New Nelson A Rockefeller Center for Latin American Art at San Antonio Museum of Art contains staggering 2,500-piece collection of folk art assembled by Rockefeller; not only has one of world's largest Latin American folk art collections, but also has extensive galleries devoted to pre-Colombian art, Spanish colonial pieces and modern and contemporary works by Latin artists; will present Latin American art spanning nearly three milleniums, from 1,000 BC to present; photo of curator, Marion Oettinger Jr; other photos (M)

From Mexican Soil to Museum Sanctum; San Antonio Enshrines Nelson Rockefeller's Hobby

Astronomers probe deep than ever into space and are at last catching sight of some of the earlier, if not necessarily the first, galaxies that emerged after the dark age that followed the Big Bang; Hubble Space Telescope recently captured infrared light of the most distant galaxies ever studied, which probably formed in the first billion years of cosmic history, or more than 12 billion years ago; these image and images of other early galaxies made with Keck Observatory in Hawaii suggest that cosmologists are on right track with their ideas about nature and amount of cosmic mass; photos; graphs (L)

Peering Back in Time, Astronomers Glimpse Galaxies Aborning

New York Jets defeat New England Patriots, 24-14; photo (M)

Testaverde Shreds Pats, Putting Jets Back in the Race

Ben Brantley reviews new cast in Roundabout Theater Co's production of Cabaret, including Jennifer Jason Leigh, who has taken over role of Sally Bowles; photo (M)

New Cheerleader for the World's End

Murder trial of Corey Arthur opens, NYC; lawyers argue that Arthur, accused in torture and killing of his former high school English teacher Jonathan M Levin, was in apartment on day of crime but killing was committed by second defendant, Montoun Hart, and that others involved in case are still free (M)

Suspect Says Second Man Killed Teacher

Article discusses New York Yankees preparing for third game of World Series against San Diego Padres; photo (M)

Yankees Hope They Hit Pay Dirt in San Diego

New Jersey's voters will soon be asked to pass judgment on plan to preserve one million acres of open land, but critics say state is not taking care of parkland it already has; Gov Christine Todd Whitman is promoting her plan to save million acres of open space and farmland, at cost of about $3.5 billion over 30 years; officials at State Division of Parks and Forestry comment; photo (M)

Whitman Seeks More Open Land, but Decay Is Seen in State's Parks

Pres Clinton struggles to salvage stalled Middle East peace talks between Israeli Prime Min Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian leader Yasir Arafat in Maryland after Palestinian grenade attack on Israeli civilians in Beersheba bus station leaving 67 wounded; cancels trip to California to attend ongoing discussions; Netanyahu uses attack as justification for new stance; says Israel will suspend discussion of all issues, except security; move is seen as effort to push Arafat into most specific commitments possible to fight terrorism, in particular attacks by military wing of Hamas; Israeli Government wants Palestinian terrorist suspects extradited to Israel, specific members of Palestinian security forces arrested and tried in Israel for terrorist acts, number of Palestinian policemen reduced and unlicensed weapons confiscated; State Department deplores attack; says it has complicated peace process; spokesman James Rubin concedes it could narrow American ambitions to reach full agreement on all interim issues and to restart talks on final settlement between both sides; photos (M)

CLINTON STRUGGLES TO ACHIEVE GAINS IN MIDEAST TALKS

Social phobia or social anxiety disorder is attracting increased attention from mental health experts, in part because of availability of new drug treatments and novel brain-imaging technologies that are yielding clues to disorder's underlying biology; national surveys indicate that one in every eight Americans meet diagnostic criteria for social anxiety disorder at some point in their lives, making it third most common psychiatric condition; more women suffer from social phobia than men, though men are more likely to seek treatment, perhaps because society deems extreme shyness in males less acceptable than in females; drawings (L)

Old as Society, Social Anxiety Is Yielding Its Secrets

New York City Department of Homeless Services and advocates for homeless discuss preparations for cold winter ahead; need for increase in beds and improved conditions at city shelters discussed; several of homeless say they are also making preparations for winter; photo (M)

The Forecast: A Battle to Survive; Homeless and Their Advocates Plan for a Bitter Winter

