June 19, 1993

Planned Parenthood Begins New York Abortion Training Planned Parenthood of New York has begun training doctors to perform abortions after teaching hospitals have abandoned that role recently in response to social, legal and economic pressures. Page 23. Elusive Peace in Timber War Both environmentalists and loggers are criticizing the Administration's possible solutions to their battle in the Pacific Northwest. Page 47. Humbling an Unruly General An Air Force general who disparaged President Clinton was disciplined, very much in public. Page 9. Apple Chairman Alters Role The chairman of Apple Computer will relinquish his role as chief executive to pursue new alliances. Page 35.

Prison inmates may have a constitutional right not to be confined with chain-smoking cellmates, the Supreme Court ruled. Page 8.

One month after a major shake-up of the top leadership of Empire Blue Cross and Blue Shield, the company announced yesterday that the officials tapped to straighten out Empire had agreed to step down. They are to be replaced by a new, outside management team that has not yet been chosen, the company said. The announcement came after a hastily called meeting of Empire's board and was in response to the urgings of the New York State Insurance Superintendent, Salvatore R. Curiale. As the state's chief insurance regulator, Mr. Curiale has been under growing pressure to address Empire's escalating financial and management problems and to explain why they were not addressed sooner.

After a year of complicated negotiations, the Spanish Government today announced an agreement to buy the prized art collection of the Swiss industrialist Baron Hans Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza for $350 million. The collection of 775 paintings from the 13th to the 20th centuries is considered one of the world's greatest private art collections, perhaps surpassed only by that of Queen Elizabeth II. Sotheby's has estimated its value at nearly $2 billion.

In a revolt that could end nearly four decades of one-party rule in Japan, rebel legislators in the party of Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa joined forces with the opposition Friday night to pass a vote of no confidence in Mr. Miyazawa's Government. The Prime Minister then dissolved Parliament and called for elections next month. The organizers of the rebellion, which turned on the question of how to reform Japan's scandal-plagued Government, appeared to be preparing to split off from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party. Their moves raised the prospect of a fundamental reorganization of the political order that has ruled Japan since the Liberal Democratic Party was founded in 1955.