Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service back issues from November 1998:
Names in the news.
Nov 02, 1998 ... Remember teen-age Chinese gymnast Sang Lan, who was paralyzed after breaking her neck at the Goodwill Games in July? She was discharged from a New York hospital Friday, cleared for outpatient rehab. Sang, 17, had surgery three months ago to fuse vertebrae at the base of her neck ...
NYC mayor makes campaign swing for Bush.
Nov 02, 1998; ... FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. _ He looked like a candidate and sounded like a candidate but Mayor Rudolph Giuliani of New York City was in south Florida for another candidate _ Jeb Bush. Giuliani, known to millions of New Yorkers as simply Rudy, has made several recent forays around the ...
Dow gains 97 on strong GDP, positive G7 view.
Nov 02, 1998; ... NEW YORK _ U.S. stocks closed higher boosted by strong U.S. economic growth in the third quarter and improved investor confidence after the Group of 7 Friday reaffirmed its commitment to global economic growth. The Dow Jones industrial average finished up 97.07, or 1.14 percent, at ...
First of America branches convert to National City Bank.
Nov 02, 1998; ... A new bank will begin operating in Chicago over the weekend, as 17 First of America Bank branches convert to National City Bank branches. Altogether the new bank has less than 1 percent of the deposits in the Chicago banking market. But Cleveland-based National City ...
If Friday was fun for Glenn, Saturday is to become a tad more prickly.
Nov 02, 1998; ... SPACE CENTER HOUSTON _ His face may be a little puffy and there's that speck of oatmeal on his glasses, but all in all space is great, John Glenn reported Friday evening in his first assessment of life aboard the shuttle Discovery. ``To be able to float around like this in zero ...
Candidates make button-pushing appearances.
Nov 02, 1998; ... MIAMI BEACH, Fla. _ They are men of different styles and different agendas, but Lt. Gov. Buddy MacKay and Jeb Bush have one thing in common as the Florida governor's race roars into its final weekend. Both MacKay, the Democrat, and Bush, the Republican, are pushing hot buttons ...
Women hold the key to elections across the country on Tuesday.
Nov 02, 1998; ... WASHINGTON _ Only four generations after gaining the right to vote, women hold the key to elections across the country on Tuesday that will decide which political party controls Congress and shapes the nation's agenda. Both parties are courting younger women voters who could ...
Bush, MacKay pull out big guns as campaign nears finale.
Nov 02, 1998; ... DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. _ Jeb Bush and Lt. Gov. Buddy MacKay enter the final weekend of a yearslong quest for the governor's office with Bush leading in the polls and both candidates making a last-minute appeal to voters. Bush spent Friday on the second leg of a four-day, 23-city ...
IT'S HIGHLY LIKELY THAT INCUMBENTS WILL BE RE-ELECTED.
Nov 02, 1998 ... Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service News Budget for papers of Sunday, November 1, 1998 KRT News Desk: 202-383-6080, news(AT)krtinfo.com Sunday news supervisor: Sunday/Books/Food Editor Karen Kirk, 202-383-3734, kkirk(AT)krtinfo.com KRT Photo ...
Trick for Texas A&M is to complete passes.
Nov 02, 1998; ... STILLWATER, Okla. _ The Halloween motif may belong to Oklahoma State. But if there's a master of disguise at Lewis Field on Saturday night, it's likely to be visiting Texas A&M. ``It's their homecoming, it's Halloween _ and they're already orange and black,'' A&M tight end Dan ...
Baylor will play it close to the vest vs. Notre Dame.
Nov 02, 1998; ... SOUTH BEND, Ind. _ This isn't the kind of football Dave Roberts wants to play, but it's a brand that is keeping his improving team in games until the end. The Bears' coach has adopted an increasingly conservative approach, limiting turnovers, shortening the game by milking the ...
Award-winning newspaper editor Dee Murphy, 47, dies.
Nov 02, 1998; ... NEWARK, N.J. _ She could be irascible and demanding, the gruff newspaper editor straight from central casting whose talents earned her a share of the 1992 Pulitzer Prize. But Dee Murphy, the Star-Ledger's assistant managing editor for news, was also a woman of a million small ...
Until this week, potential impeachment of Clinton was nonissue of campaign.
Nov 02, 1998; ... WASHINGTON _ Until this week, the potential impeachment of President Clinton was the great nonissue of the 1998 midterm election campaign. Most voters said it wouldn't affect their ballots Tuesday. Only a few scattered candidates even raised the subject. But in the ...
