October 1, 1994

Prospective jurors in the O.J. Simpson case were asked by Judge Lance A. Ito to complete a 75-page questionnaire. Below and above are a few of the questions released yesterday. Domestic Violence: Have you ever felt sufficiently frustrated within a domestic relationship that you considered violence?

On what was scheduled to be the first day of the hockey season and next-to-last day of the baseball season, professional sports will rest today. Baseball is still shut down by a players' strike that today becomes the longest work stoppage in professional sports history, and yesterday the National Hockey League, against the wishes of its players, postponed the start of its season for at least two weeks. Commissioner Gary Bettman of the N.H.L. announced yesterday that the season, scheduled to begin with 12 games tonight, would be delayed so the league and the players could continue negotiating a collective bargaining agreement.

Airplane Noise Plan Rejected

With his tenure in the Senate coming to a close, David L. Boren, Democrat of Oklahoma, wanted to leave behind a legacy of a little reform. So, after holding 36 hearings in the last year, calling 240 witnesses and drawing on the wisdom of dozens of scholars, he created a bill to overhaul Congress itself. Among other things, it would have cut the Congressional staff by 12 percent, abolished half the subcommittees in the Senate and disallowed proxies if they determined the outcome of votes.

A controversial operation to remove fatty deposits from a major artery in the neck sharply reduced the risk of stroke in individuals with no outward symptoms, scientists who conducted a large Federally sponsored study said here today.