August 13, 1993

Pope John Paul II publicly registered his opposition today to President Clinton's stand on abortion and challenged Americans to revive "a high moral vision" to guide their lives at home and their leadership abroad. In their first face-to-face encounter, the two leaders greeted each other warmly on the tarmac at Stapleton International Airport here, just after the Pope arrived. It was his third major journey to the United States, which he said he was revisiting "with special joy."

A Queens grand jury indicted a physician for murder yesterday, charging that he performed an illegal abortion on a patient and then allowed her to bleed to death without offering the slightest medical help. The physician, Dr. David Benjamin, was charged with second-degree murder for showing "depraved indifference to human life" in the death of Guadalupe Negron. Mrs. Negron, 33, died on July 9 after undergoing what medical officials said was a botched and illegal abortion at Dr. Benjamin's office at 102-21 Roosevelt Avenue in Corona.

Shares of T2 Medical Inc. plummeted almost 35 percent today after the company said its earnings in the first and second quarters were far lower than previously announced because of "certain accounting irregularities and errors." The home infusion medical company, based in suburban Alpharetta, Ga., also said its chief executive and chief financial officer were stepping down.

Companies A New Jersey court approved a plan to rehabilitate the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company, the largest life insurer ever to fail in the United States. Under the plan, the company's 700,000 customers will have full access to their money after a waiting period of up to seven years. [ Page A1. ] Shares of T2 Medical plummeted nearly 35 percent after the company said its earnings in the first and second quarters were far lower than previously announced because of "certain accounting irregularities and errors." [ D1. ]

MY eyes open to blinding light. Tile floor, stainless-steel sink, blank white walls with exposed bulbs. Is it a hospital? Maybe I've broken something. I wiggle my toes. Still in one piece. O.K., now I know. It's my college dorm room. This is the dream where I've just slept through my chemistry final and now I'll never graduate. A woman sleeps near me, although she doesn't look like my roommate. Actually, she looks like me. It's my mom, who happens to be great at chemistry. A good dream! She took the test for me so I could sleep. What a pal.