July 4, 1994

The death toll in the crash of a USAir jet on Saturday rose to 37 today as the authorities began investigating what caused the DC-9 to hit the ground and break apart as it was trying to abort a landing in a heavy thunderstorm. A 16-member team with the National Transportation Safety Board recovered the flight-data recorder and the cockpit voice recorder today from the wreckage of the first big commercial air crash since a USAir plane crashed at La Guardia Airport in March 1992, killing 27 people.

The State Legislature ended its session this morning in a swirl of broken agreements, failing to enact many of its major initiatives. The unfinished election-year business included measures on casino gambling, radioactive waste disposal, union pensions and, most prominently, crime. In a turnabout that was emblematic of the 11th-hour chaos, the Republican-controlled State Senate failed to vote on legislation requiring doctors to counsel pregnant women and new mothers about H.I.V. testing, even though the bill's sponsor said it was supported by the Senate majority leader, Ralph J. Marino.

Stung by anti-Government demonstrations set off by Yasir Arafat's visit to Gaza, Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin lashed out at his Israeli rightist opponents today, accusing them of exploiting the victims of terrorist attacks in a campaign to undermine Israel's accord with the Palestine Liberation Organization. "The extreme right in Israel celebrates the bloodshed by the terrorist murderers of extremist Islam, trying to use the Israeli victims as a lever against the agreement," Mr. Rabin said at a Labor Party gathering. "The extremist murderers of Islamic Holy War and Hamas are the tool of the extreme right in Israel."

Less than a year after the largest and costliest United Nations effort to bring peace and a freely chosen government to a war-torn nation, Cambodia remains mired in warfare, chaotic administration, official corruption and the endemic poverty that breeds malnutrition, illness and ignorance. The United Nations and the major powers that organized and paid for the $1.8 billion international effort called it a success because honest elections were held in May 1993.

Millions for Unwanted Plane The Blackbird supersonic spy plane is a museum piece, a relic of the cold war. Yet a Senate bill allocates $100 million for its resurrection. Page 8. Death on the Roads Thirty-one people were killed in three collisions in Texas in one of the deadliest days ever on that state's highways. At least 37 died in all. Page 7. French Fight Rwanda Rebels French troops rescuing Rwandan orphans briefly fought rebels, as tension rose over a French proposal to create a safe haven. Page 2. Romania Defeats Argentina Romania reached the World Cup quarterfinals by defeating Argentina, 3-2. In Colombia, Andres Escobar, the slain player, was buried. SportsMonday. A Real Love Match Pete Sampras repeated as Wimbledon champion by defeating Goran Ivanisevic, 7-6 (7-2), 7-6 (7-5), 6-0, yesterday. SportsMonday, page 27.