United Press International back issues from Friday, March 19:
Editorial Sampler:.
Mar 19, 1999 ... What U.S. Newspapers Are Saying Compiled by United Press International The New York Times into Kosovo, Slobodan Milosevic, the Serbian leader, is pushing the United States and its NATO allies to the brink of military conflict in the Balkans. Unless Mr ....
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Mar 19, 1999 ... The UPI Illinois report Standing Features (IL-LOTTERY) Chicago The winning numbers for the Illinois State Lottery drawings. Drawn at 9:22 p.m. (IL-DAYBOOK) Where to go and what to do in the week ahead. (IL-STATEHOUSE) Springfield - The news ...
First Michigan News Briefs.
Mar 19, 1999 ... - (DEARBORN) Ford Motor Company is recalling nearly 900,000 Aerostar minivans to repair possible electrical problems that could cause short- circuiting and fires. The recall affects 1992 to 1997 model Aerostars. Ford wants its dealer mechanics to look at and possibly replace ...
Police may have misled Assembly on guns.
Mar 19, 1999 ... WASHINGTON, March 19 (UPI) Maryland lawmakers were told that the State Police was keeping up with background check for potential gun purchasers, when the agency was several weeks slow on completing the checks. The delay resulted in at least 54 weapons being sold to ...
IMF funds disappeared from Russia.
Mar 19, 1999 ... WASHINGTON, March 19 (UPI) Billions of International Monetary Fund dollars lent to the Russian government may have been ``improperly'' sent out of the country, Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin says. Rubin, testifying Thursday before a House appropriations ...
Animal Park adds Asia section.
Mar 19, 1999 ... LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. March 18 (UPI) The Asia section of Walt Disney World's Animal Kingdom theme park opened Thursday. The new area includes tigers, a rain forest, a bat exhibit, and a whitewater raft ride. Conservation is emphasized as it is ...
Executive Business Briefing.
Mar 19, 1999 ... Here's a look at the hour's top business stories: Today is Friday, March 18th In Tokyo, share prices closed sharply higher. The Nikkei 225 closed up 660.86 points at 16,378.78. On Wall Street yesterday, the Dow again toyed with 10,000 ...briefly ...
UPI 1st Carolinas News Briefs.
Mar 19, 1999 ... (MYRTLE BEACH) The U.S. Census Bureau says Horry County is the fastest growing county in South Carolina, with a growth rate of 3 percent a year. Charlie Brindel, executive vice president of the Coastal Carolina Association of Realtors, says builders along the Grand Strand are putting ...
First Pennsylvania News in Brief.
Mar 19, 1999 ... LAWMAKERS RETURN TO HERSHEY TO LEARN TO BE NICE Morning News from Radio Pennsylvania Good Morning. Today is Friday, March 19, 1999 (HERSHEY) For the second time in two years, members of the U.S. House of Representatives are returning to Hershey to learn ...
Balloon soars over Atlantic.
Mar 19, 1999 ... GENEVA, Switzerland, March 19 (UPI) Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones, trying to be the first to make a nonstop balloon flight around the world, are soaring over the Atlantic Ocean on the final leg of their adventure. Project leaders in Geneva say the huge Breitling ...
Maryland News.
Mar 19, 1999 ... -UPI- Good Morning! Today is Friday, March 19th (KNOXVILLE) There won't be a national basketball championship for the Maryland Terrapins this year. The Terrapins were knocked out of the NCAA Tournament last night by St. John's of New York. The Red Storm ...
Fifth Massachusetts News.
Mar 19, 1999 ... An agreement in principle is being reported in the lawsuit brought by a woman who claims she was injured when New England Patriots players Drew Bledsoe and Max Lane dove off the stage into fans at the Paradise nightclub in Boston. The Boston Globe says the proposed settlement of Tameeka ...
Fire in Russian psychiatric hospital.
Mar 19, 1999 ... MOSCOW, March 19 (UPI) At least 23 people have been killed and nine others injured in a fire at a psychiatric hospital in Ustyuzkhino, where rescuers were hindered by bars on the windows. The ITAR-Tass news agency reports the fire began about 11:15 p.m. Thursday ...
UPI First Illinois News Roundup.
