 Defiance From Asian Bloc  Asean, the Asian trading bloc, said it would admit Myanmar, the former Burma, brushing aside concerns about human rights there. Laos and Cambodia will also join. Page 10.    Hospital Deal Is Imperiled  City Hall's plan to turn Coney Island Hospital over to a for-profit company -- the city's first effort at privatizing its hospitals -- is in jeopardy of falling apart. Page 31.

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New York Q&A column; on takeout containers used by Chinese restaurants; disposing of hazardous materials; mechanics of Parachute Jump at Coney Island

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Tanya Holmes, single mother from Chicago, cares for children of former welfare parents who have been pushed into work force; officials say women like Holmes may help make new welfare law work; Illinois pays Holmes up to $90.65 a week per child for five or six children she normally cares for; child care is ticket off public assistance for former welfare recipients like Holmes; states, in allowing women to earn living by caring for children of others, both create jobs for welfare mothers and pave way for mothers of children they keep to go to work; photos (M)

Child-Care Solutions in a New World of Welfare

Mary Decker Slaney and two other United States athletes are suspended from competition by International Amateur Athletic Federation, world governing body for track and field, until their cases are resolved by American officials; federation stresses that it is not presuming athletes guilty of using banned substances but that it has grown impatient because cases are still not settled nearly year after suspicious urine tests were provide at 1996 Olympic trials in Atlanta; also suspended is Sandra Farmer-Patrick; Stephen Flenoy was also suspended by US track and field officials because of drug test at 1996 trials (M)

Slaney And 2 Others Suspended

Dan Neil article on Ferrari 550 Maranello sports car; photo (M)

50 Candles and a Car That Takes the Cake

Detroit Red Wings defeat Philadelphia Flyers, 4-2, in Game 1 of Stanley Cup championship round, Core States Center, Philadelphia; photo (M)

Red Wings Finally Put One Drought Behind Them

Social and economic turbulence probably lie ahead for France, no matter who wins today's elections. The Socialists are in a strong position to make a comeback, but regardless of whether they or the conservatives prevail, the prospect of deadlock has increased. The demands for the austerity championed by President Jacques Chirac are powerful but resented, and jobs have become the accepted priority. This has far-reaching implications for Europe.    Article, page 14.

Problems Looming For French Victors

George Vecsey, in Sports of The Times, comments on Stanley Cup, describing it as best sporting trophy that Canadian and American cultures have produced; notes that 'amazing thing' about Stanley Cup, in an age of insurance and litigation and high-tech security, is that it is still given to every winning player for one day in summer; photo (M)

Stanley Cup Spiffed Up For Summer

Market Watch column speculates about outlook for technology stocks (S)

What Will Follow 7 Years Of Riches?

Profile of Utah Jazz as Salt Lake City prepares to host NBA championship series for first time, after Jazz wins Western Conference; photos (M)

The Jazz Climbs the Mountain, And Takes a City Along With It

Role reversal among Democrats and Republicans on states' rights discussed; Republicans find that Congress they control is much wiser than legislature run by Democrats only five years ago; conservatives are now saying Washington knows best when it comes to curbing damage awards in state courts or regulating medical procedures, while Democrats speak of efficiency and responsiveness of states (M)

Switching Sides on States' Rights

Efforts to make buildings accessible to handicapped is defining architecture of 1990's as much as any stylistic impulse; new buildings are being made accessible from outset and existing structures are being modified to overcome barriers both obvious and subtle; American Institute of Architects is set to sponsor first-ever conference on universal accessibility; trend reflects welter of Federal and local laws that have left architects both frustrated and potentially liable; photos; drawing (L)/

Architecture in the Age of Accessibility

States trying to overhaul their campaign financing laws are finding that solutions are elusive and often threaten to create new and even worse problems than ones they are meant to repair; some states advocate using tax money to pay most campaign costs; they say that would spare candidates need to raise money and relieve powerful interests of ability to donate; other states would lift all regulations on contributions and spending and rely on improved system of public disclosure; in most states, consensus lies somewhere in between (M)

The States, Too, Are Plagued By Money's Power in Politics

New militant attitude among many disabled people, who demand more accommodation and recognition in society and the workplace, discussed, particularly in light of Mattel's new doll in a wheelchair; photo; some, like Nadina LaSpina, say they would not even choose to be cured, and declare that it is up to the world to adapt to their needs; politically correct terminology explained (M)

