Der 21. März 1999 war ein Sonntag unter dem Sternzeichen ♓. Es war der 79. Tag des Jahres. Präsident der Vereinigten Staaten war William J. (Bill) Clinton.
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Date: 21 March 1999
By Max Frankel
Max Frankel
Max Frankel column on news media's fall from grace; cites media's growing tendency to belabor trivial and neglect consequential, to let opinion masquerade as fact and to let theatrical values shape news presentation; blames unscripted and unedited television discussions for debasing journalism's reputation; photo (M)
Date: 21 March 1999
By Felicity Barringer and Geraldine Fabrikant
Felicity Barringer
Profile of Bloomberg LP, founded in 1980's, which Michael R Bloomberg has transformed into unique business information and financial data powerhouse and which is facing increasing competition; photo (M)
Date: 22 March 1999
By Ginger Thompson
Ginger Thompson
John Cardinal O'Connor, in Mass dedicated to officers of New York City police officers, expresses his gratitude for officers' service; urges an end to to hostile rhetoric between city officials and leaders of daily protests against police; says, however, that city officials must not dismiss widespread perceptions that law enforcement officers mistreat black and Hispanic suspects or blame tensions on media coverage (M)
Date: 21 March 1999
Daniel McLane letter disputes contention in March 7 article that new Long Island Voice is avant-garde vehicle that will save Nassau and Suffolk from suburban doldrums (S)
Date: 21 March 1999
INTERNATIONAL 3-15 Kosovo Situation Worsens As Serbs Press Offensive As hundreds of foreign monitors left Kosovo, Serbian forces took advantage of the vacuum to press a heavy offensive against the separatist Kosovo Liberation Army. In Washington, President Clinton met with his advisers to discuss the worsening situation. In Kosovo, thousands of refugees fled their homes, many for the second time this week. 1 Findings on War Crimes Investigators at the international war crimes tribunal in The Hague have concluded that the Croatian Army carried out summary executions, indiscriminate shelling of civilian populations and ''ethnic cleansing'' during a 1995 assault. 1
Date: 22 March 1999
INTERNATIONAL A3-11 U.S. Makes a Final Effort To Avoid Balkans Bombing The United States dispatched a special envoy, Richard C. Holbrooke, to meet with President Slobodan Milosevic of Yugoslavia in what officials described as a final effort to persuade him to accept a peace agreement for Kosovo and avoid a NATO bombing. A1
Date: 21 March 1999
Autopsies are set for two badly burned bodies found in trunk of car rented by Carole Sund, her daughter, Juli, and Silvina Pelosso, tourists who disappeared near Yosemite National Park; search for third victim is called off because of snow (S)
Date: 22 March 1999
By Steven Erlanger
Steven Erlanger
News analysis: Serbian officials believe special US envoy Richard C Holbrooke's visit to Belgrade in last-ditch effort to stave off military attacks by NATO forces is to placate nervous NATO allies more than to stop bloodshed, and that he will arrive from Washington with limited instructions and little ability to negotiate; while Milosevic understands that military force can do him great harm, he also understands that NATO is still divided, with its credibility on line just ahead of its 50th anniversary celebration in Washington (M)
Date: 22 March 1999
Unidentified man is fatally stabbed in stairwell of Queens subway station (S)
Date: 21 March 1999
Vince Vitollo, one of leading experts on ultralight aircraft, is killed and his student critically injured when their plan crashes shortly after takeoff from Jackson, NJ (S)