Mar 19, 1999 ... (DERAIL) A witness to Monday's deadly Amtrak crash 50 miles south of Chicago reportedly says the truck driver did go around the crossing gates before the crash. National Transportation Safety Board investigators have not publicly announced the testimony of the witness ...
UPI 1st Georgia News Briefs.
Mar 19, 1999 ... (EASTMAN) An attorney says he will probably appeal a federal appeals court ruling upholding the 1997 conviction of former Dodge County Commissioner Don McCranie on a vote-buying-conspiracy charge. Attorney Denmark Groover says he will probably ask the full appeals court to hear the ...
Ohio Business News In Brief.
Mar 19, 1999 ... (ORRVILLE) The Smith Dairy Company in Orrville says it is introducing a new plastic milk container, designed to protect milk from ultraviolet light that's emitted by supermarket fluorescent bulbs. The new containers ... called Super Jugs ... are made of specially-treated yellow plastic ...
Second New York News Report.
Mar 19, 1999 ... Good morning. This is United Press International's second news report for Friday, March 19: Favorite-son strategy could backfire (ALBANY) Pataki's ``favorite son'' strategy could backfire. That's according to two of New York's former top politicians. The G-O-P in New York is ...
Illinois Business Briefs.
Mar 19, 1999 ... CHICAGO, March 19 (UPI) The Labor Department says Chicago area consumer prices edged up 0.2 percent in February. The increase was attributed to higher clothing prices. Increases in the cost of shelter, groceries, medical care, education and communication also contributed. ...
Here's Virginia News Network's morning actuality billboard for Friday,.
Mar 19, 1999 ... March 19th, 1999: 1-2 ...A company that makes a popular termite product sold at Home Depot, Lowe's and Wal-Mart has agreed to refunds and penalties for misleadingg advertising. 1 ...VNN's Kevin Hall has details: CART # hall vox 1 :36sig 2 ...((same leadin)) CART # hall ...
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Mar 19, 1999 ... (FREDERICKSBURG) Eight University of Richmond students escaped serious injury when their van flipped over numerous times on I-95 just south of Fredericksburg Thursday. Authorities say everyone was wearing seatbelts. The driver of the van lost control of the vehicle near a ...
Seventh Massachusetts News.
Mar 19, 1999 ... HARTFORD, Conn., March 19 (UPI) The owners of a steam plant that could hold up plans to build a new stadium for the New England Patriots in Hartford are defending their claims it would cost $48 million to relocate. CTG Resources spoke in defense yesterday after being stung by ...
Third California News Report.
Mar 19, 1999 ... WASHINGTON, March 19 (UPI) California schools figure prominently in annual rankings of the nation's top graduate schools by U.S. News & World Report, released in Washington today. The California Institute of Technology ranks first in geology and physics and second in ...
Sixth California News Report.
Mar 19, 1999 ... NEW YORK, March 19 (UPI) Steven Spielberg's World War II epic ``Saving Private Ryan'' has been named outstanding film of the year by the fourth annual American Moviegoer Awards. Spielberg was named director of the year, while ``Saving Private Ryan'' star Tom Hanks and ...
First Union cuts 7 pc of staff.
Mar 19, 1999 ... CHARLOTTE, Tenn., March 19 (UPI) First Union Corp., which has large exposure in New Jersey, says it plans to slash about 7 percent of its workforce in an attempt to cut costs. The nation's sixth largest bank holding company says its plans to cut its total ...
First Union cuts 7 pc of staff.
Mar 19, 1999 ... CHARLOTTE, Tenn., March 19 (UPI) First Union Corp. says it plans to slash about 7 percent of its workforce in an attempt to cut costs. The nation's sixth largest bank holding company says its plans to cut its total workforce by approximately 5,850 positions, or 7 ...
UPI Arkansas News Briefs.
Mar 19, 1999 ... (LITTLE ROCK) An intoxicated person is no longer the only one responsible for what happens after he leaves a bar or liquor store. The Arkansas Supreme Court has ruled that bar owners, bartenders and liquor storeowners can be held liable for injuries or deaths caused by intoxicated ...
Seventh California News Report.