NYC Police say that what began as rally down Fifth Avenue to mourn and protest killing of gay college student Matthew Shepard in Wyoming ended chaotically with nearly 100 arrests and several injuries after demonstrators faced off against police officers in riot gear and on horseback; several demonstrators and police officers are slightly injured during loosely organized rally, which was held without permit; photo (M)

96 Arrested During Rally Protesting Gay Man's Killing in Wyoming

Antitrust trial against Microsoft Corp begins, Federal District Court, Washington, DC, with pointed personal attack by Justice Department prosecutor David Boies on credibility and integrity of company chairman, William H Gates; opening argument by Govt includes taped deposition, in which Gates denied knowing much, if anything, of main charges leveled against company as well as involvement in key meetings in which Microsoft allegedly offered chief competitor, Netscape Communications Corp, chance to divide Internet software market; is followed by presentation of more than dozen memos and E-mail messages written by Gates which clearly show he and other senior Microsoft executives not only knew about matters in question but had forcefully directed them; Boies portrays company as obsessed with crushing competitors, and willing to use every tool at its disposal, including threats and financial inducements, to force or persuade other companies to drop any planned or existing alliances with Netscape; photo (M)

As Microsoft Trial Gets Started, Gates's Credibility Is Questioned

Dave Anderson Sports of The Times column discusses New York Jets victory over New England Patriots; photo (M)

Sports of The Times; Parcells Is Pressing Psychological Buttons

 Government Attacks Gates As Microsoft Trial Opens  The antitrust trial against Microsoft opened in Federal court in Washington with a pointed personal attack on the credibility and integrity of William H. Gates, the company's chairman.    Mr. Gates said in a taped deposition, part of which was shown in court, that he knew little if anything about the main charges leveled against his company. But in its opening statement, the Government sought to portray Mr. Gates as a key director of a campaign to crush his company's main rival, Netscape Communications. Microsoft will give its opening statement today. [Page A1.]

BUSINESS DIGEST

Voters in Washington State are facing only initiative on affirmative action in 1998 general elections; approval would make Washington only second state to enact measure, perhaps giving impetus to similar efforts nationwide; whites, who make up 86 percent of population, and Asian-Americans, biggest ethnic minority whose members are not covered by many of state's main affirmative action programs, are employing sharply contrasting strategies to win on Election Day; opponents are focusing on women, both because they can benefit from affirmative action and because poll suggests they are less likely than men to think that affirmative action is unnecessary; supporters of measure angrily denounce appeal to women as distortion of true nature of measure--while opponents just as angrily say emphasis on race represents efforts to inflame racial discord in state where affirmative action has never been contentious issue (M)

In a Battle Over Preferences, Race and Gender Are at Odds

Arthur Miller leads list of playwrights named by more than 800 authors, actors, directors, theater professionals and arts journalists in poll by Britain's Royal National Theater to select significant 20th-century plays; Miller is followed by Harold Pinter and Samuel Beckett in balloting; Miller photo; Ernesto Bazan of Brooklyn and Cuba receives 1998 W Eugene Smith Grant in Humanistic Photography in ceremonies at International Center of Photography; Royal Persian Paintings: The Qajar Epoch, 1785-1925, at Brooklyn Museum of Art, assembles 108 works from 36 collections in 7 countries; photo; International Salman Rushdie Defense Committee announces that it is disbanding in response to agreement by Iran to drop its death edict against him (M)

FOOTLIGHTS

Nevada State Athletic Commission votes, 4-1, to restore boxing license of heavyweight Mike Tyson, 15 months after revocation for biting ear of Evander Holyfield during title bout; Tyson is contrite and apologetic at Las Vegas hearing, thanking commission and promising to redirect his life; photo (M)

With a Warning, Nevada Lets Tyson Return to Boxing

Biologists consider proposal to establish with more precision how humans differ from other animals; idea is to identify genes that are special to humans by sequencing the genome, or full DNA, of the chimpanzee and comparing it with human genome; because chimpanzees are so closely related to humans, those genes that work differently in people than in chimpanzees could be all that is needed to convert default-mode great ape into a human; drawing compares chomosomes of humans, chimpanzees, gorillas and organgutans (L)