Chrysler wins 3-year battle over recall.
Nov 02, 1998; ... WASHINGTON _ In a major victory for Chrysler Corp., a federal appellate court ruled Friday that the government improperly ordered the automaker to recall 91,000 1995-model Chrysler Cirrus and Dodge Stratus midsize sedans because their seat belt anchors didn't meet federal standards. ...
Negotiators meet to put Kyoto's vows to cut greenhouse emissions into effect.
Nov 02, 1998; ... RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil _ A world keen to slow global warming, but not if it carries an economic price, will sit down this week in Buenos Aires to the unenviable task of trying to make that happen. In the first followup to the United Nation's landmark global climate change talks ...
Approaching meteor storm has satellite companies, NASA on alert.
Nov 02, 1998; ... NEW YORK _ Like the residents of a coastal town in the path of a hurricane, the operators of the 650-odd satellites that orbit Earth are bracing for a storm in space later this month with what amounts to the aerospace equivalent of nailing plywood planks over windows and heading for higher ...
FAA tentatively identifies pilots of planes that threatened Discovery launch.
Nov 02, 1998; ... CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. _ The Federal Aviation Administration tentatively identified Friday the pilots of five private airplanes that threatened Thursday's launch of Discovery. An Atlanta spokeswoman for the FAA said the identities of the pilots will not be released, however, until ...
Ricky Craven again sitting in for injured Ernie Irvan.
Nov 02, 1998; ... ROCKINGHAM, N.C. _ Ricky Craven was back in the No. 36 Pontiac on Friday in a substitute role for Ernie Irvan. Craven qualified the car instead of Irvan, who had a magnetic resonance imaging test on his neck Thursday in Mooresville. Craven has been serving as Irvan's substitute ...
Todd Eldredge to skate after event's official end?
Nov 02, 1998; ... DETROIT _ Todd Eldredge's appearance in Sunday's Skate America exhibition _ if he appears at all _ will happen after the event is officially announced to be over. ``Right now, that seems to be the only way to get it done,'' Eldredge said Friday. ``If I do skate, they'll make an ...
Apple executive testifies Microsoft sabotaged QuickTime.
Nov 02, 1998; ... WASHINGTON _ Microsoft Corp. sabotaged Apple Computer Co.'s popular QuickTime audio-visual software and threatened Apple business partners when the company refused to abandon the market for multimedia Internet applications, an Apple executive said in written testimony released late Friday ...
United to bar carry-ons that are too big.
Nov 02, 1998; ... United Airlines Sunday rolls out a new weapon in the war against bulky carry-on bags and slow passenger boarding. At 59 airports nationwide, United will begin using a stainless-steel template to bar any baggage over 9 inches deep by 14 inches wide by 22 inches tall from passing ...
Glenn takes cosmic stroll down memory lane.
Nov 02, 1998; ... SPACE CENTER, Houston _ NASA's oldest space shuttle rookie reflected on his time in orbit and took a cosmic stroll down memory lane on Friday. Puffy-faced from weightlessness, with a tethered flashlight floating from his wrist, Sen. John Glenn spoke from the Discovery's middeck ...
Next governor to face statewide aging issue.
Nov 02, 1998; ... MIAMI _ Take a peek at the Sunshine State that the tourist ads don't tout. Look at all the old people slowly being robbed of their memories by Alzheimer's disease. There are more of them in Florida than there are people in the entire nation living with AIDS. See the ...
Glenn inspires next generation.
Nov 02, 1998; ... SPACE CENTER HOUSTON _ Clearly relishing life 345 miles above Earth, John Glenn worked Saturday to use his space adventure to plant the seeds of inspiration for a future generation of scientists. Part teacher, part grandfather and all orbital evangelist, the 77-year-old Ohio ...
New trails chug along, ski passes and indoor skydiving.
Nov 02, 1998; ... For decades, the country's growing railway system signified growth and prosperity. But as air transportation and the highway system improved, much of it fell into disuse. Now, a large part of it has been reborn. The Rails to Trails Conservancy was formed in 1986 to ...
Declassification sought for Cold War-era documents.
Nov 02, 1998; ... MIAMI _ Alexander A. Fursenko, chairman of the Russian Academy of Sciences' History Department, is hopeful Russia soon will declassify a wealth of Cold War-era documents from the former Soviet Union. ``I'm optimistic,'' Fursenko said Friday during a visit to Miami to speak ...
