NUMBER 148 
FEBRUARY 27 - MARCH 4, 1996
BOTTOMS UP!
Revelers at the 1996 Charity Masquerade Ball were
having their red wine and drinking it too -- decadence and civic duty rolled
into one. The ball raised thrice the cash the last ball in November 1994 for a
city hospice. See PETER'S TOWN, for more joyous tidings.
TOP STORIES
- Al Gore expresses concern over Nikitin treason case
- US Vice President Albert Gore raised the case of a St
Petersburg environmental expert charged with treason with the Russian
government, Norwegian environmental watchdog Bellona said.
- City looks at Edwards case again
- A fresh probe could be launched into the death of a British engineer who was killed by a police car on Nevsky Prospect in the fall of 1994.
- Cultural missionaries hope to use legacy of glamor
- As one of the most sumptuous examples of Peter Carl Faberge's work is about to be auctioned overseas, the Faberge Art Foundation is hoping to ignite a local appreciation of the rich heritage all but buried overnight in October 1917.
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