October 14, 1991

Iraq Said to Hide Atomic Data Iraq managed to spirit away the bulk of its secret nuclear records only hours before a United Nations team arrived for a raid, officials involved in the inspection say. Page A6. Hospital Waits to Fail When Federal inspectors come to Pilgrim Psychiatric Center on Long Island, the country's largest psychiatric hospital, the staff expects them to call the care inadequate. Page B1. Hoping for a Winner Lottery frenzy is nothing new these days, but the stakes this time are: 40,000 slots for legal permanent residency in the United States. Page A9. Twins Win Pennant Minnesota beat Toronto 8-5, to win the American League playoff. The Braves and Pirates are at two games apiece. SportsMonday, page C1.

The Senate Judiciary Committee wrestled until early today with the veracity of the sexual harassment accusation against Judge Clarence Thomas, as friends of his accuser, Anita F. Hill, swore that she complained as long as 10 years ago that he had made unwanted advances. Four friends of Professor Hill, who teaches at the University of Oklahoma law school, swore that she had told them long before Judge Thomas was nominated to the Supreme Court that he had pressed her for dates and made suggestive remarks with such intensity that she resigned as his assistant at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in 1983. Corroboration for Hill After the four witnesses for Professor Hill testified, four women who had worked for Judge Thomas when he was director of the E.E.O.C. appeared before the committee to defend him. Their testimony, as well as that of additional witnesses for both Judge Thomas and Professor Hill lasted into the early morning hours today. [ Excerpts from the hearing appear on pages A12-15. ]

The selection of a winner in the bidding for the Executive Life Insurance Company will largely ride on whether California regulators feel the sale of the failed insurer should be structured to sever the company from its huge portfolio of high-risk junk bonds, analysts said today. The eight bids submitted for Executive Life on Friday are complex and will require analysis by the staff of California's Insurance Commissioner, John Garamendi, who seized the Los Angeles-based company in April and is managing its sale.

The Economy The Fed is expected to report that blacks and other minorities are denied mortgages far more frequently than whites with comparable income. While the Fed has not yet made public its data, one official warned a meeting of the American Bankers Association last week that a study would show "dramatic disparities in loan rejection rates." In advance of the report, a detailed picture of some lending policies along racial lines has come from large banks involved in mergers. [ Page D1. ] Corporate America must broaden its horizons to include a broad attack on urban problems like drugs, crime, welfare dependency and poverty, a panel of specialists on the inner city told the Business Council. [ D2. ]

The Federal Reserve is expected to report that blacks and other minorities are denied mortgages far more frequently than whites with comparable incomes when it releases a study next week. While the Federal Reserve has not yet made the data public, one of its officials warned a meeting of the American Bankers Association last week that the study would show "dramatic disparities in loan-rejection rates."