Toledo tops NIU.
Nov 02, 1998; ... DeKALB, Ill. _ Northern Illinois coaches called a ``fade'' pass. They hoped it would produce an end-zone mismatch between 6-foot-1-inch Justin McCareins and 5-9 Jameel Turner and the touchdown needed to cut Toledo's lead to three points. But Toledo coaches, anticipating the fade ...
New Mexico killing reflects trend of rising violence in girls.
Nov 02, 1998; ... CLOVIS, N.M. _ Regina Apodaca McCollum, a willowy 13-year-old with dark hair to her waist, wanted to be a model. But she needed a portfolio. On Friday morning, Aug. 14, she dressed up for ``glamour shots'' at a local photography studio. In the afternoon, she began cleaning a ...
Irish improve to 6-1 with 27-3 victory over Bears.
Nov 02, 1998; ... SOUTH BEND, Ind. _ They are driven by their imperfections now. That was not the case in the heat of summer, when the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame pushed themselves, and each other, out of the embarrassment that six losses can bring beneath the Golden Dome and the fear that another ...
Talks continue on Big Ten membership.
Nov 02, 1998; ... SOUTH BEND, Ind. _ As Notre Dame officials wait for information concerning the academic implications of Big Ten Conference membership, the Rev. Edward A. Malloy acknowledged that the university is involved in a continuing discussion. In what is believed to be his first public ...
Longhorns halt Huskers' home-field winning streak at 47.
Nov 02, 1998; ... LINCOLN, Neb. _ Some Nebraska fans may wake up this morning, shake their heads and wonder if they had only endured a nightmare. But what happened Saturday on Nebraska's home field was real. Nebraska's nation-best 47-game home winning streak crashed to an end as unranked Texas ...
No. 22 Wolverines escape Metrodome with 15-10 victory over Gophers.
Nov 02, 1998; ... MINNEAPOLIS _ They were dressed as mean, mighty Michigan Wolverines, right down to their winged helmets. But on Halloween, looks are always deceiving, and Saturday, they were especially scary. Perhaps some strange spirit possessed the 22nd-ranked Wolverines in their 15-10 ...
Spartans get a rare breather with 29-5 win over Northwestern.
Nov 02, 1998; ... EAST LANSING, Mich. _ An usually enjoyable Halloween costume party took place Saturday afternoon at Spartan Stadium. It took awhile for many of the guests to figure out Michigan State's disguise because the Spartans came dressed as a dominating football team. Of course, it ...
Eagles rout ETSU, but few are satisfied.
Nov 02, 1998; ... STATESBORO, Ga. _ It has come to this for top-ranked Georgia Southern this season. The Eagles can amass 537 yards in total offense, score 47 points, have their phenom fullback set the Division I-AA freshman rushing record and another school record, clinch a share of their second ...
With big-name field depleted, Nikodinov carries U.S. skating hopes.
Nov 02, 1998; ... DETROIT _ Olympic champion Tara Lipinski is off in the world of ice shows and ersatz competitions. World champion Michelle Kwan could not skate here because some ersatz pooh-bahs from the international skating federation flexed their muscles. Olympian Nicole Bobek is struggling, ...
Irbe, Carolina blank Boston.
Nov 02, 1998; ... BOSTON, Mass. _ Carolina's Arturs Irbe came dressed as the best goalie in the league, and didn't fool anybody Saturday night. Irbe, who leads all National Hockey League goaltenders with a .087 goals against average, played like the best goalie in the league in leading the ...
Walker gauging the market.
Nov 02, 1998; ... DENVER - The Colorado Rockies couldn't get Mike Piazza and, according to major-league sources, appear to be shying away from soon-to-be free agent Bernie Williams. But both players could make a noticeable impact on the Rockies' payroll. That's because all-star right ...
USC writes off Washington with Palmer method.
Nov 02, 1998; ... LOS ANGELES _ After delaying what has seemed inevitable all season, Paul Hackett pulled the trigger Saturday afternoon. The USC football coach gave freshman quarterback Carson Palmer his first start. And, much to the delight of a homecoming crowd of 62,276 in the Coliseum, ...
Morticians tie the knot in a matter befitting their profession.
