June 6, 1998

Atty Gen Janet Reno says Federal Government will not prosecute doctors in Oregon who use state's assisted-suicide law to prescribe lethal drugs to terminally ill patients; overrules policy statement issued without her knowledge or consent in November by Thomas A Constantine, Administrator of Drug Enforcement Administration; says DEA's responsibility is combating drug trafficking, nto resolving profound moral and ethnical questions raised by Oregon law (M)

Venerable history of Goldman, Sachs & Company, and estimates of what firm might be worth if it goes public, discussed; photos; multibillion-dollar sale seen; 190 partners would likely keep most of profits for themselves, using some to placate 211 junior partners and key employees, and perhaps giving something to retired partners and outside investors; long-debated proposal is taken seriously this year because co-chairmen Jon S Corzine and Henry M Paulson Jr are supportive, and bull market ensures there will be enough profit to satisfy verious factions (M)

Belmont Stakes set; attention centers on Real Quiet; photo (S)

Series of strange mishaps forces cancellation of a highly promoted evening of boxing at Madison Square Garden barely 24 hours before it was to start; Henry Akinwande, who was to face Evander Holyfield in a heavyweight title bout, tests positive to hepatitis B; so does Ray Mercer, who is on the undercard; Maria Nieves-Garcia is found to be pregnant and cannot fight Christy Martin, the top-ranked woman boxer; Florida court orders promoters, Don King Productions, to withhold any payment to Roberto Duran, the aging legend who was also scheduled to fight, because he owes thousands of dollars in child support; fights failed to generate much excitement despite the heavy promotion; photo (M)

FCC, under pressure from Congress, prepares to scale back program that helps schools and libraries connect to Internet, even as Pres Clinton praises plan; some 30,000 institutions have submitted applications for Internet grants totaling $2.02 billion, but program could get less than $1.4 billion this year; big long-distance phone companies are contributing much of money, and lawmakers are concerned they could increase telephone rates as result; Clinton, speaking at MIT commencement, notes that thousands of poor school districts, libraries and rural health centers are in 'desperate' need of discounts; he has set goal of linking up every classroom by 2000 (M)