Відтворення четвер, 11 червня 1992 р.

Man in the News: Charles W. Stenholm; The Texas Congressman Behind the Amendment

Date: 12 June 1992

By Michael Decourcy Hinds

Michael Hinds

The legislative shepherd who guided the constitutional budget-balancing amendment in the House of Representatives is a conservative Texas Democrat who played a starring role a decade ago in making Reaganomics a reality. But the Congressman, Charles W. Stenholm, wants it known that he no longer considers himself a Reagan disciple. Today, he bitterly regrets having mustered the crucial support of Southern Democrats, known as the Boll Weevils, for Mr. Reagan's economic policies, which piled up mountains of debt.

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Poll Finds Skepticism in U.S. About Earth Summit

Date: 11 June 1992

By John Holusha

John Holusha

Although Americans put a high priority on environmental issues, they are skeptical about whether President Bush will accomplish much at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro this week. Only 9 percent of those surveyed in a CBS News poll conducted from May 27 to May 30 said they expected the meeting to produce substantial results to help solve the world's environmental problems. Forty-seven percent expected the meeting would help a little, but 35 percent said they felt the session would have little or no effect.

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Rule to End Frivolous Lawsuits Keeps One Going

Date: 12 June 1992

By Randy Alan Kennedy

Randy Kennedy

The strike that nearly drove The New York Daily News to extinction over a year ago has all but faded into the pages of New York's bitter labor history. But two luminaries of the city's legal community continue its battles more than a year after the presses began rolling again. The fight is a curious one in which a renowned labor peacemaker, Theodore W. Kheel, is accused of abetting violence and a widely known ethics expert, Norman Redlich, is accused of exploiting the legal system. In court papers and interviews, the two lawyers have further accused each other of vaingloriousness.

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Zito Tells His Side to Police

Date: 11 June 1992

Nick Zito, the trainer of last year's Kentucky Derby winner Strike the Gold, was questioned at his barn at Belmont Park yesterday by a police detective investigating the complaint by a freelance writer that he had struck her in the face with a magazine. Zito, who has denied the allegation, has hired a criminal lawyer, Frank Yannelli of Mineola, L.I. The lawyer said that he would discuss the case today with the trainer and they most likely would decide to file a rebuttal statement with the police tomorrow. Sgt. Dennis Barry of the Fifth Precinct in Elmont, L.I., said "the investigation is still going on."

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Essay; Illness at Windsor

Date: 11 June 1992

By William Safire

William Safire

In "The Madness of George III," a new play at the Royal National Theater, a monarch suffering mental illness is maltreated by his doctors but manages to recover. "The publicity the King's case drew," writes the social historian Roy Porter in the program, ". . . promoted greater public concern for the humane treatment of the mentally ill in the nineteenth century." How does today's world react to the revelations by Andrew Morton, printed in apparently well-sourced detail in The Sunday Times, that Princess Diana, wife of Prince Charles, heir to the throne of Britain, suffers from bulimia -- an eating disorder characterized by secret binge eating and self-induced vomiting -- and repeatedly tried to kill herself?

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Libya's Press Hints at Westward Turn

Date: 11 June 1992

By Chris Hedges

Chris Hedges

The official Libyan press, which unquestioningly echoes the views of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi, has criticized the Libyan leader's call for Arab unity as a "mirage" and has proposed reconcilation with the West. At a time when Libya is under United Nations sanctions for refusing to turn over Libyans suspected of helping blow up American and French airliners, it was unclear whether the press criticism represented genuine rebellion or was part of a plan by Colonel Qaddafi to repair his ties to the West.

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Hidden and Haunted Behind the Headlines; Parents of an Accused Long Island Teen-Ager Are Prisoners of Sensation-Seekers

Date: 12 June 1992

By Diana Jean Schemo

Diana Schemo

It was an early evening on Berkley Lane, the dead-end street of single-family homes where Amy Fisher lived until her arrest. Hank Arkin watched a white sedan turn down the road, cruise past 2092, turn around and leave. "Usually, we get 10 strange cars a year down this block," said Mr. Arkin, who owns the house across the street. "Try 20 a day."

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REGENCY BOARD ACCEPTS RAINBOW CRUISES' MERGER PLAN

Date: 12 June 1992

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

Regency Cruises Inc. said its board had accepted in principle the merger proposal made by Rainbow Cruises Inc. in late May. Under the proposal, Rainbow would pay $1.95 for each of Regency's 23.22 million shares outstanding. Rainbow, which currently holds about a one-third stake of Regency, will thus pay about $30 million for the shares it does not already own.

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RALSTON PURINA SETTLES FEDERAL MAIL-ORDER CHARGES

Date: 12 June 1992

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

The Ralston Purina Company agreed to pay a $90,000 fine to settle Federal charges that it violated rules governing mail-order sales to consumers. The Federal Trade Commission charged the pet food maker with failing to ship merchandise requested by mail in a timely manner and failing to advise buyers of their rights to cancel orders that were not promptly shipped. The proposed consent agreement would also prohibit St. Louis-based Ralston Purina from violating the F.T.C.'s mail-order rule in the future.

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BSN GROUPE BUYS MOST OF FRENCH GLASS COMPANY, VMC

Date: 12 June 1992

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

BSN Groupe, the Paris-based food and beverage company that owns Dannon Yogurt and Evian water, said it planned to increase its stake in the French glass company VMC S.A. to 95 percent for $29 million. BSN has held a 48.2 percent stake in VMC since January 1991. VMC has three plants producing about 200,000 metric tons of glass tableware and glass containers for food products. BSN makes bottles and jars for many of its own products.

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