Tiger Woods becomes first person to win three consecutive United States Amateur golf championships; fights back from five-hole deficit to victory over Steve Scott at Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club in Cornelius, Ore; photos (M)

Unyielding, Woods Fights Back To Third Straight Amateur Title

New York Yankees have lost 22 of their last 40 games, but still lead Baltimore Orioles by six games in American League East; Yankees Manager Joe Torre comments (M)

Torre's Team Is Enduring The Dog Days of August

Oakland Athletics defeat New York Yankees, 6-4; during pregame ceremony, Yankees unveil monument commemorating late Mickey Mantle; photos (M)

Yankees' Past Is More Glorious Than the Present

One former President of South Korea was sentenced today to death and another to 22 1/2 years in jail for a 1979 coup and the deadly suppression of dissent in Kwangju the following year. Though both men may be pardoned, the trial has helped to heal a wound at the center of society.     Article, page A5.   

Sentencing in Seoul

Profitability of magazines is hard to gauge by number of advertising pages and rate cards because discounting is extensive; magazines continue to tout their ad page volume to attract more ads and maintain illusion that hefty ad pages mean healthy profits; photo (M)

The Number Of Ad Pages Does Not Make The Magazine

 Some Good News Is Seen For Cigarette Stocks   Wall Street analysts expect tobacco stocks to rise in response to a jury's ruling late Friday that the industry was not responsible for the cancer death of an Indianapolis lawyer.    Still, the verdict gives new attention to the wild card of the individual lawsuit in influencing the future value of tobacco shares. The stocks have been dropping since a similar suit in Florida went against the industry on Aug. 9. Market Place. $(Page D3.$)     Lloyd's Seeks a Reversal   Executives at Lloyd's of London worked through the weekend trying to overcome the latest obstacle to efforts to resolve the organization's financial crisis. A plan to split off billions of dollars in debt and liabilities was thrown into turmoil last week when a Federal judge extended the deadline for American investors to join in the plan. Lloyd's plans to argue for a quick reversal of the ruling. $(D2.$)    Tracking the Political Winds   ABC News used an electronic system to track, second by second, the responses of a group of uncommitted voters to speeches at the Republican National Convention. Though ABC will not use the system at the Democratic convention, which begins tonight, it will track opinions using focus groups. $(D5.$)    The Democrats have converged on Chicago, and so, it seems, have World Wide Web entrepreneurs. Sites provide everything from convention history to practical information about the city. Taking In the Sites. $(D4.$)    Making Machines, And Users, Smile   Macintosh owners may consider themselves to be iconoclasts, but they do rely on icons, those that give the computers a user-friendly face. Susan Kare, who designed the Mac icons, is busier than ever, but with other work. The growth of the World Wide Web has put a new premium on graphics like hers. $(D5.$)    How Best to Use the Web?   The rush to carve the Internet into multimedia fiefs by companies like Netscape and Microsoft is siphoning energy from what should be the goal: to help users and developers exploit the special interactive qualities of the World Wide Web.  Denise Caruso: Digital Commerce. $(D5.$)     Criticism of Programming Deals   As mergers have reshaped communications, companies are flexing their programming muscles by putting shows they produce on cable services they own. Critics at outside companies say they are sometimes being shut out of the bidding. Broadcasting. $(D7.$)    Tourism Rebounds in California   After several years of battering by earthquakes, riots and recession, California is in the midst of a tourist boom. Hotels, amusement parks and attractions are racking up record numbers of visitors. $(A7.$)    Labor Bounces Back   Only two years after a descent into near irrelevance, organized labor is experiencing a resurgence in Democratic politics -- driven by aggressive new leadership and fear of the Republican legislative agenda. $(A9.$)    Special Effects Bulk Up   Movie magicians have taught pigs to talk and roaches to sing. Now they are developing more efficient ways to model the bodies and movements of human beings. One new approach was used in the movie ''The Island of Dr. Moreau.'' $(D7.$)    Minute Maid Account Is Moved   The advertising account for Coca-Cola's Minute Maid line of juices has been shifted from Lowe & Partners/SMS to Leo Burnett. But, except for a slip-up in an unrelated news release, the move would not have been disclosed. Stuart Elliott: Advertising. $(D6.$)  

