Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service articles from September 1999

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service archives from September 1999

Wanted: A voice of reason after Butler's death.
September 30, 1999... Suddenly the flea circus at Miami City Hall isn't so amusing. The gymnastic backstabbing, the paranoia-laced politics, the clumsy corruption... how petty and pale it suddenly seems. Now there's a crisis that looms even larger and...

Biannual exams can curb animal ailments.
September 30, 1999... As cooler weather approaches, some of our senior citizens will ``feel the cold in their bones.'' In this case, I'm not talking about Grandma or Great Uncle Phil; I'm referring to our pets. While age itself is not a disease, aging pets...

The Networked Home: Soon you can control every light, sprinkler head and coffee pot in your house from a single PC. And you won't need to drill holes to do it.
September 30, 1999... The future, at long last, is now. Or almost now. For years, the gods of high technology have teased us mortals --piece-mealing us with personal computers one year, the Internet another, with video cameras, high-definition TV, music and...

Kids shouldn't kiss off `old people'.
September 29, 1999... We were walking past the meat counter, en route to a jug of milk, when my son hit me with one of Those Questions. If you're a parent, the term needs no definition. If not, suffice it to say that Those Questions invariably come out of...

Barefoot and pregnant, politics hurts population control.
September 27, 1999... The following editorial appeared in the Miami Herald on Fridat, 9-24: X X X Six billion and growing. By Oct. 12 the United Nations Population Fund estimates that the world population will hit that mark, having doubled since 1960....

Psychologist: Gays help perpetuate race.
September 27, 1999... Psychologist Frank Muscarella, an associate professor at Barry University, has come to a conclusion that at first seems to be a contradiction: Homosexuality helps perpetuate the human race and other species. ''The theory holds that...

Thousands of troops are discharged every year because of psychiatric problems.
September 27, 1999... At a time when the military is desperate to fill its thinning ranks, the services are dismissing thousands of young troops each year because of pre-existing psychiatric conditions, statistics show. The military last year officially...

Bombs go off, hurt 3 at Lowe's stores.
September 24, 1999... CHARLOTTE, N.C. _ Investigators combed through home-improvement superstores in Salisbury and Asheboro on Thursday, trying to determine who set off powerful bombs that injured at least three people. The two bombs went off almost...

Environment may be casualty of Floyd.
September 24, 1999... WILMINGTON, N.C. _ The Cape Fear River spat the foul remains of Hurricane Floyd into the Atlantic on Thursday. Trails of foam separated the light-green ocean water near Bald Head Island from the chocolate-brown flowing downstream of...

Former GOP governor endorses Texas governor for president.
September 24, 1999... COLUMBIA, S.C. _ Republican presidential candidate George W. Bush flew into Columbia Thursday to pick up the endorsement of former GOP Gov. Carroll Campbell at a boisterous airport rally. ``He still has got a lot of standing in this...

Waccamaw River crests at near 18 feet.
September 24, 1999... CONWAY, S.C. _ The flooded Waccamaw River crested at near 18 feet Thursday in Longs, a community just upstream from Conway. But officials now predict a lower flood crest in Conway on Tuesday, than the 17 feet originally forecast. However,...

AIDS threatens anew; latest findings underscore need to combat complacency.
September 24, 1999... The following editorial appeared in the Miami Herald on Thursday, 9-23: X X X New AIDS research suggests that the epidemic's history soon could repeat itself. Remember? AIDS went from being largely ignored when it first surfaced in...

Four guards involved in Valdes kicked out of state-owned housing.
September 23, 1999... TALLAHASSEE, Fla. _ Four correctional officers under investigation in the beating death of inmate Frank Valdes got more bad news Wednesday: The prison system is evicting them from state-owned housing. The guards got hand-delivered...

Families displaced by flood move into village of trailers.
September 23, 1999... ROCKY MOUNT, N.C. _ Sunday it was an empty field of grass and mud in the Fountain Industrial Park. Wednesday, Mattie Jones moved in, one of the first residents of a travel-camper community that will likely be home for hundreds of flood...

