January 12, 1992

President Chadli Benjedid announced his resignation today, two weeks after his ruling party was thrashed by Islamic fundamentalists in Algeria's first free elections. Army units began to move into the streets of the capital. The move seemed to bring an abrupt end to a democratic election process in which Islamic fundamentalists were widely expected to win a majority of the parliament.

New York City's huge shelters for men are intimidating places for the homeless generally, but they can be truly terrifying for the mentally ill. After the lights go down at night at the Fort Washington Armory in upper Manhattan, paranoid schizophrenics lie nervously next to ex-convicts they rightfully fear.

LaPhonso Ellis scored 31 points and grabbed a game-high 11 rebounds and Daimon Sweet added a career-high 30 points to lead Notre Dame to a shocking 88-76 victory over North Carolina yesterday at Madison Square Garden. With the upset of the heavily favored Tar Heels (10-2), Notre Dame improved its record to 4-5 and stretched a winning streak to three games. The game was the sixth of nine road games in a row for the Irish.

Construction will start next month in Yonkers on a unusual compact town-house rental complex for homeless families that maximizes space to maintain a high degree of separation for its 15 units. Each unit will have its own outdoor entrance. There will be no common walls, and the tallest of the houses, which will be built on a slope, will be four stories. "It is a town-house development turned sideways," said the architect, Duo Dickinson, of Madison, Conn.

Joseph Tease, who is 30 years old, did not own a bed until a few weeks ago, when he inherited the hand-me-down frame and mattress sagging against the pounded-earth floor of his otherwise barren home here. "My sister once worked in Johannesburg," Mr. Tease said, wiping thin hands against his ragged shirt. "She gave me the bed. She got it from her employer."