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ENDPAPER; The News From Camp

Date: 20 August 1995

By Michael Rubiner

Michael Rubiner

The Washington Post recently reported a surge in summer camps catering to specialized interests, including journalism and politics. Dear Mom and Dad, How are you? Camp is O.K. so far. Here are the other boys in my cabin: Tony Langdon is neo-con, but everybody just calls him Stink Bomb because he doesn't like to take showers. Tommy Perez, a New Democrat, can throw a jackknife and make it stick in the wall. I share a bunk bed with Kenny Abrams. He's really nice. He brought up a pile of back issues of The Nation, and he lets me read them whenever I want. Our counselor, Brad, is pretty cool. Last night he gave us candy bars and let us stay up late and watch Alan Greenspan on "Nightline." I miss you. Write back soon!

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The Apple of Turner's Eye Is CBS, but Should It Be?

Date: 21 August 1995

By Mark Landler

Mark Landler

After a decade-long quest to buy a network, Ted Turner has wound up right where he started in 1985: tilting at a windmill called CBS. That fact disappoints some longtime Turner watchers, who believe that the brash media mogul would do far better linking up with NBC. For one thing, NBC has the deep financial resources of its corporate parent, the General Electric Company. For another, NBC shares many of the same ambitions as Turner Broadcasting System to be a global leader in television news.

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Sports of The Times; He Who Has Pulpit Preaches

Date: 20 August 1995

By William C. Rhoden

William Rhoden

BEFORE Mike Tyson ever laid a glove on Peter McNeeley last night, the former heavyweight champion from the Brownsville section of Brooklyn unleashed a two-fisted attack on the news media last week. Tyson, who served three years in prison for a rape conviction, called one writer an assassin and referred to members of the media, in so many words, as vultures feeding on the misfortunes of others.

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Ideas & Trends; Why the Media Leave No Movie Deal Uncovered

Date: 20 August 1995

By Terry Pristin

Terry Pristin

EVEN those who haven't seen the film "Waterworld" probably know that it is the costliest movie ever made and has been widely pronounced a flop despite opening-weekend box-office receipts of $21 million. Few Americans could say who runs General Motors, but no one needs a regular Monday night table at Morton's to be in on the feud between Michael Eisner, the chairman of the Walt Disney Company, and his once-trusted lieutenant, Jeffrey Katzenberg. And who isn't aware that Michael Ovitz reportedly earned $30 million last year as the principal owner of the Creative Artists Agency and is now likely to make hundreds of millions more as the president of Disney, the job to which he was named last week? The airwaves are flooded with shows revealing the machinations behind various movie deals. Newspapers across the country, as well as CNN, routinely report the 10 highest-grossing movies of the weekend.

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Stocks Lower in Japan

Date: 21 August 1995

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

Japanese stocks traded lower here today. Midway through the afternoon session, the benchmark Nikkei index of 225 issues was down 299.71 points, or 1.66 percent, to stand at 17,732.78. On Friday, the Nikkei lost 117.21 points.

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A Deal to Merge 2 Municipal Bond Insurers

Date: 21 August 1995

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

Financial Security Assurance Holdings Ltd. has agreed to acquire the Capital Guaranty Corporation for about $200 million in cash and stock, merging the country's fourth- and fifth-biggest municipal bond insurers. Under the terms of the agreement, which was announced on Friday, Financial Security would pay cash and stock valued at $23 for each share of Capital Guaranty. That price is a 7 percent premium above Capital Guaranty's closing price on Friday of $21.375.

