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Date: 08 February 1997
By GERALDINE FABRIKANT
Board of Tele-Communications Inc appoints Leo J Hindery Jr president, title that was previously held by John C Malone, chairman and chief executive; in recent years, Malone has withdrawn from daily management, leaving that responsibility with Brendan Clouston, president of company's giant cable operations; photo of Malone (M)
Date: 08 February 1997
By MATTHEW L. WALD
US Air Force, after another encounter between military jets and passenger planes, suspends all its flights, including Air National Guard's, in areas off East Coast reserved for military use until its pilots can review rules on how close military planes may approach civilian airliners; FAA orders its controllers in New York, Washington and Jacksonville, Fla, to restudy those same rules; military investigators, FAA and National Transportation Safety Board are also reviewing rules and procedures to see whether any changes are warranted; in most recent incident, pilot of American Eagle commuter plane bound for Kennedy International Airport from Raleigh, NC, reported that four Air National Guard F-16's based at Andrews Air Force Base, near Washington, passed above and below his plane as it was heading north just off Maryland coast; photos (M)
Date: 08 February 1997
By ERIC SCHMITT
Immigration and Naturalization Service reports that estimated number of immigrants living in United Staste illegally has increased about 1.1 million people, to total of 5 million people in last four years; in response to growing popular resentment against illegal immigrants, Pres Clinton last year signed into law a Republican-sponsored bill that cracked down on undocumented foreigners, in part by hiring more agents for United States Border Patrol; tables show top countries of origin and estimated number of undocumented residents in October 1996, and states with largest number of undocumented residents in October 1996 (M)
Date: 08 February 1997
By TARIK EL-BASHIR
Comment on New York Rangers' acquisition of Mike Eastwood in trade with Phoenix Coyotes (S)
Date: 08 February 1997
By JOHN T. McQUISTON
Sophisticated DNA tests help identify 216th victim of TWA Flight 800 crash; 29-year-old James H Hurd 3d of Maryland was traveling to Paris to meet girlfriend and family when plane crashed last year (S)
Date: 08 February 1997
By STEVEN GREENHOUSE
New York City PBA hires Louis Matarazzo, veteran labor lawyer and negotiator for sanitation workers, to help end impasse with Mayor Rudolph Giuliani (S)
Date: 08 February 1997
By WILLIAM C. RHODEN
Sports of The Times interview with Saundra Smith, mother of Olympic runner Allen Johnson, on challenge of keeping up public interest in track and field between Olympic years; photo (S)
Date: 08 February 1997
LVHM Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA is close to agreement with Robert Miller, billionaire, to buy his 38.75 percent stake in DFS Group Inc (S)
Date: 08 February 1997
Cable and Wireless PLC pulls out of its German telecommunications alliance with Veba AG and receives 2.21 billion marks, or $1.3 billion, for its share in venture, leaving Veba and RWE AG, group's other member, to seek new international partner (S)