Photos of 'artistic' markings in Manhattan and Brooklyn by people seemingly uninterested in art

An Eye for Art in Unexpected Places; A Photographer Finds Esthetic Inspiration in the Workaday World

Emergency New York City aerial pesticide assault on mosquitoes responsible for St Louis encephalitis outbreak has spread consternation across northeastern Queens and southeastern Bronx, leading residents to cancel barbeques and other outdoor weekend festivities; many residents remain fearful of disease despite assurances that spraying was successful and greatest danger has passed (M)

Encephalitis Threat Means an Indoor Holiday for Many

Veterans of Foreign Wars posts struggle to survive as veterans of World War II die off; nearly 550,000 veterans died in 1998, most of them World War II soldiers, and that number is expected to rise to 620,000 in 2008; nearly 300 of nation's 10,000 VFW posts have folded in last few years; Vietnam veterans never joined VFW's in large numbers, and the chasm between World War II and Vietnam veterans has never quite closed; photos (M)

As Old Soldiers Die, V.F.W. Halls Fade Away

New York Mets defeat Colorado Rockies, 6-2; Mets outfielder Darryl Hamilton hits grand slam homerun; photo (M)

A Familiar Chant Greets Grand Slam By New Met

Billy Bean tells of isolation he endured during nine years of professional baseball because he was homosexual and had to keep that secret; believes he would have been ostracized if he came out while playing; is now a restaurant owners in Miami Beach; his story offers rare window into fiercely competitive and hyper-masculinized arena of major team sports; photo (L)

A Major League Player's Life Of Isolation and Secret Fear

Rev Jesse Jackson recalls how blacks and Jews have worked together for civil rights and common causes, sermon at Riverside Church, New York City; does not mention Khallid Abdul Muhammad, whose daily displays of anti-Semitism strain black-Jewish ties; tells reporters that sparse attendance at Muhammad's Million Youth March in Harlem shows great majority of blacks reject his views and leadership; scores him for inciting hatred, but holds people should be more offended by economic distress that produces such voices of alienation and despair (M)

Jackson Recalls When Jews And Blacks Marched as One

Islamic militants mount ferocious assault in Russian republic of Dagestan, and a powerful bomb demolishes an apartment building housing Russian officers and their families in Buinaksk, republic's second-largest city; at least 30 people are killed and about 110 wounded in explosion; renewed fighting is unwelcome political test for Vladimir V Putin, Russia's new Prime Minister; photo; map (M)

Rebels Attack Caucasus Area; Bomb Kills 30

Article on reluctance of major Hollywood studios to release new films over Labor Day weekend, while other important holiday weekends are occasions for hype and jostling for space and attention; studio executives say best holiday weekends (Memorial Day, Independence Day, Christmas) come at beginning of extended vacation periods, when movies cannot only get good opening blast but solid bounce into subsequent weekends; say Labor Day comes at end, not beginning of vacations; photo (M)

When the Dream Factory Takes a Holiday

Radio City Music Hall regains its Art Deco glamour with ambitious restoration project that has kept hall closed since February and sent costs spiraling from early estimate of $25 million to $70 million; hall is to reopen Oct 4; Hugh Hardy of Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer Associates is architect in charge of project; photos (M)

Piece by Piece, a Faded Icon Regains Its Art Deco Glow

Less than 24 hours after a new Israeli-Palestinian accord was signed, two cars packed with explosives blew up in two Israeli cities. The explosions were a reminder of the terrorist threats that hovered over recent negotiations, and a quick test of the newly restored Israeli-Palestinian link.  Article, page A10.  

2 Car Bombs in Israel

 Big Advertisers Turning To Their Own Magazines  While advertisers like Sony, Philip Morris, Mercedes-Benz and Starbucks used to press magazines to mention their products in the editorial pages, they have now adopted a more sophisticated approach, creating magazines in which they control the mix of feature articles and product placement.    Custom published magazines are either sold on newsstands, given out at stores or sent to a list of customers. The magazine publisher is almost always guaranteed a profit because, to the corporate sponsor, the magazine is a marketing tool intended for one purpose alone -- to reach the consumer -- and losses are counted as marketing expenses. [Page C6.]

