David Cone of New York Yankees pitches perfect game against Montreal Expos, team's second perfect game in little more than year; 6-0 victory is 16th perfect game in major league history; was attended by Don Larsen, who pitched perfect World Series game for Yankees in 1956 against Brooklyn Dodgers; he threw out ceremonial first pitch at start of game celebrating Yogi Berra Day; photos (M)

On Day Made for Legends, Cone Pitches Perfect Game

New York Public Library has acquired archives of Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, NY, artists' retreat, in deal funded by Morris and Alma Schapiro Fund; archives include applications, evaluations, letters, photos and other memorabilia of thousands of artists; photos (M)

A Peek at Life in an Artists' Retreat; Yaddo's Archives, Acquired by the New York Public Library, Illuminate Creativity

Analysis of surprise resignations of Robert A Daly and Terry Semel as Warner Brothers co-chairmen; departure of lavishly compensated executives marks generational change; will give Time Warner Inc chairman Gerald M Levin far more control over unit (M)

Behind Warner Bros. Resignations, the End of a Freewheeling Era

Joyce Carol Oates article in series Writers on Writing focuses on her love for running and way running helps in her writing; recalls other writers famous for their love of running, hiking or walking; photo (M)

To Invigorate Literary Mind, Start Moving Literary Feet

Temperature reaches 98 degrees in New York City for second straight day; 36 people are hospitalized with heat-related illnesses; 20 households in Fordham section of Bronx lose power for 12 hours; Consolidated Edison reduces voltage available to Fordham by eight percent after two of area's four feeder cables burn out; says reduction, which involves 80,000 households, was put into effect to prevent power failure; photo (M)

When It's 98 Degrees Outdoors, Staying Indoors Is the Best Escape

 Congo's Failing Cease-Fire  More than a week after the signing of a cease-fire accord, the war goes on and the countries embroiled in the conflict are trading accusations that the pact has been violated.   PAGE A3    Phone Rivals End Battle  Qwest Communications International and Global Crossing agreed to compromise over U S West and another company.   PAGE B6

INSIDE

Coast Guard all but gives up hope of finding survivors from plane missing off Martha's Vineyard with John F Kennedy Jr, his wife, Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, and sister-in-law, Lauren Bessette; shifts focus to recovery of remains; hands probe over to National Transportation Safety Board; private mass is held for Kennedy's at Hyannis family compound; Pres Clinton and visiting Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Barak, offer prayers for Kennedy and Bessette families at White House dinner; plane's insulation and headrest are retrieved from ocean, but searchers find no conclusive evidence on whereabouts of missing craft; photos; diagrams (M)

Rescue Search in Kennedy Crash Ends; Coast Guard Tells Family There Is Little Hope

Vuk Draskovic, leading Serbian opposition politician, says best way to get Pres Slobodan Milosevic out of power is to seduce him to resign by promising immunity from arrest or extradition for war crimes; says he will soon name shadow Yugoslav government of experts led by prime minister selected by Milo Djukanovic, democratic leader of Montenegro; will press Milosevic through public rallies to accept government and to call new elections in three to six months while opposition works to attract disaffected Milosevic supporters; others in opposition feel time is right to confront and oust Milosevic, not to encourage him; senior opposition figures remain intensely competitive, and their lack of unity makes it more likely that if Milosevic falls it will be through chaotic outpouring of discontent; map; photo (M)

Foe Suggests Giving Milosevic Immunity To Get Him to Quit

Paul Lawrie wins British Open in four-hole playoff with Jean Van de Velde and Justin Leonard; photos (M)

For Van de Velde, a Crushing Collapse, And for Lawrie, a Soaring Comeback

John Tierney column says outpouring of grief in New York at the apparent death of John F Kennedy Jr underscores how the Kennedys have become a surrogate family for the many rootless people in city and across America; photo (M)

The Big City; In an Age of Apartness, The Family Everyone Knew

New televison shows are increasingly turning to age-old elements of adolescent male humor, body functions, scatology and coarse language, to attract young male viewers, audience favored by many advertisers; trend toward so-called 'gross-out' humor reflects rapid disappearance of most taste and language restrictions in mass media; photos (M)

Mainstream TV Bets on 'Gross-Out' Humor

Nation keeps vigil for John F Kennedy Jr, whose plane is missing off Martha's Vineyard; people visiting graves of John F Kennedy and his brother Robert in Arlington National Cemetery express their concern; photos (M)

Rescue Search in Kennedy Crash Ends; Streams of Strangers Keep Vigils

Ann Powers reviews performances at National Vans Warped Tour punk rock concert, Randalls Island; photos (M)

Music to Skateboard By: Fast and Loud

Groundbreaking research suddenly seems to be flourishing at both corporate and academic computer laboratories around United States; researchers seem to be at or near breakthroughs that could vastly raise power and ubiquity of computers; Hewlett-Packard-University of California at Los Angeles joint work on tiny electronic switches thickness of single molecule cited; diagrams; photo (M)