BUSINESS DIGEST

Merchants at about a dozen Chinese stores around San Francisco and their tradition of stocking and selling freshly killed animals have run headlong into animal-rights movement; animal-rights advocates say animals are being overcrowded, underfed and then inhumanely killed at Chinese markets in Chinatown and other parts of city; thousands who live and shop in largest Chinese cultural enclave on West Coast argue that meat is fresher and healthier when animals is killed immediately before consumption; issue is pending before Animal Control and Welfare Commission; photo (M)

Cuisine Raises Debate on Cruelty and Culture

New Jersey Democrats looking to challenge Gov Christine Todd Whitman next year are courting delegates at Democratic National Convention to build support for their fledgling campaigns; former Gov Jim Florio denies that he is contender, but he told students at recent lecture that he is considering bid; Democratic Party leaders worry that Florio-Whitman rematch could revive voter anger over Florio's $2.8 billion tax increase in 1990 and deny next generation of Democrats their chance for State House; Florio photo (M)

Florio Insists He's No Candidate. Party Hopes He Means It.

Exuberant Pres Clinton begins four-day train trip to Democratic National Convention; scores Republican-controlled Congress and calls on voters to re-elect him and send message that US is on right track and going forward; abruptly changes campaign tone after months of avoiding overt partisanship; calls for election of Democratic Congress and offers blistering assessment of budget Republicans tried to pass in 1995 before being stymied by vetoes; five-state train trip, covering more than 500 miles, is intended to build excitement as Clinton makes way to convention in Chicago; he is set to present new initiative along route on each of first three days of convention to showcase his incumbency and generate news coverage; photo (M)

Clinton, Setting Out for Chicago, Denounces G.O.P.

Sense of panic and confusion ripples through New York City, where more than half of residents are immigrants or children of immigrants, as new welfare-reform law imposes new restriction on aid to legal immigrants who are not yet citizens; number of immigrants and refugees seeking naturalization has jumped sharply in city ever since Pres Clinton promised to sign legislation, straining services of immigrant organizations; advocacy groups are expanding hours and staffing to meet rising demand for help in seeking naturalization, and grass-roots organizations are trying to find money to create networks to distribute food and clothing to immigrants whose benefits are cut off; photos (L)

For New York's Newcomers, Anxiety Over Welfare Law

Ohio Environmental Protection Agency rescinds permission it granted to Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission to ship 50,000 tons of sterilized sludge a year to Ohio to be used as fertilizer on farms (New Jersey Daily Briefing) (S)

Trying Again on Sewage

Residents of 19 of Somerset County's 21 municipalities were hit with surprise tax increases in July to make up for $7.8 million that the county calculated it would lose because of successful property tax appeals; county has discovered that prediction resulted from clerical error and that only $600,000 will be lost; next tax bills will be adjusted downward because of overbilling (New Jersey Daily Briefing) (S)

Tax Increase? Never Mind

New York Times/CBS News Poll finds that most of delegates to Democratic National Convention support Pres Clinton without reservations, even though they are not satisfied with his efforts to help poor and middle-class Americans and believe he was wrong to sign sweeping Federal welfare-reform bill; most generally harbor unconstructed liberal faith in government's ability to improve American life, despite Clinton's efforts to herd party toward ideological center; other findings discussed (M)

In Poll, Ardor For President, Faults and All

3-year-old girl and her 7-year-old brother are injured when their 5-year-old brother unintentionally pushes them out second-story window in Newark (New Jersey Daily Briefing) (S)

5-Year-Old Injures 2 Siblings

Profile of Jonathan Kuhn, director of art and antiquities for New York City Parks Dept as well as its historian, photo archivist and curator of monuments; as Parks Dept budget has shrunk, he has accumulated titles and responsibilities, though his $38,000 annual salary stays about same; Kuhn can tell you more than you will ever need to know about city's 1,700 monuments; photo (M)