Nov 02, 1998; ... ANAHEIM, Calif. _ Susie Altamiram and Dave Searcy had a big wedding, with 1,900 guests on hand. Of course, 1,800 of them were dead. They married on Halloween in the Melrose Abbey mausoleum _ surrounded by 1,800 crypts embedded in the marble walls and the floor. ...
UT's Ricky Williams gains more ground in race for Heisman.
Nov 02, 1998; ... LINCOLN, Neb. _ The rap on Ricky Williams and his Texas teammates had been that he was a good player on an average team. Those who were skeptical about his Heisman Trophy credentials said that he put up big rushing numbers only against bad teams and that the Longhorns never beat good ...
Kansas State defeats Kansas.
Nov 02, 1998 ... By Kent Pulliam Knight Ridder Newspapers (KRT0 LAWRENCE, Kan. _ Kansas State stepped into uncharted territory here Saturday afternoon. The Wildcats, on course to the Big 12 title game, handed Kansas the worst defeat in the 96-year history of ...
No. 18 Missouri pounces on Texas Tech's mistakes, 28-26.
Nov 02, 1998; ... LUBBOCK _ Turnover-prone Texas Tech really didn't need to see a pre-game thunderstorm, a wet field and soaked footballs Saturday afternoon at Jones Stadium. For Missouri, a team that truly pounces on turnover opportunities, the conditions were a godsend. The No. 18 ...
Pinch yourself Kansas State -- this team is real.
Nov 02, 1998; ... LAWRENCE, Kan. _ It seems rather silly now. In retrospect.< The notion that Kansas State and its systematic coach, Bill Snyder, would overlook Kansas seems rather ridiculous this morning. So does the notion that the Wildcats would struggle outside the comfy, quaint confines of ...
Air Force ground game subdues SMU, 31-7.
Nov 02, 1998; ... COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. _ For so long now, it has bent and swayed, adjusted and modified. Saturday, it finally broke. The Southern Methodist University defense couldn't contain Air Force's slippery option, its speed, and its ability to score points. And combined with ...
Glenn's enthusiasm outshines sun exploration.
Nov 02, 1998; ... SPACE CENTER HOUSTON _ Sunday was to be NASA's day to explore the sun, but the successful release of a once-troublesome solar satellite was eclipsed by John Glenn's moon-size enthusiasm about being back in space. In fact, the senator who is on board the space shuttle Discovery ...
Glenn talks about faith, encourages people to vote Tuesday.
Nov 02, 1998; ... SPACE CENTER, Houston _ John Glenn prays in space and fantasizes about flying shuttle Discovery, but any future trips to orbit must first be cleared by his wife. The 77-year-old senator took time off on his fourth day aboard Discovery to join commander Curt Brown for an ...
No more silence about victims of hate like Matthew and Anthony.
Nov 02, 1998; ... He met his killers one night in a bar. It was his last night on earth. As Matthew Shepard lay dying in a hospital _ victim of a vicious beating _ I remembered Anthony Milano. Milano was a 26-year-old Levittown, Pa., commercial artist brutally slain by two men who ...
Oppression is oppression.
Nov 02, 1998; ... Mourning can reduce one to nothing but bones, joints and nerves, as it did me on the day of the memorial service for Kelvin Fitzgerald McNeill. Kelvin, a spokesperson for the Gill Foundation, was killed in August in an auto accident in the Netherlands while there to compete in ...
Passport primer: What you need to do to obtain one, and when.
Nov 02, 1998; ... It's fall, when a traveler's fancy turns to ... renewing or applying for a passport. Because such requests traditionally taper off in the fall and winter months, now is a good time to get the process going. Any U.S. citizen who plans to travel outside the United States needs a ...
A Southwestern classic _ fry bread connect us with our nation's native past.
Nov 02, 1998; ... About 12 years ago, a couple of friends and I headed off to Gallup, N.M., to spend a few days at the Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial. This is one very big deal on the American Indian calendar. Tribal members from across the country gather for four days of ceremonial dances, parades, rodeo, ...
More often than not, partygoers are ignoring requests to RSVP.
Nov 02, 1998; ... DALLAS _ When Peggy Heller began preparations for her son Isaac's bar mitzvah last spring, she thought she'd keep it simple. Only two of the events tied to the Jewish ritual called for an RSVP. But only a third of the invited guests sent back the stamped, self-addressed card ...
The more things change ... the less we like it: How to adjust to our culture of change.
Nov 02, 1998; ... We all have it to some extent: that desire for the known, the cra ving for the comfortable. We read books by the same author, bake our pies with no apples but Granny Smith, wear clothes in the color someone once said looks good on us. Who can blame us? Goodness knows, we've ...
