 CANDIDATES LOVE A PARADE -- With an important segment of the electorate lining Fifth Avenue, Rudolph W. Giuliani and Ruth W. Messinger marched in the Puerto Rican Day parade. B3.    VANDALISM AT CEMETERY -- Vandals broke into two mausoleums at a Jewish cemetery in Queens in what is being described as possibly an anti-Semitic incident. B3.

INSIDE METRO

House Republicans offer $16 billion plan to provide health care for uninsured children, while admitting they cannot completely fulfill promise to set aside $1.5 billion to help low-income elderly people pay health insurance premiums; say providing more for premiums would entail taking money from urban hospitals and children's hospitals, which can ill afford such cuts; decision will affect three million elderly people with incomes 20 percent to 50 percent above official poverty level, or with annual incomes from $9,468 to $11,835 (M)

G.O.P. LAWMAKERS WANT $16 BILLION FOR HEALTH PLAN

New Jersey Superior Court Judge Maurice J Gallipoli to decide whether runoff election should be held for Mayor of Jersey City between Mayor Bret Schundler and Jerramiah T Healy (New Jersey Daily Briefing) (S)

Judge to Decide on Runoff

Cigarette advertising on billboards will be banned under bill scheduled for hearing before New Jersey Assembly Transportation and Communications Committee (New Jersey Daily Briefing) (S)

Banning Cigarette Billboards

Workers begin demolishing railroad tower in Newark to make way for ramp connecting New Jersey Transit's Raritan Valley Line (New Jersey Daily Briefing) (S)

Farewell to a Railroad Tower

Recent cases of infidelity in US military and among prominent public figures underscore conflict in American attitudes on issue; while majority of Americans strongly disapprove of adultery, they disagree over whether it should be punished, and how and under what circumstances; adultery is illegal in about half of states, but laws, except for recent cases in military, are rarely enforced; charts (M)

On Adultery Issue, Many Aren't Ready To Cast First Stone

Utah Jazz defeat Chicago Bulls, 78-73, in fourth game of NBA championship series; series is tied, 2-2; photo (M)

Stockton Flings Jazz Into Tie With the Bulls

 Microsoft Moving to Invest $1 Billion in Comcast  In its most aggressive move beyond software and into the media business, Microsoft is nearing a deal to invest $1 billion in Comcast, the sixth-largest cable television operator, acquiring roughly a 20 percent stake, according to executives familiar with the discussions. The deal would give Microsoft a crucial foothold in controlling and distributing television programming.  

BUSINESS DIGEST

Robert Mankoff is named The New Yorker's first new cartoon editor since 1973; definition of New Yorker cartoon has changed over last decade, with its principal humor, long tailored to Manhattan sensibilities, transformed into something a little more generally accessible; critics say New Yorker cartoons of late are so dependent on the moment that they may not last; Mankoff is 53-year-old cartoonist whose work first appeared in The New Yorker in 1977; Mankoff says New Yorker cartoons should be intelligent and accessible, rather than pose as obscure intelligence test; cartoons (M)

Tradition on Trial As New Yorker Rethinks Cartoons

Russia's Kamchakta Peninsula, pristine and rich in natural resources, is fighting for economic survival, a striking example of impossible struggle faced by country's remote regions in adapting to economic realities of new Russia following collapse of Communism; subsidies and incentives once doled out by Government are gone, and nothing people did in old state-controlled economy makes sense any more; region, 5,000 miles from Moscow, is home to 400,000 people; almost nothing grows there, and everything must be imported; survival may depend on mining staggering deposits of gold that lie beneath its surface, which could bring in as much as $10 billion; photos; map (M)

Pristine Russian Far East Sees Its Fate in Gold

Profile of Voxware Inc, company typical of dozens of fledgling Internet start-ups that followed in footsteps of Netscape; Voxware's goal of translating human speech into digital language of computers and then decoding it for listening attracted $1 million investments, and its initial public offering raised $20 million; but company's promising start has yet to be translated into financial success; investors have retreated sharply from second-tier Internet start-ups, in part because of reconsideration of commercial outlook for Internet in general; whether Voxware thrives, or even survives, depends on how skillfully company executes its strategy and how quickly markets for telephony, conferencing and broadcasting on Internet develop; photo; graphs (M)

If at First You Don't Succeed, Turn to Netscape or Microsoft for Help

Jujamcyn Theaters, leading Broadway landlord, and Pace Theaterical Group, dominant producer of national tours, will create most extensive production and distribution system in commercial theater; collaboration, modeled on old Hollywood studio system, is intended to nurture shows from initial idea, through development and pre-Broadway tour, to full-blown New York run and subsequent international tour in combined network of more than three dozen theaters in North America and Britain; map (M)

2 Powerhouses of the Theater Meld Broadway and the Road

Clinton Administration, which has had string of successes on trade and international economic issues, hits major obstacles at home and abroad in efforts to open markets, raising questions over whether foreign policy agenda risks losing economic edge that marked Pres Clinton's first term; intense negotiations over China's entry into World Trade Organization have bogged down, all but extinguishing Clinton's hopes y that Beijing will agree to major changes in its protectionist aconomic structure before visit of Pres Jiang Jiamen to Washington; Chinese officials say campaign finance scandal is to blame, because investigations into foreign efforts to influence 1996 Presidential campaign have made any Asian trade deal suspect on Capitol Hill; trade deficit with Japan is on rise again, even while post of Ambassador to Japan has remained empty for six months, depriving Administration of key negotiator; negotiations on balancing budget have taken precedence over efforts by Administration to renew fast-track legislation that gives it authority to negotiate new global trade accords (M)