Storm victims urged to seek FEMA aid now.
September 23, 1999... COLUMBIA, S.C. _ President Clinton's disaster declaration Tuesday opened federal assistance to thousands of South Carolinians suffering the effects of Hurricane Floyd. Homeowners, renters, landlords and businesses in Charleston,...

Allen University to receive $300,000 grant for technology.
September 23, 1999... COLUMBIA, S.C. _ Allen University has landed on cloud nine with news of a $300,000 grant that will boost its science program into the space age. The United Negro College Fund and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration...

Clinton at the United Nations: Being a billion-dollar deadbeat diminishes U.S. clout.
September 23, 1999... The following editorial appeared in the Miami Herald on Wednesday, 9-22: X X X When the president of the United States addresses the U.N. General Assembly, as President Clinton did Tuesday, he gets attention. The United States is,...

Colombia to permit oil drilling on Indian lands over tribe's protests.
September 22, 1999... BOGOTA, Colombia _ An Indian tribe that has threatened to jump off a 1,400-foot Andean cliff in a collective suicide if oil development proceeds on ancestral lands got some bad news Tuesday: Exploratory oil drilling will go ahead. ...

S. Floridians should see sunshine, warm temperatures and relatively dry air.
September 22, 1999... MIAMI _ Wednesday is our reward for Tuesday. After enduring a moist and miserable Tuesday that could have been a lot worse, South Floridians should see sunshine, warm temperatures and relatively dry air Wednesday. ``After what we've...

Emergency workers brace for what may be worst flooding along the river.
September 22, 1999... MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. _ Emergency officials in charge of saving lives and protecting property in Horry and Brunswick counties say they are exhausted, but are pacing themselves as they prepare for the what are thought to be the worst flooding in...

Growing trend of mixing drugs leads to wave of deaths.
September 22, 1999... MIAMI _ Volatile mixes of hard-core drugs are killing a mounting number of people in Miami-Dade County. The latest casualty was a ``rave'' party-goer found Monday in his Coconut Grove hotel room, along with two unconscious friends....

Exorcising ghosts at Army School of the Americas; don't kill a good program for the wrong reasons.
September 22, 1999... The following editorial appeared in the Miami Herald on Tuesday, 9-21: X X X Well-meaning protesters, many of them religious and human-rights activists, regularly call for closing the U.S. Army School of the Americas. The school's...

`White Rose,' by Amy Ephron; Morrow (240 pages, $23).
September 22, 1999... In well-timed keeping with a new interest in all things Cuban, Amy Ephron has produced a fictional account of the exploits _ and, some would say, exploitation _ of Evangelina Cisneros, an 1890s Cuban revolutionary glorified in her time by...

Surgeon performs operation on beating heart.
September 22, 1999... PASCAGOULA, Miss. _ A Pascagoula surgeon has performed Singing River Hospital's first beating heart bypass surgery. On Aug. 31, Dr. David B. Allen completed what is known as an off-pump coronary bypass surgery on 74-year-old Ora Mae...

Newspaper serial presents challenge for kids' author.
September 22, 1999... Like a lot of kids, Josh Wilkinson is unhappy about having to move when his mother remarries. He leaves the flatlands of Virginia for hilly, chilly Vermont and has trouble making friends among the clannish boys in his small-town school. One...

Unless your gee-whiz factor is high, Palm VII may not be right for you.
September 22, 1999... If the gee-whiz factor ranks high in your computer-purchasing decisions, then 3COM's latest handheld _ the Palm VII _ will be on your Christmas wish list. But if you rarely travel and don't need ATM locations, stock quotes or flight...

Gate's open for black kids.
September 22, 1999... Bill Gates just made me look like a dope. I couldn't be happier. Back in June, I used the Microsoft mogul and his $90 billion personal fortune as the jumping off point for a rant about acquisition. There is, I argued, something soulless...

SATs don't measure key qualities.
September 21, 1999... OK, dear readers, put on your thinking caps. You have 15 seconds to answer this: A salesman's monthly gross pay consists of $1,200 plus 20 percent of the dollar amount of his sales. If his gross pay for one month was $2,500, what was the...

