Profile of Ohio State football team offensive lineman Orlando Pace; photos (M)

In Columbus, 320 Pounds And a Huge Cloud of Dust

Pres Clinton acknowledges some dissension within party on eve of Democratic National Convention, interview; says dissent will not be squelched, as he holds it was at Republican convention; expects conflict at convention over his signing of welfare bill; photo (M)

PRESIDENT BRACES FOR SOME DISSENT AT THE CONVENTION

Kin claiming bodies of Russian soldiers killed in Chechnya must search stench-filled open field, Rostov-on-Don, where naked, decomposing bodies are covered with flies; main hospital morgue seen representative of confusion and callous disorder of Russian Army in Chechnya; mistakes are common enough to force parents to travel to city to identify dead; maps; photos (M)

Russia War Dead Lie in Filth, Awaiting Claim by Their Kin

Robert Lipsyte comments on Bleecker Drugs' pharmacist Gary Rosenthal's move to CVS Drugs on Bleecker St in NYC; drawing (M)

On Bleecker, a Different Kind of Drug War

All important race between Pres Clinton and Bob Dole for electoral votes, really 51 separate winner-take-all contests in states and District of Columbia, discussed; candidates cannot hope to be competitive in every state and must make key decisions about where to focus resources, while trying to conceal strategies; outcome could hinge on bitter races in some 20 states; maps; photos (M)m

The Only Campaign Number That Matters: 270

Special report The Debt Trap on surge in personal bankruptcies; unlike earlier surges that occured when economy was in recession, this one comes amid fifth year of economic expansion; easy access to credit cards seen key factor; card issuers see losses as planned consequence of competition for business, financed by higher interest rates; people filing for bankruptcy find onus is gone and consequences are modest; graphs; photo (M)

Personal Bankruptcies Surging as Economy Hums

Chronic Beryllium Disease (CBD), a potentially fatal lung ailment that afflicts people whose immune systems are susceptible to beryllium, is resurging as occupational disease; litigation is mounting against Brush Wellman Inc, leading producer of beryllium in the United States, by workers in variety of industries in which beryllium is used in industrial components and alloys, and adequacy of Federal standards on workplace exposure are coming under scrutiny; charts; photos (M)

The Dark Side of a Magical Metal

 Sagging Schools      As enrollments soar at the nation's schools, the repairing of aging buildings and the construction of new ones are not keeping pace. Page 24.      The Titanic Revisited         An effort to recover parts of the Titanic signals the arrival of an era of deep-sea commerce, with its multi-sided tensions. Page 24.        Hunger in North Korea         North Korea desperately needs food aid, said an American Congressman after a rare visit there. Page 23.       Football in August         College football begins this weekend. A preview of the season appears in SportsSunday, Section 8.

INSIDE

WFUV-FM, Fordham University's radio station, its programming and history, described; station's classic-rock music lineup noted; list of famous WFUV alumni; photos; profile of Vince Scelsa, commercial-radio disk jockey at WNEW-FM who has complete autonomy over music he plays; his photo (L)

From the Local Radio Swamp, A Fresher Sound Is Rising

The investigation of the explosion on Trans World Airlines Flight 800 has turned up no credible claim of responsibility by any terrorist group. But that does not rule out the possibility of terrorism, experts say. For many terrorists, the goal of undermining governmental authority can be accomplished, and even enhanced, behind a cloak of anonymity.     Article, page 41.

A Terrorist Weapon: Silence as a Menace

Questions arise about digital video disk, or DVD, which promise to deliver an entire two-hour movie on one side of a 4.7-inch disk; developers say picture quality and sound will far exceed videotape and laser disk, but that remains to be proved; it is not known how DVD will go over with 87 million households that have VCR's; DVD's were supposed to be in stores by September, but major decisions on production and distribution have yet to be announced; photo; drawings (M)

A New CD Marvel Awaits, But the Horizon Recedes

ALSO INSIDE

Pres Clinton's advisers see Hillary Rodham Clinton's role as most controversial, unpopular First Lady ever as not that damaging to Clinton's re-election drive; see her acting as shield, absorbing attacks on both of them and freeing Clinton to seem more popular; she has emerged as Administration's official liberal and remains overwhelmingly popular among core Democratic constituencies Clinton must rally in fall; photo (M)

Advisers See Bright Side To Criticism of First Lady

Alliance for Downtown New York to sponsor free tour of some of downtown New York City's finest banks and office lobbies that are routinely closed to the public (S)

Insider's Peek For Outsiders

Chrysler Sebring convertible is the first regular-production car built in North America to have integrated front seat belts; system eliminates the need to anchor shoulder belts to a pillar between front and rear windows, instead containing entire belt apparatus within the seat; photo (M)

Now Seat Belts Have Come to the Seats

New York Yankees defeat Oakland Athletics, 5-4; photos (M)

Yankees Survive A Nervous Ninth

Floyd Norris (Market Watch) column holds that new Clinton Administration rules to curb cigarette marketing aimed at teen-agers will actually be boon to tobacco industry; says restrictions will cause cigarette companies to spend less on advertising, raising profits, and the likeliest losers will be billboard companies like Outdoor Advertising Inc; chart (M)

Clinton Acts and Tobacco Profits

Mostly white, lower-middle class suburban people face terrorism charges in number of states as face of domestic terrorism changes; law enforcement officials blame easy access to bomb-making instructions on Internet; bombings and attempted bombings rose by over 50 percent in last five years; graph; photo (M)

Terrorism Now Going Homespun As Bombings in the U.S. Spread

Home buyers are increasingly tailoring their mortgages by calculating how long they are likely to stay in a house and then selecting a loan suited to the calculation; while the stable, standard 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage remains dominant, more buyers than ever are choosing newer varieties of adjustable-rate mortgages that promise fixed-rate certainty for a set number of years before applying fluctuating rates; chart; photos (M)

Fitting the Mortgage to the Need

 Special Today: Fashions of The Times   Magazine Part 2

TODAY'S SECTIONS

Ira Berkow Sports of The Times column on New York Yankees 5-4 win over Oakland Athletics; photo (M)

The Oracle Calls It Right For Yankees

Fertility clinics Pacific Fertility Center and Reproductive Health Associates offer partial refunds to patients who fail to become pregnant or who miscarry early in their pregnancies; such rebate programs are virtually unheard of anywhere else in medicine; charts; photos (M)

It's a Baby, Or It's Your Money Back

Economists and job-training experts say New York City economy is growing too slowly to create many jobs over next few years for nearly 470,000 adults on welfare; note sectors that are growing are poor match for mostly inexperienced, unskilled people on welfare who face loss of benefits under Federal reform law; table (M)

WELFARE CLIENTS OUTNUMBER JOBS THEY MIGHT FILL

Article evaluates new Chrysler Sebring convertible; chart compares medium size convertibles; photo (M)

Spacious Cabin, Soaring Ceilings

Article assesses prospects of Lindsay Davenport in US Open; photos (M)

August 25, 1996

Headlines from August 25, 1996

In Columbus, 320 Pounds And a Huge Cloud of Dust

PRESIDENT BRACES FOR SOME DISSENT AT THE CONVENTION

Russia War Dead Lie in Filth, Awaiting Claim by Their Kin

On Bleecker, a Different Kind of Drug War

The Only Campaign Number That Matters: 270

Billboard 200

Jagged Little Pill

It Was Written

Falling Into You

Tragic Kingdom

Secrets

Historical Context for August 25, 1996