Human or Chimp? 50 Genes Are the Key

Clinton Administration is expected to commit itself to hand over administration of computer network to nonprofit corporation under proposal that has won broad support; move clears the way for global Internet to be governed without governments; at stake is who will decide how to dole out names and addresses like those with suffixes '.com' and '.net' among cyberspace's rapidly growing population, and who, if anyone, will make money in process; Pres Clinton advisor Ira C Magaziner says announcement was delayed as he and Commerce Department staff members called around to see if support for new entity, known as Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, or Icann, would hold firm without Jonathan B Postel, plan's key proponent who died last week; corporation proposed by Postel has been criticized from several quarters for not providing structure that is democratic enough; Network Solutions Inc, which has distributed domain names under exclusive contract with Government, has also objected to Icann proposal; company generated $37 million in first half of year (M)

U.S. Expected to Support Shift in Administration of the Internet

Congressional lawmakers hurriedly hammer out policy issues, putting final touches on $500 billion budget needed to keep Government running past October 20, but extend deadline to October 21; spending package balloons from 3,000 to more than 4,000 pages as its language is spelled out, and cost appears to have bulked up by millions of dollars as aides determine expense of many provisions; unusually disparate catch-all package contains third of entire $1.7 trillion Federal budget and array of policy decisions that most members of Congress will not have chance to read, let alone digest, before voting; some major provisions and last-minute additions discussed (M)

BUDGET MAKERS WEIGH LAST ISSUES

London is undisputed financial center of Europe, but Britain has chosen for now not to join common European currency; with 11 nations scheduled to start using the euro on Jan 4, 1999, and new European central bank in Frankfurt, Germany, London may experience unaccustomed competition; graph; photo (M)

Plotting the Center Of the New Europe

Black magic hysteria sweeps remote parts of Indonesia, where people have formed vigilante groups to seize, torture and execute suspected sorcerers; frenzy follows murders in Turen of dozens of Muslim leaders, probably for political reasons, but generally believed to be work of ninjas, who are thought to be secret assassins with supernatural powers out to kill Muslims; at least 150 people have died in convulsions, and efforts to avenge killings with retaliatory murders have spun out of control; law and order have broken down completely in some areas and commerce and travel have been disrupted; atmosphere in Turen is tense and fearful and even police stay out of sight, allowing mobs to rampage; anyone who seems out of place risks instant execution at hands of angry crowds; upheaval underscores risks of social upheaval as Indonesia grapples with economic depression and transition away from dictatorship; is challenge to Govt of Pres B J Habibie, which took office in May; similar frenzy in 1965 recalled; maps; photos (M)

Fears of Sorcerers Spur Killings in Java

Allan Kozinn reviews guitar recital by John Williams at 92d St Y; photo (M)

Guitar Fireworks On a Rare Visit

 Fire at Disputed Ski Area  Days after Vail, Colo., broke ground on the disputed expansion of a ski area, fires gutted three buildings and damaged ski lifts. Page A16.

INSIDE

Arbitrator John D Feerick rules against National Basketball Players Association, deciding that players with guaranteed contracts need not be paid during current lockout; decision, on grievance filed by union, represents important victory for NBA owners in labor dispute that has already brought cancellation of first two weeks of season (M)

N.B.A. Owners Needn't Pay Locked-Out Players

Jordan Ridley is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was selected by Essendon with their second selection and twenty-second overall in the 2016 national draft. He made his senior debut for Essendon against Geelong in round nine of the 2018 season.

October 20, 1998

Headlines from October 20, 1998

From Mexican Soil to Museum Sanctum; San Antonio Enshrines Nelson Rockefeller's Hobby

Peering Back in Time, Astronomers Glimpse Galaxies Aborning

Testaverde Shreds Pats, Putting Jets Back in the Race

New Cheerleader for the World's End

Suspect Says Second Man Killed Teacher

Billboard 200

Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life

Aquemini

The Love Movement

The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill

The Globe Sessions

Notable Births

Historical Context for October 20, 1998