EXPLOSION AT THE TWIN TOWERS: Television; News Coverage Plays Central Role in Story
Date: 27 February 1993
By Elizabeth Kolbert
Elizabeth Kolbert
WNBC's Chuck Scarborough instructed people trapped in the World Trade Center to remove the ceiling tiles from their offices. WWOR-TV urged those stuck in the building to call the station and report their locations. And WCBS's Jim Jensen tried, in a conversation on the air, to reassure a worker trapped on the 107th floor. With a tremor in his voice, the worker, Scott Salem, said that the smoke in his office was getting worse and that the people trapped with him, especially one woman who was pregnant and having trouble breathing, were growing increasingly anxious. "We did break the window, because a lot of people were panicking," he said.
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Behind the New Apology From NBC
Date: 27 February 1993
By Bill Carter
Bill Carter
For the second time this month, NBC News has acknowledged on the air that pictures it used to illustrate a news story were inaccurate. But unlike the abject admission by NBC that it participated in the faking of evidence used in a report on General Motors trucks, NBC executives now say that a report on the clear-cutting of forests in Idaho, broadcast last month on the "NBC Nightly News," was a minor mistake. Betty Hudson, senior vice president of corporate communication for NBC, said the latest instance was "analagous to a newspaper miscaptioning a picture."
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INSIDE
Date: 27 February 1993
Economy Ended 1992 With Robust Growth The gross domestic product grew at the robust rate of 4.8 percent in the final three months of 1992, the best quarterly performance in five years and a full percentage point higher than initial estimates. Page 35. Judge Rebuffs Gay Group On St. Patrick's Parade A Federal judge ruled that New York City cannot order the Ancient Order of Hibernians to include a gay contingent in the annual St. Patrick's Day Parade up Fifth Avenue. The city will not appeal. Page 21. Bosnia Sees a Turning Point After hearing of American plans to airdrop relief supplies, many Bosnians said they sensed a major change in their plight. Page 5.
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Putting the Spin on the N.A.A.C.P.
Date: 27 February 1993
By Julian Bond
Julian Bond
To: Journalists and Pundits From: Media Central Re: N.A.A.C.P. This memo is prompted by the news that more than 75 people have applied to replace Benjamin Hooks as executive director of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and the speculation that Jesse Jackson is a leading candidate for the job.
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METRO DIGEST
Date: 27 February 1993
EXPLOSION AT THE WORLD TRADE CENTER: DEATH AND FEAR ROCK A LANDMARK An explosion apparently caused by a car bomb in an underground garage shook the World Trade Center in Lower Manhattan with the force of a small earthquake shortly after noon, collapsing walls and floors, igniting fires and plunging the city's largest building complex into a maelstrom of smoke, darkness and fearful chaos. The police said the blast killed at least five people and left 650 others injured. Page 1.
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PARKER SEEKS TO BUY PRUDENTIAL ENERGY RESERVES
Date: 27 February 1993
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Executives of the Parker & Parsley Petroleum Company have asked to meet next week with advisers of Prudential Securities Inc. to discuss buying $717 million worth of West Texas reserves. Prudential Securities owns reserves of about 47 million barrels of oil and 639 billion cubic feet of natural gas.
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Phibro Says Export Dispute Imperils Russia Oil Venture
Date: 27 February 1993
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
The White Nights joint venture in western Siberia faces bankruptcy unless it settles a dispute with Russian customs officials over oil export taxes, the chairman of Phibro Energy, the Salomon Inc. unit operating the project, said yesterday. White Nights is one of the first efforts by Western petroleum companies to extract oil from Russia. It has exported more than two million barrels since it began operating three oilfields in April 1991.
