Airlines are pressing to improve on-time performance by putting new stress on taking off on time; are getting tough on late-arriving passengers; adhering closely to schedules gives airlines competitive edge and saves high cost of aiding passengers who miss connections because of delays; table; graphs; photo (L)

Airlines Are Cracking Down on Delayed Departures

Little drama is expected as New Jersey State Senate and Assembly committees consider new budget, thanks to unanticipated tax revenue and $590 million foreseen from sale of pension bonds (New Jersey Daily Briefing) (S)

No Budget Drama Expected

Medical Society of New Jersey announces its opposition to bill that would ban procedure that abortion opponents describe as partial-birth abortion (New Jersey Daily Briefing) (S)

Opposition to Abortion Ban

The Southern Baptist Convention has called upon its 15.7 million members to boycott the Walt Disney Company, saying that Disney has moved away from wholesome entertainment and toward themes of sex, violence and homosexuality.   

Baptist Leaders Urge A Boycott of Disney

Federal jury acquits James T Jennings, owner of defunct valet-parking business in Wall Township, of charges that he cheated investors of more than $1 million (New Jersey Daily Briefing) (S)

Acquittal in Fraud Case

Leona Helmsley, after turbulent decade at head of New York City's largest real estate empire, says that she intends to sell most or perhaps all of properties, valued at close to $5 billion; her decision comes amid bitter failing out with business associates of her late husband Harry B Helmsley (M)

Leona Helmsley Puts an Empire Worth Billions On the Market

New study finds that hormone replacement after menopause can significantly reduce woman's risk of death as long as she continues it; in first decade of hormone use, chance of dying was 37 percent lower among women who were using hormones than among women who did not, primarily because of fewer deaths from heart disease among users; mortality benefit dropped to 20 percent after 10 or more years of hormone use when women's risk of death from breast cancer rose; 16-year study of 60,000 postmenopausal women suggests that even women with breast cancer might benefit as group, if they took hormones; Dr Francine Grodstein of Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston is director of study; findings are published in June 19 issue of New England Journal of Medicine (M)

Hormone Use Helps Women, A Study Finds

Penalty phase of trial for convicted murderer Jesse K Timmendequas continues in Trenton; Richard Kanka, father of murder victim Megan Kanka, discusses his daughter's life and family's life since her murder; photo (M)

In the 'Megan' Case, a Statement of Loss vs. a Plea for Mercy

 Technology Stocks Fall, Dragging Market Lower  Technology stocks plunged after Seagate Technology and Gateway 2000 again said they expected earnings growth to slow and because of news that Intel planned to cut prices on its Pentium computer chips.    The technology-heavy Nasdaq composite index fell 10.68 points, to 1,432.43. The Dow industrials were also pulled lower, losing 42.07 points to close at 7,718.71. $(Page D8.$)

BUSINESS DIGEST

Many New Yorkers of baby-boom generation who delayed parenthood into 30's and 40's are moving through social life with children in tow, increasingly including them in city's grown-up night life; phenomenon reflects limited free time of many who work, as well as high degree of involvement of baby-boomers in children's lives that borders on obsession; photos (M)

A Night on the Town (Bring the Stroller)

Theft of garden ornaments is soaring across US as prices for everything, from birdbaths to life-size nudes, have doubled and tripled in US and Europe in last five years; even graveyards, which contain masterpieces of outdoor statuary, are among primary targets; recent arrests of Randy and Jennifer Ireland, described by Lake Placid, NY, authorities as voracious but discerning garden thieves, noted; 61 garden ornaments found in their loaded trailer has been traced to estates and graveyards from Missouri to Maine; photos (M)

'Honey, They Stole the Birdbath'

Status of nine-point plan to gird Hudson County's $300-million-a-year embroidery industry against cheaper overseas competitors (New Jersey Daily Briefing) (S)

Embroidery Industry Loan

Several New Jersey Assembly members will unveil package of bills meant to increase number of child care centers in state (New Jersey Daily Briefing) (S)

Toward More Day Care

Article discusses growing unrest among Newark, NJ, police officers against city and Mayor Sharpe James following suspension without pay of Officer Robert Leaks for shooting death of pregnant Dannette Daniels during scuffle following drug bust (M)

