To: Glen Collier who wrote (36802 ) 3/1/1998 7:05:00 PM From: Glenn D. Rudolph Respond to of 61433
******OT***** Hourly News Summary United Press International - March 01, 1998 18:39 %WORLD_NEWS %WORLD %HEADLINES %REFILING V%UPI P%UPI Around the World, Around the Clock...with United Press International. -0- The last of the McCaughey (''McCOY'') septuplets is now home in Carlisle, Iowa. Alexis May and Natalie Sue were released this morning from a children's hospital in Des Moines. But a doctor says they'll be back... for checkups. The septuplets were born November 19th. The first of them went home January 3rd. -0- A frightening story out of Long Island, New York. A former scientist at Brookhaven National Laboratory told the New York Times that radioactive materials may have seeped into local drinking water near the lab in Upton, New York. Brookhaven admits to numerous leaks, but claims none has threatened drinking water. -0- The recent agreement between the U.N. and Iraq got mixed reviews this morning on the Sunday interview shows. One Senator praised the work of the U.N.'s Secretary General...another Senator fears that next time, Saddam Hussein will just be stronger. Iraq says the way the agreement reads, the U.N.'s chief weapons inspector may not be in charge of the teams that inspect presidential palaces. But Richard Butler disagrees. -0- Tens of thousands of people turned out today in Sugarland, Texas, to welcome home Tara Lipinski and her gold medal. The parade route was only supposed to be a mile, but people lined up for miles. When Lipinski flew into Houston, the mayor was there to greet her...and give her a key to the city. -0- It's still full steam ahead for the movie ''Titanic,'' as it cuts a firm wake toward becoming the biggest money-making flick of all time. It took on another 20 million dollars this weekend, for an 11-week total of 427 million. In another two weeks, ''Titanic'' should top ''Star Wars'' as number-one. -0- New Yorkers have seen everything, as they're sure to tell you, but probably few had seen the sight today on 42nd Street. A building weighing almost 7.5 million pounds was rolled a half-block down the street to a new location. The historic Empire Theatre will be used in the lobby of a movie complex. -0- By Craig Smith (UPI)