June 15, 1994

Taking a step toward a race for the Republican nomination for President in 1996, Senator Bob Dole said yesterday that he had instructed his advisers to seek commitments from political strategists and fund-raisers around the country before other candidates locked them up. Mr. Dole emphasized that he had not decided whether to run. But he said he gave the go-ahead for his advisers to move quickly because he did not want other contenders to get an edge in building organizations. That happened in 1988, when Mr. Dole wrestled with George Bush, who was Vice President then, for the Republican nomination.

Goal. Game. Rangers. Cup. The Stanley Cup jinx is dead, and the New York Rangers are the champions of the National Hockey League.

After an emotionally intense Alcoholics Anonymous meeting in Manhattan last week, one young woman looked shocked when asked if she thought a court could get access to what had been said that evening. "Oh no, it all stays here," she said. "They can't make me testify about what someone shared at a meeting." But that bedrock assurance of trust and privacy, based on a common misunderstanding about legal protections, was badly shaken last week. At a Westchester murder trial, seven members of Alcoholics Anonymous testified under subpoena that another member, Paul Cox, had told them about his emerging memories of one terrible, drunken New Year's Eve in 1988, when he thought he had killed a Larchmont couple as they slept in their home.

Senate Whitewater Hearings The Senate Banking Committee will hold public hearings, but they will be limited to three elements unlikely to embarrass the President. Page A22. Giuliani Veto Is Overridden The City Council overrode Mayor Giuliani's veto of a bill to allow hearings on efforts to turn over city services to private companies. Page B1. Surprising Hollywood, Part II Three weeks after moving 12 TV stations to Fox, New World stunned the industry again by naming Brandon Tartikoff program chief. Page D1. Publishing Chief Is Ousted Richard E. Snyder, who built Simon & Schuster into a publishing giant, was dismissed by its new owner. Page D1. Henry Mancini Is Dead The four-time Oscar winner who composed "Moon River" and "Days of Wine and Roses" was 70. Page D21.

In a partisan rebuke to Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani, the City Council voted overwhelmingly yesterday to override the Mayor's veto of legislation that would allow the Council to hold public hearings on any efforts to turn over municipal services to private companies. The override, which passed the Democratic-controlled Council on a strict party-line vote of 43 to 7, was the first of the Giuliani administration and only the third in the last 25 years.