November 28, 1998

Kellogg Co's breakfast business is in trouble, the result of time-constrained consumers who once started the day with cereal now moving to other choices, such as the breakfast bar; in addition, prices for brand-name cereals have risen so high that consumers are trading down to generic brands or avoiding the cereal shopping lane altogether; slowdown in growth has led to speculation of management shake-up at Kellogg, with Carlos M Gutierrez, thought to be likely successor to chief executive Arnold G Langbo, perhaps taking over sooner than expected; Kellogg is also expected to try to meet consumer preferences by selling more non-cereal foods and promoting its cereal as nutritional part of a healthy diet; graphs on share of domestic cereal market and Kellogg's operating revenue; photo (M)

Death Row Inmate Flees For the first time since the 1930's, an inmate escaped from Texas's Death Row, using a low-tech scheme involving dummies and a desperate sprint through a hail of bullets. Page A9.

City Hall, ornate, off-white building that has stood--in symbol and in fact--for open govt in New York City for almost two centuries, has been virtually off-limits to public for three months now, as part of extraordinary security strategy imposed by Giuliani adm; in keeping with security plan called Operation Bravo, concrete barriers create what is called 'protective zone' around old building, and police cruisers block access to is parking area; as part of 'pedestrian freeze' tactic, police officers are turning away tourists and banning all protests and news conferences from steps of building that has been historic last recourse for city's wronged and outraged; Giuliani adm justifies need for security crackdown by citing impending trial of three terrorist suspects now in detention at Federal jail in lower Manhattan; photo (M)

New Jersey Nets basketball player Keith Van Horn discusses NBA player lockout and his keeping in shape for when season begins (M)

Clinton Adm presents NATO with far-reaching program that seeks to define what alliance has become since cold war ended, and sets out its goals for next century; but proposals are running into European opposition that threatens to undermine 50th-anniversary NATO summit meeting in Washington in April; NATO diplomats say agenda for meeting is intended partly to convince Congress that NATO is still central to American security, but it has raised European concerns that United States is trying to turn orgn into freewheeling global vehicle for its own interests (M)