Mar 19, 1999 ... SAN FRANCISCO, March 19 (UPI) A plan guaranteeing admission to the top 4 percent of each high school's graduating class appears headed for approval by the University of California regents. The proposal backed by Gov. Gray Davis cleared a policy committee that includes most of ...
CO detectors to be recalled.
Mar 19, 1999 ... WASHINGTON, March 18 (UPI) The Kidde Safety Co. is set to announce a recall of 1 million carbon monoxide alarms after tests indicate the devices go off too late or not at all. Studies by the Consumer Product Safety Commission has led to the voluntary recall by ...
Chemical ship threatens Scotland.
Mar 19, 1999 ... SCARFSKERRY, Scotland, March 19 (UPI) British security forces have evacuated residents of an entire village of some 200 people in Scotland amid fears a chemical tanker floundering nearby could run aground. The British Broadcasting Corp. reports the evacuation today ...
First Union cuts 7 percent of staff.
Mar 19, 1999 ... CHARLOTTE, N.C., March 19 (UPI) First Union Corp. says it plans to slash about 7 percent of its workforce in an attempt to cut costs. The nation's sixth largest bank holding company says its plans to cut its total workforce by approximately 5,850 positions, or 7 ...
TODAY IN MUSIC.
Mar 19, 1999 ... A look at what happened in years past on this day in popular music: (March 20th) Today's birthdays include country singer Jerry Reed in 1937 (age 62). ..Carl Palmer of Emerson Lake and Palmer fame and also of Asia, in 1951 (age 48) ...Jimmy Vaughan, of the Fabulous ...
TODAY IN MUSIC.
Mar 19, 1999 ... A look at what happened in years past on this day in popular music: (March 25th) Today's birthdays include Johnny Burnette, who was born in 1934 ... country's Hoyt Axton in 1938 (age 61) ...Anita Bryant in 1940 (age 59) ... Aretha Franklin in 1942 (age 57) ...Elton John ...
Dow poised to top 10,000.
Mar 19, 1999 ... NEW YORK, March 19 (UPI) All eyes are focused on Wall Street today as investors on the New York Stock Exchange attempt to drive the 103- year old Dow Jones industrial average over the 10,000 plateau by the closing bell. The blue-chip indicator jumped 118.21 to ...
Viacom offers to buy Spelling Ent.
Mar 19, 1999 ... NEW YORK, March 19 (UPI) Viacom Inc. says it has offered to purchase the remaining 20 percent of the stock of Spelling Entertainment Group Inc. that it doesn't already own for $9 in cash a share. Viacom currently holds 80 percent of Spelling's common stock. ...
Old Kent buying Pinnacle Banc Group.
Mar 19, 1999 ... GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., March 19 (UPI) Two mid-sized, Midwest banks have agreed to merge. Old Kent Financial Corp. says today it has an agreement to acquire Illinois-based Pinnacle Banc Group Inc. in a tax-free stock deal worth $243 million. Pinnacle is a ...
Man given probation in Internet porn case.
Mar 19, 1999 ... TAMPA, Fla. March 19 (UPI) A Hillsborough County man has been sentenced to 10 years of probation after pleading guilty to chagres of using the Internet to send pornography to a person he believed was a 14- year-old girl. The teen was in reality a sheriff's deputy. ...
Here's the midday news summary from V-N-N for Friday, March 19th, 1999
Mar 19, 1999 ...(CHARLOTTE, N-C) - The other shoe has dropped at First Union. The Charlotte-based bank has announced 5,850 layoffs as part of a corporate restructuring designed to save about 400-Million-dollars. First Union officials say 110 people have been pink-slipped in Roanoke ... and about 100 in ...
Executive Business Briefing.
Mar 19, 1999 ... Here's a look at the hour's top business stories: The Dow jumped over 10,000 soon after the opening bell, but the question is can it stay there? After climbing quickly to 10,085, the Dow has drifted lower. All the other major indexes are below yesterday's closes. ...
Fourth New York News Report.
Mar 19, 1999 ... Good morning. This is more of United Press International's fourth news report for Friday, March 19: Missle silo for sale (SARANAC) Bruce Francisco and Gregory Gibbons, owners of Franwick Industries, a real estate developing corporation, say they have put a missle silo on the ...