Expert at Parks Department Has Answered 10,000 Questions

New York City Police Dept is seeing first fruits of ambitious drug crackdown that goes beyond arrests of low-level dealers and targets entire networks that supply them; dramatic results are being seen in most of targeted areas in lower Manhattan, northern Brooklyn, and central Bronx, where 1,200 additional officers and detectives have been assigned since January; police officials say in recent months they have identified and shut down more than 50 organizations and padlocked more than 100 bodegas and social clubs that sold drugs and that many of city's top wholesalers are in jail awaiting trial; photos; map (M)

Police Hit Drug Suppliers, And Serious Crime Falls

Federal wildlife officials say Chessie, 1,250-pound manatee who swam up coast from Florida to New Jersey last year, apparently turned around at Portsmount, Va, this summer (New Jersey Daily Briefing) (S)

Chessie Stays Home

Nintendo Co president Hiroshi Yamauchi, who built firm into video game colossus, attempts comeback with powerful new game machine after letting Sega Enterprises Ltd and Sony Corp overtake firm's lead in new machines; Nintendo is about year late in shipping machines and has only three games ready, while there are already hundreds of games available for Sony and Sega machines; plans to restrict number of games developed to assure high quality and develop most of games by itself, at least initially; graphs; tables; photos (M)

Seeking a Turnaround With Souped-Up Machines and a Few New Games

Over 300 baseball fans board Yankee Clipper ferryboat on Aug 25 as NY Waterway begins direct ferry service from Weehawken to Yankee Stadium (New Jersey Daily Briefing) (S)

300 Take Boat to Stadium

 Bid for Soul of New Machine     In a move to match what Microsoft achieved with personal computers, Netscape will lead an effort to devise standards for a new generation of consumer devices. Page D1.      Fun and Games Overtaken         The United States Open begins today with players on the men's tennis tour -- with one notable exception -- still criticizing the seeding process.

INSIDE

Courier-News of Bridgewater reports that graduation rate for men's college basketball players is rising nationwide, but at Rutgers University, it is falling; says of 28 players recruited since 1989 who are no longer on the team, only seven have graduated (New Jersey Daily Briefing) (S)

Many Rutgers Players Flunk

FBI is examining photograph that was taken by Linda Kabot of Southampton, LI, at about same time that Trans World Airlines Flight 800 exploded over Atlantic Ocean; photograph shows what appears to be long, cylindrical object high in sky; it is in roughly horizontal position, and its right end seems to be brightly lighted, prompting speculation that it might be a missile (M)

Is That a Missile? Snapshot on Night of Air Crash Turns Hot

Russian national security adviser Aleksandr Lebed abruptly cancels important peace negotiations with Chechen rebels, accusing political enemies in Moscow of trying to prevent him from making compromises necessary to end war in Chechnya; many in Moscow object to what they regard as Lebed's quick capitulation to rebels, his willingness to withdraw troops and his nearly overt admission that Russia has lost war; others fear he will become likely successor to Pres Boris Yeltsin if he is given credit for ending conflict; photo; maps (M)

Lebed Suspends Chechen Talks; Blames Kremlin

Penn State defeats Southern California, 24-7, in Kickoff Classic at Giants Stadium; photos (M)

Last-Minute Starter Gets 241 Yards For Penn St.

Netscape Communications Corp, battling Microsoft Corp, is set to announce formation of Navio Corp in alliance with IBM, Oracle and four Japanese consumer electronics giants; Navio will develop refined software for browsing Internet and new software operating system firm hopes will become standard means for controlling Internet access and basic operations for broad range of consumer devices; Japanese firms, Sony, Nintendo, Sega Enterprises and NEC, are dominant in producing variety of home entertainment devices, suggesting strategy could shift battle for control of computer industry away from personal computers to products where Microsoft lacks special edge (M)

August 26, 1996

Headlines from August 26, 1996

Unyielding, Woods Fights Back To Third Straight Amateur Title

Torre's Team Is Enduring The Dog Days of August

Yankees' Past Is More Glorious Than the Present

Sentencing in Seoul

The Number Of Ad Pages Does Not Make The Magazine

Billboard 200

Jagged Little Pill

It Was Written

Falling Into You

Tragic Kingdom

Secrets

Historical Context for August 26, 1996