George Starbuck, Wry Poet, Is Dead at 65
Date: 17 August 1996
By ROBERT McG. THOMAS Jr
George Starbuck, wry poet, died on Aug 15 at age 65; photo (L)
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Noticias tal como aparecieron en la portada del New York Times el 16 de agosto de 1996
2 Yeltsin Aides In a Showdown Over Chechnya
Date: 17 August 1996
By ALESSANDRA STANLEY
Pres Boris N Yeltsin's national security adviser, Aleksandr I Lebed, launches his boldest challenge to Yeltsin administration by demanding dismissal of Interior Minister, Anatoly S Kulikov, who was reappointed to Cabinet only day earlier; returning from his second round of talks with rebel leaders in Chechnya, Lebed calls Kulikov, one of two top Russian generals leading war in secessionist republic, an inept 'Napoleon' bent on more death and destruction; photo (M)
Mollen Commission Report Is Quoted in Civil Rights Suit
Date: 17 August 1996
By ADAM NOSSITER
Three current and former officers in corruption-ridden 30th Police Precinct in Washington Heights section of Manhattan, in an unusual civil rights lawsuit being heard in Federal District Court, Manhattan, are accused of punching, hitting, kicking and wrongly arresting Willie Mae King and her son, Michael, in Harlem in 1991; to bolster their case against officer and the city, lawyers for mother and son have enlisted aid of Mollen Commission report, celebrated 1994 report on police corruption and brutality crucial to investigation into 30th Precinct; mother and son were both charged with assault and resisting arrest in 1991 incident, charges that were later dismissed; one of the officers, Joseph Walsh, has pleaded guilty to Federal civil rights charges in incident unrelated to Kings' suit and has left the department; other officers, John McGrath and Robin Godwin, have not been charged with criminal wrongdoing and remain on the job (L)
A Revival of Interest In the Virgin Mary
Date: 17 August 1996
By GUSTAV NIEBUHR
University of Dayton's Marian Library, which calls itself repository of world's largest collection of printed materials on Virgin Mary, says there is renewed interest in the subject--90,000 books and pamphlets in all (L)
Postal Gunman Ordered Held
Date: 17 August 1996
By SARAH KERSHAW
Postal Service employee Danny Isku, accused of shooting his supervisor at main post office in Paterson, NJ, is ordered held without bail by Federal judge in Newark, NJ; Isku shot his supervisor in the hand on Aug 15 (New Jersey Daily Briefing) (S)
Payment Accord For Joint Venture
Date: 17 August 1996
British Aerospace will pay 80 million pounds ($123 million) to Lagardere Groupe of France as part of previously announced agreement to form joint venture that the companies say will be Europe's biggest guided-weapons business (S)
A Roenick Trade Is Made, but Not to Isles
Date: 17 August 1996
By JASON DIAMOS
Chicago Blackhawks trade rights to Jeremy Roenick, resticted free agent, to Phoenix Coyotes; New York Islanders' General Manager Mike Milbury terms his team's chances of acquiring Roenick 'dormant,' if not dead'; in exchange for Roenick's rights, Blackhawks obtain Aleksei Zhamnov, Craig Mills and Phoenix's first-round selection in next summer's draft; Roenick still has to come to terms with Coyotes, formerly the Winnipeg Jets (M)
Bosnian Rulers Are Terrorizing The Opposition
Date: 17 August 1996
By MIKE O'CONNOR
Senior NATO officers and international monitors warn that opposition party members in Bosnia are being terrorized and beaten by agents of Muslim-dominated Govt in campaign of intimidation that further erodes any pretense of fairness in coming local and parliamentary elections; opposition leaders in some towns, reeling under offensive of detentions, interrogations, public assaults on party supporters and attacks on political rallies, say it has become nearly impossible to organize or conduct a campaign for Sept 14 elections; map (M)
For a Rabbi, Doing Good Is Doing Well
Date: 17 August 1996
By DAVID GONZALEZ
About New York column on Rabbi Israel Shemtov, founder of a Lubavitch Hasidim neighborhood patrol in Crown Heights section of Brooklyn, NY; focuses on his good deeds, including rescuing a woman he found bleeding on street from gunshot wound three years ago and talking distraught man out of jumping off Brooklyn Bridge on Aug 12; holds Rabbi Shemtov admits that he has been arrested 'many times' for obstructing government administration, but is proud of his community service (L)
Mexico to Dismiss 737 From National Police
Date: 17 August 1996
Mexico Atty Gen Antonio Lozano, responding to criticism of persistent corruption in one of Mexico's national law enforcement agencies, says he is dismissing more than 700 commanders and agents--about one in every six officers (S)