Group seeks better security for goods.
Mar 19, 1999 ... NEW YORK, March 19 (UPI) Three of the world's largest manufacturers of packaged goods have joined forces to help build industrywide consensus on standard specifications for security tags, the devices that trigger an alarm if a shoplifter tries to leave a store with stolen ...
Varig adjusts schedule due to crisis.
Mar 19, 1999 ... NEW YORK, March 19 (UPI) Varig Brazilian Airlines says it will temporarily modify its flight schedules between the United States and Brazil to bring capacity more in line with the reduced demand out of Brazil brought about by the devaluation of Brazil's currency. ...
Fire in Russian psychiatric hospital.
Mar 19, 1999 ... MOSCOW, March 19 (UPI) Twenty-one Russian psychiatric patients were killed and 14 others injured in an overnight fire that swept through a psychiatric hospital in Ustyuzhino (``oost-YOU-zhih-nuh''), in northern Russia, where rescuers were hindered by bars on the windows. ...
UPI Chicago Metropolitan news Briefs.
Mar 19, 1999 ... (BOURBONNAIS) The National Transportation Safety Board is hoping more witnesses to Monday night's deadly Amtrak crash will come forward to clear up whether truck driver John Stokes drove around lowered crossing gates. In an initial interview, a man who says he was behind the truck said ...
Survivors families awarded $6.2 million.
Mar 19, 1999 ... MIAMI, March 18 (UPI) A Miami federal judge ruled the families of three men shot down by Cuban MiGs in 1996 in international waters will receive $6.2 million of the $187 million a jury awarded them. U.S. District Judge Lawrence King decided the money can be taken ...
Executive Business Briefing.
Mar 19, 1999 ... Here's a look at the hour's top business stories: After weeks of going up, mortgage rates slid significantly last week. A 30-year fixed rate loan now averages 7.01 percent. Points and fees averaged 0.9 percent. A 15-year fixed rate mortgage fell last week to 6. 64 percent. ...
Ohio farm union stages pickle boycott.
Mar 19, 1999 ... TOLEDO, Ohio, March 18 (UPI) The Farm Labor Organizing Committee is staging a nationwide boycott against the Mount Olive Pickle Co. Committee officials in Toledo, Ohio, said the organization wants to improve wages and working conditions for the estimated 5,000 ...
Animal Park adds Asia section.
Mar 19, 1999 ... LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. March 18 (UPI) The Asia section of Walt Disney World's Animal Kingdom theme park opened Thursday morning. The new area includes tigers, a rain forest, a bat exhibit, and a whitewater raft ride. Conservation is emphasized as it is ...
UPI Texas Business Briefs.
Mar 19, 1999 ... (AUSTIN) The state unemployment rate fell slightly last month, to 4.6 percent from January's 4.7 percent. The Texas Workforce Commission says it was the second straight month of decline and the lowest seasonally adjusted February rate since 1979. The actual jobless rate fell from 5.2 ...
Fourth Pennsylvania News in Brief.
Mar 19, 1999 ... PENN STATE PREZ BEGS FOR MORE MONEY Afternoon News from Radio Pennsylvania Good Afternoon. Today is Thursday, March 18, 1999 (MIDDLETOWN) The president of Penn State University says his school is losing ground compared to other Big-10 universities when it ...
Ohio farm union stages pickle boycott.
Mar 19, 1999 ... TOLEDO, Ohio, March 18 (UPI) The Ohio-headquartered Farm Labor Organizing Committee is staging a nationwide boycott against the North Carolina-based Mt. Olive Pickle Co. FLOC officials in Toledo said the organization wants to improve wages and working conditions ...
Executive Business Briefing.
Mar 19, 1999 ... Here's a look at the hour's top business stories: The Dow industrials have inched still closer to 10,000 as investors regained some nerve, but the index is still significantly shy. With about a half-hour of trading left, the Dow industrials were up 90 points at 9970. ...
The UPI Central Region report.
Mar 19, 1999 ... General News (US-DERAIL) Bourbonnais, Ill. National Transportation Safety Board investigators say their re-enactments of Monday's deadly Amtrak crash 50 miles south of Chicago indicate the truck hit by the train should have been able to clear the grade crossing where the ...
