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By John Estrella, Standard-Times staff writer
DARTMOUTH -- The mayors of New Bedford and Fall River yesterday announced a summit on economic development and education that will include 150 of the cities' leaders and the region's Congressional delegation.
The summit's organizers hope it will especially make an impression on Acting Gov. A. Paul Cellucci, who is facing a primary challenge on Tuesday but is the front-runner to win his party's nomination. He will likely be seeking political support in the region even as its agenda is formally outlined at the summit Sept. 29.
By Rachel G. Thomas, Standard-Times staff writer
NEW BEDFORD -- Democratic candidates for Bristol County sheriff took no prisoners last night during their hour-plus debate at the Zeiterion Theatre.
While the three contenders -- Joseph B. McIntyre, Robert St. Jean and Steven M. Walsh, each highlighted their qualifications and plans for the job, each also managed to sneak in a barb or two as they responded to questions from media panelists and each other.
Susan Pawlak-Seaman
The suspense will soon be over. Special Prosecutor Kenneth Starr has turned over the top-secret findings from his grand jury investigation of President Clinton to Congress.
Now, all We the People need do is sit back and wait. Wait for the leaks.
If past experience is any indicator, we won't have to wait long. Ever since the Prez first spoke of "That Woman" Monica ( and denied that he'd had anything to do with her), we've been gobbling up a steady stream of "confidential" testimony.
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NEW BEDFORD -- For the first time in nearly a decade, the New Bedford Whaling Museum has received a prestigious -- and lucrative -- $112,500 federal grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
Word of the award came yesterday from Sen. Edward M. Kennedy's office; a spokesman there said the Whaling Museum is one of 16 Massachusetts museums sharing $1.7 million in funding from the institute.
By Jack Stewardson, Standard-Times staff writer
NEWTON -- Walter W. Bonner, 87, who broke ground as one of the first black men to teach high school in New Bedford, died Tuesday at Newton Wellesley Hospital after a brief illness.
A Renaissance man of his day, Mr. Bonner (pictured at right) combined a passion for teaching, music and tennis to leave a lasting and indelible impression on generations of students with whom he came into contact.
By Pete Yost and John Solomon, Associated Press writers
WASHINGTON -- Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr's referral to Congress accuses President Clinton of perjury and obstruction of justice and provides a damaging portrayal of his contacts with Monica Lewinsky and Oval Office secretary Betty Currie, legal sources say.
Starr's report accuses Clinton of lying in portions of his Aug. 17 grand jury testimony as well as his Jan. 17 sworn testimony in the Paula Jones lawsuit, the sources said, speaking only on condition of anonymity.
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MOSCOW -- Boris Yeltsin stepped back from confrontation yesterday and named a compromise candidate for prime minister, defusing a power struggle that stalled efforts to rescue Russia's economy. His choice: Yevgeny Primakov, Russia's tough-talking foreign minister and a former spy chief.
Parliament, despite its hostility to Yeltsin, is expected to quickly approve Primakov even though he has little economic experience to face a nation impatient for a way out of its political and economic chaos.
WASHINGTON -- An experimental drug appears to alleviate depression by blocking a mysterious brain chemical -- one that until now, doctors didn't even know was at work in mental disorders.
The finding by Merck & Co., published in today's edition of the journal Science, could give doctors the first entirely new way to treat depression in decades, offering hope to patients who get no help from today's therapies such as Paxil and Prozac.
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia -- Swissair Flight 111 crashed into the ocean off Nova Scotia with such force that the impact registered at a regional seismic center, investigators said yesterday.
Only 2 percent of the aircraft has been retrieved so far, mostly small pieces that were floating on the surface of the Atlantic, said Vic Gerden, chief crash investigator.
BOSTON -- In a year when personal attacks and nasty campaigning have characterized some of the state's top races, the Democratic contest for governor is something even Miss Manners could love.
The race's front-runner, Attorney General Scott Harshbarger, has largely ignored his opponents in favor of targeting the acting governor, A. Paul Cellucci.
