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The religious shrine in the West Bank where an Israeli settler killed 29 Muslims is still divided, with neither side accepting the right of the other to be there. Page A10.
AIDS RESEARCH GRANTS CUT IN NEW YORK As a patient in AIDS research trials, Gilbert Jackson receives a level of care he hardly knew existed: vitamins, information about his disease, gentle handling and the possibility that the experimental drugs will prolong his life. But the study is being phased out. New York City is losing three of its four community-based clinical trials, a decision that is prompting outrage and igniting a debate on whether there is a right to participate in clinical trials. A1.
International South Korea said it would ease restrictions on business with Communist North Korea. Little is known about the workings of North Korea, but the chance to open one of the world's last closed economies seems likely to pique international business interest of the kind whetted by China and even Vietnam. [ Page A1. ] Losses at Carl Zeiss reflect the difficulties in reuniting economies of eastern and western Germany. The lenses and optics company says it faces collapse unless it further slashes jobs. [ D1. ]
Weighing Early Cancer Tests As scientists learn to detect smaller and smaller cancers, some are concerned that patients will be asked to undergo unnecessary treatments. Science Times, page C1. A Downward Trend in Crime A New York Police Department survey of the nation's 22 biggest cities found that murder, robbery and assault had declined in almost all, especially in Western cities. Page A14. Prison Escape Thwarted Four convicted killers broke out of a high-security unit inside one of New York State's most tightly guarded prisons, but all were recaptured by the end of the day. Page B1.
The Bell Atlantic Corporation and the Nynex Corporation settled an antitrust lawsuit yesterday that analysts said removed the last obstacle to the AT&T Corporation's $11.5 billion acquisition of McCaw Cellular Communications Inc. Under the settlement, on the brink of a court battle, AT&T agreed to build cellular equipment that can work with products made by other companies that sell to Bell Atlantic and Nynex. That way, the rivals of AT&T are not chained to its products, said Jim Young, Bell Atlantic's vice president and general counsel.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of November 2, 1994, covering November 8, 1994.
Soundtrack
Scarface
Queensryche
Boyz II Men
The Offspring
1994Lauren Alaina, American singer and songwriter[†]
Lauren Alaina Kristine Suddeth is an American singer and songwriter from Rossville, Georgia. She was the runner-up on the tenth season of American Idol. Her debut studio album, Wildflower, was released on October 11, 2011. Her second album, Road Less Traveled, was released January 27, 2017. Alaina later achieved her first number one on the Country Airplay chart with the album's title track. Her second number one came later that year when she simultaneously topped five Billboard charts with her friend and former classmate Kane Brown on their Diamond certified duet "What Ifs". In addition to this song with Brown, Alaina became an in-demand duet vocalist throughout the next few years, appearing on number one collaborations with Hardy, Devin Dawson, and Dustin Lynch. Her third studio album, Sitting Pretty on Top of the World, was released on September 3, 2021.
1994Michael O'Donoghue, American actor and screenwriter (born 1940)[†]
Michael O'Donoghue was an American writer, actor, editor and comedian.
1994Republican Revolution: On the night of the 1994 United States midterm elections, Republicans make historic electoral gains by securing massive majorities in both houses of Congress (54 seats in the House and eight seats in the Senate, additionally), thus bringing to a close four decades of Democratic domination.[†]
The "Republican Revolution", "Revolution of '94", or "Gingrich Revolution" are political slogans that refer to the Republican Party's (GOP) success in the 1994 U.S. midterm elections, which resulted in a net gain of 54 seats in the House of Representatives, and a pick-up of eight seats in the Senate. It was led by Newt Gingrich. This was the first time the GOP had taken control of the House in 48 years, since 1946.
In 1994, the world population was approximately 5,675,551,255 people[†]