June 10, 1998

Louis L'Amour, beloved writer of westerns, remains a publisher's dream 10 years after his death; all of his 116 books, most of them paperback originals, are still in print, from Bantam Books, his publisher for four decades; they include 90 novels, 21 short-story collections, four works of nonfiction and book of poems; interview with his widow, Kathy L'Amour, who lives on their ranch near Durango, Colo; photos (L)

New York Yankees defeat Montreal Expos, 11-1; photo (M)

Number of airports are turning their concourses into shopping malls; Pittsburgh International, major hub for US Airways, was one of first airport to emphasize shopping; it gives merchants access to around 60,000 passengers a day and has about 100 retailers; airport stores can be profitable: sales per square foot are often three or four times as high as those in other locations, even though prices are same as at malls; airports from Heathrow, outside London, to LaGuardia in New York to National in Washington, DC, have undergone major renovations in recent years in which addition of new stores has played key role; others, like Chicago's O'Hare, are following suit; graph; photos (M)

Hiring bonus is proliferating in United States, growing ever larger and being offered farther down job ladder as employers bid for scarce workers; appears to be flourishing because employers have shifted some of bargaining from wages to less costly one-time payments; photo (M)

Anna Kisselgoff reports on 225 Years Jubilee Festival of Royal Swedish Ballet (1773-1998); reviews several performances; photos (L)