September 29, 1995

Genetic Flaw Is Linked To Breast Cancer in Jews In a discovery that aids scientific understanding, if not treatment, researchers say a genetic defect linked to cancer occurs with unusual frequency in Jews from Eastern and Central Europe. Page A24. Little Welfare Fraud Found In its first two months of operation, New York City's plan to root out fraud among city welfare recipients by fingerprinting them has found virtually no cases of duplicate claims. Page B1. Peace No Obstacle in Bosnia On the front lines, where Bosnian forces indulge in bravado and beer, peace is just talk, and the reality is that they are pressing on to surround Banja Luka, the largest Serbian stronghold. Page A3. Prosecutor Is Indicted A prominent New Jersey prosecutor was indicted on 33 counts, from tax evasion to blackmail. Page B5. Orchestra Forgoes Strike As a strike deadline passed, New York Philharmonic musicians said they would keep talking. Page C3.

Officials of the Garden State Parkway voted yesterday to allow a private partnership to operate the Garden State Arts Center, one of New Jersey's premier entertainment venues. Under terms of the lease agreement, the private operators, Pavilion Partners and Delsener/Slater Enterprises, will be expected to enlarge the amphitheater at the center to 17,500 seats by 1997 and guarantee the authority at least $1.65 million a year, the chairman of the Garden State Parkway Authority said.

A former Newark School Board member and 10 other people were charged yesterday with rigging the board member's re-election by forging signatures of eligible voters.

Could the marketing efforts for the 1995-96 television season outlast some of the shows being promoted? Maybe that's an exaggeration, for no network has announced any cancellations -- yet. But in a season so crowded with new prime-time series that no one can agree whether there are 42 or 43, the frenetic promotional ploys have reached record levels of extensiveness and intrusiveness, particularly those aimed at the demographically desirable audience of consumers ages 18 to 49.

The chemistry seems to be just right for executives of the Chemical Banking Corporation in its forthcoming merger with the Chase Manhattan Corporation. The two banking organizations released a list of top management appointments in the combined bank yesterday in which people from Chemical dominate with 32 of the 54 positions.