Bridge
Date: 19 April 1997
By Alan Truscott
Alan Truscott Bridge column on Grand National Teams' Flight B final; diagram (S)
18 kwietnia 1997 roku była piątek pod znakiem zodiaku ♈. Był to 107 dzień roku. Prezydentem Stanów Zjednoczonych był William J. (Bill) Clinton.
Jeśli urodziłeś się w tym dniu, masz 29 lata. Twoje ostatnie urodziny upłynęły sobota, 18 kwietnia 2026 roku, 54 dni temu. Twoje następne urodziny przypadają na dzień niedziela, 18 kwietnia 2027 roku, w 310 dni. Żyłeś przez 10 646 dni lub około 255 520 godzin lub około 15 331 217 minut lub około 919 873 020 sekund.
Date: 19 April 1997
By Alan Truscott
Alan Truscott Bridge column on Grand National Teams' Flight B final; diagram (S)
Date: 19 April 1997
By MIKE WISE
New York Knicks defeat Indiana Pacers, 97-89, and clinch home-court advantage in first round of playoffs; photo (S)
Date: 19 April 1997
By ROBERT McG. THOMAS Jr
Dorothy Frooks, childhood suffragist who worked on military recruitment in World War I and then spent much of century as lawyer and political gadfly, dies, aged about 100; photo (S)
Date: 19 April 1997
By GERALDINE FABRIKANT
Kirk Kerkorian, who reacquired MGM last year, reportedly is in talks to acquire Orion Pictures from John W Kluge for about $300 million; photo; MGM would get small but valuable film libraries of Orion and Samuel Goldwyn Company, which Orion owns; separately, Universal Pictures unit of Seagram Company reportedly is negotiating to acquire October Films; independent New York-based company produced recent successes such as Secrets and Lies and Breaking the Waves (S)
Date: 19 April 1997
By DAVID BARBOZA
Stock prices rise, boosting Dow Jones industrial average to best week in more than five years; Dow gains 44.95 points, closing at 5,703.55, on trading volume of about 469 million shares (S)
Date: 19 April 1997
By SERGE SCHMEMANN
Israel's chief prosecutor, State Atty Edna Arbel, says she has concluded her review of police investigation of influence-peddling scandal and will announce results on Sunday; Israeli television says it appears that neither Prime Min Benjamin Netanyahu nor two senior members of his Govt would be indicted; Arbel's recommendations now go to Atty Gen Elyakim Rubinstein for final approval before they are to be made public on Sunday (M)
Date: 19 April 1997
Accelerator will run in Kentucky Derby as Shug McGaughey's first Derby starter in eight years (S)
Date: 19 April 1997
WMX Techologies says chairman Dean Buntrock is set to give up management duties in order to attract first-rate successor (S)
Date: 19 April 1997
Treasury prices edge higher; 30-year Treasury bond yields 7.05 percent (S)
Date: 19 April 1997
By SELENA ROBERTS
New Jersey Nets defeat Miami Heat, 86-74 (S)