August 1, 1992

After 2,000 years," the headline in the newspaper Yediot Ahronot blared today, the type huge and shaded in the national colors of blue and white. What could possibly have happened? An attempt to rebuild the destroyed Jewish temple? New rumblings of the Messiah's imminent arrival?

OUT OF THE POOL . . . The swimming competition ended with successes for Americans and Hungarians. . . . ONTO THE TRACK The first gold medal in track and field went to Mike Stulce, an American shot-putter. INDEPENDENCE DAY The Unified Team beat Lithuania, 92-80, in a basketball showdown of former teammates.

A brief article by The Associated Press in the Company News column of Business Day on Thursday about Kiwi International Airlines misidentified the agency from which Kiwi needs approval to operate in the United States. It is the Federal Aviation Administration.

International 2-5 HEAVY SHELLING IN BOSNIA Bosnian troops tried to break through Serbian lines in Sarajevo in a day of some of the heaviest shelling in weeks. Among the wounded were five Ukrainian soldiers serving with United Nations troops. 1 EUROPE OUTRAGED OVER REFUGEES Western European governments are facing increasing criticism of their muted response to Serbian aggression and to the refugees made homeless by the Serbian policy of "ethnic cleansing." But officials are reluctant to take a more active role. 5 REGRESSION IN PERU The dark ages have returned to Lima. The city is sheathed in an armor of plywood against the bombs of the Shining Path guerrillas, electricity is spotty, tourists are few and fear is everpresent. 1 THE LATIN DEBT PICTURE The Latin America debt crisis is over, according to prominent officials in the region. But some analysts maintain that the current optimism is premature and nation by nation there are a number of complications in the rosy picture. 1 SOUTH AFRICA'S NEW DISPOSSESSED As South Africa redistributes land, it is the white Afrikaners who will have to give up their property this time, and they are fighting back with lawyers and faxes. 3 100 DIE IN CHINA PLANE CRASH At least 100 people were killed when a Soviet-built Chinese airliner en route to Xiamen crashed on takeoff at Nanjing. 2 113 FEARED DEAD IN NEPAL CRASH There was little hope that any of the tourists aboard a Thai Airways jetliner carrying 113 people, including 11 Americans, survived a crash in the Himalayas in Nepal. 2 U.S. troops are going to Kuwait earlier than planned for exercises. 3 NAMES, BUT LITTLE ELSE The mystery of American civilians imprisoned by the Soviet Union during World War II deepened with the latest clue -- the release in Russia of a perplexing list of names of prisoners who may still be alive. 4 Port-au-Prince Journal: Independence Day without the fireworks. 4 National 6-9 NEW ALARM OVER TUBERCULOSIS Outbreaks of particularly dangerous strains of tuberculosis have been traced to infectious contacts at seven hospitals in New York and other cities. The findings have prompted urgent calls for costly new measures to control the disease. 1 REILLY CRITICIZES ADMINISTRATION In a memo to E.P.A. employees, President Bush's top environmental adviser was sharply critical of the Administration's handling of the recent Earth Summit. The memo is likely to provide new ammunition to the Democratic ticket, already pressing an environmental attack against the President. 1 Stumping in California, Bush promoted welfare reform. 8 Clinton's day: Speeches, handshakes and smile, smile, smile. 8 The Democratic chairman accused the Bush camp of "sleaze." 8 'THIS IS OUR WAY OF LIFE' Like so many communities in rural America, Custer County, Neb., could have already died off. Instead, its residents are pulling together in a rare kind of cooperative effort that has become the subject of scholarly research. 1 RISE OF THE MEGALOPOLIS New data from the 1990 census show that metropolitan areas, those unwieldy mixtures of city, suburb and sprawl, are now home to 193 million people, more than three-quarters of the American population. 7 New York is a mecca for foreigners, the data confirm. 7 A SENIOR OFFICER'S DOWNFALL An admiral's efforts to instill a new set of ethics in the Navy, and the sudden disintegration of his 37-year career, offer a vivid picture of a service that is in transition and turmoil. 6 FIERS ADMITS SKIRTING CONGRESS The chief prosecution witness in the Iran-contra trial of Clair E. George acknowledged under intense cross-examination that he had helped run a covert program in Nicaragua after Congress had barred it. 6 SHUTTLE DEPARTS ON BIG MISSION In a thunderous overture to one of the most complex missions ever attempted, the space shuttle Atlantis rocketed into orbit from Cape Canaveral, Fla. 6 NEW CLUE ON SEXUAL PREFERENCE Researchers said a cord of nerve fibers allowing the two halves of the brain to communicate with each other is larger in homosexual men than in either heterosexual men or women. The researchers believe that the finding supports the idea that the brains of homosexuals differ from those of heterosexuals and that sexual orientation has a profound biological basis. 7 Metro Digest 25 Business Digest 39 Sports 30-38 ISRAEL'S FIRST MEDAL Both sports-conscious Israelis and those only faintly aware of the Summer Games were walking taller after a countrywoman had won Israel's first Olympic medal. 1 Baseball: Blue Jays drub Yankees. 31 Mets can't make a deal. 31 Column: Rhoden on Ron Karnaugh. 31 Football: Nagle gets his chance. 38 Three backups take a hint and sign. 38 Harness Racing: Hambletonian's No. 1 trainer has four chances. 33 Olympics: Sanders wins gold in final race. 31 U.S. goes 1-2 in shot-put. 31 Sampras advances but Chang is ousted. 34 Heartbreaker for Lithuania. 35 Consumer's World 10 Buying a sofa. That greener grass may be painted. Price tag: home-grown produce. Arts/Entertainment 13-18, 51 Arts Endowment outmaneuvers its liberal critics. 13 Theater: Rose English. 18 Music: Janacek at Salzburg. 13 Dance: A look into the past. 13 Critic's Notebook 51 Obituaries 11 G. Harrold Carswell; was rejected for Supreme Court. William S. Cook; led expansion of Union Pacific. Patric Farrell, Irish theater and museum director. Richard Crowley, an architect. Editorials/Op-Ed 22-23 Editorials A world court for drug lords. America's nightmare team. Making excuses for Myanmar. John P. MacKenzie: Litmus test. Letters Russell Baker: The boys of August. Dudley Clendinen: The gay vote -- music to my ears. Jay G. Baris: Inner-city banking's Catch-22. Whitney N. Seymour Jr.: Congress's threat to cockatoos. Flora Lewis: A globo-cop no longer.

A picture caption yesterday with an article about how Californians are coping with crises misidentified the town in which Kelly Dodson, a homeless woman, lives. It is Santa Cruz.