February 15, 1997

Recent wave of violence by Hutu militants in Rwanda has terrorized Tutsi, forced aid organizations to suspend operations in many places and derailed hopes for reconciliation between Hutu majority and Tutsi minority; militia members among returning Hutu refugees have swelled guerrilla ranks; Tutsi-controlled Government responds with increasingly repressive measures; map; photo (L)

Child Agency Details Errors New York City's child welfare agency said it would discipline 21 employees over the agency's handling of eight abused children. Page 25. Hospital Merger Derailed A proposed merger by New York University and Mount Sinai Medical Centers has fallen apart over control of the medical school. Page 25. Dispute on Wiretap Plan Telephone companies charge that a new F.B.I. proposal would expand the agency's capabilities for wiretapping a hundredfold. Page 35. Offer to Return to Work Unions striking at two Detroit newspapers unconditionally offer to send 2,000 members back to work. Page 9.

Pres Clinton invokes emergency powers of 1926 Railway Labor Act to halt strike by American Airlines pilots for 60 days; acts just after Allied Pilots Assn calls strike; names three-member panel to recommend non-binding resolution of dispute; graph; table; photos (L)

Clinton Administration decides to free all 53 remaining illegal Chinese immigrants fighting deportation since freighter Golden Venture ran aground off Queens in June 1993; most are held at Pennsylvania prison; photo (M)

Pilot's dispute at American Airlines represents rare instance in which union holds extraordinary power over both employer and much of nation; airline prosperity and resultant increase in pilots' job security has tipped balance of power in pilots' favor (L)