January 26, 1998

Gov George E Pataki and Mayor Rudolph W Giuliani join national movement in calling for end parole for violent felons in New York; since mid 1970's, 12 states and Federal Government have done away with parole for all felons, and many other states, including New York, have eliminated it for certain classes of crime; most states have linked ending parole with reducing sentences, but proposals by Pataki and Giuliani would eliminate parole for violent crimes without adjusting sentences (M)

In one of the most competitive games in Super Bowl history, John Elway and Terrell Davis led the Denver Broncos to a 31-24 upset of the Green Bay Packers last night in San Diego. The Broncos' first National Football League championship ended the American Conference's 13-year losing streak in the Super Bowl.

Cabinet members and panicked Congressional Democrats privately express fears that Clinton Presidency may be doomed, as White House mounts first orchestrated campaign to contain allegations of improper sexual involvement between Clinton and Monica S Lewinsky, former White House intern whom he may have told to lie under oath; Defense Sec William S Cohen and Treasury Sec Robert E Rubin are described as particularly distressed by accusations; Clinton's supporters fan out on morning television shows in drive to discredit special prosecutor, Kenneth W Starr; many seem defensive and uninformed, lacking any new information to defend President; White House officials are confronted with internal poll, showing Clinton's popularity has tumbled 15 points since allegations; say they are facing enormous pressure from Democrats in Congress, fearful that troubles may undermine their agenda, for Clinton to clear air and address allegations before State of the Union Message; Lewinskys' attorney says if she agrees to cooperate with special prosecutor, she will tell all; scores of witnessses, including high officials and junior staffers at White House, friends of Lewinsky and Linda Tripp, co-worker who made secret tapes of conversations with Lewinsky, have been interviewed or served with subpoenas ordering them before grand jury; White House lawyers, in maneuver to weaken Lewinsky and Tripp, weigh asking judge in Little Rock to move up trial date of Paula Corbin Jones's sexual misconduct lawsuit, scheduled to begin in May; say it would give them opportunity to cross-examine both women, perhaps making them less valuable in effort to help Starr; photo (L)

Senior American and Western diplomats say US and Britain are laying plans for three- or four-day bombing campaign against Iraq as early as mid-February if Pres Saddam Hussein continues to block work of UN weapons inspectors; American officials vehemently insist in private that planning process on Iraq has not been altered by sex scandal involving Pres Clinton, but senior Western diplomats say it has already had impact on allied thinking, complicating Washington's options and giving allies pause; say scandal has emboldened Pres Hussein, noting Deputy Prime Min Tarqi Aziz has become even less flexible than before in private conversations with diplomats (M)

Three giants of personal computing, Compaq, Intel and Microsoft, tell nation's largest local telephone companies to agree on standards to provide faster links to Internet over normal phone lines or get left behind in the digital revolution; computer companies' aim is to enlist allies in what is expected to be long war of attrition between two technologies in their infancies--cable modems and digital subscriber lines; most telephone companies are believed to have signed on with computer giants, and their new coalition is expected to include dozens of technology companies as well; problem unique to telephone-based connection to Internet is that Federal Communications Commission regulates how much electrical power may be fed into telephone lines; surpassing current limit is one of hurdles consortium must overcome; chart (M)