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NEWS SUMMARY

Date: 21 August 1995

INTERNATIONAL 2-7 A C.I.A. BALANCING ACT A retired terrorist on the C.I.A.'s payroll, who was crucial to the agency's efforts to capture Carlos the Jackal, has given the agency cause for soul-searching because of his own violent career. A1 BOSNIA'S POLITICAL FALLOUT Recent events in Bosnia have reduced the size of operations needed both to support peacekeepers and to aid their withdrawal, but whatever happens is likely to have political impact in an election year. A6 MIXED MESSAGE FROM SERBS A letter of condolence from the Bosnian Serb leader about three American officials killed in an accident near the Bosnian capital suggested that they took an unnecessary risk by traveling that road. A6 DOLE DISPUTING BOSNIA PLAN Senator Bob Dole continued his criticism of the Clinton Administration's peace initiative for the Balkans, saying that it would be too conciliatory to the Serbs. A6 A Bosnian boy was killed by a French border guard. A6 CLOSING DOOR ON ISRAEL'S PAST Israel decided that it would not investigate further a retired general's story that he killed unarmed Egyptian prisoners during the 1956 war, a revelation that has prompted much debate in the country. A5 TOURISTS SHUN VIOLENT KASHMIR Separatist violence in Kashmir, an area that had been legendary for its hospitality, put a damper on tourism there, and the recent kidnappings of foreign tourists, and killing of one, was a final blow. A3 FATAL TRAIN CRASH IN INDIA About 300 people were dead in India, with the number expected to rise, when a speeding passenger train on a busy rail corridor hit another train that had been stopped because it had hit a cow. A3 Republican Senators opposed a trip to China by Hillary Clinton. A2 London Journal: For Britain's Hindus, a testament to their faith. A4 NATIONAL A8-12 UPJOHN IN MERGER DEAL In the latest merger of pharmaceutical giants, Upjohn and Pharmacia of Sweden said they would join forces in a $13 billion deal. The new company would become the world's ninth-largest drug concern. A1 FALLOUT FROM FEWER BANKS The consolidation in the banking industry may leave the country with stronger institutions, but the short-term effect will be more corporate name changes, branch closings and job losses. A1 SURPRISE IN IOWA STRAW POLL Although it was a nonbinding competition, Senator Phil Gramm unexpectedly tied Senator Bob Dole in a straw poll sponsored by the Iowa Republican Party. A1 AFFIRMATIVE ACTION, REVERSED In the current nationwide debate, the fire department in Birmingham, Ala., is an example of how affirmative action policies can foster resentments and prejudices that are opposite of those they were intended to overcome. A1 CITADEL'S OTHER DROPOUTS Although at least 30 cadets had dropped out of The Citadel by Friday, the departure of only one, Shannon Faulkner, was considered remarkable. A8 Survival as a freshman cadet at The Citadel is not easy. A8 A DETECTIVE'S QUEST A private investigator hired by O. J. Simpson went on a long journey to find tapes of Mark Fuhrman, a police detective whose comments have become hotly debated in the Simpson trial. A8 SCANDAL AT LIVESTOCK SHOWS At livestock shows across the country, an illegal growth-promoting drug was detected last fall and spring in more than a dozen steers and lambs. And by no means is it the only method of cheating. A9 BALTIMORE BRINGS DOWN PROJECT Baltimore officials, frustrated by crime, drugs and a battle with disrepair, demolished the Lafayette Courts public housing project. A10 CLINTON CELEBRATES 49TH The President continued his vacation in Wyoming with plenty of golfing, hiking and eating before attending a "surprise" party that was the worst-kept secret in town. A11 AT ZOO, ORANGUTANS OVERHEAD A project the National Zoo in Washington calls its Orangutan Transit Line has a scientific purpose, but no one is denying the attraction to tourists of seeing six orangutans swinging overhead. A11 BOOKS' SHADOW IN BOMBING Evidence in the case against one of the suspects in the Oklahoma City bombing indicates that ideas for the plot may have come from two books about extremist groups. A12 A popular wood siding for homes was called faulty. A9 Metro Digest B1 Business Digest D1 Arts/Entertainment C11-15 Making a film on a black World War II squadron. C11 Music: Old-new battle lines are fading at Tanglewood. C11 Carlos Vives. C11 Dance: Ghettoriginal. C12 Books: "The Trial of Elizabeth Cree," by Peter Ackroyd. C13 Sports C1-9 Baseball: Mets sweep Dodgers. C1 Yankees pounded by Angels. C7 Indians' Mesa sets record. C9 Boxing: Tyson a $25 million question. C1 Columns: Araton on Tyson. C3 Berkow on baseball. C7 Football: Giants accuse Jets of dirty play. C1 Obituaries B8 Editorials/Op-Ed A14-15 Editorials The doctor left free to murder. Dangerous times for Colombia. Topics: Good sports. Letters Bob Herbert: A broken conexion. Florence King: Baseball immortality, fair and square. Paul Krugman: The wealth gap is real and it's growing. Lawrence K. Grossman: Cut the public in on the mega-mergers. Chronicle A12 Bridge C13 Crossword C12

