General Electric Co says artists' haven in Hoboken that was evacuated last year because of mercury contamination does not have to be demolished (New Jersey Daily Briefing) (S)

G.E. Disputes a Demolition

David Firestone column contends that Mayor Rudolph W Giuliani, for all his talk about leaving behind 'tired, old-fashioned ways' of doing things in New York City, is as much believer in activist, in-your-face government as any of his predecessors; maintains that Giuliani has demonstrated that he is eager to employ full apparatus of city government when it suits his interest (M)

'Uncle Rudy' Uses Power To the Fullest

Interview with Doug J Swanson, author and creator of Jack Flippo, down-and-out Texas private eye; photos (M)

In the Sunbelt, A Shadow Master

Conflicting details about Andrew Phillip Cunanan's life emerge as massive manhunt is mounted for suspect in cross-country killing spree, including Miami Beach murder of designer Gianni Versace; people who knew him in San Diego under assumed name say he showed no traces of violence; photos (L)

Stark Images of a Suspect Who Lived Fast and Loose

Gov Christine Todd Whitman unveils campaign site on Internet (New Jersey Daily Briefing) (S)

Campaign on the Net

Graphs and table on Dow Jones industrial average's rise above 8000 mark

Stocks Surge as Dow Passes 8,000

Hundreds of day care workers in New York City have not been paid in July because of city's delay in renewing contracts with child care agencies; payment delays have become painful summer ritual, particularly for low-wage child care workers over last few years; city's money spigot routinely dries up when fiscal year closes on June 30, leaving child care workers scrounging to make ends meet as city scrambles to renew its contracts; workers at Washington Heights day care center comment; photos (M)

The Children Come Regularly; the Checks Do Not

New Jersey officials offer to finance major expansion at Saint Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston by selling $115 million in tax-free bonds (New Jersey Daily Briefing) (S)

Bonds for Hospital Project

John R Walter resigns abruptly as president and chief operating officer of AT&T Corp; Walter, whose contract calls for him to succeed Robert E Allen as chief executive next January, quits under pressure after AT&T's board tells him that they lost faith in his performance and that he will not get top job; for nine months of work, Walter will get one-time payment of $3.8 million, plus $22 million in compensation for leaving his previous job as chief executive of printing company R R Donnelley & Sons; Allen will stay on as chief executive while board conducts search for his successor; AT&T's general counsel John D Zeglis will take over Walter's duties, though not his title, as head of operations; George M C Fisher, chief executive of Eastman Kodak, recently joined AT&T's board and is said to have been first choice to succeed Allen before company hired Walter; photos (L)

After 9 Months, AT&T President Quits Under Pressure

ITT Corp, in its latest effort to remain independent and reward shareholders, says it will split itself into three separate companies and buy back $2.1 billion of its stock; new independent companies are to consist of ITT's hotel and casino operations, to be called ITT Destinations Inc, ITT Corp, whose sole asset will be ITT World Directories Inc, its telephone directory publishing business, and ITT Educational Services Inc, leading technical-school business in which ITT has 83.3 percent stake; under terms of plan, ITT says it has purchased 20 percent in its World Directories business it does not already own from BellSouth for $254 million in cash; ITT also says company made $199 million in second quarter, up from $96 million in year-earlier quarter; table (L)

ITT to Split Up Again and Plans Stock Buyback

Newark Mayor Sharpe James has two construction workers arrested for dumping trash into city garbage truck (New Jersey Daily Briefing) (S)

Wearing His Police Hat

Law enforcement agents seize documents from Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corp hospitals and offices in six states; probe reportedly centers on whether Columbia hospitals fraudulently overstated expenses to increase compensation from Federal programs like Medicare; reportedly involves grand jury probes in several states, with current and former Columbia employees secretly cooperating with prosecutors (L)

WIDE RAIDS MADE ON HOSPITAL CHAIN

The Giuliani administration has drastically scaled back a billion-dollar proposal to rebuild Kings County Hospital in Brooklyn, the city's largest and most dilapidated public medical center. Under the new plan, costing $206 million, four existing buildings would be renovated and 10 buildings would be demolished, including some that are so decayed they have already been abandoned.    Article, page B1.  

Retrenching on Plan To Rebuild Hospital

Garden Notebook column on garden at Mottisfont Abbey, Stockbridge, England, which contains 350 varieties of old roses, tended by world-class gardener and preservationist Graham Stuart Thomas; photos (M)

So the Roses May Bloom Forever

 CUNY Chancellor Seeks Job  W. Ann Reynolds, the embattled CUNY chancellor, appeared before the trustees of the University of Alabama, asking to become president of their Birmingham campus. Page B1.    NASA Endorses Mir Repair  The Russian plan for an arduous space walk to repair the space station is sound and would not be overly risky to the American crew member, a NASA team found. Page A3.