Moral of this story: Stand firm, parents.
September 21, 1999... The following is ``Parenting at its Best'' _ a true tale of parenting courage under fire. Kate and Will (not their real names) have three children, the middle of whom is an 11-year-old girl with a mind of her own. Not long ago, this...

Kansas educators vow to continue teaching evolution.
September 20, 1999... HAYS, Kan. _ With the roar of a life-size animatronic Tyrannosaurus Rex echoing in the background, Kansas biology teachers issued a loud statement of their own Saturday: They vowed to continue teaching evolution in the classroom, despite its...

Try a variety of fruits and vegetables to help reduce your risk of cancer.
September 20, 1999... It's well-documented that fruits and vegetables contain cancer-fighting substances, according to the American Institute for Cancer Research. For maximum health benefits, eat a variety of fruits and vegetables of different colors. ...

For college students, education seems to be a means to an end.
September 20, 1999... The parking lots are full, the elevators are full, the dorms are full and so are the classes. The college students are back, and a pragmatic bunch they are. They're attending college so they can get a good job and make more money. They...

Around the NFC.
September 18, 1999... RESTED LEGS DALLAS _ The new Randy Moss figures to be a more rested receiver for the Minnesota Vikings in 1999. Moss emerged as the NFL's premier deep threat as a rookie in 1998, and it was by design. Offensive coordinator Brian...

Around the AFC.
September 18, 1999... SEASON NOT OVER DALLAS _ Bill Parcells is heavily into the us-versus-the-world mentality as his New York Jets prepare for life-after-Vinny Testaverde. The Jets lost the defending AFC passing champion for the season with an Achilles'...

Corruption, terrorism in Russia causing worry among Americans.
September 18, 1999... WASHINGTON _ An epic corruption scandal and a string of deadly terrorist bombings have pitched Russia into turmoil and fueled fears that its troubled transition toward democracy may not succeed. As Russia prepares for key parliamentary...

Ricky Williams named starter for Saints game against 49ers.
September 18, 1999... NEW ORLEANS _ New Orleans Saints running back Ricky Williams, who has been hobbled by a sprained ankle all week, will get a chance to play in his home state after all. On Friday, coach Mike Ditka named Williams the starter for Sunday's...

A win by Miami over Penn State means another hurricane warning.
September 18, 1999... CORAL GABLES, Fla. _ Legitimate national championship talk begins this week. And the fact that part of that conversation will include Saturday's 3:30 p.m. showdown between the eighth-ranked University of Miami (2-0) and No. 3 Penn State...

People in the news.
September 18, 1999... WHOA! DID I SAY THAT? While everyone else is buzzing about Interview magazine's splashy 30th Anniversary Issue, Keanu Reeves might need a rock to hide under. Or maybe another ``Matrix'' to get lost in. Why? A quote from way back when,...

Russia, seeking answers in wave of attacks, detains thousands.
September 18, 1999... MOSCOW _ Showing signs of excessive zeal if not mounting frustration, Russian authorities have detained at least 11,000 people as they search for those responsible for a wave of deadly terrorist explosions. Only a relative few of those...

Clinton eases economic restrictions against North Korea.
September 18, 1999... WASHINGTON _ President Clinton ordered sanctions lifted Friday for commercial trade with North Korea, hoping his gesture will solidify a tentative promise by Pyongyang to refrain from testing long-range missiles and eventually open the way to...

49ers' Winfred Tubbs will meet his old mates on Sunday.
September 18, 1999... NEW ORLEANS _ There's no doubt the New Orleans Saints missed Winfred Tubbs last season. But at the same time, Tubbs may have missed the Saints just as much. In 1997, with Tubbs playing middle linebacker, the Saints had the NFL's...

Mexico City mayor to run for president.
September 18, 1999... MEXICO CITY _ Amid a continuing crime wave and low popularity, Mexico City Mayor Cuauhtemoc Cardenas defended this city's first democratically elected government Friday while announcing he would soon resign to campaign for president. ...

Pat Buchanan to shift emphasis along with party.
September 18, 1999... WASHINGTON _ Whether out of pique or principle, Pat Buchanan has jolted the political system by talking of bolting the Republican Party to run for president on the Reform Party ticket. Unable to generate anything approaching the support...

