Footlights
Date: 30 October 1997
Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum opens show devoted to George Lucas's Star Wars films; Paul McCartney, Bruce Springsteen and Luciano Pavarotti are among 35 singers who have signed to contribute to charity double album in memory of Princess Diana; David Bowie is Britain's richest pop star, edging out Paul McCartney in survey of pop wealth by Business Age magazine; Carroll O'Connor has signed development deal with USA Network to make The Carroll O'Connor Story, based on his relationship with his son, Hugh, who killed himself in 1995 after struggling with drug addiction for many years; photos (L)
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World's Best Players Will Meet More Often
Date: 30 October 1997
By CLIFTON BROWN
Clifton BROWN
PGA Tours International Federation, in development that will dramatically change worldwide landscape of men's professional golf, announces that three new international tournaments will debut in 1999, featuring world's top players competing in match play and stroke play for multimillion dollar purses (M)
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E.D.S. Earnings Decline 7.4%
Date: 30 October 1997
Electronic Data Systems Corp says third-quarter earnings fell 7.4 percent to $246.8 million, from year-earlier $266.4 million; says asset write-downs in most recent quarter of $25.9 million resulted in net income of $230.2 million; revenue in latest quarter rose 4.6 percent, to $3.73 billion (S)
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Between Wary Presidents, Signs of Bonding
Date: 30 October 1997
By JAMES BENNET
James BENNET
Pres Clinton and Chinese Pres Jiang Zemin are going to great lengths during Jiang's United States visit to stress their similarities and forge bond; efforts pale beside their extraordinary exchange of radically opposed views on human rights, news conference (M)
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Stocks Mixed As Volatility Seems to Ease
Date: 30 October 1997
By DAVID BARBOZA
David BARBOZA
Wall Street calms down a bit day after one of biggest stock market rallies in history, ending with mixed results despite continued heavy trading volume; Dow Jones industrial average gains 8.35 points to close at 7,506.67, and Standard & Poor's 500-stock index falls 2.69 points, to 919.16; Russell 2000 index of smaller company issues has solid gains; volume on New York Stock Exchange is more than 777 million shares traded, second-busiest day in history; in Far East, markets resume their slide; in Tokyo, Nikkei index of 225 issues is down 452.44 points at 16,404.60, and Hong Kong's main stock index is down 6.7 percent at midday break; gains recorded around world on Oct 29 give some investors hope that economic crisis gripping much of Southeast Asia will not topple bull markets in other, more prosperous, regions; graphs (M)
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Proffitts to Buy Carson Pirie In $790 Million Stock Deal
Date: 30 October 1997
By JENNIFER STEINHAUER
Jennifer STEINHAUER
Proffitt's Inc will buy Carson Pirie Scott & Co for $790 million in stock, creating fourth-largest department store chain in country; as result of acquisition, Proffitt's will have an expanded presence in Midwest of much larger retailers, like Federated Dept Stores and May Dept Stores, both of which might have had Carson Pirie Scott on their own shopping list; Proffitt's prevailed because major players are not willing to meet high price being demanded by regional chains such as Carson Pirie Scott (M)
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Isles Get Milbury's Message Quickly
Date: 30 October 1997
By ED WILLES
Ed WILLES
New York Islanders defeat Montreal Canadiens, 5-2; photo (M)
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CHRONICLE
Date: 30 October 1997
By NADINE BROZAN
Nadine BROZAN
Irene Saez, Miss Universe 1981, is now Mayor of wealthy borough in Caracas, Venezuela, and considered leading contender for Presidency next year; she has issued ban on passionate kissing in public and barred men and women from sitting in public with their legs uncrossed, to merriment of local press (S)
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White House Is Cooperating, Committee Is Told
Date: 30 October 1997
By DAVID E. ROSENBAUM
David ROSENBAUM
Lanny A Breuer and other White House lawyers tell skeptical Senate committee probing campaign finance abuses that they cooperated fully with probe, turning over all documents and videotapes as they were found; Sen Fred Thompson charges Administration gives appearance of cooperation while rebuffing investigators at every turn; cites delays in giving committee videotapes of Pres Clinton's coffees with donors and various papers; photo (M)
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Health Giant Says Earnings Fell Sharply
Date: 30 October 1997
By KURT EICHENWALD
Kurt EICHENWALD
Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corp says its earnings in third quarter were $97 million, compared with $311 million in year-earlier quarter, while revenue was $4.6 billion, unchanged from last year; much of 57-percent drop is associated with discontinuation of certain company operations in wake of widespread criminal investigation of some of company's business practices (M)
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