More New Jersey News In Brief.
Mar 19, 1999 ... This is United Press International's afternoon report for Thursday, March 18: (NEWARK) Public Service Electric and Gas has submitted its energy deregulation plan to the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities. P-S-E- and-G promises its customers the savings guaranteed by the new ...
Southern Financial and Horizon to merge.
Mar 19, 1999 ... WARRENTON, Va., March 18 (UPI) Southern Financial Bancorp, Inc., and The Horizon Bank of Virginia have signed an agreement in principal today for the merger of the two banks, in a deal worth $21.5 billion. Approved by the board of directors of each company, the ...
Packers sign Harris to extension.
Mar 19, 1999 ... GREEN BAY, Wis., March 18 (UPI) The Green Bay Packers Thursday signed middle linebacker Bernardo Harris, the team's leading tackler each of the last two seasons, to a three-year contract extension. Financial terms were not disclosed. Harris had 121 stops, including ...
Ford recalling 900,000 Aerostar vans.
Mar 19, 1999 ... DEARBORN, Mich., March 18 (UPI) Ford Motor Co. is recalling nearly 900,000 Aerostar minivans to repair possible electrical problems that could cause short-circuiting and fires. The recall announced today affects 1992-'97 model Aerostars. From among those ...
Executive Business Briefing.
Mar 19, 1999 ... Here's a look at the hour's top business stories: For the second time in three days, the Dow peeked above 10,000, but closed lower. Yet this time its close was much nearer the benchmark ... 9997.62 ...a gain of over 118 points. Many experts think the Dow will push through ...
Forest Service workers sue over paint.
Mar 19, 1999 ... BILLINGS, Mont., March 18 (UPI) Former and present employees of the U.S. Forest Service have filed a lawsuit accusing the service of breaking the law by using a tree-marking spray paint that they say can cause miscarriages in female employees who use it. The ...
Michigan Business News Briefs.
Mar 19, 1999 ... - Ford buys stake in design-imaging firm DEARBORN, Mich., March 18 (UPI) Ford Motor Co. has acquired an equity interest in Texas-based Zebra Imaging, which helped Ford develop a process for viewing three-dimensional electronic design data. Terms were not disclosed. The ...
Sixth New York News Report.
Mar 19, 1999 ... Good afternoon. This is United Press International's sixth news report for March 18: Times Square canvas sign falls, 3 hurt (NEW YORK) A sign has fallen in Times Square amid strong winds, sending three people to the hospital with minor injuries. Fire officials say the ...
Sixth New York News Report MORE.
Mar 19, 1999 ... Good afternoon. This is United Press International's sixth news report for March 18: (NOTE: Final numbers) Dow peeks above 10,000 again (NEW YORK) For the second time in three days, the Dow Jones Industrial Average peeked above 10,000, but closed lower. The Dow ...
AT&T list.
Mar 19, 1999 ... NEW YORK (UPI) - The following is consolidated trading in issues involved in the AT&T divestiture for Thursday. <Pre> Stock Div Sales High Low Close Net Chg. AT&T Cp 10,040,300 84 81 1/4 82 1/8 off 1 7/8 Amertch2.00 ...
Murder trial begins.
Mar 19, 1999 ... MIAMI, Fla., March 16 (UPI) A key witness in the trial a Miami man charged with the murder of a school teacher at a fast food restaurant drive-through window in 1996 has changed his mind and decided not testify. Alphonso Gaynor is charged with the robbery and ...
Dow peeks above 10,000 again.
Mar 19, 1999 ... NEW YORK, March 18 (UPI) For the second time in three days, the Dow Jones Industrial Average peeked above 10,000, but closed lower. The Dow gained 118.21 today to close at 9997.62. A number of Wall Street analysts expect the Dow to close above 10,000 on Friday. ...
Ford recalling 900,000 Aerostar vans.
Mar 19, 1999 ... DEARBORN, Mich., March 18 (UPI) Ford Motor Co. is recalling nearly 900,000 Aerostar minivans to repair possible electrical problems that could cause short-circuiting and fires. The recall announced today affects 1992-97 model Aerostars. From among those ...