September 25, 1996

Federal appeals court, in groundbreaking decision, rules that New York State education officials and State Legislature actively 'encouraged the perpetuation of segregation' in Yonkers in 1960's and 1970's and that state must pay high costs of remedying harm done to black and Hispanic children; examples of how state officials willingly sustained segregation are cited; state officials say that cost could be as high as $300 million; state and Yonkers officials comment on ruling; photo (M)

Richard Nalley article on wine lover's discovery of World Wide Web, and access it provides to extensive documents on wine, wine-making and related material; directory of Web destinations for wine drinkers; drawings (M)

Bob Dole, in address to Economic Club of Detroit, steps up his attacks on Pres Clinton and signals that he is returning to his economic message; Dole says US economy is not good enough and not on right track; says American people know how to spend their money better than Government; photo (M)

Profile of and interview with Hoagy Bix Carmichael of Brewster, NY, son of songwriter Hoagy Carmichael, who died in 1981; 58-year-old scion spends good part of his time on what he calls 'the Carmichael industry'; he serves as president of Amsong, assn of songwriters and heirs seeking to extend copyright protection for songs; he comments on his love of fishing, and building customized fishing rods; photos (L)

Ronald M Nemeroff, owner of defunct Palisades Medical Technologies, pleads guilty to paying kickbacks to podiatrist's relative in exchange for orders (New Jersey Daily Briefing) (S)