Seeing is believing in Chattanooga.
Nov 02, 1998; ... CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. _ Just as thousands of barn signs used to urge people to do, you can still See Rock City, Chattanooga's mountaintop tourist attraction. The difference these days is that you also can see other places from Rock City. During the 1960s, steel mills and tanneries ...
Tips on breaking out of your comfort zone.
Nov 02, 1998; ... To break out of your comfort zone, you don't have to completely change your life. The key, say those in the know, is taking baby steps. Dallas psychologist Dale General often suggests clients try something different for a week. For instance, a shy person could focus on making ...
Tips for cooking a turkey breast roast.
Nov 02, 1998; ... Tips for roasting turkey: SKIN OR NO SKIN: For a more moist bird, leave the skin on during cooking. If desired, remove and discard skin before slicing. ``Skin fat adds a desirable turkey flavor characteristic. It prevents evaporation during the cooking process,'' says ...
Sticky Buns and Baking Powder Biscuits.
Nov 02, 1998; ... With all the breads and rolls sold in supermarkets and bakeries, you can sometimes forget how good homemade bread tastes. It's fresher than store bought, has no preservatives, and is more versatile. You can add or eliminate ingredients you might not like, such as nuts or raisins. A perfect ...
Off-Broadway role gets `Breaking Away' star Dennis Christopher back in the race.
Nov 02, 1998; ... NEW YORK _ Following the now-you-see-him, now-you-don't career of Dennis Christopher is like trying to find the actor backstage at the Lamb's Theater on West 44th Street, where he opened Oct. 24 in the Off-Broadway production of ``Retribution,'' a drama about two Holocaust survivors who ...
Knowledge is the tool for one man's left-wing utopia.
Nov 02, 1998; ... SEATTLE _ Saab Lofton is young and passionate, to my mind a little excessive in his embrace of conspiracy theories, but it's hard to argue with his ideals. He wants a world where race and class don't matter, where no one is poor and everyone is well educated. Since we don't live ...
Forget medicine while traveling? There is a Plan B.
Nov 02, 1998; ... PHILADELPHIA _ I wasn't on a big-deal trip, just a shot across the state, when I parked my car at my destination and reached for my briefcase. It wasn't there. I couldn't believe it. I never travel without my briefcase. I keep all the stuff I constantly need in it ....
John Glenn: The scientific right stuff.
Nov 02, 1998; ... Returning astronaut John H. Glenn Jr. to space after 36 years truly embodies the scientific right stuff. Not only is the space shuttle mission historic, nostalgic and inspiring, it showcases the best way to learn about human health: by studying people. NASA and the U.S. National ...
Now Producing: Asian Pear.
Nov 02, 1998 ... What it is: Asian Pear, also called Apple Pear, Sand Pear and Chinese Pear. Season: You can find this fruit year-round, although there is more of a selection in the fall. Varieties: About 25 varieties are grown in this country, but the two most commonly featured in ...
Will anyone be nostalgic for the '90s?
Nov 02, 1998; ... In the dazzling new film ``Pleasantville,'' two contemporary teen-agers, using a magical remote control, are zapped into the setting of a 1950s TV sitcom. It's a monochrome Camelot where rain never falls, nobody has sex, mother is always waiting with a hot meal, and kids hang around the ...
Red Cross leads recovery: A Hurricane Georges' volunteer worker recalls storm's battering of Puerto Rico.
Nov 02, 1998; ... PONCE, Puerto Rico _ It has been 40 years since a hurricane called Santa Clara roared across Puerto Rico in 1958. I was a 10-year-old boy and spent the storm at the home of my grandmother in Humacao, a town of about 25,000. I remember looking out the window. I saw rooftops made ...
FBI's financial bite on gun owners is gone.
Nov 02, 1998; ... Buried deep within the voluminous, 4,000-page omnibus appropriations bill passed by Congress this month was a bit of good news for gun owners. Beginning Nov. 30, when the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (also known as NICS) for new gun purchases goes into ...
Killing of doctor just one incident in wider war.
Nov 02, 1998; ... The recent assassination of obstetrician Dr. Barnett Slepian in Amherst, N.Y., is just the latest volley in a religious war that is raging on American soil. Over the last two decades, there have been seven murders, at least 16 attempted murders, more than 200 bombings and ...