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NEWS SUMMARY

Date: 20 August 1995

International 3-17 AMERICAN ENVOYS KILLED IN BOSNIA Three American diplomats promoting a peace plan for the Balkans were killed while driving on a narrow winding mountain road to Sarajevo when their vehicle slid down a ravine and caught fire. 1 KOREAN POLITICAL PRISONER FREED After nearly 44 years as a political prisoner in South Korea for his support of the North, Kim Sun Myung, is facing a changed world. 1 DECIDEDLY DIFFERENT IN CROATIA President Franjo Tudjman of Croatia has been lampooned for emulating the style of Tito, who ruled Yugoslavia for nearly 40 years, but Mr. Tudjman's nationalist policies could not be more different. 12 Korean "rice diplomacy" proves a minefield. 16 HAPPINESS ON A SHOESTRING From the moment Angel Luis Marin and Yosleydis Ramos decided to marry, the couple knew they would need an imaginative wedding plan to cope with Cuba's stringent rationing system. 3 Veto threatened for bill devised to tighten embargo on Cuba. 4 MEXICAN OFFICIAL CHARGES ATTACK The Governor of the Mexican state of Tabasco says he was attacked by police agents who commandeered his car south of Mexico City. There are doubts about his account. 6 Inquiry into shooting of Border Patrol officer runs into snags. 5 An effort to protect old manuscripts in Laos. 16 Reconciliation from a British former prisoner of war. 10. England is hot, and naturally everyone is miserable. 10 Liberia's warring factions agreed on a power-sharing plan. 17 British doctors lowered expectations on a malaria vaccine. 17 National 18-34 PRESSURES PUT ON HOSPITALS Battered by market forces and political pressure to reduce spending on the poor, public hospitals are cutting services and facing the prospect of closing or sale. 1 LOSING CONTROL OF AIR TRAFFIC At least 11 times in the last year, air traffic control centers have stumbled or broken down completely, robbing controllers of the tools they use to keep airplanes separated and on course, sometimes leaving them deaf, mute and blind. 1 CHANGING THE RULES Republicans have changed the accounting rules to make it easier for Congress to kill off the banks' competition for student loans -- a Federal program that makes direct loans from the Treasury. 1 A VILLAGE BATTENS DOWN As Hurricane Felix bore down on North Carolina last week, a fishing village that once served as a hideout for Blackbeard the pirate thumbed its nose at the threat of disaster and instead threw raucous parties. 18 NEW ORLEANS LAMENT A fixture on the New Orleans music scene, Tipitina's, is for sale, with its owners lamenting the rise of more commerical nightclubs. 18 A LEAD ON THE LAST VICTIM A woman said a leg belonging to no known victim of the explosion in Oklahoma City might be that of her wayward son. 19 Metropolitan 35-41 ELUSIVE SAVINGS FOR SCHOOLS Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani makes no secret of his hope to save money by paring New York City's school bureaucracy. But if the Board of Education were to eliminate its entire central administration, it would save less than a quarter of the $750 million the Mayor and the City Council cut from the board's budget in June. 35 POLICE BARRAGE RESOUNDS The fatal shooting by police officers of two robbery suspects in the Bronx has resounded far beyond Apartment 114 of 1740 Grand Avenue, kept alive by new investigations, by a grieving mother's crusade and by the gnawing questions of why so many shots were fired, particularly into the victims' backs. 35 MEMORIAL IS A MOVABLE FEAST Hundreds of Grateful Dead followers, many in tie-dyed shirts and dresses, played cat-and-mouse with the police across Central Park in defiance of a ban on a gathering in memory of the band's leader, Jerry Garcia. 37 DIALING 'M' FOR MOVIES The nation's regional telephone are holding out a vision of two-way video communication. But as a Connecticut trial prepares to expand its trial into several towns and cities, how soon the promise is delivered depends on technology that has not been perfected, regulators settling new rules for competition between the telephone and cable industries, and not least, consumers. 35 Fresh Air Fund 36 Obituaries 42 Honeychile Wilder, ex-showgirl and princess.

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A Tale of Turmoil Arrives on Top of the News

Date: 20 August 1995

By Philip Shenon

Philip Shenon

IT ALWAYS HAD THE makings of a gripping movie. In a storybook Asian land, the beautiful Oxford-educated daughter of the man considered the father of the nation returns home after decades abroad to confront the steely eyed generals who run the country. They gun down thousands of her supporters and place her under house arrest, where she remains for years with only the barest contact with the outside world. While detained, she wins the Nobel Peace Prize and retains the affection of millions inside and outside her country. In a paragraph, that is the modern history of Myanmar, the nation better known by its colonial name, Burma. The recent political turmoil in this isolated, tormented nation is now the backdrop for a film, "Beyond Rangoon," directed by John Boorman, starring Patricia Arquette and scheduled for release on Wednesday in the United States.

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A Prison Rehabilitation Program, With Yogurt on the Side

Date: 20 August 1995

By David W. Chen

David Chen

Edwin L. Crotty is a little worried about the future of the Skillman Dairy Farm here. Not because of the money; the farm has been profitable each of the last 12 years. Not because of the products; people like the milk, yogurt and beef. He is worried because the Skillman Dairy Farm is a prison farm.

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