Milestones Oct. 14, 1996

AWARDED. To WISLAWA SZYMBORSKA, 73, masterly Polish poet of the prosaic; the Nobel Prize for Literature; in Stockholm. The Academy described her as the "Mozart of poetry." Her flowing verses and everyday imagery reveal the grace and depth of simplicity.

INDICTED. THEODORE KACZYNSKI, 54, Unabomber suspect; for allegedly mailing the bomb that killed New Jersey ad executive Thomas Mosser in 1994; by a federal grand jury; in Newark, New Jersey. Kaczynski also faces bombing charges in California.

PLEADED NO CONTEST. MARK FUHRMAN, 44, infamous ex-detective of the O.J. Simpson murder trial; to perjury; for lying at the trial about using racial...

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