A Renaissance In Computer Science; Chip Designers Search for Life After Silicon

Nearly decade of rising prosperity creates rising tide of cast-off clothes; Americans bought 17.2 billion articles of clothing in 1998, 16 percent increase over 1993, and gave Salvation Army alone well over hundred million pieces; glut is boon to charities that sort and sell old clothes; is attributed to fact that clothing is easier than ever to buy, not only because incomes have risen and unemployment declined, but also because clothing has become relatively cheaper; prices have risen just 13 percent in decade, while average for all consumer goods has risen 34 percent; the buying and giving away of clothes is also due to fast-changing fashion styles, and not just for women; few children settle for hand-me-downs of older siblings; so few people mend clothes today that Bureau of Labor Statistics has moved sewing machines from its 'apparel and upkeep' category of consumer spending to 'recreation'; photo (M)

Prosperity Builds Mounds of Cast-Off Clothes

Fortunes of small wireless cable companies, which provide television and high-speed data services using fixed, ground-based wireless links, have been tossed about by changing plans of telecommunications industry giants; industry participants at Wireless Communications Association International convention, New Orleans, see upswing; photo (M)

Wireless TV Finally Gets Validation

David Cone pitches perfect game for New York Yankees, defeating Montreal Expos, 6-0; photos (M)

BASEBALL: Cone Remains Perfect Mystery to the Young Expos; Montreal Sensed A Historic Day In the Making

Prime Min Ehud Barak of Israel sets target deadline of 15 months for achieving comprehensive framework for peace in Middle East, time line chosen in part to dovetail with US political calendar and Presidential election in 2000; tells Pres Clinton during White House visit of plans to start talks simultaneously with Palestinians, Syrians and Lebanese; discusses 15-month timetable with Palestinian leader Yasir Arafat, keeping him abreast of talks with Clinton; members of opposition Likud Party charge that announcing time line will give Israel's neighbors too much leverage, allowing them to resist deal until final weeks, then force Israeli concessions; weigh no-confidence vote; photo (M)

BARAK PINS HOPES FOR MIDEAST PEACE ON NEXT 15 MONTHS

Swansea, Wales, to host festival dedicated to poet Dylan Thomas; New York Philharmonic to open series of free concerts in parks with Central Park concert conducted by Roberto Minczuk; J Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, to open exhibition on photographic visions of Nadar (Gaspard Felix Tournachon) and Andy Warhol, who both specialized in celebrities; Jazz in July Festival to open six-concert run at 92d Street Y; photos (M)

THIS WEEK

International Association of Master Penmen, Engrossers and Teachers of Handwriting holds its 50th annual convention in Rochester; 60 participants express concern that penmanship has become afterthought in classrooms dominated by computers and Internet; Rick Muffler, official White House calligrapher and president of penmen's association, rejects view that computers are going to their art; photo (M)

Purists of the Pen Defy a Point-and-Click World

Year 2000 problem is just first of what will prove to be nasty legacy of date-related computer problems; dates of some problems are known, but others are deeply embedded in programs and even operating systems where they may give no advance warning; most result from using limited number of digits to represent time and date on computer; photo (M)

Beyond 2000: Further Troubles Lurk in the Future of Computing

Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, has become latest front in long battle for living space involving Hasidim in Williamsburg, who have no room to expand, and their predominantly black and Hispanic neighbors in adjacent parts of borough; Hasidim are not only trying to buy homes in area but are also seeking variances to rezone about 40 industrial lots for condominiums, coops and apartments; longtime residents accuse Hasidic leaders of block-busting and shady dealings; map; photo (M)

New Neighbors Pushing at the Edge; Brooklyn Hasidim Seek to Expand Into a Black and Hispanic Area

 Broadcom Plans to Acquire Hothaus for $280 Million  Broadcom, a leading maker of high-speed communications semiconductors, has agreed to buy Hothaus Technologies for $280 million in stock. Broadcom will issue two million of its Class B shares for Hothaus, a closely held developer of software that enables communications over broadband networks.     The acquisition will enhance Broadcom's position in the emerging market for phone calls using Internet technology. [Page C2.]

BUSINESS DIGEST

Jennifer Capriati beats Chanda Rubin in finals of A&P Tennis Classic; photo (M)

Capriati, Nearing Peak, Defeats Rubin and Past

New York Liberty beats Utah Starzz, 88-82; photo (M)

PRO BASKETBALL; With 9 Points in Overtime, A Steady Robinson Delivers

Kim So-hye, known mononymously as Sohye, is a South Korean actress and singer under S&P Entertainment. She is a former member of the girl musical group I.O.I, finishing fifth on Mnet's survival show Produce 101. She is best known on her acting roles in Poetry Story (2017), Kang Deok-soon's Love History (2017), Best Chicken (2019), and My Lovely Boxer (2023).

July 19, 1999

Headlines from July 19, 1999

On Day Made for Legends, Cone Pitches Perfect Game

A Peek at Life in an Artists' Retreat; Yaddo's Archives, Acquired by the New York Public Library, Illuminate Creativity

Behind Warner Bros. Resignations, the End of a Freewheeling Era

To Invigorate Literary Mind, Start Moving Literary Feet

When It's 98 Degrees Outdoors, Staying Indoors Is the Best Escape

Billboard 200

Significant Other

Millennium

Ricky Martin

Wild Wild West

Tarzan

Notable Births

Historical Context for July 19, 1999