February 6, 1999

New York State Gov George E Pataki, in address at University of Chicago Law School, urges Republicans to 'reclaim those great conservative values' invoked by Ronald Reagan; says Republican Party is 'most intellectually and philosophically serious party,' but that it has drifted in recent years from its ideological touchstones; Pataki's advisers have said that he would like to be considered as party's nominee for Vice President or President in 2000; photo (M)

George Vecsey Sports of The Times column on former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson in view of his being sentenced to one year in prison for assaulting two older men after minor traffic accident in Maryland last year; contends that Tyson's fists are lethal weapon, and so is his temper; maintains that Tyson's terrible state is not fault of boxing; holds that as ugly as it is, boxing did not create demons that make Tyson lose control and attempt to hurt other people; Tyson photo (M)

William H. Gates, chairman of Microsoft, and his wife, Melinda, have given $3 billion to their two private foundations. The new gifts, from the world's richest man, bring the total assets of the William H. Gates Foundation and the Gates Learning Foundation to nearly $5.5 billion, making the former one of the 10 wealthiest American foundations.

Depositions given by Monica S Lewinsky, Vernon E Jordan Jr and Sidney Blumenthal offer no breakthroughs to buttress perjury and obstruction of justice charges against Pres Clinton; Lewinsky, in particular, repeatedly refuses opportunities to pass judgment on Clinton, declining to discuss his motives or to characterize the truthfulness of his prior testimony; hews to her grand jury testimony that Clinton never told her to lie and never encouraged her to file a false affidavit in the Paula Corbin Jones lawsuit; photo (M)

Labor Department reports 245,000 jobs were created in January, as economy continues to expand; says unemployment remained at 4.3 percent, lowest level in four years; performance has many forecasters, most of whom were predicting broad slowdown in recent weeks, now saying that 1999 is likely to become fourth consecutive year that economic growth will be well ahead of long-term trend of about 2 to 2.5 percent a year; David Wyss, chief economist of Standard & Poor's DRI, predicts economy will grow 3.5 percent this year; graph (M)

Bernd Pischetsrieder, chairman of BMW AG, resigns after company reports huge losses at Rover, British auto maker that BMW acquired in 1994 and has since shored up with more than $3 billion in investment; BMW's board of directors announces broad overhaul of top management, adding that Walter Reitzle, company's director of new-model development, has resigned and that Pischetsrieder will be replaced as chairman by Joachim Milberg, company's current chief of production; Pischetsrieder's departure raises deep concerns in Britain over BMW's willingness to finance further expansion at Rover; Pischetsrieder orchestrated purchase of Rover and dismissed concerns of other BMW executives in insisting on expanding Rover's product line; analysts say actions could also shake BMW's commitment to remain independent because company will have difficult time moving Rover back to profitability unless BMW teams up with high-volume car maker; Milberg photo (M)

Growing number companies that are often viewed as staid businesses--banks, telephone and computer companies--are hiring 'humor consultants' to invigorate executives stunned by increasing demands and rapidly changing technology; consultants are not hired just to entertain; their goal is to teach executives that laughter does wonders in communicating with employees, and perhaps it will help overcome their fear of the boss; techniques used by consultant Kathy Passanisi described; photos; cartoons (M)

Officials of Major League Baseball and its union shatter perception that they do not want to ban Androstenedione, dietary supplement Mark McGwire acknowledged using last season because act would tarnish his home run record and detract from success of 1998 season; supplement is subject of study by Drs Benjamin Leder and Joel Finkelstein of Harvard University that is being financed by baseball and Major League Players Association; Major League Baseball has come under attack from International Olympic Committee over its failure to ban supplement (M)

Orlando Magic beat New York Knicks, 93-85, in season opener; photo (M)

US Attorney Mary Jo White joins widening city investigation into killing of Amadou Diallo, an unarmed West African immigrant, by four police officers in the Bronx early on Feb 4; lawyer hired through auspices of Patrolmen's Benevolent Association says that officers, members of Bronx street crimes unit, approached Diallo because he fitted the description of a rapist they were seeking and was acting suspiciously, that Diallo did not comply with orders they gave him and began acting aggressively and that they fired 41 shots at him because they needed that many to neutralize what they perceived as a threat; autopsy reveals that Diallo suffered 19 gunshot wounds; officers--Edward McMellon, Sean Carroll, Kenneth Boss and Richard Murphy--have yet to be questioned by authorities; shooting prompts wave of protests and expressions of outrage by Diallo's family and friends, civil rights advocates and human rights organizations; photo; drawing of scene of shooting (M)

30-Year Bond Yield Rises As Stocks Continue to Fall The yield on the 30-year Treasury bond rose after the Labor Department reported that the unemployment rate in January remained unchanged from December at 4.3 percent, the lowest level in 28 years. The bond's yield climbed to 5.35 percent from 5.29 percent.

David Gonzalez About New York column on Carlos Guzman and Dominick Bentivegna, dissidents who have agreed to drop $2.4 million lawsuit against leadership of city's maintenance workers union on condition that its pres Gus Bevona resign; notes that Bevona, one of nation's highest-paid labor officials at $450,000 year, has resisted dissident challenges in courts and elections; says most recent lawsuit accused him of misusing union funds to pay his legal and re-election expenses (M)