Profile of Joseph P Nacchio, who resigned as president of AT&T Corp's consumer and small business division to head Qwest Communications International Inc, firm now making initial public offering; Qwest is building fiber-optic communications network; tables; photos; drawing (M)

Left Out of Succession Fight, A Rising Star Defects to Upstart

Article describes scene at Monday Night film series in Bryant Park in midtown Manhattan; photo (M)

Off to See the Wizard, for One, in Bryant Park

A senior Cambodian Army general said he saw the Khmer Rouge leader yesterday in northern Cambodia, the first reported sighting of Pol Pot by someone outside the Khmer Rouge since 1981. Page A6.  

Pol Pot Reported Seen

Plan to complete final link of State Route 29 just south of Trenton has been rated one of nation's 37 most wasteful road projects by coalition of taxpayer and environmental groups (New Jersey Daily Briefing) (S)

Road Project Rated Wasteful

Cathedral Healthcare System, nonprofit hospital network owned by Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark, NJ, is subject of Federal investigation into whether it made illegal political contributions and violated Federal law by paying doctors for referring Medicaid and Medicare patients; scope of investigation came to light when FBI agents raided system's offices on June 9 and seized boxes of documents, computer disks and hard drives, banking records and contracts; photo (M)

Hospitals Face A U.S. Inquiry In Newark

Elizabeth Kolbert Metro Matters column notes that on July 4, date presumably chosen to stir hearts of its restive clientele, Metropolitan Transportation Authority will eliminate much-loathed two-fare-zone (M)

In Transfers, Pataki Finds A Free Ride

Pres Clinton encourages critics of historic tobacco agreement to regard it as starting point, rather than as finished product, , news conference, Denver; says he fears it may hobble Government's regulation of nicotine, but is pleased with reception that even critics have given it; stresses he will withhold final judgment until Administratiion completes weeks-long review, and is proceeding cautiously because industry acted out of self interest in deciding to settle class-action suit; says it is his duty to insure that reasons behind industry's decision do not undermine Administration's obligation and opportunity to protect public health; photo (M)

Clinton Calls Tobacco Deal A Beginning, Even if Flawed

New York Mets defeat Pittsburgh Pirates, 12-9; photo (M)

Call It the Penance Chase, And Everett Saves the Mets

New Jersey, as number of inmates who die of terminal diseases continues to grow, is planning to open its first chronic-care unit at new South Woods State Prison (New Jersey Daily Briefing) (S)

Chronic-Care Unit for Prison

Profile of Alex J Mandl, who resigned as AT&T Corp president and chief operating officer to head firm now renamed Teligent Inc; he is model for growing number of executives who have abandoned AT&T's cozy clutches for lucrative but risky life of entrepreneur; hopes to offer wireless phone and Internet access to small and medium-size businesses using fixed-wireless technology; photo; tables; drawing (M)

Dropping a Sure Path to the Top To Follow a Technological Dream

 UNDERCOVER CARTER -- A detective went on an undercover odyssey through New York City's garbage-hauling industry -- dining with mobsters, loading garbage trucks, evading thugs -- and ended up helping to overhaul it. B3.

INSIDE METRO

American consumers are buying far fewer televisions than expected, fearing new sets may soon be made obsolete by digital high-definition television; manufacturers are disappointed that sales are slowing over year before first digital sets go on sale; some are warning of high cost of high-definition sets; growth in sales of big-screen sets has slowed to about half level of year-earlier period; sales of high-end projection sets are stagnant; graphs (M)

TV Sales Weaken on Fears New Sets Will Soon Be Obsolete

US and other countries reportedly ask Canada to be key partner in extraordinary effort to take Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot out of Cambodia to face international tribunal for crimes against humanity; both Khmer Rouge forces who have turned against him, as well as Cambodian Government, are said to seek international help for precise plan insuring his swift and safe departure; officials say Sec of State Madeleine Albright has asked Canada to request extradition under its genocide laws; say only Canada and Denmark have laws that would permit them to request such step; death of more than one million Cambodians during Khmer rule between 1975 and 1979 recalled; group, which has remained military and political force since ouster by Vietnamese forces, is falling apart, with troops defecting to Government and Pol Pot's own men turning on him (M)

U.S. SPEARHEADING EFFORT TO BRING POL POT TO TRIAL

 A Room of His Own  For James Velez, a chance at independent living came only after undergoing electric shock treatment and traveling to the end of the institutional world. Page B1.    A Plan's Winners and Losers  The tax-cut proposal would help the 5 million families with the highest incomes but hurt the 40 million poorest families, a study says. Page B6.

