NYC Mayor Rudolph Giuliani's sudden interest in recent weeks in policies of automobile insurance companies stems from his being proud of fact that auto robberies have declined by 51 percent in city between 1990 and 1995 (M)

Mayor Seizes Car Insurance As Hot Issue

Miami Dolphins defeat New York Jets, 36-27; photo (M)

Jets Show They Can Lose a Lead, Too

New Jersey's Farmland Preservation program will mark its most valuable acquisition to date at ceremony when nearly a thousand acres of some of the most prime real estate in state is turned over to program (New Jersey Daily Briefing) (S)

Preserving Prime Farmland

Marge Devany, 86, wins Seacrest Village nursing home Ms Senior America Beauty Pageant (New Jersey Daily Briefing) (S)

A Pageant of Their Own

Assemblyman Clarence Norman Jr discusses election of his candidate, Justice Michael H Feinberg, in Demoratic primary for Brooklyn surrogate and how it defines his stewardship as leader of Democratic Party in Brooklyn; photo (M)

Party Leader Tests Gears in Brooklyn Machine

Star-Ledger/Eagleton poll finds that President Clinton appears to be pulling away from Bob Dole in New Jersey and now leads him in state by nearly two to one (New Jersey Daily Briefing) (S)

Clinton Leads Dole 2 to 1

New Jersey Assembly will consider measures that would require thousands of young bikers and skaters to wear helmets (New Jersey Daily Briefing) (S)

Assembly Takes Up Helmets

 Questions on Perot Linger     Now that Ross Perot is once again running for President, questions about his business and political dealings have returned. Page B6.    Secession in Italy         Italy's small but flamboyant secessionist movement raised its improbable challenge to Italian unity with pageantry and bombast. Page A3.     A Sea Change on the Ice         The U.S. victory in the World Cup of Hockey was a devastating blow for Canada. SportsMonday, page C8.

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Article discusses debate between NYC Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and central Board of Education over crowded conditions in city's public schools; controversy surrounds interpretations of numbers of students attending schools and how they affect solutions to overcrowding; issue has become more charged with Mayor Giuliani saying that he believed that overcrowding problem was being exaggerated because, in his view, numbers provided by Board of Education are confusing and could easily be misread (M)

New York Has (a) Too Many Pupils (b) Empty Seats (c) Both

New Jersey remains only state in nation in which boarder babies, infants who lingered in hospitals, unable to go home with their mothers because they had been exposed to drugs or HIV virus, remain in hospitals for weeks or months at a time (New Jersey Daily Briefing) (S)

'Boarder Babies' Languish

Call to Renewal, 18-month-old Christian movement, is showing some heft in its mission to organize alternative to Christian Coalition and other political pressure groups of religious right; is being organized across wide spectrum of Christianity, from evangelical storefronts to mainline Protestant and Roman Catholic parishes; recent convention in Washington, DC, described (M)

A Religious Tilt Toward the Left

Study finds that impact of Internet has been mainly to reinforce economic and intellectual leadership of handful of urban centers and nearby suburbs; this is counter to what experts have been predicting for years, that computer technology would bring demise of cities, and that people would work from homes transformed into far-flung 'electronic cottages'; New York University study finds that some of nation's major cities are not major participants in the Internet, that cities like Houston, Miami and Detroit have not yet nurtured large number of Internet-related businesses in way New York and Los Angeles have; study claims future will belong to cities and regions with information-driven industries and people with skills to thrive in those industries; map; chart (M)

The Internet as an Influence on Urbanization

 Auto Talks Continue After Contract Expires   Negotiators for the United Automobile Workers union and Ford were optimistic that they could reach a new national labor accord, as work at factories continued despite expiration of the old contract.  

BUSINESS DIGEST

Rap musician Tupac Shakur, who died of injuries from from drive-by shooting in Las Vegas on Sept 7, was leader of tough world of gangsta rap, genre born in depressed southern California and driven by small circle of musicians who had transformed themselves in early 1990's from petty drug dealers, pimps and strong-arm artists; he went from drug-dealing in Marin County to superstar at time when inner cities were gripped by racial upheaval, gang violence, drug abuse and joblessness; his music reveled in street-thug attitudes and dialect, and its decidedly more aggressive, but successful, style challenged control of rap music on East Coast, where rap originated in milder form that alternated between party songs and odes to black pride; power and visibility that music acquired through record sales of his albums and those of others fostered rivalry between rap artists on East and West coasts, which manifested itself in lyrics and in fights at music events; photos (M)

Shots Silence Angry Voice Sharpened by the Streets

Lotus Development Corp prepares to market Domino, new Internet version of its 10-year-old Notes software; company hopes to remind industry that there is more to future of Internet than so-called browser war between Netscape Communications and Microsoft Corp; Domino includes many of Notes' most powerful features; computer consulting firm puts Domino 12 to 18 months ahead of Netscape and Microsoft in developing server software; Domino has been well received by estimated 6.3 million users of Notes because it gives them seamless link to Internet; challenge now is to sell Domino to much larger universe of companies that do not have Notes and do not intend ever to buy the software because they think it is out of date (M)

