Watching Out for Camden
Date: 01 March 1997
By TERRY PRISTIN
Gov Christine Whitman may seek authority to give state more control over Camden's financial affairs (New Jersey Daily Briefing)
Replaying Friday, February 28, 1997
The February 28, 1997 was a Friday under the star sign of ♓. It was the 58 day of the year. President of the United States was William J. (Bill) Clinton.
If you were born on this day, you are 29 years old. Your last birthday was on the Saturday, February 28, 2026, 110 days ago. Your next birthday is on Sunday, February 28, 2027, in 254 days. You have lived for 10,702 days, or about 256,869 hours, or about 15,412,146 minutes, or about 924,728,760 seconds.
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28th of February 1997 News
News as it appeared on the front page of the New York Times on February 28, 1997
Technology Threatens Monopolies
Date: 01 March 1997
Editorial observes that competitive revolution in telecommunications took two encouraging steps forward this week; notes News Corporation announced a merger that promises to provide its customers wiht broadcast satellite service fully equal, if not superior, to their local cable service; also discusses AT&T's announcement that it has secretly developed technology that would allow it to bring local phone service to people's homes without using equipment of regional Bell companies
Big East Women Grumble Over Tournament Format
Date: 01 March 1997
By FRANK LITSKY
Preview of Big East women's basketball tournament; controversy over teams' seedings discussed; chart (M)
T. EATON RETAIL CHAIN SEEKS BANKRUPTCY PROTECTION
Date: 01 March 1997
T Eaton Company Ltd, owner of Canada's best-known chain of department stores, declares equivalent of Chapter 11 bankruptcy (S)
Rape Charge in Internet Case Dismissed at Prosecutor's Request
Date: 01 March 1997
By JOHN SULLIVAN
Rape charges against Manhattan businessman Paul Krauth, for alleged attack on woman he met through Internet, are dismissed at request of Manhattan District Attorney's office; Krauth is released after review of evidence, including computer communications and telephone answering-machine message in which woman reportedly says how much she enjoyed Krauth's company (S)
West Side Highway Relocation Is Luxury Now
Date: 01 March 1997
Letter from Charles A Gargano, chmn, Empire State Development Corp, responds to Feb 15 news article and Feb 26 editorial on proposal to create riverside park on Upper West Side by moving elevated portion of West Side Highway
What's in a Title? For Selig, Nothing
Date: 01 March 1997
By MURRAY CHASS
Judge Lewis Kaplan rules that Bud Selig, who has been called acting commissioner of baseball for four and half years, is not Commissioner of Major League Baseball; decision comes in case in which Kaplan rejects attempt of owner of minor league baseball team to block an arbitration that will determine amount Florida Marlins must pay for taking territory of Miami Miracle (M)
For Victim Of Attack, A Memorial Full of Music
Date: 01 March 1997
By LAWRENCE VAN GELDER
Musical memorial service at Danish Seamen's Church in Brooklyn Heights honors Chris Burmeister, young Danish musician shot to death at Empire State Building by Palestinian gunman Ali Abu Kamal; those attending include relatives and family of Matthew Gross, friend who remains in critical condition; body of Abu Kamal, who committed suicide, remains unclaimed (S)
Clinton Burnishes Image as Protector of Children, Not Hotelier
Date: 01 March 1997
By JAMES BENNET
Plan on Gifted Alarms Some, Pleases Others
Date: 01 March 1997
By SOMINI SENGUPTA
Chancellor Rudy Crew's proposals to broaden access to programs for gifted students in New York City public schools draw support from many educators, although some parents fear dilution of existing programs; Crew says minority and immigrant children are often underrepresented in programs that rely on IQ tests (S)