Interview with chef Linda Yablonsky on her novel The Story of Junk; book deals with restaurant scene of 1970's and 1980's; photo (M)

High Times In the Kitchens Of the Go-Go 80's

Newark ranks 217th out of 219 cities in Zero Population Growth survey judging cities as places to raise children (New Daily Briefing) (S)

Poor Ranking for Newark

Outdoor are taking up smoke cooking for the flavor they cannot get from mere grilling; some tips on equipment and techniques; recipes; photo (M)

Now, That's Really Smoking

Federal Government closes ocean dumping area near Sandy Hook and approves method to cap dump and contaminated region surrounding it (New Jersey Daily Briefing) (S)

Ocean Dumping Area Closed

Gov Christine Todd Whitman's campaign begins airing radio advertisement blaming Democratic gubernatorial candidate James E McGreevey for state's high auto insurance rates (New Jersey Daily Briefing) (S)

Whitman Camp on the Attack

Former South African Pres F W de Klerk, who negotiated end to apartheid, resigns as head of opposition National Party and retires from politics; departure is major blow to largely white-backed party, which resisted his efforts to make it into multiracial party; photos (M)/

De Klerk Quits As Party Chief In South Africa

New York City Housing Police Officer Ralph C Dols dies after being shot execution-style in front of his home in Brooklyn; detectives are investigating whether killing was carried out by members of Colombo organized crime family; say Dols's widow, Kim T Kennaugh, had once lived with Joel Cacace, reputed acting boss of Colombo family; her brother, August, who was convicted in 1981 murder, has been identified as Colombo soldier; detectives say Kennaugh's first husband was shot to death in 1987 in South Brooklyn; that killing has never been solved; Dols photo (M)

Mob Link Studied in Slaying of Officer at His Home

 A DAY IN A HOT SPOTLIGHT -- A Bronx man who was interviewed on television yesterday about what he says is a ticket trap was suddenly arrested on a 13-year-old warrant and then released, triggering a second complaint: harassment. B3.    FATHER'S CRIME TIP -- The father of the man charged with killing a New York City firefighter for sport turned his son in after learning that the son's friend suspected him. B5.

INSIDE METRO

Perth Amboy, NJ, officials have scheduled disciplinary hearing for six firefighters and their supervising lieutenant charged with responding too slowly to Aug 11 fire that destroyed 87-year-old YMCA building (New Jersey Daily Briefing) (S)

Firefighters Accused of Delay

 Officer Shot Execution-Style  A housing police officer was slain in front of his house in Brooklyn, and detectives said they were investigating whether the shooting was the work of the mob. Page B1.    More Gore Calls Are Found  Documents given to Congress show Vice President Gore made 86 fund-raising calls from his White House office, nearly twice as many as earlier acknowledged. Page A16.  

INSIDE

United States to grant political asylum to Chang Sung Gil, North Korea's Ambassador to Egypt, highest-ranking North Korean to seek asylum in US, his brother, Chang Sung Ho, diplomat, and their families; has brought them to US; Clinton Administration says little publicly for fear of upsetting talks with North Korea; senior officials privately call defections intelligence bonanza; say Chang is familiar with missile and other arms sales to Egypt, Syria and Iran; photo (M)

DEFECTING ENVOY FROM NORTH KOREA TO GET U.S. ASYLUM

Continental Airlines Inc, becoming third airline in nine months to reject advertising agency relationship, is naming N W Ayer & Partners as its lead shop around the world; billings estimated at $50 million; decision ends relationship with Richards Group of Dallas, which has handled domestic duties for Continental since 1993; decisions by Continental and by United Airlines in November and Delta Air Lines in March to seek new agencies are indicative of increasing competition among giant global carriers for business and leisure travelers; photo (L)

Continental, Hiring Ayer, Is Latest Airline To Eject a Shop

Government officials are investigating whether maze of hundreds of corporate subsidiaries acquired by Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corp were used by some of its hospitals to fraudulently obtain Federal reimbursement that they did not deserve; Federal investigators obtain evidence that Columbia hospitals in at least four states may have improperly filed for Government reimbursement on expenses incurred in recruiting doctors; both areas of investigation signal further expansion of Federal inquiry into procedures Columbia hospitals used for reporting expenses to the Government (L)

U.S. Examining Columbia's Use Of Subsidiaries' Cost Reports

Charge that several Brooklyn police officers beat and brutally sodomized Haitian immigrant Abner Louima are rippling across entire landscape of police work; officers around New York City say case has subtly changed way they respond to suspicious activity and has reversed high morale and good public relations spurred by falling crime rate, interviews; photos (M)l

