The Times Endorses McCain and Gore
Date: 05 March 2000
By Robert D. McFadden
Robert
New York Times endorses Sen John McCain in New York's March 7 Republican presidential primary and Vice Pres Al Gore in the Democratic primary; Newsday makes same endorsements; Daily News endorses Gore; New York Post endorses McCain (S)
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What Do You Do All Day?
Date: 05 March 2000
By Amy Finnerty
Amy Finnerty
Cokie Roberts, ABC News anchor, radio journalist and author, is followed hour by hour through an average workday; photo (M)
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What Do You Do All Day?
Date: 05 March 2000
By Amy Finnerty
Amy Finnerty
Paula Froelich, gossip columnist for New York Post, is followed hour by hour through an average workday; photo (M)
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Lockheed Deal To Sell F-16's
Date: 06 March 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Lockheed Martin Corp signs contract worth $6.4 billion to sell 80 advanced F-16 fighter jets to United Arab Emirates (S)
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General Electric Forms E-Commerce Division
Date: 06 March 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
General Electric Co forms electronic-commerce unit that will offer data exchange, purchasing software and services and trading-partner exchanges over Internet; GE hopes to tap business-to-business Internet market expected to rise to $1.3 trillion in 2003 (M)
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NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 05 March 2000
INTERNATIONAL 3-20 Mozambicans Criticize West's Reponse to Floods Some people in Mozambique have complained that Western nations have taken far too long to respond to the vast flood crisis there, with some suggesting that the delay has caused deaths. 8
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NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 06 March 2000
INTERNATIONAL A3-10 Israeli Cabinet Backs Plan to Leave Lebanon The government pledged to withdraw its soldiers by July from the embattled strip of southern Lebanon that they have occupied since 1982, preferably in the context of an accord with Syria. The resolution strengthens promises of a withdrawal made in the last eight months by Prime Minister Ehud Barak. A8
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National News Briefs; Black Employees Meet Over Issues at Coca-Cola
Date: 05 March 2000
About 500 current and former employees of Coca-Cola Co discuss possibility of a national boycott of company's products as they meet in Atlanta to talk about the company's treatment of blacks; meeting follows on news of company's plans to lay off 6,000 workers worldwide, including 2,500 in Atlanta (S)
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4 Charged With Robbery On a Subway Platform
Date: 06 March 2000
Michael Taylor, Richard Freeman, Cory G Bryant and James Freeman are accused of robbing Weldon Herring of $5 and bottle of cognac on subway platform in Coney Island section of Brooklyn; 3 of 4 accused men are current or former New York City employees (S)
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Cardinal Returns to Mass After 2 Weeks Away
Date: 06 March 2000
Cardinal John O'Connor returns to St Patrick's Cathedral for Sunday Mass after two-week, illness-related hiatus, sitting behind altar but not officiating (S)
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