October 22, 1997

Jury says it is deadlocked in trial of Dr Claus P Speth, who is charged with tampering with evidence while examining body of Ronald Puttorak, who had been found hanging in Essex County jail cell (New Jersey Daily Briefing) (S)

Citicorp will eliminate total of 7,500 jobs as it moves to cut costs and streamline operations in nearly 100 countries; says it will actually shed 9,000 jobs, mainly in computer processing and operations; but it expects 1,500 of affected employees to take new jobs elsewhere with the company in South Dakota, Ireland, Texas, Singapore and other locations; result is to be 8.3 percent reduction in Citicorp's overall work force; Citicorp says its third-quarter earnings fell by 45.3 percent, to $511 million; profits rose by 14 percent, to $1.07 billion; restructuring is part of series of moves by chairman John S Reed to build on strategy that emphasizes bank's worldwide reach (L)

The Marlins scored seven runs in the ninth inning last night to break open a tie game and defeated the Indians, 14-11, in Cleveland to take a lead of two games to one in the World Series. Florida tied a Series record for most runs in the ninth.

Memorial album by some of biggest names in music will go on sale in Britain on Dec 1 to raise money for favorite charities of Diana, Princess of Wales; photo; Italy's Culture Ministry says it will seek advice from art experts about risks of transporting Bernini's statue 'David' to National Gallery in Washington; Saturday Night Fever, movie that introduced John Travolta's disco dancing to world 20 years ago, will be made into stage musical; scenes deleted from various Walt Disney movies will be screened when Museum of Modern Art presents more than two hours of rare material from Disney vaults; illustration (M)

Chefs around country, frustrated with timid spicing and unpourability of commercial ketchup, are creating their own ketchups; with bolder seasonings and flavors, they are giving ketchup a fresh face and much needed spunk; recipes; photo (M)