Eager to Bite the Hands That Would Feed Them

N R Kleinfield special report, Secrets in the Dark, on 15-year-old murder suspects Daphne Abdela and Christopher Vasquez and events that led to vicious killing of real estate broker Michael McMorrow in Central Park on night of May 22; notes that Abdela and Vasquez spent hours drinking and wandering in and around park on night McMorrow was killed; says Abdela was familiar presence there and at Carl Schurz Park near Gracie Mansion; photos (M)

Lives Tangle in Park's Hidden World

Return of Hong Kong to China on July 1 is becoming national preoccupation in China; people in Hong Kong may be awaiting their return to Chinese rule with anxiety, but in China, imminent handover is seen as one of most glorious events in modern history; Chinese say that Britain's return of Hong Kong will right one of worst wrongs left over from era of foreign domination in 19th century; they express feelings of nationalist pride and historical justice along with uneasy mix of jeolousy and superiority over Hong Kong's return; photo (M)

With Pride Rising, Chinese Count The Days to Hong Kong's Return

Dan Neil article on his visit to Ferrari SpA's automobile factory in Maranello, Italy; map (M)

Touring the Land of the Prancing Horse

Related Cos is set to build 22-story rental apartment building on East 86th Street, New York City; rendering (S)ÿ

22-Story Rental Building Going Up on E. 86th St.

Ben Brantley appraises 1996-97 theater season in New York City; contends that despite number of failures by major theatrical talents, past year has provided more reasons than any in a long time to believe in, and go to the theater, in New York examples cited; photos; Hirschfeld drawing (L)

In a Season of Wild Cards, Actors Rule

Gwen Bennett's fight for control of Vernon Downs race track in upstate New York outrages victims of pyramid scheme allegedly run by her husband, Patrick Bennett, through his Bennett Funding Group; it owed $1 billion to banks and to 12,000 investors when it collapsed last year; bankruptcy trustee says $600 million is missing, including $4 million that Patrick Bennett used to buy stake in small company that owns race track; Bennett situation shows how widespread and unexpected the consequences of hugh financial collapse can be, and how they can seem to overwhelm system supposed to deal with them; photos (L)

They're Off and Running, but With Whose Money?

Article on Thomas Jefferson High School in Brooklyn and principal Lena Medley's struggle to overcome violence, high dropout rate, extremely low test scores and other dire problems that have placed Jefferson on state's list of failing schools since 1990; five-story fortress was scene of shooting deaths of two students five years ago; Medley has lowered dropout rate and improved graduation rate, walls are free of graffiti and students, virtually all black and Hispanic, no longer congregate brazenly in hallways; Medley recently held formal cotillion for 20 juniors and seniors as culmination of voluntary program in which they were taught difference between compulsive and rational behavior; photos; test scores are still far below standard, and students will now face hurdle of Regents exams (M)

Wrestling With 'Jeff'

Robert Lipsyte article on seemingly high incidence of domestic dysfunction involving male sports figures; cites example of marriage and bitter divorce of professional football player Brian Holloway and Bette McKenzie; finds in Holloway story many of elements of dysfunctional relationships: sense of male entitlement, a woman who was subconsciously attracted by it, and then repelled, and a community and official response pervaded by fandom; photos (L)

One More Athlete's Wife Picks Up the Pieces of Her Life

Robert Lipsyte Coping column on his new image of himself, now that he is president of Irving Place Tenant Corporation (S)

Just Call Me Mr. President

Comment on new specialized court in Bridgeport, Conn, for domestic violence cases; court now shuttles all domestic violence misdemeanors that come through Bridgeport to Judge Lawrence L Hauser, who works with same prosecutor, same bail commissioner, same victim's advocate in effort to avoid having cases--and dangerous defendants--fall through cracks; specialized domestic violence courses, while not new, are becoming more popular, especially as funds become available through Federal Violence Against Women Act (M)

Court That Takes A Single Focus

Article by Southampton, LI, musician Larry Rivers describes how he learned to play saxophone when he was young boy in Bronx; photo (M)

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Headlines from June 1, 1997

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Child-Care Solutions in a New World of Welfare

Slaney And 2 Others Suspended

50 Candles and a Car That Takes the Cake

Billboard 200

Spice

Butterfly Kisses (Shades Of Grace)

Life After Death

Share My World

Carrying Your Love With Me

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