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)