INSIDE

Federal housing officials admit that landlords of subsidized, low-income public housing projects have grown wealthy at expense of people they promised to serve, and that Government, through mismanagement and neglect, allowed them to get away with it; say landlords collected subsidies and profited tax deductions while allowing properties to languish; landlords say they are not to blame, and dispute extent of problems; say properties have eroded because Department of Housing and Urban Development's refusal to approve periodic increases in rent subsidies needed for repairs; say they often have trouble finding contractors to repair properties, which are often in high-crime areas; Clinton Administration says it plans to take action to halt trend; vows reverse decades of lax oversight by driving out landlords of troubled properties; deterioration of Edgehill Village, public housing project in Nashville, Tenn, discussed; photos (L)

FAULTY OVERSIGHT PROFITED OWNERS OF PUBLIC HOUSING

Article examines impact of landmark Title IX of Education Amendments 25 years after its passage; law, which gave women equitable opportunity to play in sports in schools that receive Federal funds, has allowed many who were too old at time to subsequently discover athletic selves, and has provided poignant testimony to role sports can play in woman's life; thousands of women nationwide who never grew up as athletes are currently competitors in variety of sports in their 40's, 50's and even 60's; photos (M)

Women Over 40 Discovering Competitive Athlete Within

In eastern North Carolina, tobacco farmers saw the recently negotiated settlement with cigarette companies as yet another blow. Page B9.  

Tobacco Growers Wince

For more than 20 years court battle about how to pay for education of state's poor schoolchildren has focused on cities; places like Commercial Township, a struggling farming and fishing community of 4,700 people, however has filed suit seeking more aid from state (New Jersey Daily Briefing) (S)

Rural Suit for More School Aid

Ernie Els wins Buick Classic golf championship; photo (M)

Els Wins Buick Classic And Ranking as No. 1 in the World

School officials in number of small New Jersey towns say they will sue state over school financing formula, which they contend hurts rural school children; say students are being shortchanged by recent state Supreme Court decision, ordering Gov Christine Todd Whitman to spend extra $248 million to aid 28 urban districts designated as special needs districts, even though they already receive half of state's $4 billion education budget; say without substantial increase in aid they will never be able to meet Gov Whitman's new curriculum standards, which are aimed at insuring that each student receives thorough and efficient education required by State Constitution; fear financing gap between urban and rural school districts will only grow larger; officials in Commercial Township school district comment; photo; map (M)

Rural Schools Feel Ignored by Trenton Aid to Poor

Leaders of eight major industrial nations end three-day summit in Denver, Colo; call for rapid democratic elections in Hong Kong, renewed energy to break stalemate in Middle East, new commitment to peace in Bosnia and new aid for Africa; sharp dispute between US and France and other European countries dominates final session, as Pres Clinton refuses to commit US to specific reduction in emission of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases that contribute to global warming; Clinton fails to resolve differences with France and Italy over number of countries to be invited to join NATO in first round of expansion; US has flatly rejected French and Italian arguments that Romania and Slovenia be included in first-round membership; photos (M)

8 Leaders Issue Long Wish List To End Meeting

Librarians, faced with complaints that children are using library computers to find pornography on Internet, are struggling with issue of whether to buy software to screen out such material; many have decided that existing would compromise library's commitment to free flow of ideas; say programs are clumsy and imprecise, blocking huge amounts of nonpornographic information and allowing some pornography to slip through (M)

To Screen or Not to Screen: Libraries Confront Internet Access

Second of three articles A Room of His Own discusses work of Judge Rotenberg Educational Center in Canton, Mass, formerly Behavior Research Institute and Job Path, small Manhattan social service agency, in working with mentally disabled persons; case of teenager James Velez discussed; photo (M)

Institutions, Electric Shocks, and Now, a Glimmer of Hope

In recent years, nursery operators in New Jersey and elsewhere have increasingly used plastic-covered hoop houses, made of a series of semicircular steel hoops -- instead of glass greenhouses; result has been boom in recycling of plastic in New Jersey (New Jersey Daily Briefing) (S)

'Hoop House' Plastic Deal

New York Mets dismiss Capital City Bombers manager Doug Mansolino and coaches Dave Jorn and Tim Leiper in connection with death of player Tim Bishop in auto accident; Mets say three men did not appropriately address whether players had been drinking on Class A team from Columbia, SC, bus before accident; photo (M)

A Death In the Minors Leads Mets To Dismiss 3

Betty Shabazz, also known as Betty X, was an American educator and civil rights advocate. She was married to Malcolm X.

June 23, 1997

Headlines from June 23, 1997

Left Out of Succession Fight, A Rising Star Defects to Upstart

Off to See the Wizard, for One, in Bryant Park

Pol Pot Reported Seen

Road Project Rated Wasteful

Hospitals Face A U.S. Inquiry In Newark

Billboard 200

Wu-Tang Forever

Everywhere

Spice

Butterfly Kisses (Shades Of Grace)

Middle Of Nowhere

Notable Deaths

Historical Context for June 23, 1997