BOSTON -- Treasurer Joe Malone yesterday denied any role in digging up the credit reports of acting Gov. Paul Cellucci, his opponent in the race for the Republican gubernatorial nomination.
"Absolutely, I'm denying that we had anything to do with it," Malone said.
"Paul Cellucci, if he's got one shred of evidence ... ought to speak up," he said.
BARNSTABLE -- Cape Cod residents affected by aircraft fuel contamination from the Massachusetts Military Reservation are reacting with skepticism to a plan for cleaning up nearby cranberry bogs.
At a six-hour meeting between public officials and Air Force personnel Wednesday, some attendees opposed a proposal to use water from Round Pond in North Falmouth in cleaning up 57 acres of bogs.
NEW YORK -- The Dow industrials fell as much as 345 points Thursday as the glimmer of hope that energized the stock market just days ago was swept away by another wave of anxiety over the crises in Washington and the global economy.
Bargain hunters moved in just as the market neared the low point of last week's plunge, providing a late bounce. The Dow Jones industrial average finished 249.48 points lower at 7615.54, more than 1,700 points, or 18.4 percent, below the July 17 record of 9337.97.
WASHINGTON -- Negotiators for Northwest Airlines and its pilots put the finishing touches on a deal yesterday to end a strike that has grounded the airline for 13 days.
"I think the strike is over," President Clinton, who had spoken with leaders from the pilots' union and the company, announced at the White House.
NEW BEDFORD -- Two local, family-owned companies announced expansion plans in the Greater New Bedford Industrial Park yesterday.
Poyant Signs will leave its long-time home on Acushnet Avenue and move into the former Isotronics building, which it has bought, in the industrial park. The total investment is about $1.5 million.
Milhench Supply also announced plans to triple the size of its facility in the park, at a cost of about $500,000.
WASHINGTON -- Global economic turmoil pushed the broadest measure of the nation's trade deficit to a record high in the April-June quarter.
And foreigners are using earnings on their export sales to snap up U.S. assets, including government-guaranteed Treasury securities, a report from the Commerce Department showed yesterday.
By Sarah Guille, Standard-Times correspondent
What would you say if some one offered you a weekly trip to a quiet, serene retreat that would leave you refreshed and better able to face the hassles of life?
Most of us would say yes in a New York minute, and another chance to snatch some weekly renewal is coming soon, courtesy of the Shanti Van Yoga Center in South Dartmouth, which opens this weekend.
By Elizabeth Rau, New England Wire Service
When Val Tremblay died on March 15, 1995, after a long bout with hepatitis, his father, Rene Tremblay, was at his bedside in a hospital in Fort Myers, Fla., washing the crust off his only son's eyes and singing religious hymns.
A few days later, Tremblay returned home to Fall River with two things: his son's ashes and his 15 kites. One afternoon, he took the kites to Brenton Point State Park in Newport, R.I., where the father and son used to fly them together, and let the wind carry them high. Grains of Florida sand spilled from Val's kites onto the grassy hill dotted with dandelions. Tremblay tried not to cry.
Hiking the entire Appalachian Trail is a daunting task. Walking 2,160 miles in the woods in six months while carrying a heavy pack can make one feel far removed from modern conveniences, like showers, television and computers.
But nothing escapes the Web. There are sites catering to "through hikers," those who attempt to walk the entire trail, usually going from south to north, and to the less ambitious day hikers. This year's successful through hikers, who started in February or March, will be finishing in the days and weeks ahead.
On FridayBob Hanna
It is the year 2000 and what a year it's been in the NFL.
Peyton Manning and Ryan Leaf are both threatening to not just break Dan Marino's 14-year-old record of 48 touchdown passes in a single season, but obliterate it. Manning and Leaf have each thrown 44 TD passes with three games to go.
"It's exciting, isn't it?" beamed NFL acting commissioner Bob Kraft. "This is great for football and great for the country. The world is watching. The people in Indianapolis and San Diego should be very proud."
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FOXBORO -- New England Patriots coach Pete Carroll took a big step at giving his team an identity yesterday.