Police Anger Unsettles City Already Edgy

Texas Pacific Group reportedly has emerged as potential buyer of bankrupt Barney's Inc; interest of investment firm changes tenor of bidding for retail chain, sought up to now only by other retailers (M)

New Suitor May Emerge For Barney's

Engraver corrects misspelling of word Nobel on tombstone of Isaac Bashevis Singer, six years after his death; photo (M)

Errata and Incongruities At Isaac Bashevis Singer's Grave

 Megan's Father Remembers  Megan Kanka's father described his little girl for the jury that is considering the death penalty for her killer, who asked to live. Page B1.    Have Kids, Will (Still) Travel  The generation that delayed parenthood into its 30's and 40's is keeping up its busy night life -- with the children in tow. Page C1.

INSIDE

Goldman Sachs Group reports pretax earnings rose 19 percent in six months ended May 31 to record $1.52 billion, up from year-earlier $1.27 billion; results are expected to be harbinger of robust financial results from other Wall Street firms, several of which are now among nation's most profitable companies; Goldman reports pretax earnings in most recent quarter fell 14 percent, to $610 million (M)

Goldman Profits Highlight Boom On Wall Street

One Times Square, tower that is international landmark and that has been home to New Year's Eve ball drop for nearly century, is being sold to German investors for nearly four times price paid by Lehman Brothers over two years ago; Lehman Brothers, which paid $27.5 million for 22-story building, reportedly has agreed to sell property to Jamestown group for about $110 million; building is vacant and is likely to remain mostly empty, continuing to serve as little more than gigantic billboard; photo (M)

Tower in Times Sq., Billboards and All, Earns 400% Profit

Anne Raver on roof-top garden tours in Manhattan, offered by Horticultural Society of New York; photos (M)

By Bus to Gardens in the Sky

 HARDBALL DIPLOMACY -- United Nations diplomats took time out from discussing Iraq and Albania to take in the Yankees-Mets game. B3.    ASSISTED SUICIDE -- A man who admitted helping his wife commit suicide with a drug says in a new book that he also suffocated her with plastic bags because the drug was not working fast enough. B3.    NO SWIMMING -- Westchester County closed all 26 of its beaches on Long Island Sound because of a 100,000-gallon sewage spill early this week near City Island. B4.  

INSIDE METRO

Prime Min Necmettin Erbakan, first head of Islamic party to lead Turkey, yields to pressure from military and resigns on June 18 after nearly a year in power; asks Pres Suleyman Demirel to keep his coalition in power by naming Foreign Min Tansu Ciller as his successor; Demirel does not indicate who he will name as Erbaken's successor (M)

Pro-Islamic Premier Steps Down In Turkey Under Army Pressure

Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical Cats overtakes A Chorus Line to become longest-running show in Broadway history, with 6,138 performances; Cats, which opened at Winter Garden theater on Oct 7, 1982, has been seen by over 8 million people in New York City, with ticket sales totaling $329 million; photo (M)

With 6,138 Lives, 'Cats' Sets Broadway Mark

Clandestine rebel broadcast says that fugitive Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot has surrendered to his former comrades; development suddenly opens prospect that Pol Pot can be handed over to Cambodian Government or international community and put on trial for killings of over million people during his reign of terror from 1975 to 1979; broadcast is greeted with astonishment, joy and skepticism by Cambodian officials and foreign analysts; map; photos (M)

Men Once Led By Pol Pot Say They Have Him

Senate Finance Committee unanimously approves legislation that would redesign Medicare and increase charges for affluent elderly people under program, provide new money for health coverage of uninsured children and restore welfare benefits for over 500,000 legal immigrants; bill would alter health and welfare programs touching almost all Americans; changes in Medicare would be biggest since its creation in 1965; photo (M)

June 19, 1997

Headlines from June 19, 1997

Airlines Are Cracking Down on Delayed Departures

No Budget Drama Expected

Opposition to Abortion Ban

Baptist Leaders Urge A Boycott of Disney

Acquittal in Fraud Case

Billboard 200

Wu-Tang Forever

Everywhere

Spice

Butterfly Kisses (Shades Of Grace)

Middle Of Nowhere

Historical Context for June 19, 1997