Torture Case Puts Officers On Defensive

David Gonzalez column on Richard McDermott, self-described 'saloon scholar' and publisher of New York Chronicle, quarterly magazine devoted to city's history; says $700 that bar owners pay McDermott to dig out history of their buildings helps him cover costs of magazine--his real passion (M)

Intoxicated By the Search For History

William Morrow & Co publishing house seeks to quash subpoena by Whitewater prosecutor Kenneth W Starr for unfinished manuscript of memoir by Webster L Hubbell, complaining it is far too sweeping; holds publishers deserve 'qualified privilege' under First Amendment to protect notes and unpublished data from disclosure; prosecutors probe whether current or former Clinton Administration aides helped arrange consulting contracts for Hubbell, former Justice Department aide and Clinton confidant, to dissuade him from cooperating with prosecutors (M)

Whitewater Subpoenas Set Off Legal Battle Over a Manuscript

Spending bill riders quietly approved by Senate subcommittee in July would deal blow to Indian rights; Sen Slade Gordon, who has had running dispute with Indians in home state of Washington, defends drive to force basic change in Indian affairs, interview; seeks to force 554 tribes to waive sovereign immunity from civil suits or lose up to $767 million, nearly half of their operating budgets, and to deny Federal money to tribes whose income is above certain level; Indian leaders and Interior Sec Bruce Babbitt score measures; Pres Clinton threatens veto (M)

SENATE MEASURES WOULD DEAL BLOW TO INDIAN RIGHTS

Manhattan's financial district is drawing increasing number of tourists to New York City; tourists are making reservations weeks in advance to see $140 billion in gold ingots stacked in Federal Reserve Bank of New York's vault, posing for pictures in front of big bronze bull on Broadway and lining up weekdays for one of 3,000 tickets given away to see floor of New York Stock Exchange; Federal Reserve opened $750,000 visitors' gallery in July; NYSE is finishing $2 million remodeling of its tourist center; American Stock Exchange, which sacrificed its visitors' mezzanine years ago to make way for new trading floor, is studying ways to build new one; map; photo (M)

New York's Financial District Is a Must-See Tourist Destination

Fidelity Investments has decided to close Magellan fund to new investors; as of Sept 30, mutual fund, the nation's largest, will accept only new investments from current shareholders or from participants in retirement programs that include Magellan as an option (L)

Fidelity to Bar New Investors In Magellan

Fidelity Investments has decided to close the Magellan fund, the country's largest mutual fund, to new investors. The vast size of Magellan has made it increasingly difficult for the fund to outperform the overall stock market.    Business Day, page D1.  

Fidelity to Close Off Huge Magellan Fund

Popularity of the Bloody Mary cocktail gives rise to host of prepared mixes; eight brands are sampled; recipe for classic Bloody Mary; photo (M)

The Easy Way Out for Bloody Marys

Richard L Huber, multimillionaire corporate turnaround wizard and new Aetna president and chief executive, crusades to save street he lives on in blighted downtown Hartford, Conn, neighborhood; has bought about fourth of buildings on street, moved out suspected drug dealers and brought in solid tenants; commitment has helped end drop in property values; he says Aetna is unlikely to be economic and civic presence in city it was in 1960's, interview; map; photos (M)

A Very Personal Investment in a Blighted Hartford Street

Democratic mayoral candidate Ruth W Messinger, in first televised advertisement of her campaign, offers hard-hitting assault on Mayor Rudolph W Giuliani's education record; ad, which features staged scene of children being taught in crowded bathroom, prompts Schools Chancellor Rudy Crew to accuse her of 'denigrating the public school system for political gain'; photo (M)

Messinger's TV Ad Leads Crew to Charge 'Sordid Duplicity'

Prison inmates found to have been wrongfully convicted will be able to sue New Jersey for compensation under bill signed by Gov Christine Todd Whitman (New Jersey Daily Briefing) (S)

Wrongful Conviction Law

NASA aides say Russian astronauts had already fixed problem in Mir space station's oxygen-generating system by time NASA issued alarming report of breakdown; say NASA team did not know of repair because it left Russian Mission Control Center before last communication of day with Mir, confident that crew was in no danger (M)

NASA's Face Red As Report of Fault On Mir Is Clarified

Lucas Tolentino Coelho de Lima, better known as Lucas Paquetá, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays either as an attacking midfielder or winger for Premier League club West Ham United and the Brazil national team.

August 27, 1997

Headlines from August 27, 1997

High Times In the Kitchens Of the Go-Go 80's

Poor Ranking for Newark

Now, That's Really Smoking

Ocean Dumping Area Closed

Whitman Camp on the Attack

Billboard 200

No Way Out

Men In Black--The Album

The Art Of War

Spice

Middle Of Nowhere

Notable Births

Historical Context for August 27, 1997