On Divided Isle of Cyprus, Missile Deal Widens Rift
Date: 18 January 1997
By CELESTINE BOHLEN
Hopes for breakthrough in crisis in Cyprus have faded since Greek Cypriot Government announced plans to buy antiaircraft missiles and Turkey, protector of Turkish part of island, threatened to react militarily if missiles were deployed; some political analysts suspect that Greek Cypriot Government sought to stoke tensions, indicating its increasing impatience with efforts to resolve standoff that has existed since 1974; map (M)
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Mother Sentenced for Killings
Date: 18 January 1997
By TERRY PRISTIN
Maria Dolores Montalvo of Union Beach, NJ, is sentenced to two 50-year prison terms for killing her two infants in 1994 by setting her car on fire while they were inside (New Jersey Daily Briefing) (S)
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Douglas Greenwald, 83, Editor And Economist for McGraw-Hill
Date: 18 January 1997
By DANA CANEDY
Douglas Greenwald, retired chief of economics for publications unit of McGraw-Hill Companies and editor in chief of McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Economics, dies at age of 83 (M)
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Cosby Son Remembered for His Modest Style
Date: 18 January 1997
By CHARISSE JONES
Friends and acquaintances of Ennis Cosby, murdered son of Bill Cosby, describe him as modest, polite young man who refused to trade on his father's name; say older Cosby had special bond with Ennis, his only son; Ennis, 27, was doctoral student and tutoring learning disabled students at time of his death; photo (M)
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2 Drug Chiefs Are Given Light Terms in Colombia
Date: 18 January 1997
Leaders of Cali drug ring, Miguel and Gilberto Rodriguez Orejuela, are sentenced to prison terms of 9 and 10 years, repectively, by judge in Cali; ring was believed to be responsible for up to 80 percent of cocaine shipments to United States; relatively light sentences for Rodriguez brothers are met with outrage from American diplomats and Colombian justice officials (M)
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Tenants Forced to Use Ovens for Heat
Date: 18 January 1997
By LIZETTE ALVAREZ
Tenants at 584 Pacific Street in downtown Brooklyn have had little or no heat for two years, despite repeated complaints to New York City's hotline and court actions against landlord, William Mauro; photo; map (S)
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ODYSSEY SATELLITE SYSTEM IN PACT WITH CHINA
Date: 18 January 1997
TRW's Odyssey satellite cellular phone system to grant Chinasat exclusive rights to distribute its servies in China (S)
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Hot Garden Rivalry: Battle for Tickets
Date: 18 January 1997
By LAWRENCE VAN GELDER
Dennis Riese and Riese Organization file lawsuit against Madison Square Garden and its president, David W Checketts, for arbitrary revocation of $86,000 worth of season tickets to New York Rangers and Knicks games; charge that Garden executives canceled subscriptions dating back 30 years in 'mean-spirited pique,' after deciding that Riese did not move quickly enough on leasing deal involving lease Riese's Beefsteak Charlie's restaurant in Garden arcade (S)
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Port Authority Chief to Leave, After Cutbacks and Criticism
Date: 18 January 1997
By NEIL MacFARQUHAR
George J Marlin will step down as executive director of Port Authority of New York and New Jersey in April; reportedly never overcame Board of Commissioners' skepticism about his management and government experience to run the agency; five candidates, including close associates of Sen Alfonse M D'Amato, are under consideration as Marlin's replacement (M)
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Broken Silence Seen as Broken Promise
Date: 18 January 1997
By DAVID STOUT
James M Cole, independent counsel to House ethics committee that has been investigating Speaker Newt Gingrich, notes in his report that Gingrich violated portion of his plea agreement that specified that no public comment should be made about matter while it is still pending; says Gingrich sent surrogates out to comment on matter and attempt to mischaracterize it (M)
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