The Monitor From The Week Of Nov. 30-Dec. 6, 1997

IN PASSING

Jazz violinist Stephane Grappelli, who founded the Quintet of the Hot Club of France, died Monday in a Paris clinic. He was 89 and lived in Paris.

Steve Hamilton, a 6-foot-7 reliever who pitched in two World Series for the New York Yankees and played in the NBA championship finals for the Minneapolis Lakers, died of cancer Tuesday. He was 63.

Audree Neva Wilson, mother of three founding members of the Beach Boys, died Monday from heart and kidney failure. She was 80.

DECISIONS

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration gave meat processors permission Tuesday to use nuclear radiation as a means of killing bacteria in on beef.

THIS WEEK

Monday: Involuntary commitment hearing scheduled in for Shirley Ann Allen, who kept state police at bay for 39 days in Roby, Ill.