BUSINESS DIGEST

British laddie magazines, which use sex and hedonistic male behavior as marketing tools, are experiencing decline in circulation after five years of double-digit percentile growth; decline is occurring while appetite for men's life-style magazines in US seems far from sated; decline in circulation of some leading British publications discussed; phoros (M)

On Newsstands In Britain, Beer and Babes Are in Decline

Bill Bradley, who seeks Democratic Presidential nomination, campaigns at Jersey Shore beaches; photo (M)

New Race But Old Walk On the Beach For Bradley

Schools across America are establishing specific academic standards for students and imposing real penalties on those who do not meet them; harsher atmosphere arises in large part from intensifying emphasis on results of assessment tests, whose results determine whether students will be held back a grade, stopped from graduating or sent to tutoring sessions, Saturday classes or summer schools; administrators and teachers seek to make sure that these tests will be in curriculum without skewing classroom day into test preparation session or making children feel that test scores are all that schools care about; some parents, teachers and students also fear that focus on tests thwarts creativity and character development (M)

Schools Taking Tougher Stance With Standards

New York Historical Society will stage exhibition of paintings of four generations of New York's native sons; photo; National Symphony Orchestra, under direction of conductor Leonard Slatkin, will present all of Beethoven's concertos in its annual festival devoted to composer's works, at Kennedy Center; will feature violinist Hilary Hahn; photo; works of 75 winners of 1999 Scholastic Art and Writing Awards will be displayed at Artists Space, in SoHo; Canary Wharf, real estate behemoth that transformed London's East End in 1990's, will exhibit 80 works by major British sculptors in its public spaces (M)

THIS WEEK

Armed thugs systematically take over East Timor, killing and terrorizing its people and trapping United Nations workers in their compound; top Indonesian officials fly to Dili, East Timor capital, but do not venture beyond airport as irregular militias, which were created and armed by the military, fire their weapons and burn houses in streets beyond; Australia and nearby island prepare to receive as many as 100,000 evacuees; mayhem spurs increasing calls for UN or individual countries to send in peacekeepers, but Indonesia's Foreign Ministry asserts Indonesia's responsibility for East Timor and says no foreign forces will be allowed into territory; photo; map (M)

KILLINGS REPORTED

Interview with 18-year-old pop singer Christina Aguilera, who has risen from obscurity to stardom in just two months with No.1 pop single, Genie in a Bottle; photo (M)

At 18, Singer Seeks to Prove She's Not a One-Hit Wonder

New York City colleges are increasingly instructing new students during orientation week on being street smart; fear out-of-town students' ignorance of local customs can lead dangerous or embarrassing missteps; photos (M)

Gotham 101: ABC's for New New Yorkers; Colleges Welcome Freshmen by Giving a Quick Education in Street Smarts

 Rebuff for German Leader  German voters in two states rebuffed Chancellor Gerhard Schroder, ousting Social Democrats in Saarland and choosing a far-right party in Brandenburg.  PAGE A3

INSIDE

Success of international team of computer researchers in breaking standard lock protecting financial transactions over Internet has underscored need for stronger security to protect electronic commerce; photo; diagrams (M)

Internet Code-Cracking Project Shows Need for Stronger Locks

Article on logistical challenges and frustrations involved in televising golf tournaments; big-name tournaments--spread across hundreds of acres and having no timeouts--require more cameras, more cables, more advanced wireless technology and more ingenuity than perhaps any other sporting event; many broadcst professionals agree it is most challenging sport to televise; photos (M)

TECHNOLOGY: Aiming for the Perfect Shot; Golf Is a Most Challenging Game -- for the TV Crew

Houston Comets defeat New York Liberty, 59-47, to win third straight Women's National Basketball Assn Championship; Comets guard Cynthia Cooper is named most valuable player of two-of-three-game championship series; photos (M)

A Trying Season Ends in Triumph for Comets

Dozens of matches at United States Open tennis tournament are postponed because of showers; competitors who do play complain of slippery conditions; Mary Jo Fernandez is defeated by Venus Williams; Martina Hingis defeats Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario; Magnus Larsson withdraws from third-round match with Todd Martin due to injury; photos (M)

Rain Causes Injury and Frustration As It Becomes a Player at the Open

Several New York Hispanic political leaders criticize Hillary Rodham Clinton for calling on Pres Clinton to withdraw his offer of clemency to 16 imprisoned members of a Puerto Rican terrorist organization; most outspoken critic is Rep Jose E Serrano (M)

HISPANIC LEADERS SCOLD FIRST LADY

Labor Day

Lagumot Gagiemem Nimidere Harris was a political figure from the Pacific nation of the Republic of Nauru, and served as its President. He was a cousin of René Harris, who also became Nauru president subsequently.

September 6, 1999

Headlines from September 6, 1999

An Eye for Art in Unexpected Places; A Photographer Finds Esthetic Inspiration in the Workaday World

Encephalitis Threat Means an Indoor Holiday for Many

As Old Soldiers Die, V.F.W. Halls Fade Away

A Familiar Chant Greets Grand Slam By New Met

A Major League Player's Life Of Isolation and Secret Fear

Billboard 200

Millennium

Mary

Murda Muzik

Significant Other

...Baby One More Time

Notable Deaths

Historical Context for September 6, 1999