How to find archive art.
September 18, 1999... Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service Entertainment Budget for Friday, September 17, 1999 KRT News Desk: 202-383-6080 Entertainment Editor: John Price, 202-383-6083 KRT Photo Service: 202-383-6099 KRT Graphics Network:...

How to find archive art.
September 18, 1999... Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Lifestyle and Entertainment Recap Budget for xxxday, xxx xx, 1999 KRT News Desk: 202-383-6080 Lifestyle Editor: Brent Bierman, 202-383-6082 Entertainment and Travel Editor: John Price,...

Muslims again threatening boycott of firms over their stance on Israel.
September 18, 1999... RAMALLAH, West Bank _ As new Israeli-Palestinian peace talks begin, Arab and Muslim activists from Iran to California are reviving the threat of economic boycott in an effort to strengthen the Palestinian bargaining position. The Walt...

Deal no thrill to DaimlerChrysler workers.
September 18, 1999... UAW leaders from DaimlerChrysler AG will meet this weekend in Troy, Mich., to discuss the tentative contract that emerged Thursday after marathon negotiations. On Monday they will brief local union leaders, who will provide details to...

THE NATION.
September 18, 1999... Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Add to News Budget for Friday, Sept. 17, 1999 KRT News Desk: 202-383-6080, news(AT)krtinfo.com News desk supervisor: Nation & World Editor Sharon Buck, 202-383-6087, sbuck(AT)krtinfo.com ...

THE WORLD.
September 18, 1999... Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Add to News Budget for Friday, Sept. 17, 1999 KRT News Desk: 202-383-6080, news(AT)krtinfo.com News desk supervisor: Nation & World Editor Sharon Buck, 202-383-6087, sbuck(AT)krtinfo.com ...

Federal judge blocks anti-abortion law in Missouri.
September 18, 1999... JEFFERSON CITY. Mo. _ Less than a day after Missouri's latest anti-abortion law took effect, a federal judge on Friday shelved it _ at least for now. U.S. District Judge Scott O. Wright issued a 10-day restraining order against the...

CLINTON EASES ECONOMIC RESTRICTIONS AGAINST NORTH KOREA.
September 18, 1999... Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service News Budget for Friday, September 17, 1999 KRT News Desk: 202-383-6080, news(AT)krtinfo.com News desk supervisor: Assistant News Editor Beau Dure, 202-383-6146, bdure(AT)krtinfo.com KRT...

More than 200,000 farm animals missing in action in North Carolina.
September 18, 1999... With 1,500 hogs already drowned in hurricane floodwaters and thousands more stranded without food and water, state officials are gearing up to get farmers to their animals Saturday. ``More than 200,000 (farm animals) are estimated to be...

MEDIA FOCUSES MORE ATTENTION ON HURRICANE THAN CHURCH SHOOTING.
September 18, 1999... Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service News Budget for papers of Sunday, September 19, 1999 KRT News Desk: 202-383-6080, news(AT)krtinfo.com Sunday news supervisor: Karen Kirk, 202-383-3734, ddevore(AT)krtinfo.com KRT Photo...

Michigan State's Lloyd Clemons breaks into the lineup.
September 18, 1999... SOUTH BEND, Ind. _ If Michigan State's Lloyd Clemons identifies with any NFL running back, it's Ron Rivers of the Lions. It seems they're kindred spirits. Like Rivers, Clemons is succeeding a back with an unusual ability to make tacklers...

Vanguard board says founder can stay as he decides to leave anyway.
September 18, 1999... Vanguard founder John C. Bogle said Friday he will leave the mutual fund company's board at the end of the year, even though the other directors waived the mandatory retirement policy for him. The announcement marked a change of mind for...

High school students remember one who died, one who survived.
September 18, 1999... WHITE SETTLEMENT, Texas _ Colorful banners decorated the Brewer High School gym. The band was there, and so was the choir. But Friday's gathering of 1,200 Brewer students was far from a typical pep rally. It was held to remember slain...

