Rodent troubles have led to the closings of about 17restaurants - mostly in the downtown area - since May, but MayorDaley had little sympathy Tuesday for establishments caught in thecity crackdown.
When asked if the crackdown may backfire by giving Chicagorestaurants a bad name, Daley said, "No. I thought the health ofpeople is very important. If a rat is on your sandwich, it wouldhelp to know it before. If a mouse is in your salad . . . it'scommon sense." UN Working to Stop New Rwandan Exodus
Government leaders and UN officials were fanning out throughsouthwest Rwanda, trying to stem the flight of more than 1 millionpeople fearing a new surge of killings. Thousands were alreadyfleeing toward the Zairian border. Aid groups shipped food, shelterand medical supplies to a camp in Bukavu, Zaire. The exodus isexpected to speed up when French troops withdraw from a security zonein southwest Rwanda. Meanwhile, Vice President Al Gore's wife, Tipper, inspected thecamps and assured the refugees of continued U.S. help. Lincoln Park Gorillas Banished to Cleveland
Brooks, 11, Bebac, 10, Joe, 8, and Mokolo, 7, were sedated andhauled from the Lincoln Park Zoo in two air-conditioned trucks. Thefour gorillas woke up several hours later in the Cleveland MetroParks Zoo.
"They have grown up in a limited amount of space, they have hadsome tussling between them, and challenging the troop leader causedsome stress in the group," said Mark Rosenthal, curator of mammals atLincoln Park.
Three members of the hairy quartet ran with Gino's troop - acluster of gorillas, usually under the reign of one older, dominantmale. Gino is 14. Joe was in Frank's troop, the second of threetroops in the Lester E. Fisher Great Ape House. '60s-Style Racial Strife Rocks Alabama Town
A white principal rails against interracial dating. An arsonfire guts the high school. Civil rights groups go on the march andthe Ku Klux Klan makes its presence known. Federal agents andreporters flock to town.
Scenes from the Summer of '64 in the South are Wedowee's 1994.
A clash that began six months ago over interracial couples atthe high school prom has jerked the sleepy town of Wedowee, Ala.,wide awake.
"We've been here before. We've seen this before," the Rev.Joseph Lowery, president of the Southern Christian LeadershipConference, said after meeting with black residents and civil rightsactivists. Spy Agency Complex Keeps Identity Secret
For four years, residents of suburban Washington, D.C., havebeen driving past a mammoth office construction project withoutknowing its purpose: headquarters for the agency that manages U.S.spy satellites.
But the real trick was hiding the nature of the $310 millionproject from congressional committees that oversee the secret budgetfor U.S. intelligence.
"They faced the question, How do you hide an elephant on afootball field?" said Sen. Dennis DeConcini (D-Ariz.), chairman ofthe Senate Intelligence Committee. "That's what they did, and withgreat pride."
The existence of the four-tower National Reconnaissance Officecomplex in Virginia was disclosed when President Clinton declassifiedthe project. Vatican Seeks Support At Population Talks
The Vatican is lining up support from Roman Catholic and Islamicnations - including Iran - to block an upcoming United Nationspopulation conference from endorsing abortion and implying approvalof homosexuality.
"The Holy See is fully conscious that the future of humanity isup for discussion," papal spokesman Joaquin Navarro said Monday inthe Vatican's first briefing on its strategy for the conference thatbegins Sept. 5.
For months, Pope John Paul II has hammered out warnings that thegathering in Cairo, Egypt, could endorse abortion as a basic humanright. Such a result, he said, would mark a "great failure" forhumanity.
The Vatican is sending 16 delegates to the conference, whichunderscores its importance to the pope.
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