November 17, 1996

James P Hoffa, son of James R Hoffa, is waging campaign to unseat Ron Carey as head of International Brotherhood of Teamsters, nation's largest private-sector union; he vows to restore Teamsters union to greatness it had under his fabled father; by most accounts, it is neck-and-neck race, pitting one of most famous labor names of last 50 years against man hailed by many outsiders for cleansing a notoriously corrupt union; photo (M)

Pentagon, narrowing a hotly contested battle to build one-size-fits-all combat aircraft for Navy, Air Force and Marines, eliminates McDonnell Douglas Corp, contender that had most to lose from being cut; decision leaves Boeing Co and Lockheed Martin Corp to compete for what could become largest weapons program in history of military procurement; Boeing and Lockheed will now start building working models of their very different proposals, with help of Govt financing of more than $2 billion in next four hears; after 'fly off' to compare planes' performance, winner is to be chosen in 2001; production of roughly 3,000 so-called Joint Strike Fighters is scheduled to begin in 2008 (M)

Dave Anderson Sports of The Times article calls for ouster of Bud Selig as baseball's acting commissioner for failing to resolve lingering labor dispute; photo (M)È

US military's problems in trying to deal with sexual issues discussed in light of recent cases of rape and sexual harassment at Army training centers; photo (S)

Profile of Debra Jean-Louis, manager of the Borough Hall subway station in Brooklyn, whose job it is to keep the station clean and running smoothly; photos (L)