Michigan's unsaid mission for Syracuse: Make Orange see red.
September 18, 1999... DETROIT _ Michigan says it isn't looking for revenge against Syracuse. And after being thumped by the Orangemen last season, the Wolverines sure didn't look like they needed revenge. Therapy, maybe. But not revenge. Saturday night at the...

Notre Dame hopes to beef up inside attack.
September 18, 1999... SOUTH BEND, Ind. _ Tony Fisher is averaging 6.4 yards a carry in Notre Dame's first three games this season. Not bad. One Irish hero of yore, Emil (Six-Yard) Sitko, earned a nickname with that average. The major difference is that...

Y2K fears worse than the actual bug, Greenspan says.
September 18, 1999... Fears about the Year 2000 computer problem are likely to do more damage to the economy than the millennium bug itself, Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said Friday. Stockpiling of money and goods by consumers is a potential threat...

Lions finally have a goal for which to play.
September 18, 1999... DETROIT _ The Lions already have accomplished the improbable. They will try Sunday to accomplish what _ to them, at least _ has been almost impossible. They will try to open the season with back-to-back victories. Only once in the...

Federal panel to decide Joe's Stone Crab discrimination case.
September 18, 1999... It is now up to a three-judge federal appeals panel to determine whether one of South Florida's landmark restaurants, Joe's Stone Crab on Miami Beach, discriminated against women in a decision that could affect hiring practices at fine-dining...

Andean condors more successful in modern age than California cousins.
September 18, 1999... YAMPARAEZ, Bolivia _ Gliding silently overhead, black wingtips spread like fingers against a blue Andean sky, a dozen condors drift down a few thousand feet from the thermals they had been riding, wanting a closer look. Nearby, a dead...

Conservative Republicans frustrated over pragmatic party.
September 18, 1999... WASHINGTON _ Since their takeover of Congress five years ago, Republicans have become an unhappy majority, seething with internal conflict and angry at an impeached president who often checks their legislative ambitions. The...

Brian Moehler gets nod in stadium finale.
September 18, 1999... BOSTON _ And for the Tiger Stadium finale, the stage is yours, Mr. Moehler. ``It's exciting _ it should be a lot of fun,'' Brian Moehler said Friday after manager Larry Parrish announced he would start a week from Monday against Kansas...

Death Row inmate Frank Valdes family plans wrongful death lawsuit.
September 18, 1999... TALLAHASSEE, Fla. _ The family of Death Row inmate Frank Valdes has put Gov. Jeb Bush on notice that it plans to file a wrongful death lawsuit against the state as a result of Valdes's apparent beating death two months ago at Florida State...

Miami has not been kind to Penn State.
September 18, 1999... STATE COLLEGE, Pa. _ Penn State goes on the road for the first time this season when it visits Miami this afternoon and if the past is prologue, the Nittany Lions are in for a rough ride. The third-ranked Lions (3-0) tangle with the...

Aging Syrian leaders grooming his son to succeed him.
September 18, 1999... DAMASCUS, Syria _ The cellular telephone craze has reached Syria. Unfortunately, cellular telephones have not. Clever lookalikes in shop windows turn out to be no more than extension phones, the devices against people's ears just limited...

Ex-contra rebels seize key highway junctions over government-promised land.
September 18, 1999... MANAGUA, Nicaragua _ Thousands of armed ex-contra rebels, angry at what they say is the government's failure to deliver land promised in a treaty that ended Nicaragua's civil war in 1990, seized two key highway junctions in the early morning...

Eviction notice slapped on wrong door.
September 18, 1999... MIAMI _ After Rosa Pierce left her home Thursday morning to take her husband to work, a team of men broke into her home and changed all the locks. One man toting a weapon was a Broward Sheriff's deputy, who took his orders from a bank...

Chris Chandler has not been ruled out of Falcons Monday Night game yet, as Tony Graziani prepares to start.
September 18, 1999... SUWANEE, Ga. _ Chris Chandler, limited to light jogging, stretching and throwing with team trainer Ron Medlin during practice Thursday, obviously was not ready to start for the Falcons in Monday night's game at Dallas. But what are...

Penn State, Miami series hasn't been boring.
September 18, 1999... STATE COLLEGE, Pa. _ Say this for the Penn State-Miami series, very few of the 11 games have been boring. In fact, a disproportionate number of the games had long-lasting ramifications. You could make a case that five of the 11 games have...

