August 9, 1996

Some of state's best-known Democrats attend opening of Clinton-Gore campaign's headquarters in New York City on Aug 8; opening ceremony turns out to be far more raucous affair than any of its organizers expected; nearly half of hundreds of people who attend event are protesters voicing their disdain for welfare bill approved by Republican Congress and destined to be signed by Pres Clinton; photo (M)

HFS Inc, Century 21's new owner, says it is remaking the residential real estate business into multifaceted marketing operation that includes allowing potential home buyers to visit company's Internet site to look at dozens of homes and use of agent's computer to select mortgage and buy title insurance; hopes new services will win more customers, raising its agents' incomes and wooing more franchisees into system that has enabled HFS to become nation's No. 1 seller of homes; HFS has 11,000 offices, 160,000 agents and 21 percent share of national market; photos; chart on services provided by HFS (L)

New York Gov George E Pataki, in move to increase protection for domestic violence victims, signs bill stiffening sentences for defying restraining orders; bill creates expanded, specified list of violations of judge's order of protection and makes most violations, including threatening messages, felonies (M)

Bob Dole, who was one of most influential senators of his era, has yet to translate his impressive record to clear argument for his Presidential candidacy; approach reflects both his personality and difficulty of neatly summarizing accomplishments; his legislative career reviewed; photos (L)

26 college students from across country are in New York City as part of Union Summer, AFL-CIO project in which 1,200 interns spend three weeks of immersion in labor movement; Union Summer's aim is to strengthen movement by building bridges with youth after decades in which unions ignored young and young viewed labor as stodgy, uninspiring and often corrupt; photos (M)