After claiming for three days that he wasn't concerned with his running back situation, Carroll abruptly named rookie Robert Edwards the starter for Sunday night's Foxboro Stadium home opener against the Indianapolis Colts.
By Steven Krasner, New England Sports Service
Mo Vaughn's No. 1 priority is to help the Boston Red Sox get into the playoffs and win the World Series.
His main value to the Red Sox is hitting home runs and driving in runs.
Vaughn, for the most part this season, has lived up to offensive expectations. He has 35 homers, which is a respectable total, even if Mark McGwire did just set a new standard with his 62nd.
By Bob Hanna, Standard-Times staff writer
DARTMOUTH -- UMass Dartmouth is on the move, and a very big part of that movement is its athletic program.
That was the message from Chancellor Dr. Peter H. Cressy yesterday in announcing the appointment of Robert W. Mullen as the new director of athletics at UMass Dartmouth.
Mullen comes to Dartmouth from La Salle University in Philadelphia, where he was athletic director for 12 years.
At one time or another we've heard boasts about somebody's property being located right next door to a nature preserve or open land held by a trust. "It's like we own it" was one comment heard recently. Real estate agents use it as a selling point, assuring home buyers that no new development will encroach on their peaceful surroundings.
Conversely, not knowing what might happen to a big piece of open land next door can be a worrisome experience, especially when the developers finally move in and change everything forever.
WASHINGTON
Nervous-Nellie candidates, hand-wringing opinion mongers, and parents doing a national slow burn should stop calling on President Clinton to resign. Quitting under 36 boxes of evidence is not The American Way.
Nor is it in Bill Clinton's character. The most authentic moment of his presidency was his defiant assertion last month of wrongdoing and victimhood. With no phony lip-biting or spurious apology, he delivered his essential message: I regret that I was caught, but it's my private life so get over it.
AUSTIN, Texas What a jumbled holiday weekend that was, marked by brilliant sports and miserable politics. There was Mark McGwire, so classy, so terrific -- the lovely gestures to the Maris family, his joy in his son, his delight in the birthday present for his dad, so grateful to St. Louis. You couldn't have asked for better.
And Sammy Sosa, what grace, what style -- especially the hilarious riff on the old "Saturday Night Live" routine, "Beisbol bin berry, berry good to me," at which he and McGwire collapsed in laughter. And special credit for supreme class goes to fan Mike Davidson and groundsman Tim Forneris, who simply gave the 61st and 62nd home run balls back to McGwire. The salute from the Blue Angels, the St. Louis fans cheering for Sosa -- all of it was perfect.
NEW YORK
A colleague here at the Urban League's national headquarters in New York told me this story: He had just left his home in Brooklyn on his way to the nearby subway stop when a man called to him from across the street. "Oh, sir! Oh, sir!" the man said.
My colleague crossed the street warily, since he didn't recognize the man. It was only when he got closer and saw that the man was holding out his right hand that he recognized him as the fellow who for months had been standing at the entrance to the subway stop asking people for "spare change. Anything at all." My coworker was one of those who every morning gave the man a dollar.
A kind of older-person's sex comedy called "Town and Country" -- an updated "Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice," in a way -- is currently being filmed. New Line will have the finished product on screens some time next summer.
"Town and Country" stars Warren Beatty, Diane Keaton, Goldie Hawn, and Garry Shandling. The director is Peter Chelsom, who also did "Hear My Song," "Funny Bones" and the Sharon Stone drama, "The Mighty."
The series premiere of "Living in Captivity" (8 p.m., Fox, TV-PG, L) begins with an affluent black couple (Curtis Cooke and his pregnant wife Tamara, played by Dondre T. Whitfield and Kira Arne) moving to the affluent, gated community of Woodland Heights. To their horror, they discover that they are the only black people in the community, and that their neighbors are just a little strange.
UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. -- Will Smith shared family secrets and Madonna nearly bared herself at yesterday's MTV Video Music Awards.
Smith, winner of the best male video for "Just the Two of Us," said it takes three to make his family life work: him, his wife, and his ex.
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