discourage that metaphor in The Times. But the politicians won the battle of the cliche even as they were losing the war. The "war" term appeared in this newspaper only 16 times in all of 1981, but 66 times in 1987 and 511 times in 1989, after President Bush promised at his inaugural, "Take my word for it, this scourge will stop." Well, it didn't, and we're down to about 100 mentions in each of the Clinton years, a mere twice a week. And now I'm sorry, for it's time the media began to cover the war on drugs as a war -- the way they covered the last war that America lost. The better newspapers are portraying the drug quagmire the way they once portrayed the quagmire in Vietnam. Dispatches from the front find cops risking life and limb to drag in users and dealers, but just as many stalk the streets the next night. The brass that's bragging about progress and calling for still more troops, weapons, prisons and money must be smoking something.
Date: 17 December 1994
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
The Parker Hannifin Corporation said yesterday that it had acquired Hauser Elektronik G.m.b.H., a closely held German auto-parts company, for an undisclosed amount of cash. Parker bought Hauser, with 1993 sales of $27 million, "in part because they have a number of electronics applications for companies that we don't already have," said Richard Charlton, a Parker Hannifin spokesman. Mr. Charlton cited air-conditioning tubing and control devices among Hauser's "better known products." The company has plants in Offenburg, Germany, and Inman, S.C. Hauser employs 230 workers. Cleveland-based Parker Hannifin had 1994 revenue of $2.58 billion and 27,000 employees. Parker Hannifin is a maker of hydraulic and mechanical parts.
Date: 17 December 1994
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
The Swiss food company Nestle S.A. said yesterday that it would purchase Mexico's largest chocolate maker from the Chicago-based Quaker Oats Company to strengthen its worldwide confectionery business. Nestle did not disclose the price it would pay for Quaker's La Azteca business. Nestle said the sale would be transacted through its Mexican subsidiary, Nescalin. La Azteca, based in Mexico City, operates three factories and has annual sales of roughly $98 million, Nestle said. The company makes chocolate candy, tablets and powder as well as industrial and export products.
Date: 17 December 1994
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
The stock of the Antec Corporation plunged 21 percent yesterday after the company said its sales of fiber optic cables to Tele-Communications Inc. would fall by $15 million to $17 million in the fourth quarter from the third quarter. Antec blamed an imbalance in the way it receives orders from Tele-Communications for the sales slowdown. Almost 70 percent of its sales to the nation's largest cable TV operator were in the first half. Antec said its fourth-quarter earnings would be lower but did not say by how much. The shares of the company, which is based in Rolling Meadows, Ill., fell $4.625, to $16.75, on volume of almost three million shares in Nasdaq trading.
Date: 17 December 1994
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Orange County, Calif., sold the rest of the $1 billion in Government-sponsored notes in its portfolio today and started to dispose of the more troubled derivatives it owns. Salomon Brothers Inc., manager of the county's auction of United States Government agency notes, said it had sold $566 million of the notes and six structured certificates of deposit issued by foreign banks that totaled $440 million in face value.
Date: 17 December 1994
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Treasury bonds posted their first gain in three days and notes fell yesterday as the market looked ahead to a Federal Reserve meeting and a new supply of notes next week. The price of the 30-year bond rose 7/32 of a percentage point, to 95. Its yield, which moves in the opposite direction from its price, fell to 7.85 percent, from 7.87 percent on Thursday. The price of the two-year note, meanwhile, fell for the first time in four days, pushing its yield up to 7.56 percent from 7.51 percent.
Date: 18 December 1994
I share Max Frankel's concern that Americans will become more isolationist as a result of commercial television networks' failure to cover world news (Word & Image: "The Shroud," Nov. 27). But there is hope for the true world-news junkie. I found an alternative to television many years ago -- the shortwave radio. Recently, I've been rewarded with top-flight reporting on Bosnia by way of Canada, Germany and Austria. I can listen to stations in 30-plus nations (in English) in a week and get breaking news and follow-ups to old stories that the commercial networks often miss. JOHN E. KRAFT Las Vegas, Nev.
