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Reporters to Be Able to Hear Dinkins Testimony

Date: 14 August 1993

By Joseph P. Fried

Joseph Fried

Overriding objections from lawyers for New York City, a Federal judge yesterday directed that representatives of news organizations be allowed to attend pretrial sessions at which Mayor David N. Dinkins will be questioned under oath by lawyers for Hasidic Jews who are suing the city because of the 1991 Crown Heights racial violence. "I think it's beyond question that the subject of this litigation is a matter of public interest," Judge Reena Raggi of Federal District Court in Brooklyn held yesterday, even as she noted that it was unusual for reporters to attend such civil-case proceedings, known as depositions.

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Commerce Secretary Reported Under Investigation

Date: 14 August 1993

By David Johnston

David Johnston

A published report says the Federal Bureau of Investigation is examining an accusation that Commerce Secretary Ronald H. Brown agreed to accept a $700,000 payment from Vietnam in exchange for his help in lifting American trade restrictions against Hanoi. The report appears in the Aug. 23 issue of U.S. News & World Report, which says that the inquiry has been under way since February but that it has never reached the grand-jury stage and that Mr. Brown has not even been interviewed.

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Observer; And the Shooting Stopped

Date: 14 August 1993

By Russell Baker

Russell Baker

Afterward it was said that the extraordinary meteor showers of August 11-12 must have had something to do with it. Such fundamental reversals in human nature do not "just happen," but can result only from extraterrestrial influences. So said people who believed the meteor showers awoke better angels that had been long dormant in the American nature. Whatever the cause, the first development in the good-feeling movement occurred, oddly enough, on a Friday the 13th, a day famous for bad luck.

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BALLY ABANDONS MISSISSIPPI CASINO PLANS

Date: 14 August 1993

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

The Bally Manufacturing Corporation said yesterday that it had abandoned plans to develop a dockside casino in Biloxi, Miss., citing legal disputes about ownership of its proposed site. The company also said it was expanding the size of a dockside casino now under construction in Tunica, Miss., about 35 miles south of Memphis, Tenn. The casino will now have 36,000 square feet of space, 20 percent more than the 30,000 square feet Bally had planned. The redesign will not add to the $30 million cost of the casino, Bally said. It expects to open the property late this year. Bally Manufacturing runs three casino hotels in Atlantic City and Las Vegas.

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FED APPROVES BID BY BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO

Date: 14 August 1993

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

The Federal Reserve Board approved the application yesterday of Banco Popular de Puerto Rico to acquire units of Corestates Bank, based in Philadelphia. The Fed decision allows Banco Popular, based in Hato Rey, P.R., to acquire assets and assume liabilities of the Core-states branches in St. Thomas in the United States Virgin Islands and Tortola in the British Virgin Island. Banco Popular is a subsidiary of the BanPonce Corporation of Puerto Rico, a bank holding company with assets of $9.6 billion. Banco Popular is the largest commercial bank in Puerto Rico, and it will become the largest commercial bank in the United States Virgin Islands upon completion of the merger.

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Prices for Gasoline Retreat And Gold and Silver Are Up

Date: 14 August 1993

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

Gasoline pulled back yesterday from its weeklong rally, leading crude oil prices lower, as traders said a recent plunge in stockpiles did not reflect a rise in demand. On other commodities markets, gold and silver rose as traders shrugged off this week's second report by the Government that inflation was under control.

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NEWS SUMMARY

Date: 15 August 1993

International 3-14 TRADE PACT: DOUBT ON WAGES

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NEWS SUMMARY

Date: 14 August 1993

International 2-4 DEALS ON FREE-TRADE PACT The U.S. struck deals with Canada and Mexico over the final issues on the North American Free Trade Agreement. But the deals did not mollify Congressional critics and left its political future in doubt. 1

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NEWS ABOUT THE MAGAZINE

Date: 15 August 1993

Interactive: It's the buzzword of the moment, describing electronic devices by which people can respond to their television and computer screens. For half a century, New York Times readers have interacted the old-fashioned way, in writing. Every day, the crossword puzzle turns Times readers into Times writers. Every day, one on one, thousands engage the puzzle editor who, sometimes devilish and sometimes pedantic, becomes a friend. A few days ago, we lost such a friend. Eugene T. Maleska, our puzzle editor since 1977, died in Daytona Beach, Fla., at the age of 77. His death followed by only three months that of Will Weng, his predecessor and fellow cigar lover, at the age of 86. Will served as puzzle editor from 1969 till 1977, succeeding Margaret Farrar, who started the Times Sunday crossword in 1942.

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COMPANY NEWS; Fieldcrest Buying Out Big Holder

Date: 14 August 1993

By Jerry Schwartz

Jerry Schwartz

Fieldcrest Cannon Inc., a maker of bed and bath products, said yesterday that it would buy its longtime majority shareholder, the Amoskeag Company, for $137.6 million. Analysts said the move appeared to be an attempt to blunt a proposal by Springs Industries of Fort Mill, S.C., to acquire both Fieldcrest, based in Eden, N.C., and Amoskeag, based in Boston.

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