Robert Lipsyte column compares his teen-age years with those of teen-ager today; cartoon (M)

Surviving Kafka and Other Rites of Passage

Marshall Schuon appraises 1997 Buick LeSabre; photo; comparison table with other models (S)

Still Making 'em Like They Used To

Scientist Stephen R Schwartz is founder and president of International Research Services, Port Chester, NY, company that tries to identify defective products before companies put them on market; photo (M)

Human Tests Weigh Product Safety

 FYI 2    MAKING IT WORK   3  A New Age preacher with a corporate message gathers a flock in Brooklyn.    NEW YORKERS & CO.   4  Why Jerry Nachman, quotemeister and WCBS-TV news director, is heading west again.    MOVIE CLOCK   9  What's showing at the local movie houses, today through Thursday.    GOOD EATING   10  A tour of the West 40's; Barbetta's regal setting; the spacious Jewel of India; the fast-paced Joe Allen; the welcoming Lattanzi.    PLAYING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD   10  Noshing lessons in Brighton Beach; antique cars in Flatbush; a look at the history of Presidential campaigns on television.    SOAPBOX   11  Golf in the Bronx. And letters.  

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Artists who sketch people on New York streets must engage in nightly cat-and-mouse game with police, and they are appealing a Federal court decision upholding city's policy that treats them like unlicensed street vendors; case is gathering wide attention as a collision between quality-of-life issues dear to Giuliani administration and First Amendment protection; photo; drawings (L)

Is This Man Dangerous?

Brokers and financial planners are wooing gay investors, many of whom are in dual-income households with no children and thus have substantial sums to invest; gay people also have distinct requirements in areas like estate planning; a flurry of products and services are being introduced, from a mutual fund that invests solely in gay-friendly companies to a new investment advisory firm that focuses on socially responsible investing for gay people; photos (M)

Welcome Mat Is Out For Gay Investors

Year 1896 recalled as year New Jersey inaugurated its first Republican governor in 30 years and later elected Republican Presidential ticket of William McKinley and his New Jersey running mate, Garret A Hobart; factors leading to Republican ascendancy in state, which lasted until Depression, discussed; graphs; photos (L)

Year of the Elephant

Sports of The Times column scorns Yankee complaints about bringing in veterans for pennant run; photo (S)

Yanks Create Bad Vibes By Yapping

Armored Iraqi divisions drive into north, ignoring strong American warnings, and seize Erbil, important city in Kurdish enclave; Pres Clinton orders American troops in region on high alert and sends in reinforcements; United States begins intense consultations with its allies about how to react; photo; map (M)

U.S. Calls Alert As Iraqis Strike A Kurd Enclave

Both Pres Clinton and Bob Dole are running their Presidential campaigns to unusual extent independent of Congressional elections; Congress, as institution, is even more unpopular than usual; House Speaker Newt Gingrich, who has emerged as one of most disliked politicians in America, is liability for Dole; Clinton benefits from role as check on power of Republican Congress, although Democrats' chances of regaining control of Congress have improved; photo (M)

For Both Dole and Clinton, Congress Can Be a Real Problem

Special report, Beyond Dependency, assesses welfare-to-work programs, concept championed by Pres Clinton in his acceptance speech at Democratic National Convention; those who administer existing welfare-to-work programs around the country say overcoming years of dependency is daunting; in Kanasa City, Mo, business people are frustrated by many welfare veterans; many among those hired, the most qualified of those screened, have problems that include absenteeism, lack of discipline about work hours, poor reading and communications skills, and open resentment when given direction; these concerns resonate nationally with business leaders, who are only beginning to figure out employers' roles as states begin to trek into uncharted territory under mandates that those on welfare must find work or face loss of benefits; photo (L)

Welfare-to-Work Plans Show Success Is Difficult to Achieve

Michael Chang defeats Vince Spadea in five sets at US Open; Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf are also among day's winners; list; photos (S)

Chang Does A Belly-Flop, But Still Beats Spadea

New 12-story rental building set to open on edge of Little Italy Historic District, New York City, consists mostly of one-bedroom apartments; photo (S)