Date: 18 December 1994
International 3-25 FROM SEPARATISTS, DEFIANCE The people of a separatist republic whose capital was surrounded by Russian troops seemed largely defiant, as they have for 300 years of Russian rule, even as they faced an invasion or bombing. 1 RUSSIA SETS A DEADLINE Russia said it would restore order in a breakaway region, using all necessary means, if its fighters did not lay down their arms by midnight; Russian forces continued to press toward the capital. 22
Date: 17 December 1994
International 3-7 RUSSIA PRESSURED FOR PEACE A Russian commander yielded to civilian protest and stopped his advancing troops in an assault on a breakaway region, one of a number of signs that Moscow is being pressed for a peaceful solution. 1 GORE UPBEAT ON RUSSIA Vice President Al Gore was upbeat about relations with Russia after meeting with President Boris N. Yeltsin, clearing the air after a period of friction over NATO membership and strategy on Bosnia. 7 Secessionist fighters say they view their struggle as a holy war. 7 U.S. TO AID SOMALIA DEPARTURE United States ships and marines will help the remaining United Nations peacekeepers leave Somalia early next year, but they will avoid being drawn into the growing chaos there, American officials said. 1 LOOSE ENDS IN SOMALIA The United Nations is packing up to leave Somalia by the end of March, but fighting there is increasing, along with extortion to try to hold on to some of the wealth the United Nations brought with it. 6 SOME SERB CONCESSIONS The Bosnian Serbs eased access to the capital for peacemakers, under the conditions set by former President Jimmy Carter for his involvement, but it looked as though some others were not being met. 3 AN IRISH NOD TOWARD PEACE The leader of the Irish Republican Army's political wing was greeted by Ireland's new Prime Minister in a move to allay fears that he is less committed to peace in Northern Ireland than his predecessor. 3 Tokoza Journal: Moving to the other side of the law. 4 National 8-11, 30 A REPUBLICAN DRESS REHEARSAL Newt Gingrich and the 229 other Republican representatives spent two relentless days in the Capitol's House chamber learning how to act like a majority party. 1 SELLING CLINTON'S TAX PLAN The White House began selling President Clinton's proposed tax breaks, asserting that the cuts would not deepen the deficit. 1 Republicans praised the President but called for faster action. 11 THE TAX CUTS' TARGET AUDIENCES News Analysis: The proposed tax cuts were an appeal not only to middle-class voters but also to the nation's financial markets. 10 COMMERCE SECRETARY INQUIRY? The business dealings of Ronald Brown may be investigated for a possible conflict of interest. 11 DRUG CARTEL CAUGHT IN STING Federal authorities said that a fake bank they created in the Caribbean had broken major money-laundering schemes used by the Cali drug cartel of Colombia and organized crime groups in Italy. 1 COMMUTER FLIGHTS SUSPENDED American Eagle shut down its Chicago operations after a pilots union complained of inadequate training for winter flying. 1 WARNING SYSTEM ALERTED CREW The stall-warning system of American Eagle Flight 3379 alerted the cockpit crew that the aircraft was in danger of falling out of control, investigators said.30 Kiwi International Airlines got approval to resume flying. 30 A RETURN TO TRADITION Seaford Journal: A congregation in Delaware is building its church to resemble Noah's ark. 8 RULING DELAYED IN SIMPSON CASE The judge put off ruling on two issues in the O. J. Simpson case: When to hold the hearing on DNA admissibility and whether prosecutors can use a possibly incriminating statement that Mr. Simpson made to a friend. 8 FIGHT OVER PUBLIC PROGRAMMING The Corporation for Public Broadcasting is gearing up to fight Newt Gingrich's plan to "zero out" the organization. 9 N.A.A.C.P. LEADER IS ASKED TO QUIT Several leading members of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People asked the chairman to resign after assertions that he misused group money.9 Beliefs: A new book looks at prayer in a straightforward manner. 30 Metro Digest 25 BURGLARY AS AN ART FORM Burglars based in the Bronx and made up of immigrants from Albania and the former Yugoslavia have attacked retail stores up and down the East Coast for the last three years, the authorities say. 1 Business Digest 39 Arts/Entertainment 13-20, 50 Clash over Guggenheim gift. 13 New chief theater critic named. 20 Music: Critic's Notebook 13 Dance: Alvin Ailey. 19 Doug Varone troupe. 20 Television: Kirk Douglas show. 50 Sports 31-35 Baseball: Negotiators regroup. 35 Basketball: Knicks routed. 31 Nets embarrassed. 33 Danny Hurley turnaround 33 Columns: Rhoden on Ivies. 31 Football: Chargers similar to the Jets. 31 Hockey: Crack in union ranks. 35 Sports People: 35 Obituaries 24 Editorials/Op-Ed 22-23 Editorials Justice and mercy in Arkansas. New York's judicial upheaval. A prudent turnabout. Letters Russell Baker: Head down, Newt. Eric D. Fingerhut: A Democrat throws stones. Iain Guest: Will the U.N. smother its conscience? Gennadi I. Gerasimov: A death wish is haunting Russia. Neediest Cases 26 Chronicle 30 Bridge 18 Crossword 14