New Editor, New Ideas, Same Name
Date: 21 December 1997
By Bernard Stamler
Bernard Stamler
Elinor Ruth Tatum, daughter of Amsterdam News owner Wilbert Tatum, is named publisher and editor-in-chief; photo (S)
Replaying Sunday, December 21, 1997
The December 21, 1997 was a Sunday under the star sign of ♐. It was the 354 day of the year. President of the United States was William J. (Bill) Clinton.
If you were born on this day, you are 28 years old. Your last birthday was on the Sunday, December 21, 2025, 196 days ago. Your next birthday is on Monday, December 21, 2026, in 168 days. You have lived for 10,423 days, or about 250,160 hours, or about 15,009,640 minutes, or about 900,578,400 seconds.
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21st of December 1997 News
News as it appeared on the front page of the New York Times on December 21, 1997
Courts Under Challenge For Anonymity of Juries
Date: 22 December 1997
By William Glaberson
William Glaberson
Challenge by news organizations to Judge Garland E Burrell Jr's decision to protect privacy of jurors in trial of accused Unabomer Theodore J Kaczynski is one of first to test growing efforts of judges across nation to shield identities of jurors; legal experts are divided about whether trend is justified (M)
Word & Image; A Case of Sheep v. Coyotes
Date: 21 December 1997
By Max Frankel
Max Frankel
Max Frankel column deplores CNN's participation in a US Fish and Wildlife Service raid on the home of Paul W and Erma Berger, who were accused of poisoning bald eagles on their Montana sheep ranch; notes that couple were cleared of charge, but that a CNN program called Ring of Death implied that they had killed hundreds of eagles and ascribed the acquittal to jury bias; praises Federal appeals court for striking down CNN's attempt to use First Amendment to protect itself from a suit by the Bergers for trespass and invasion of privacy; photo (M)
He Got the Story, Then The Story Got Him
Date: 21 December 1997
By Jon Lee Anderson
Jon Anderson
John Lee Anderson article on the rampant drug culture of San Luis Rio Colorado, Mexico, not far from Arizona board, and the murder of Benjamin Flores Gonzalez, publisher of La Prensa, who often targeted drug traffickers and the police, politicians and businessmen in their service; police arrested four street thugs for Flores's murder, which they say was ordered by a local drug trafficker, but most people suspect responsibility runs higher; Jesus Barraza, editor in chief of La Prensa, vows to continue same brand of crusading journalism pioneered by Flores; photos (L)
Japanese Securities Firms Lose Bond Deals
Date: 22 December 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Japan's major brokerage firms, tainted by scandal involving payoffs to racketeers, have lost corporate bond underwriting market share in 1997 to securities subsidiaries of Japanese banks (S)
G.E. Raises Dividend and Buys Back Stock
Date: 22 December 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
General Electric Co increases its stock buyback program by $4 billion, to $17 billion, and raises its dividend 15 percent; company also adopts program to let owners of GE shares buy stock directly and avoid brokerage fees (M)
Racism and the News
Date: 21 December 1997
Prof Stephen Gillers letter disputes Gay Talese's December 17 Op-Ed article scoring reporters for suggesting that Golden State Warriors basketball player, Latrell Sprewell, was reacting to racism when he assaulted coach, P J Carlesimo (S)
Remembering Mort Pye: An Unexpected Job Offer
Date: 21 December 1997
David M Levine letter responds to Jim McQueeny Dec 7 article on late Star Ledger editor Mort Pye
NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 21 December 1997
INTERNATIONAL 3-23 Sea Revealing Its Riches And Miners Are Moving In For the first time, miners have laid claim to rich deposits of gold, silver and copper in the deep sea, foreshadowing a possible rush to open the oceans for metals and a possible fight with conservationists over exploiting the sea's dark recesses. 1 Uproar Over Land in Zimbabwe Zimbabwe's plans to seize land from white farmers, without compensation, is fomenting a showdown. The Government, which is in political trouble, is taking up the issue at the risk of losing tax money and jobs. 1
NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 22 December 1997
INTERNATIONAL A3-13 Voters in Okinawa Oppose New U.S. Military Base Okinawans voted against construction of an offshore American military base that Japan and the United States had been planning for more than a year. A3 Koreans Pressure President President Kim Young Sam of South Korea, left, faced growing pressure to yield some authority to his rival, President-elect Kim Dae Jung, before the formal transfer of power on Feb. 25. A12