Violet Palmer and Dee Kantner discuss their becoming first women referees in National Basketball Assn; photo (M)

Female Refs Say They Owe Their Jobs to Their Ability

Samuel B Shipps Jr, who killed State Trooper Scott M Gonzalez and then shot himself, dies from his wounds at Morristown Memorial Hospital (New Jersey Daily Briefing) (S)

New Jersey Daily Briefing; Man Who Shot Trooper Dies

Work of the artist Barbara Kruger is on view at Mary Boone Gallery in midtown Manhattan, in a multimedia installation in SoHo with messages changing every 10 seconds and on shrinked-wrapped bus that will make its rounds from Queens, down Fifth Avenue to 34th Street and up Madison Avenue; photo (L)

Three Aphorism Shows Are Better Than One

Ty Toys' beanie babies hit the big time--and big prices--in adult collectibles market; toys are the talk of the 1997 Atlantique City Holiday Fair at new Convention Center in Atlantic City, the largest indoor collectibles event ever staged; photo; graph (M)

The Short Sweet Life Of Peanut the Elephant

Interview with Carolyne Roehm, former apparel designer who is now involved with flower design and arranging; Roehm has released her first book, A Passion for Flowers; photos (L)

At Home With; A Hardy Perennial, Her Passions Still Blooming

Profile of the Russian film director Andrei Konchalovsky, who discusses his success in Hollywood and his future plans to make film on life of Henri Thoreau; Film Society of Lincoln Center is holding monthlong retrospective of Konchalovsky's films at Walter Reade Theater; photos (L)

A Feel for Siberia And Walden Pond; A Russian at Home in Hollywood

Three gang members are charged in fatal stabbing of Walter Alexander, whose body was found in wooded area of Jersey City park (New Jersey Daily Briefing) (S)

New Jersey Daily Briefing; Three Arrested in Death

Ben Brantley reviews Northern Broadsides theater company's production of Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra at Majestic Theater of Brooklyn Academy of Music, part of Next Wave Festival; photo (L)

A Cleopatra More Rowdy Than Regal

Newspapers of Oct 29 carry incorrect prices for 18 funds managed by Fidelity Investments and no prices for hundreds of other mutual funds; problems stem in part from heavy stock trading on prior day, particularly on Nasdaq market, where two computer glitches led to cascade of problems; problem with Fidelity is particularly troubling, since company has had difficulties pricing its mutual funds before; Fidelity calls errors unintentional, but such mistakes could shake confidence of investors who make decisions based on reported prices (M)

Fidelity Records Incorrect Prices For 18 Funds

Article profiles life and political career of New Jersey State Sen James E McGreevey, Democratic candidate for Governor; photo(M)

THE 1997 ELECTIONS: PROFILE -- Politics as Lifelong Passion; McGreevey of New Jersey Is a Relentless Competitor

Market Place column profiles Conagra Inc, calling it best-performing blue-chip corporation most Americans have never heard of; under leadership of Philip B Fletcher, Conagra's 20 different units began process of cooperating, not just in purchasing but in product development, distribution and other areas; Bruce Rohde, who recently succeeded Fletcher as chief executive, must decide how much further toward teamwork company can be pushed without compromising corporate culture that has successfully kept Conagra nimble by giving each operation unusual amount of freedom; Rohde's goal is to make Conagra world's largest and most profitable food company within next decade; graphs (L)

Market Place: Cultivating Conagra; Agribusiness Giant Seeks Balance Between Freedom And Cooperation for Units

Claire Smith Sports of The Times column discusses strains on major league baseball managers at end of season; cites rift between Baltimore Orioles manager Davey Johnson and owner Peter Angelos; photo (M)

Sports of The Times; The Bronx Could Calm These Egos

Wall Street calms down a bit day after one of biggest stock market rallies in history, ending with mixed results despite continued heavy trading volume; Dow Jones industrial average gains 8.35 points to close at 7,506.67, and Standard & Poor's 500-stock index falls 2.69 points, to 919.16; Russell 2000 index of smaller company issues has solid gains; volume on New York Stock Exchange is more than 777 million shares traded, second-busiest day in history; in Far East, markets resume their slide; in Tokyo, Nikkei index of 225 issues is down 452.44 points at 16,404.60, and Hong Kong's main stock index is down 6.7 percent at midday break; gains recorded around world on Oct 29 give some investors hope that economic crisis gripping much of Southeast Asia will not topple bull markets in other, more prosperous, regions; graphs (M)