INSIDE

Central Intelligence Agency aide John H Dickerson tells Senate panel probing campaign finance abuses that briefings for John Huang on classified data about Asia were routine procedure at Commerce Department and had not been sought by Huang, central figure in probe; Dickerson, whose face is shielded from view, offers little to bolster Republican suspicions that Huang, who later became Democratic Party fund-raiser, shared data with former employers at Lippo Group, Indonesian firm that has developed close ties to China; Commerce Department aide Robert P Gallagher says Huang declined chance to upgrade his security clearance and be briefed more often; photo (M)

C.I.A. Officer Says His Briefings For Huang Were Simply Routine

Sec Gen Kofi Annan proposes sweeping reorganization of United Nations management system, General Assembly; rejects demands by UN critics for large staff and program cuts, holding goal is to make UN more efficient, not smaller, news conference; calls for naming of Deputy Secretary General, reinstatement of Disarmament Department, strengthened role for human rights office and creation of development fund with money saved in adminstrative reforms; Sen Jesse Helms's aide says proposal falls short of changes Annan pledged in earlier meetings with Helms; diagram; graphs (L)

U.N. Chief Promises to Overhaul Organization From the Top Down

Article describes three-day makeover of interior decor of Bridgehampton, NY, home of model Christie Brinkley for photographic shoot by In Style magazine; photos (M)

Making the Imperfect Picture Perfect

California has sharply increased its spending on anti-smoking campaigns, which include billboards on some main streets in Los Angeles; stepped-up state-run campaign, however, has failed to stem rise in teen-age smoking in the state; graph; photos (L)

Despite Ads, Teen-Age Smoking Is Unabated

The Clinton Administration plans to recommend three permanent Security Council seats for developing nations to more closely reflect today's world, a senior official says.    Article, page A14.

U.S. Proposal for U.N.

Many victims of apartheid-era brutality who told their stories to South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission are experiencing psychological symptoms and growing anger that process reopened old wounds but gave them no follow-up support; some expected concrete help like pensions and job training, but no such aid has materialized; are upset that commission has freed dozens of those responsible for murder and torture; photos (L)

In Apartheid Inquiry, Agony Is Relived but Not Put to Rest

SUNY Albany survey finds that New Jersey ranks sixth in nation in proportion of women holding top state policy positions (New Jersey Daily Briefing) (S)

Women in Top Policy Posts

Health and Human Services Department inspector general June Gibbs Brown says first comprehensive audit of Medicare found Government overpaid hospitals, doctors and other health care providers by $23.2 billion, fiscal 1966, 14 percent of money spent in standard Medicare program; says records of Medicare agency and its contractors are in such disarray that they could not be thoroughly audited; holds it is impossible to tell how much of overpayment resulted from fraud; total, by coincidence, is about same amount Congress plans to cut from Medicare under pending budget bill (M)

AUDIT OF MEDICARE FINDS $23 BILLION IN OVERPAYMENTS

City University of New York Chancellor W Ann Reynolds, who has been criticized in recent months by leaders of university's governing board, meets with University of Alabama trustees and makes eager pitch to become president of their Birmingham campus; she is one of two finalists for post; other is University of Michigan Provost J Bernard Machen; Reynolds photo (M)

CUNY Chief Makes Pitch For Position In Alabama

Market Place column on Dow Jones industrial average surpassing 8,000; says average has doubled in less than 30 months, and over last 12 months, index has risen 50 percent; some analysts comment on reasons for huge increase (L)

A Market Oblivious To Gravity

Ogugua "OG" Anunoby Jr. is an English professional basketball player for the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Indiana Hoosiers. He won an NBA championship with the Toronto Raptors in 2019 and led the league in steals while being named to his first NBA All-Defensive Team in 2023.

OG Anunoby, British basketball player

OG_Anunoby

Husein Sastranegara Airport is an airport in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia. It is located within the city and 2.4 km from Bandung Central train station. The site occupies an area of 145 hectares and serves the area of civil aviation in the south western region of Java. The airfield is conjoined with the Husein Sastranegara air force base of the Indonesian Air Force. Most of the commercial flights operations transferred from this to newly built Kertajati International Airport.

After takeoff from Husein Sastranegara International Airport, Sempati Air Flight 304 crashes into a residential neighborhood in Bandung, killing 28 people.

July 17, 1997

Headlines from July 17, 1997

G.E. Disputes a Demolition

'Uncle Rudy' Uses Power To the Fullest

In the Sunbelt, A Shadow Master

Stark Images of a Suspect Who Lived Fast and Loose

Campaign on the Net

Billboard 200

The Fat Of The Land

Men In Black--The Album

Spice

Middle Of Nowhere

Everywhere

Notable Births

Historical Events

Historical Context for July 17, 1997