A 12-Story Rental On Edge of Little Italy

Latest article in yearlong series on forces shaping Presidential campaign in Canton, Ohio, area reports that interviews with people attending Stark County Fair indicate Pres Clinton continues to hold early lead; main thing he has going for him in Canton is the economy, which is much stronger than four years ago, when unemployment was 8 percent; most people say they did not watch much of either Democratic or Republican national convention, considering them staged events; photos (L)

Blue Ribbon Goes to Clinton At This Year's County Fair

Alabama appears to have overpaid dearly for the Mercedes plant going up in Vance; tax breaks and other subsidies are pushing $300 million, which amount to $200,000 for each job created, 1,500 at the plant itself and 15,000 to 17,000 related jobs elsewhere, an estimate that some see as wishful thinking; Mercedes was determined to build a US plant whatever the state concessions it won; doubts about the wisdom of interstate bidding for factories have led to consideration of proposals to levy a Federal tax on income up to 100 percent of any incentives or subsidies that a company receives to move; map; photos (M)

O Governor, Won't You Buy Me a Mercedes Plant?

Man-eating wolves are terrorizing state of Uttar Pradesh in India; they have killed 33 children in last five months; frenzy of rumors has put blame for killings not on wolves but on werewolves; other rumors have put blame for killings on infiltrators from Pakistan, India's traditional enemy, who have supposedly dressed up as wolves; villagers are turning against strangers, and sometimes against one another; at least 20 people have been lynched; hunt to kill wolves suspected of attacking humans involves thousands of villagers and police officers armed with bamboo staves and shotguns; nobody can be sure that any of wolves shot so far are part of pack that experts believe is responsible for the deaths; photo; map (M)

In India, Attacks by Wolves Spark Old Fears and Hatreds

Pre-teen and teen-age boys living near Yankee Stadium, all diehard Yankee fans, are filled with angst as their heroes stumble through the season; generation after generation of young boys have sneaked under fence of stadium to play pickup ballgames in stadium parking lot; that tradition continues to this day; photo (M)

They Live to Be Yankees, but Lately It's Tough

New York Yankees defeat California Angels, 14-3 (S)

Key Puts the Yankees on Cruise Control for a Rout

After 20 months of a war that has ravaged Chechnya and profoundly scarred the battered Russian psyche, the leading military officials from both sides have now announced that the bloodshed is over.  

Russia and Chechens Face Unsure Peace

Presidential candidates embark on final 66-day frenzy of charges and countercharges, sound bites and debates; Pres Clinton offers himself as youthful leader for next century and Bob Dole seeks to ride to White House on promise of 15 percent tax cut; these distinct messages will be put forth to Americans with new intensity in final months of campaign; both candidates will unleash millions of dollars' worth of television commercials; Democratic and Republican analysts agree that neither convention made any fundamental changes in dynamics of the campaign (M)

CLINTON AND DOLE SHARPEN MESSAGES IN RACE'S FINAL LEG

Bull market defies expectations that it is about to hit a top; the continuing, steady flow of money from 401(k) retirement plans to mutual funds is a major reason why; graph (M)

A Top? Not While The Money Pours In

Pres Clinton campaign's stress on personal lives of Clinton and Gore families leaves campaign unable to complain about press revelations that its top political strategist, Dick Morris, disclosed campaign data to call girl; campaign is pushing American politics even further into area where personal experience counts more than policy and ideology; photo (M)

So the Personal Does Turn Out to Be Political

NFL season opens; preview look at teams; photos (M)

Style points don't count. Ability is not enough. In the N.F.L., winning only comes with attitude.

James R Oestreich article on powerful first experiences with musical works in light of new series of reissued recordings of original performances; photo (M)

The Sound of Memories

Municipal Art Society sponsors photographic exhibition and series of panel discussions on inner city racial segregation (S)ï

Photos and Discussions Of Racism in the City

Zendaya Maree Stoermer Coleman is an American actress and singer. Her accolades include two Primetime Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe Award. In 2022, Time named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world.

September 1, 1996

Headlines from September 1, 1996

Surviving Kafka and Other Rites of Passage

Still Making 'em Like They Used To

Human Tests Weigh Product Safety

ALSO INSIDE

Is This Man Dangerous?

Billboard 200

Jagged Little Pill

Falling Into You

It Was Written

Blue

Tragic Kingdom

Notable Births

Historical Context for September 1, 1996