Відтворення субота, 23 березня 1996 р.

TELEVISION;What a Difference a Do Makes

Date: 24 March 1996

By Jill Gerston

Jill Gerston

I'M NOT CUTTING THE HAIR!" shrieks Michelle Pfeiffer, a novice television news hound with an unfortunate propensity for mall-girl tresses, to Robert Redford, a seasoned pro determined to haul her off for a makeover, in the recent tear-jerker "Up Close and Personal." Of course, she chops off her hair. For a novice from a Reno trailer park who has faked her resume, a few snips of the scissors and a hit of Clairol are but a small sacrifice to snag a job as a reporter at a top Miami station. The film, which isn't very illuminating about what's needed to succeed on the air (raw ambition, a face that "eats the lens" and a voice "full of money" help) is a veritable handbook of broadcast-news hairdos. Not surprising, some television consultants and reporters dismissed Ms. Pfeiffer's dizzying metamorphosis as more Hollywood make-believe than reality.

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The Most Polite Pit Bull in Local Politics

Date: 24 March 1996

By Robin Pogrebin

Robin Pogrebin

IT is difficult, but important, to describe the devastating finality with which Betty Cooper Wallerstein says goodbye. The tone is understated but unmistakable; friendly but nonnegotiable; sing-song, yet flat. Absent are the usual conventions of winding down a conversation: well, it's been nice talking to you; I guess that's about it; hope to see you soon.

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Corrections

Date: 23 March 1996

An article in Business Day yesterday about plans by Tenneco Inc. to spin off its Newport News Shipbuilding unit referred incorrectly to the company's earnings goal. The company has said it wants to increase earnings per share by an average annual rate of 15 percent; it does not expect to earn $15 a share.

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NEWS SUMMARY

Date: 24 March 1996

International3-17

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NEWS SUMMARY

Date: 23 March 1996

International 2-5

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WORLD NEWS BRIEFS;Chechen Casualties High

Date: 23 March 1996

AP

Russian aircraft and artillery pounded villages throughout Chechnya today, trying to stamp out rebel resistance, and casualties on both sides appeared to be high. About 28 Russian servicemen were killed and 86 wounded in fighting in the secessionist republic since Thursday, the Interfax news agency reported.

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News Analysis;Death Penalty Test

Date: 24 March 1996

By Jan Hoffman

Jan Hoffman

Early Friday morning, Jeanine F. Pirro, the Westchester County District Attorney, faced television cameras huddled on an Eastchester street where a police officer had been killed, and passionately reaffirmed her commitment to death penalty prosecutions. If the gunman, Richard Sacchi, had not committed suicide, Ms. Pirro would likely have been swift to consider him a candidate for capital punishment. Her position was in potent contrast to that taken by the District Attorney in a neighboring county, Robert T. Johnson of the Bronx, who has repeatedly expressed severe misgivings on the same subject, prompting Gov. George E. Pataki last Thursday to remove him from the prosecution of suspects in the shooting death of Officer Kevin Gillespie.

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COMPANY NEWS;CHECKFREE IN ACCORD TO ACQUIRE SECURITY APL

Date: 23 March 1996

Bloomberg Business News

Bloomberg News

The Checkfree Corporation agreed yesterday to acquire the closely held Security APL Inc. for about $50 million in stock. Checkfree, of Columbus, Ohio, a provider of electronic payment services, said the acquisition would provide its bank and brokerage customers with real-time updates on the value of their investments. Security APL had 1995 revenue of $15 million, while Checkfree posted revenue of $49.3 million. Robert E. Bowers, Checkfree's chief financial officer, said the company would add about 2.6 million new shares to the 32.18 million already outstanding. Last month, Checkfree acquired Servantis Systems Inc., a provider of electronic banking services, for $169 million in cash and stock.

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NEIGHBORHOOD REPORT: WEST SIDE;30-Year News Career Ending

Date: 24 March 1996

By Constance L. Hays

Constance Hays

Robert S. Trentlyon describes himself as just another casualty of downsizing by News Communications Inc., which bought The Westsider and The Chelsea-Clinton News from him in September 1994. His one-year contract as publisher at both community weeklies was up last fall. Since then his presence has been by loose agreement. Last week, the company told him it had "decided to cut costs, and I was a cost," Mr. Trentlyon said.

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COMPANY NEWS;VETERINARY CENTERS TO PURCHASE PET PRACTICE

Date: 23 March 1996

Reuters

Veterinary Centers of America Inc. said yesterday that it had a definitive agreement to buy Pet Practice Inc. in a deal worth more than $86 million, creating the nation's largest chain of veterinary hospitals. The deal would expand Veterinary Centers' operations to more than 150 veterinary hospitals in 19 states, with combined revenues of about $200 million. The stock of Veterinary Centers, which is based in Santa Monica, Calif., gained $3.125, to $28.875, while Pet Practice rose 87.5 cents, to $9.75, in Nasdaq trading.

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