Lotus Gears Up To Get a Slice Of Internet Pie

Ambitious effort to raise $60 million to restore Thomas Edison's crumbling laboratories begins with newly formed Thomas Alva Edison Preservation Foundation accepting $1 million donation from Charles Edison Fund, endowment set up by inventor's son (New Jersey Daily Briefing) (S)

. . . And Edison's Labs

Article discusses work of the Wall, company that erects temporary walls in New York City apartments that enables three or four persons to have their own living space in one-bedroom apartment; photo (M)

In a Tough Housing Market, Rented Dividers Help Make Ends Meet

Washington Redskins defeat New York Giants, 31-10; photo (M)

Flickers of Hope Quickly Fizzle for the Giants

Defense Sec William J Perry, seeking to repair cracks in coalition arrayed against Pres Saddam Hussein, says further US military strikes against Iraq are still possible; is visiting Kuwait, seeking permission to deploy US forces there; Government is reportedly annoyed over failure of US to inform it of plans; Perry also meets with leaders of Saudi Arabia and Bahrain; catalogues continuing buildup of American forces in Gulf (M)

U.S. WARNING IRAQ THAT NEW ATTACKS ARE STILL POSSIBLE

New Jersey remains only state where boarder babies, or newborns unable to go home with AIDS-infected or drug-addicted mothers, languish in hospitals for weeks or months at a time; infants waiting for foster homes stay in New Jersey hospitals for average of two months, those returned to mothers leave in two weeks, and those placed with relative stay approximately three weeks; over years, state has taken some steps, but critics say measures have fallen short of needs because babies never become top state priority; Association to Benefit Children, child advocacy group, is asking Federal courts to force Whitman administration to move babies immediately into foster care or back with families (M)

In New Jersey, Infants Languish in Hospitals

Mendham Township (NJ) Treasurer Stephen P Arthur is accused of using township's payroll as his personal bank, taking total of about $60,000 from 1991 to 1996; all money has been returned (New Jersey Daily Briefing) (S)

Township Treasurer Charged

Gyro Worldwide, youthful ad agency in Philadelphia, has built its entire business out of marketing to Generation X, group of consumers that has eluded marketers for almost a decade; Steven Grasse, 31, founder and head of Gyro, says his strategy is not to seem youthful, but to be hip; says his aim is to constantly change product's advertising so that it reflects new trends, rather than planning year's worth of campaigns too far ahead of time; also, agency tries to build brand's image, rather than focusing on a product, and that image tends to be one of hipster cool guy; rivals are skeptical about Gyro executives' claim to know their own generation's hot buttons, and they note that Gyro has been dismissed by many clients for controversial or offensive ads; photos (M)

A Youthful Ad Agency Pursues an Elusive Group With a Bit of Irreverence

Associated Press reports that only 2.7 percent of bills introduced in New Jersey State Legislature so far this year have been signed into law (New Jersey Daily Briefing) (S)

. . . As Bills Move Slowly

Toronto Blue Jays defeat New York Yankees, 3-1; photo (M)

Yanks Fall, But Remain Pleased With Trip

Christian Coalition, once aggressive insurgent, is playing more defensive and unfamiliar role in national election campaign as it works to rally voters' support for members of Congress sympathetic to its agenda; is approaching task at time when national mood has shifted and electorate voices less anger at Washington and seems to have warmed to Clinton, just as it has cooled to idea of change; founder Pat Robertson says he has not abandoned hope for Bob Dole's Presidential campaign, but voices concern over how election, shadowed by Pres Clinton's lead in polls, could affect balance of power in Congress; says if Dole delivers clear-cut moral and social message, he could reduce Clinton's lead and energize religious conservatives who in 1994 helped elect first Republican-majority Congress since 1950's; photo (M)

Dole Gets Christian Coalition's Trust and Prodding

McGeorge "Mac" Bundy was an American academic who served as the U.S. National Security Advisor to Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson from 1961 through 1966. He was president of the Ford Foundation from 1966 through 1979. Despite his career as a foreign-policy intellectual, educator, and philanthropist, he is best remembered as one of the chief architects of the United States' escalation of the Vietnam War during the Kennedy and Johnson administrations.

McGeorge Bundy, American intelligence officer and diplomat, 6th United States National Security Advisor (born 1919)

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Gene Nelson, American actor, dancer, and director (born 1920)

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Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on STS-79 to dock to the Russian space station Mir.

September 16, 1996

Headlines from September 16, 1996

Mayor Seizes Car Insurance As Hot Issue

Jets Show They Can Lose a Lead, Too

Preserving Prime Farmland

A Pageant of Their Own

Party Leader Tests Gears in Brooklyn Machine

Billboard 200

No Code

ATLiens

Falling Into You

Jagged Little Pill

Tragic Kingdom

Notable Deaths

Historical Events

Historical Context for September 16, 1996