August 2, 1994

Embracing the kind of trade restrictions it has sought to eliminate in foreign markets, the Clinton Administration today struck a deal with Ottawa to sharply reduce Canadian wheat shipments to the United States for one year. The reduction fulfills a promise the Clinton Administration made last November to help win votes for the North American Free Trade Agreement from wheat-state lawmakers who said that Canadian imports held down wheat prices.

Enjoying Nature at a Price With voluntary contributions averaging just $1 a visitor, the New York Botanical Garden has decided to impose a $3 admission price. Page B1. Defiance From Haiti After the United Nations vote authorizing an invasion, Haiti ordered a state of siege and told residents to prepare for a fight. Page A3. Citadel Means a Haircut A judge ruled that the South Carolina military college may require its only female cadet to have her head shaved as all male cadets must do. Page A14. Michael Jackson Is Wed After weeks of rumors, Lisa Marie Presley, Elvis's only child, confirmed that she and Michael Jackson were married 9 weeks ago. Page A15.

A Central Intelligence Agency official supervising Aldrich H. Ames, the convicted spy, warned more than three years before Mr. Ames was arrested that he was a potential turncoat with an inexplicable fortune, according to a C.I.A. memorandum made public today. The December 1990 memorandum said that Mr. Ames, then one among more than 20 suspects in the on-again, off-again hunt for a traitor within the agency, had in recent months spent more than $600,000 from an unknown source. In the mid-1980's, as a counterintelligence officer, Mr. Ames "had access to a number of operations that were later compromised" by disclosure to the Soviet Union, the memorandum said.

Senator Lautenberg of New Jersey is using a classic rose-garden strategy in his re-election effort. But analysts say his race against Chuck Haytaian, the speaker of the State Assembly, is a tossup. Article, page B1.

Dreams of a weekend of fun and profit in celebration of the 25th anniversary of Woodstock faltered yesterday, as the backers of one of two competing concerts withdrew, complaining of poor ticket sales. Meanwhile, the organizers of the other concert extended their deadline for ticket sales and relaxed their cumbersome parking rules. But they said that although tens of thousands of tickets were still available for next weekend, they were pleased with sales so far.