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NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 28 February 1993
International 3-21 IN MOSCOW, NEW DAY FOR HOUSING
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NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 27 February 1993
International 2-6 MORE IS URGED FOR EX-SOVIETS President Clinton declared that the U.S. must be willing to spend much more than planned to support democracy in the former Soviet republics. Documents indicate that he will ask for $700 million in aid next year for the republics, nearly doubling the $417 million allotted for this year. 1 NO LOGISTICAL AID ON AIRDROPS Secretary of State Christopher met with NATO foreign ministers to win support for the U.S. military operation to parachute food and medicine into remote areas of Bosnia and Herzegovina, but he failed to get new commitments of logistical help in carrying out the operation. 5 Bosnians are hoping that the airdrops will be turning point. 5 A new round of talks on Bosnia is to begin at the U.N. on Monday. 5 AN ANXIOUS CALM IN MOGADISHU Nigerian troops and U.S. marines in Somalia's capital occupied buildings from which sniper attacks had been launched, arrested suspected gunmen and seized weapons from buildings as an anxious calm returned to southern Mogadishu after two days of intense gunfire. 4 PANEL SUGGESTS REMEDIES FOR U.N. With new crises looming in many parts of the world, the U.N. must prepare for a substantial expansion of peacekeeping operations and put its financing on a sounder footing, an international panel of financial experts has recommended. 4 A DEPARTURE FOR KOREA'S CABINET The new President of South Korea, Kim Young Sam, surprised Koreans by announcing the appointment of relatively young Cabinet members who were drawn largely from universities, business and politics rather than from the military. 2 INDIA: WEAKNESSES ARE EXPOSED News analysis: By thwarting plans for an anti-Government rally by Hindu nationalists, the Prime Minister survived an important challenge. But he was also seen as having exposed weaknesses in his party and in his vision for a divided country. 3 IRAQIS BEAR WEIGHT OF SANCTIONS Two years after Iraqi forces were crushed by the U.S. and its allies, Iraqis are trying to overcome the effects of economic sanctions, which have created widespread shortages and sharp increase in prices. 4 National 7-9 CLINTON PLANS FOR LOANS Administration officials said President Clinton had decided to restructure the Federal student loan program in a way that offers people a chance to repay their debts through national service. 8 LIBRARY VISION DRAWS FIRE A plan by the Library of Congress to charge fees for computerized access to its 100-million-item collection has drawn protests from people concerned about restrictions on information, copyright infringement and unfair competition. 8 G.O.P. LAWMAKERS MEET Conservative themes were dominant as Republican members of Congress met for an annual meeting that seems to mix tent revival and chalkboard lectures. 8 HEAD OF HEALTH AGENCY QUITS Bernadine Healy announced her resignation after two stormy years as director of the National Institutes of Health. 8 RACE BARRIER FALLS IN TEXAS A 58-year-old man who is moving into a housing project in Vidor, Tex., is the first black resident since the 1920's in the town, which has a reputation of being a hotbed of Ku Klux Klan activity. 7 TRASH LED TO INQUIRY OF DOCTOR The new investigation of Dr. Jack Kevorkian got its start with a search of the garbage of one of his assistants by the leader of a militant anti-abortion group. 9 Testimony began in the Rodney King beating case. 7 A Navy gay-bashing case took a new twist. 9 Los Angeles teachers agreed to a pay cut, averting a strike. 7 The Navy began a series of "Star Wars" missile tests. 7 Religion Notes: the 10,000th circumcision. 9 Metro Digest 21 WORLD TRADE CENTER EXPLOSION An explosion apparently caused by a car bomb in an underground garage shook the World Trade Center in lower Manhattan with the force of a small earthquake, collapsing walls and floors, igniting fires and plunging the city's largest building complex into a maelstrom of smoke, darkness and fearful chaos. The police said the blast killed at least five people and injured more than 650 others. 1 TRAPPED INSIDE THE TOWER Minutes after the explosion, thousands of people in the World Trade Center knew they were in the grip of one of the most dreaded urban nightmares: they were in the city's tallest building and something was very wrong. 1 TRAFFIC SNARLS AND SMOKE The anxiety that began in lower Manhattan with the explosion grew infectious as the day grew long, generating a restless buzz throughout New York City. Traffic snarled to a standstill in lower Manhattan. Major arteries downtown closed and a half-dozen subway lines were rerouted. Nervous relatives jammed the 911 emergency lines. 1 Business Digest 35 Arts/Entertainment 11-15, 47 Art retaliates against Nazis. 11 An heir eyes Soviet Matisses. 11 NBC admits an inaccuracy. 47 Dance: Bavarian National Ballet. 11 Extended Dance Company. 15 Sports 28-32 Baseball: Schott visits Reds. 29 Hundley looks for better 1993. 31 Perez gets Yankees' opening-day assignment. 31 Basketball: Pistons defeat the Knicks. 29 Nets lose again, this time to Trail Blazers. 30 Column: Rhoden on track. 29 Football: Wilber Marshall feels like a free-agency victim. 32 Hockey: Islanders regret passing up their chances. 32 Obituaries 27 Robert Triffin, an economist in the debate on the monetary system. Beaumont Newhall, a historian of photography. Eren Ozker, an actress. George N. Marshall, a leading minister in the Unitarian Church. Editorials/Op-Ed 18-19 Editorials Mr. Wilder's bulletproof vest. A boost for RU486. Iran's Nuremberg laws. The Court slows property seizures. Letters Vibhuti Patel: India's days of rage. Walter Reich: Shame on the Dutch. Richard Blow: The trouble with tankers. Julian Bond: Putting the spin on the N.A.A.C.P.
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COMPANY NEWS;
First Union to Acquire Bank Tied to B.C.C.I.
Date: 27 February 1993
By Richard Ringer
Richard Ringer
The First Union Corporation signed an agreement yesterday to acquire the largest remaining subsidiary of First American Bankshares Inc., the company embroiled in the Bank of Credit and Commerce International scandal.
First Union, based in Charlotte, N.C., agreed to pay $453 million in cash for the First American Metro Corporation, which operates three banks with $4 billion of deposits in Washington, Virginia and Maryland.
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