March 4, 1998

Vernon E Jordan Jr appears before grand jury probing Pres Clinton's relationship with Monica S Lewinsky; testifies about his efforts to find Lewinsky lawyer and job shortly after she was named possible witness in Paula Corbin Jones's sexual misconduct suit against Clinton; reportedly paints self as faithful Clinton friend who helped Lewinsky without knowing why his aid was sought; says his friendship with Clinton remains strong; chronology of Jordan's involvement with Lewinsky; photo (M)

Profile of Jens Nygaard, conductor of Jupiter Symphony, chamber orchestra based at Good Shepherd Presbyterian Church on Upper West Side; Nygaard has strong feelings about music as a social tool, and gives about a third of Jupiter's performances to the blind, poor and homeless; Nygaard recalls when he himself was homeless and slept in Verdi Park; photo (M)

Celebration marking 75th anniversary of Time Magazine is held at Radio City Music Hall; scene at gala described (M)

Surviving members of Grateful Dead will reunite under new name, the Other Ones, and play some 30 dates in June and July with Rusted Root and Hot Tuna; Bruce Hornsby, an occasional member, is to play with band, but Bill Kreutzman, one of band's drummers, is lone holdout, opting not to join the Other Ones; there will be no replacement for late Jerry Garcia, but band will be joined by two musicians who have played with Dead's Bob Weir in other bands: Dave Ellis and Stan Franks; photo (M)

Market Place: Financial Accounting Standards Board says companies could better serve shareholders by reporting information that goes far beyond accounting ledgers; rule makers want executives to volunteer some of same nonfinancial information that they use for management purposes, from statistics on employee turnover to measures of customer loyalty to numbers of defective products; board is considering asking companies to tell investors more prominently about such subjects as company executives' criminal convictions and details of disagreements that company has with its auditors, bankers or lawyers (L)