Clinton Effort On Freer Trade Is Losing Steam

Workers at Domsey Fiber Corp's used-clothing factory in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, say their court victory over the company's owners four year ago appears to have been mostly symbolic; say that conditions in factory remain oppressive; strikers have yet to receive any of the $2 million in back pay they were awarded because Federal labor officials, who put so much effort into pleading the workers' case in court, have only recently taken the first steps toward getting them their money; photo (M)

Insults, Dismissals And a 4-Year Wait For Pay They Won

Microsoft Corp nears agreement to acquire $1 billion stake in Comcast Corp, nation's sixth-largest cable television operator, in company's most agressive move beyond software arena and into media business; reportedly seeks Comcast stake of about 15 percent; its immediate interest seems focused on using Comcast's distribution pipeline for Microsoft Network (M)

Microsoft Near Deal to Acquire Cable TV Stake

BankAmerica Corp says it is buying Robertson, Stephens & Co, investment firm specializing in technology, health care and other high-growth areas; this is latest thrust by commercial bankers into investment banking; BankAmerica Corp will reportedly pay total of $540 million in cash, or five times book value; Robertson, Stephens is expected to remain distinct entity within bank, and Sanford R Robertson will remain in charge and become member of bank's board; rest of investment banking firm's senior managers will also continue in their posts; nearly all firms' partners are expected to stay after acquisition (M)

BankAmerica to Buy Robertson, Stephens Investment Company

Teaneck residents are protesting plan to cut down trees along Route 4 so that Bell Atlantic Nynex Mobile can build 85-foot cellular phone tower (New Jersey Daily Briefing) (S)

Another Teaneck Tree Battle

After losing the first two games in the National Basketball Association finals, Utah won for the second straight time at home last night to tie the series with Chicago. Led by John Stockton and Karl Malone, the Jazz scored the last 9 points of the game to top the Bulls, 78-73.  

Jazz Draws Even In Series With Bulls

New York City police officials and prosecutors offer new details concerning Corey Arthur and Montoun T Hart, suspects in murder-robbery of Jonathan Levin; describe their arrest, their activities in recent days and possible motives for slaying; doubt if suspects knew that Levin was the son of a multimillionaire media executive when they targeted him for a robbery; photo (M)

In Levin Killing, Details Are Revealed and Denials Offered

Thousands of tenants in rent-regulated apartments, including many elderly outside New York City, could face immediate eviction or steep rent increases if New York State legislators fail to agree on extending rent laws beyond June 15 deadline; wide gap remains between Democrats who wish to present rent-control laws and Republicans who want to phase them out; some Democratic lawmakers see abrupt deregulation and panic it would cause as best weapon against Republican lawmakers, including Gov George E Pataki, who plans to run for re-election in 1998; Republican leaders say compromise plan provides protections for most tenants, but Democrats say their position of vacancy decontrol would jeopardize housing of middle class; photo (M)

If Legislators Allow Rent Laws to Lapse, Then What's Next?

Local and state officials to break ground for parking lot that will be part of redevelopment plan for Elizabeth, NJ (New Jersey Daily Briefing) (S)

Breaking Ground for Parking

Hearing to be held on whether to propose legislation to allow 65 miles per hour speed limit on certain rural roads in New Jersey (S)

Speed Limit to Be Debated

Dr Anne A Paolucci, chairwoman of board of trustees of City University of New York, discusses her struggle with Chancellor W Ann Reynolds over CUNY's quality and direction; photo (M)

From Dante's Inferno to Hot Seat at CUNY

More than 700 developmentally disabled adults who have been on state waiting list for as long as a decade would be able to move into state-run group homes if bill being heard by New Jersey Assembly Community Services Committee is passed (New Jersey Daily Briefing) (S)

Group Home Money at Stake

Elizabeth Kolbert column describes battle in New York State Legislature over rent regulation as an aggravated case of settlement avoidance; dicusses prospects for compromise between Sen Joseph L Bruno and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver on question of luxury decontrol (M)

Avoidance And Obsession On Rent Laws

Stanley Howard Knowles was a Canadian parliamentarian. Knowles represented the riding of Winnipeg North Centre from 1942 to 1958 on behalf of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) and again from 1962 to 1984 representing the CCF's successor, the New Democratic Party (NDP).

June 9, 1997

Headlines from June 9, 1997

INSIDE METRO

G.O.P. LAWMAKERS WANT $16 BILLION FOR HEALTH PLAN

Judge to Decide on Runoff

Banning Cigarette Billboards

Farewell to a Railroad Tower

Billboard 200

Spice

Butterfly Kisses (Shades Of Grace)

I Got Next

I'm Bout It

Life After Death

Notable Deaths

Historical Context for June 9, 1997