April 3, 1998

Philadelphia Phillies defeat New York Mets, 6-5; photo (M)

Peter Marks reviews Broadway production of David Henry Hwang's play Golden Child, directed by James Lapine; photos of scenes with Randall Duk Kim and Julyana Soelistyo (M)

Four former Salvadoran national guardsmen convicted of killing three American nuns and a lay worker in 1980 say for first time that they acted only after receiving 'orders from above'; El Salvador and US have always officially argued that killers acted on their own; human rights groups and relatives of victims--Maura Clark, Jean Donovan, Ita Ford and Dorothy Kazel--have always maintained that executions were ordered by military authorities; United Nations Truth Commission report in 1993 concluded that Col Carlos Eugenio Vides Casanova and Gen Jose Guillermo Garcia had ordered official coverup; both men have been granted residence in US and now live in Florida; four guardsmen are Daniel Canales Ramirez, Carlos Joaquin Contreras Palacios, Francisco Orlando Contreras Recinos and Jose Roberto Moreno Canjura; photos (M)

Programs for preschool and kindergarten children are fastest-growing segment of educational software for home computers; PC Data Inc says sales of software for children ages 5 and younger more than doubled last year, to $41 million; introducing children age 18 months to 5 years to computing is subject of heated debate among educators and child-development experts; chart; photos (L)

Article discusses New York Yankees loss to Anaheim Angeles in season-opening game (M)