Live at 11: Death
Date: 15 June 1997
By Max Frankel
Max Frankel
Max Frankel article deplores local television news programs' disproportionate stress on violent crime; drawing (M)
Replaying Saturday, June 14, 1997
The June 14, 1997 was a Saturday under the star sign of ♊. It was the 164 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 Sunday, June 14, 2026, 19 days ago. Your next birthday is on Monday, June 14, 2027, in 345 days. You have lived for 10,611 days, or about 254,686 hours, or about 15,281,178 minutes, or about 916,870,680 seconds.
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14th of June 1997 News
News as it appeared on the front page of the New York Times on June 14, 1997
The Autumn of the Drug Lord
Date: 15 June 1997
By Robert Stone
Robert Stone
Robert Stone reviews book News of a Kidnapping by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, account of cocaine trafficking in Colombia and crimes committed by drug lord Pablo Escobar to avoid extradition to US (M)
It's, You Know, About Opinions and Stuff
Date: 15 June 1997
By Tad Friend
Tad Friend
Tad Friend article on pundits employed by MSNBC to discuss news events; many are young and come from variety of fields, without news backgrounds; their emerging political perspective is libertarian, not partisan, reflecting concerns of Americans born between 1961 and 1981; pundits, including Laura Ingraham, Eric Alterman, Omar Wasow and Farai Chideya comment; photos (L)
OLIVETTI SAYS BELL ATLANTIC MAY QUIT ALLIANCE
Date: 14 June 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Olivetti SpA says Bell Atlantic Corp may withdraw from Infostrada, alliance with Italian office equipment company and France Telecom SA that aims to set up telecommunications venture in Italy (S)
TRANSITIONAL HOSPITALS WITHDRAWS FROM DEAL
Date: 14 June 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Transitional Hospitals Corp withdraws from $565 million agreement to be bought by Select Medical Corp in favor of higher bid from Vencor Inc (S)
Chairman Resigns at Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank
Date: 14 June 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Tadashi Okuda resigns as chairman of Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank after he 'suddenly' remembers knowing that scandal-ridden bank made loans to suspected racketeer; two bank executives are arrested, joining several others charged in recent weeks; Katsuyuki Sugita will become presidentas bank struggles to restore tarnished image (S)
Gallagher Buys an Insurer
Date: 14 June 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Arthur J Gallagher & Co acquires Tinder & Norwood Inc for undisclosed sum (S)
Mass Mutual's Real Estate Deal
Date: 14 June 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co says that its real estate unit has formed $330 million partnership to buy and own office buildings (S)
Japan Economy In Growth Spurt
Date: 14 June 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Japan's gross domestic product increased 1.6 percent in first quarter as consumers rushed to buy goods before tax increase on April 1 (S)
U.S. and Europe in Pact on Product Safety
Date: 14 June 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
The European Union said today that it had concluded an accord with the United States to accept product safety tests performed on either side of the Atlantic, removing impediments to more than $40 billion of trade. The ''mutual recognition agreements'' involve products ranging from electrical appliances to medical equipment that account for $40 billion to $50 billion worth of European-United States trade annually.