June 3, 1997

Wary Bonn Holding Firm To Europe Currency Plan As France's Socialist leader was asked to form a new Government, Germany insisted it was committed to a single European currency. But it issued a veiled warning to French leaders who are talking of relaxing the rules for the euro. Page A8. A Primary Test of Strength For New Jersey's county organization leaders, today's primary could enhance their stature or relegate them to the past. Page B4. Africans Act to End Coup A Nigerian-led force sent ships, airplanes and troops into action to put down an eight-day-long military coup in Sierra Leone. Page A10.

Superior Court Judge N Peter Conforti rules that Jayson Vreeland, 17, one of two teen-agers charged in April murders of two Franklin, NJ, pizza deliverymen, will be tried as adult (New Jersey Daily Briefing) (S)

Justice Department subpoenas financial documents from more than dozen prominent Manhattan art dealers, as well as from Sotheby's and Christie's, in wide-ranging probe into possibility of collusion and price fixing among art dealers buying at auctions; probe comes amid longstanding rumors in art world that some dealers try to buy cheaply by forming rings of dealers who agree to refrain from bidding against one another; practice, known as bid-rigging, inhibits prices from reaching fair value at auction, after which dealers can resell works at exaggerated profits (M)

Twelve-year-old Malcolm Shabazz, grandson of late Malcolm X, is arraigned in Family Court, Yonkers, NY, for allegedly setting fire that has left grandmother, Dr Betty Shabazz, clinging to life; is said to be troubled youth badly neglected by mother, Qubilah Shabazz; was reportedly institutionalized in February '97 after trashing apartment he shared with her in Texas; came to New York month ago to live with grandmother, who had cared for him before when mother could not; crime is another stunning blow to family that has suffered since May 1965, when grandfather was assassinated in Harlem; photos (M)

Interview with Dr Steen Malte Willadsen, pioneer in field of embryo cloning; photo (L)