September 23, 1996

Busing students from an overcrowded intermediate school in Cypress Hills section of Brooklyn to an underutilized school in nearby East New York causes unease among parents because of perception that East New York is a risky and undesirable place to send their children; parents acknowledge that their children have had few difficulties socially or academically at the East New York school; experience in this single Brooklyn district suggests that more widespread busing to balance students with available classrooms in the city would be more complicated than it seems; photo (M)

Party Rebellion in Mexico The rank-and-file members of Mexico's governing political party started a raucous revolt against the party leadership. Page A3. The Sharpton Factor Democrats say the Rev. Al Sharpton's entry into the mayoral race could complicate their efforts to defeat Mayor Giuliani. Page B1. No Longer Bachelor No. 1? John F. Kennedy Jr. has reportedly ended his lengthy reign as the nation's most eligible bachelor, marrying Carolyn Bessette. Page B3.

Rwandan women who were brutally raped during Hutu-Tutsi ethnic war in 1994 struggle to care for children fathered by their tormentors, often the same men who killed women's entire families; Human Rights Watch estimates that there are 2,000 to 5,000 unwanted children born of rape during civil war and mass killings; some women resorted to back-alley abortions, others abandoned babies or gave them away to orphanages, a few resorted to infanticide; those who kept their children face battery of new troubles, including rejection of their family and friends; many have become outcasts in their own communities and find it nearly impossible to support their families on their own; photo; map (M)

State officials say work requirements of new welfare law are much less onerous than they first believed; states can comply with law by putting some people to work and by simply removing others from rolls, regardless of whether they find jobs; welfare advocates are concerned, saying law would reward states for reducing welfare rolls even if they did not put more people to work; they fear states will simply make it more difficult for families who need help to get it; New York State faces prospect of dauntingly large jobs program, but state will need to get only 10 percent to 20 percent of its adult welfare recipients into jobs because of declines in its welfare rolls; map (M)

All night food trucks parked outside Rutgers University campus will cut their closing time to 2 A.M. on weekends in response to pressure from school (New Jersey Daily Briefing) (S)