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Article.bigblurb Nuclear Prowess Wanes in Russia
Decline of a Closed City Reflects Troubled Program
By David Hoffman
The train rolls slowly past a double barbed wire fence and arrives inside a citadel of secrecy, Arzamas-16, a closed nuclear city long omitted from official maps and the birthplace of the Soviet atomic bomb. Economic Boom Is a Distant Rumble in South Central L.A.
By Rene Sanchez
Long lines form every few weeks inside the headquarters of the Watts Labor Community Action Committee, filled with grim faces in search of work, wondering if all the talk they hear of a booming economy is just a joke.
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Article.bigblurb Gilmore Backs General Funds For Roads
Governor Still Opposed To Imposing New Taxes
By R.H. Melton
Gov. James S. Gilmore III (R) plans to propose using general tax revenue to pay for major road projects, a break with tradition that would be part of a nearly $2.5 billion statewide plan to speed construction and answer demands of commuters and business leaders in Northern Virginia, officials said today.
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Article.bigblurb Poor Venezuelans Rally to Leader's 'Revolution'
By Serge F. Kovaleski
Wilson Romero has a clear-cut opinion about the "peaceful revolution" set in motion here by President Hugo Chavez. Asked about Chavez's controversial move to supplant a hostile Congress with a friendly constituent assembly, Romero pointed approvingly to an anti-litter banner trumpeting: "The New Venezuela Puts Garbage in its Right Place."
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