July 10, 1999

Conservative and Republican organizations mobilize to raise millions of dollars all over the country in an effort to crush Hillary Rodham Clinton's all-but-certain Senate candidacy in New York; their fervor is directed more at defeating her than elected Mayor Rudolph W Giuliani or any other Republican candidate; demonstrates that she has all but eclipsed her husband as a target of conservative fund-raising appeals; photo (M)

Barak's Peace Mission In Egypt for the first of several meetings with Arab leaders, the Israeli Prime Minister promised to ''turn every stone'' in the quest for a wider Middle East peace. PAGE A3

The French pill RU-486 is finally coming to America. It may leave the abortion war without a battleground. A report by Margaret Talbot, in The Times Magazine.

Hillary Rodham Clinton completes her first campaign tour across New York with embrace of state's dairy farmers, declaring her support for Federal legislation that would assure them higher prices but likely force up price of milk for consumers; Clinton appears to put herself at odds with Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, her likely Republican opponent next year's Senate race, who has sought to prevent New York's inclusion in Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact; photo (M)

Decline of euro becomes source of embarrassment and anxiety for 11 European nations that adopted it as a new single currency at beginning of year; mirrors Europe's economic weakness and political disunity; euro's newest low point comes as signs of economic strength are becoming more numerous, but confidence still lags; graph (M)

Rochester, NY, Roman Catholic priest Rev James Callan was fired last August from Corpus Christi Roman Catholic Church after defying Bishop Matthew Clark's orders on Callan's radical practices against Church doctrine; in February, again in defiance of Bishop Clark, Rev Calllan and 1,100 of his 2,700 former parishoners created breakaway church called New Faith, despite fact that they found themselves excommunicated by doing so; New Faith, which occupies rented space in nearby Protestant church, is enthusiastic congregation, regularly putting about $11,000 a week in collection plate; conflict being played out in Rochester exemplifies conflicts involving American Roman Catholics and their church: central question is how far a Catholic can push boundaries set by Rome while remaining within the fold; photos (M)

Investigation of New York Police Department by US Attorney Zachary W Carter amasses evidence of systemwide problems in department's handling of police brutality complaints; Justice Department may sue city, seeking court-ordered overhaul or even oversight by a Federal monitor, if Giuliani administration does not agree to changes Carter is demanding (M)

Federal Judge Blanche Manning sentences three former Archer Daniels Midland Co executives for their roles in worldwide scheme to fix prices of feed additive, lysine, manufactured by the company; sentences Michael Andreas, former vice chairman and heir apparent at the company, and Terrance Wilson, retired chief of its corn processing division, to two-year prison terms and orders them to pay fine of $350,000 each; third former executive, Mark Whitacre, is sentenced to two and half years, but he is not ordered to pay fine; Whitacre is already serving prison term for illegally taking millions of dollars from the company; photo of Andreas and wife (M)

Douglas Martin About New York column on Tompkins Square Park in light of murder of Joseph Radu Jr, homeless man who was beaten outside park on July 6; some people who frequent park call it a special place that they consider home (M)

Coverage by Goldman Sachs and Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette of stock offering by Network Plus Corp, telecommunications company that offers high-speed data and Internet services, is somewhat unusual during the so-called quiet period--time before and after company goes public and in which it and its underwriters are prohibited by Federal law from promoting the stock; it turns out that Network Plus had already publicly traded debt and had filed papers with SEC, meaning it was not really new company and two firms were not prohibited from commenting on the stock; restrictions on quiet periods are fuzzy and while many companies and their underwriters refrain from saying anything publicly during the time immediately preceding and following their offerings, more companies are saying more than they have in the past (M)

Joseph L Bruno, Republican majority leader in New York State Senate, says he favors giving judges greater latitude in determining sentences for drug offenders; also says after reviewing cases of four drug offenders serving long sentences under state's Rockefeller-era drug laws, he favors clemency for prisoners; Republicans, including Gov George Pataki, are advocating changing drug laws, with some Democratic leaders unwilling to touch issue for fear of being attacked as soft on crime by Republicans; turnabout among Republicans has come as state's prison costs are climbing with increasing numbers of nonviolent drug offenders being sentenced to long prison terms required under drug laws; shift has also been prompted by broad coalition of judges, clergy and criminalogists who are in midst of aggressive campaign urging Pataki and Legislature to scale back drug laws drastically, if not repeal them (M)

Article on upcoming final game of Women's World Cup of soccer between China and US at Rose Bowl; photo (M)