January 18, 1999

Richard Avanzino, former president of San Francisco Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals who pushed San Francisco into becoming first no-kill city in US in which no adoptable animals were put to death, is launching nationwide campaign aimed at making every shelter no-kill within 10 years; has $200 million from Peoplesoft, $5.5 billion Silicon Valley company, to help reach goal; says society will strive to provide resources to help shelters develop goals of finding homes for every adoptable animal; photos (M)

Photography exhibition at 92d Street Y shows scenes from nation's civil rights battles of 1950's and 1960's, including one of Rev Dr Martin Luther King Jr being arrested in Montgomery, Ala, in 1958; Robert Gilson, organizer of exhibit, claims civil rights movement owes much of its success to widespread publicity generated by photographs; photos (M)

Denver Broncos defeat New York Jets, 23-10, in American Football Conference championship game at Mile High Stadium in Denver, dashing Jets' hope of advancing to Super Bowl on January 31 in Miami against Atlanta Falcons, who defeat heavily favored Minnesota Vikings 30-27 in National Conference Championship in Minneapolis in overtime; Jets, who lead by 10-0 at start of second half, commit series of 6 costly turnovers, including 4 fumbles; Terrell Davis leads Broncos, rushing for 167 yards and touchdown; Jets' failures are punctuated by performance of Curtis Martin, team's leading rusher who is held to 14 yards on 13 carries and fumbles during Jet drive in Bronco territory; photos (M)

Article contends that as 106th Congress prepares to get down to business in coming weeks, New York's Senate and House delegation finds itself in potentially depressing, but increasingly familiar spot: losing seniority on important committees, marginalized by Republican leadership and likely to lose two more House seats in post-2000 redistricting; loss of several major figures is seen as threat to erode state's ability to get Federal aid; photo (M)

News analysis of new New York State reading test for fourth graders finds that most education experts feel that test embodied not only worst but also best of what standardized testing is all about (M)