June 19, 2000

*Notable events in coming week noted: opening of Caramoor International Music Festival in Katonah, NY; annual Music Festival in Paris and towns and villages throughout France on June 21; exhibition of works by Rockwell Kent at Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, Mass; and tribute to William Butler Yeats by W B Yeats Society of New York; photos (M)

Tiger Woods wins US Open golf tournament in Pebble Beach, Calif; finishes with 12-under-par total of 272 to win by record-setting 15 strokes over Ernie Els of South Africa and Miguel Angel Jimenez of Spain, who tied for second place at three over par; victory margin is largest in major championship, surpassing 13-stroke marging by Tom Morris at 1862 British Open; breaks US Open record that had stood for 101 years, surpassing 11-stroke victory by Willie Smith in 1899; photos (M)

Many New York City school children in immigrant families serve both as translators for parents who speak little English and interpreters for family of American culture, customs and mores; play vital and at times nerve-racking role, navigating complex and intimidating world and assuming duties usually left to parents in English-speaking families; teachers and administrators in school serving many immigrants notes some students are overburdened and miss classes to accompany parents to appointments; say conflict often comes in later years, when parents try to reclaim ceded authority; table of home languagues of students at one Queens school; photos (M)

Democratic presidential candidate Vice Pres Al Gore will propose $200 billion program to help low- and middle-income taxpayers build retirement accounts separate from what they will receive from Social Security; program, called 'retirement savings plus,' would work like 401(k) savings plans, but instead of employer contributions federal government would make contributions in form of tax credits, providing in some instances up to 3-to-1 match; would offer tax relief for couples with combined annual incomes of up to $100,000, or individuals making up to $50,000; would provide greatest benefit for couples with incomes less than $30,000 and would not be available to couples making more than $100,000; other provisions of plan discussed (M)

Summary of old scandals affecting Hillary Rodham Clinton that have been rarely raised during her race for Senate in New York; at issue are her roles in 1993 White House travel office firings, Whitewater affair and improper White House acquisition of Federal Bureau of Investigation confidential files and her extraordinary commodity trading success; photo (M)