Auburn meets LSU.
September 18, 1999... BATON ROUGE, La. _ Auburn senior tailback Rusty Williams vividly remembers his first run from the opposing locker room to the sideline at LSUs Tiger Stadium. His forward progress was greatly hastened by the live tiger snarling at him...

Pele finally reveals reason for skipping 1974 World Cup.
September 18, 1999... For a quarter-century soccer's favorite game of ``What If?'' has centered around Pele's decision to sit out the 1974 World Cup in West Germany. Would Brazil with Pele, hero of the country's 1958, 1962 and 1970 World Cup triumphs, have...

Former professor turns dream to reality on Senior PGA Tour.
September 18, 1999... DALLAS _ It's an old story, really. Man quits a good, steady job to pursue his dream on the Senior PGA Tour. Except Don Ryan left his 30-year career as a college English professor not to play, but to carry a 40-pound golf bag as a caddie....

Clinton Administration, IMF scramble to avoid connection with chaos in Russia.
September 18, 1999... WASHINGTON _ As federal investigators continue their probe into the Bank of New York and an alleged Russian money laundering operation, Clinton administration and International Monetary Fund officials are scrambling to avoid getting tagged...

Pizza Hut tries out 50-cent delivery fee.
September 18, 1999... Next time you order a Pizza Hut delivery, don't be surprised if you're charged an additional 50 cents. Pizza Hut Inc., the nation's largest pizza chain, began test-marketing a 50-cent delivery charge last week at 10 of its Dallas-Fort...

FELIX & OSCAR _ THE ODD COUPLE.
September 18, 1999... Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Sports Budget for Friday, September 17, 1999 KRT News Desk: 202-383-6080, news(AT)krtinfo.com KRT Sports Desk: 202-383-6091, gclay(AT)krtinfo.com KRT Photo Service: 202-383-6099,...

CLINTON ADMINISTRATION, IMF SCRAMBLE TO AVOID LINK WITH CHAOS IN RUSSIA.
September 18, 1999... Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service News Budget for papers of Sunday, September 19, 1999 KRT News Desk: 202-383-6080, news(AT)krtinfo.com Sunday news supervisor: Karen Kirk, 202-383-3734, ddevore(AT)krtinfo.com KRT Photo...

Media focuses more attention on hurricane than church shooting.
September 18, 1999... You might have missed it, but late Wednesday as much of the nation was focused on Hurricane Floyd's serpentine crawl up the eastern seaboard, eight people were shot to death in a church in Fort Worth, Texas, the latest casualties in a flood...

Floyd leaves flooding behind; S.C. officials mobilize.
September 18, 1999... CONWAY, S.C. _ With Hurricane Floyd out of the way, the focus of emergency response officials turned Friday to serious flooding they expect along the Waccamaw River and area creeks. Steps were being taken to sandbag the county...

American flight attendants reject contract.
September 18, 1999... FORT WORTH, Texas _ American Airlines' flight attendants have overwhelmingly rejected a proposed contract, disregarding the endorsement of their union's officers and negotiators. Officials with the Association of Professional Flight...

Hurricane Floyd makes New Hampshire trek an adventure.
September 18, 1999... LOUDON, N.H. _ You know that hurricane the local TV weather crowd lost this week? I found it. Or, I should say, it found me Thursday, somewhere above Baltimore. All of those nightly news goofs were standing in driving rain with...

At the shooting site, an outpouring of grief and love.
September 18, 1999... FORT WORTH, Texas _ Tears streamed down Cynthia Haynes' face Friday as she watched a steady stream of well-wishers visit the makeshift memorial under the Wedgwood Baptist Church sign. Some left flowers; others chose teddy bears or cards....

Facing Texas Tech again, North Texas recalls a glory day.
September 18, 1999... DENTON, Texas _ Vinny Patterson envisioned great things ahead for the North Texas football program early in the 1997 season. As a starting sophomore offensive tackle, he helped ]the Eagles, 32-point underdogs, shock Texas Tech, 30-27, in...