January 22, 1997

New Jersey State Attorney General Peter Verniero formally reprimands Middlesex County Prosecutor Robert W Gluck and orders criminal investigation over Gluck's published admission that he warned County Sheriff Joseph C Spicuzzo of his brother's impending arrest on drug charges (New Jersey Daily Briefing) (S)

Frank J Prial pays tribute to Jose Ignacio Domecq Gonzalez, renowned as El Nariz (The Nose) for his ability to sniff out nuances of sherries created by family-owned business; Ignacio died on Jan 20 at age 82; photo (L)

US Justice Department rules that self admitted pro Nazi and anti-semitic Ferenc Koreh, 87, is currently too ill to be deported to his native Hungary (New Jersey Daily Briefing) (S)

New York City begins spending $660 million on five-year program to cut flow of pollution into its upstate reservoirs and avoid need for $4 billion filtration plant; typical NYC water bill of $400 a year will increase regularly until by year 2002, it will be $435 a year under agreement worked out among city, New York State, Federal environmental officials and coalition of small watershed communities; increases will buy thousands of acres of land around reservoirs, upgrade more than 100 aging sewage treatment plants and support economic development projects in Catskills; Mayor Rudolph W Giuliani signs agreement on Jan 21, ending 21 months of negotiations and decades of water-related litigation between city and its neighbors to north; map (M)

New York City Transit Authority, responding to complaints that its prototype for tomorrow's subway car did not account for ample bottoms of some passengers, presents new and improved version; new cars will have electronic sign displaying time and next station stop; other features described; photo (M)