Stocks Mixed As Volatility Seems to Ease

 The City Council has continued its ban on new licenses for commuter vans.   Page B3    The police arrested 24 gang members who had terrorized Harlem residents.  Page B3

INSIDE

Ruth W Messinger attacks New York City Mayor Rudolph W Giuliani's record, televised debate; Giuliani largely shrugs off attacks, holding city's fortunes vastly improved in his tenure; photos (M)

Giuliani Shrugs Off Messinger's Attacks in Debate

Pres Clinton and Chinese Pres Jiang Zemin, in unexpectedly contentious talks, Washington, produce several key commercial accords but appear to broaden gulf on human rights; China agrees to buy $3 billion worth of American civilian airplanes; clears way for Americans to compete to sell nuclear reactors to China by agreeing to end its nuclear cooperation program with Iran, which United States suspects is cover for development of nuclear arms; accords come after Jiang tries but fails to win American trade concessions; Jiang defends China's preference for order over personal freedom, news conference with Clinton; stresses mutual economic benefits of ties; Clinton insists China cannot expect to prosper while suppressing freedom; photos (L)

U.S. and China Reach Trade Pacts but Clash on Rights

President Jiang Zemin of China can expect chilly reception in New York City as neither Governor George Pataki nor Mayor Rudolph Giuliani plans to greet him on his arrival or to attend reception for him at Waldorf-Astoria; local Chinese leaders express dismay that Jiang plans to avoid any visits to Chinese communities in city (M)

For China's Visiting President, Forecast in New York Is Chilly

NYC Board of Education has discovered $70 million left over from last year's school budget and officials say that they intend to pass on almost all of money to city's schools to help reduce class sizes, buy supplies and hire reading tutors (M)

Board Finds $70 Million and Plans to Spend It on Schools

Profile of Nushawn J Williams, 20, who continued to have unprotected sex with many women after learning he was infected with virus that causes AIDS; former neighbors in Brooklyn, acquaintances and authoritiesdescribe his descent into childhood thievery, gangs, crack dens and promiscuity; authorities seek to trace his sexual partners and their partners in New York City and upstate Chautauqua County; photo (M)

After Childhood of Violence, A One-Man H.I.V. Epidemic

Army Corps of Engineers officials assure members of New Jersey Congressional delegation that they would be able to meet, and possibly beat, deadline for cleaning up radioactive thorium waste in Wayne and Maywood (New Jersey Daily Briefing) (S)

New Jersey Daily Briefing; Corps to Keep Deadline

Article discusses problems besetting New York Rangers; photo (M)

It's Early, But Rangers Are Taking On Water

 Remarks by Greenspan Soothe Shaken Markets  Alan Greenspan, the Federal Reserve chairman, tried to calm nervous financial markets by suggesting that the recent turmoil in stocks was a healthy reality check that had lowered prices and could help repress inflation.    Mr. Greenspan's assessment during Congressional testimony was well received in the markets, which viewed it as powerful evidence that the Fed would not raise interest rates at a November meeting. [Page A1.]

BUSINESS DIGEST

Fredericka Taylor's 'plain vanilla' apartment in Greenwich Village is transformed into something elegant by architects Henry Smith-Miller and Laurie Hawkinson; photos (L)

Design Notebook; Call It the 'E Pluribus Unum' Floor Plan

New Jersey school officials, citing fears for safety of 500 fifth graders at troubled middle school in Atlantic City, orders them removed from school (New Jersey Daily Briefing) (S)

New Jersey Daily Briefing; Fifth Graders to Be Moved

Partial service will resume for 4,000 commuters using Lakeland Bus Lines; bus line will hire temporary drivers to replace union workers who went on strike (New Jersey Daily Briefing) (S)

New Jersey Daily Briefing; Some Bus Service to Resume

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October 30, 1997

Headlines from October 30, 1997

Female Refs Say They Owe Their Jobs to Their Ability

New Jersey Daily Briefing; Man Who Shot Trooper Dies

Three Aphorism Shows Are Better Than One

The Short Sweet Life Of Peanut the Elephant

At Home With; A Hardy Perennial, Her Passions Still Blooming

Billboard 200

You Light Up My Life -- Inspirational Songs

The Velvet Rope

Gang Related -- The Soundtrack

The Dance

Soul Food

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