January 17, 1999

Article on 1999 Mazda Protege sedan; chart; photos (M)

St John's University will buy 175-acre La Salle Center in Oakdale, LI, arrangement that will allow De La Salle Christian Brothers to continuing operating La Salle campus for students kindergarten through high school (S)

Style Over Substance column in tribute to late Virginia Graham and her high-rise hair, to Terry Ventura, Minnesota's unassuming new First Lady, and to Charivari, New York store now fallen by wayside; photos (S)

Brazil Night at Cafe Wha, in Greenwich Village, is gathering place for creative young Brazilians who have flocked to New York; photos (S)

People losing their jobs at Swingline stapler factory in Long Island City worry that few companies will hire middle-aged, unskilled factory workers like them and that even if they do find new jobs, working back up to their old pay, $10 an hour, will be next to impossible; Swingline, which is moving operations to Nogales, Mexico, represents New York City's biggest loss of jobs yet due to 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement; closing is another major blow to old-style heavy manufacturing that once dominated Long Island City, but neighborhood has experienced a recent industrial rebound with the opening and expansion of a number of smaller manufacturers; number of manufacturing jobs in Queens increased to 50,300 in early 1998 from about 49,400 in early 1997; graphs (M)

Gretchen Morgenson column on rising stock market volatility; cites Prof Baruch Lev's view that investors overreact to external shocks because they are increasingly uniformed about their holdings; graph (M)

Huge compensation levels for top executives of big American corporations has major effect on foreign companies joining American-style capitalism, and almost always leads to pay increases for foreign colleagues when companies merge; foreign buyers generally have little choice but to adopt American ways of compensation; graph showing average annual pay package of chief executive of major industrial company: $1,072,400 in US, down to $645,540 in Britain, $420,855 in Japan, $398,430 in Japan and $150,711 in South Korea (S)

Mike Tyson crowns his second ring comeback in last four years by knocking out Francois Botha in fifth Rround at MGM Grand Garden, Las Vegas; it is Tyson's first victory since he scored first-round knockout over Bruce Seldon in 1996; he was coming off back-to-back losses to Evander Holyfield; photo (M)

House Judiciary Committee chmn Henry J Hyde, summarizing Republican case against Pres Clinton in speech evoking shades of heroes past, says that Presidency could be 'permanently damaged' if Senate failed to remove him from office; says argument over impeachment is not about sex but about 'the rule of law'; Rep Charles T Canady says Clinton must be removed because he 'made himself a notorious example of lawlessness'; Reps Steve Buyer and Lindsey Graham contend that offenses Clinton is accused of, perjury and obstruction of justice, meet constitutional standard of 'high crimes and misdemeanors' for impeachment; photos (M)

Wynton Marsalis tribute to music of Edward Kennedy (Duke) Ellington, composer band leader and pianist, on 100th anniversary of his birth; hails him as most prolific composer of century; drawing; photo (M)

Births of octuplets by Nkem Chukwu in Houston, Texas, renewed debate about fertility drugs and enormous medical and human costs they have brought on; smallest baby, girl named Odera, weighed 10.3 ounces and died on Dec 26; caring for seven surviving babies requires round-the-clock efforts by dozens of health care professionals at Texas Children's Hospital; Iyke Louis Udobi is father; parents are American citizens born in Nigeria; doctors say babies have 95 percent chance of surviving to their expected discharge in late March; photo (M)

Chmn C Michael Armstrong seeks to repositionAT&T Corp as only communications provider its customers need; plans to offer integrated package of communications services, including local phone service and Internet access, using cable television lines AT&T is set to acquire with its purchase of Tele-Communications Inc; plan poses test of technology, financial might, regulatory flexibility and of Armstrong's managerial prowess; graph of rise in AT&T stock price under Armstrong; table of financial data on key rivals; photos (M)