A top doctor forced to retire because of his age has dropped his legal action against the Bermuda Hospitals Board. ---- Page 3 HUNG JURY IN DRUGS CASE CTS Hung jury in drugs case A Supreme Court jury yesterday failed to return a verdict and one member fell sick in the drugs importation trial of a 25-year-old Pembroke man. ---- Page 5 LISTED HOMES MAY GAIN VALUE CLB RE Listed homes may gain value The reality of being an owner of a building included in new Government initiative to protect the Island's heritage has been spelled out. ---- Page 6 BROCCOLI BRAWL LANDS IN COURT CTS Broccoli brawl lands in court A brawl over broccoli was finally resolved in court when Kennedy Simmons, 32, was acquitted in Magistrates' Court of attacking Stanley Wade on October 1 last year in Wade's grandmother's garden. ---- Page 8 TOP SINGER TO BUILD BOYS' CHOIR LIV Top singer to build boys' choir After a long and illustrious career in the United States, opera singer Gary Burgess is returning to Bermuda -- where he will oversee the development of a boys' choir for the Anglican Cathedral. ---- Living, Page 29 BID TO BOOST INSURANCE INDUSTRY BUC Bid to boost insurance industry The marketing committee of Government's Insurance Advisory Committee (IAC) is taking a new business plan to the insurance industry -- a new plan that has won the endorsement of Government and is aimed at keeping Bermuda's position as the top offshore insurance domicile. ---- Business, Page 41 RETAIL SLAES ROCKET IN APRIL GVT BUC Retail sales rocket in April Retail sales soared in April, according to Government figures. The total value of retail sales increased a strong 13.3 percent in April over 1997's figure.

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