Democratic and Republican officials in Nassau County react with skepticism over County Exec Thomas S Gulotta's plan to cut $143 million from 2001 budget, largely by raising property taxes by 4 percent and laying off more than 350 county employees (M)

In Nassau County, Doubts Grow on Avoiding State Takeover

New York City Police Comr Bernard B Kerik plans to move at least 300 police officers from quality-of-life enforcement to street patrols as part of larger reassignment that will also beef up city's overburdened detective squads (M)

Police Leader To Move 300 To Patrol Duty

Clyde Haberman NYC column discusses opposition to erecting statue of Frank Sinatra on traffic island at Broadway and West 44th Street in Times Square (M)

No Love Song For Blue Eyes In Bronze

Aristotle International has compiled nation's largest voter databank and is selling names of registered voters to candidates in ways many fear threatens voter privacy; can provide lists of voters in district by party affiliation, age, income, ethnicity and other factors and transmit 'pop-up' campaign advertisements to specific voters using Internet; firm was founded by brothers John Aristotle Phillips and Dean Aristotle Phillips; table of customers; photos (M)

Voter Profiles Selling Briskly As Privacy Issues Are Raised

Photo of tennis player Venus Williams during her semifinal victory at US Open

Williams and Davenport Advance to Open Final

 An Apology to Indians  At a ceremony marking the 175th anniversary of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the agency's director apologized for its ''legacy of misdeeds'' against American Indians. PAGE A7

INSIDE

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration chief, Dr Sue Bailey, seeks additional funding and authority for agency, in wake of recent Bridgestone/Firestone tire-failure revelations; says agency may reallocate its internal spending to focus resources on analyzing data and spotting trends; photo (M)

Safety Agency Wants Increase In Authority

Saul Steinberg, whose insurance company Reliance Group Holdings is on brink of bankruptcy, is being sued by his mother for millions of dollars that she lent him; Anne Steinberg has filed suit in NYS Supreme Court in Manhattan demanding that her son repay almost $5 million that she says he borrowed from her; she also sues her son Robert for $1.5 million in debt that she contends came due in December; photo (M)

Sorry, Mother, But Get in Line For Your Money; Suit Says Steinberg Sons Failed to Repay Loans

Harvey Araton Sports of The Times column discusses victory of Venus Williams over Martina Hingis to advance to final of US Open women's singles tennis championship; photo (M)

Sports of The Times; Learning To Go For It

Article on organized labor's recent victories, citing strength negotiating contracts with, among others, Verizon Communications, Bridgestone/Firestone and United Airlines; some worry that soaring wages will spur inflation and shrink corporate profits; photo (M)

With Some Victories in Hand, Battered Labor Flexes Muscle

DaimlerChrysler moves to tighten control over Mitsubishi management in wake of revelations that it concealed customers' complaints about automobile defects; Katsuhiko Kawasoe will resign as president; photo (M)

DaimlerChrysler Tightens Reins On Management Of Mitsubishi

Expressions of surprise and anguish are offered by relatives, friends and neighbors of three of five teenagers from relatively stable, middle-class homes in Queens who are charged with Jin-Sheng Liu with brick in bungled effort to steal $60 order of Chinese food; events leading up to killing described; those charged are Jamel Murphy, James Stone, Darryl Tyson, Stacy Royster and Robert Savage; photos (M)

A Killing, and the Anguish Of Families of the Accused

New York Yankees defeat Boston Red Sox, 4-0; photo (M)

Clemens Dismantles Red Sox With a Revitalized Fastball

Democratic activists say Vice Pres Al Gore has silenced much of grumbling among core Democratic constituencies about his centrist platform and running mate, Sen Joseph I Lieberman, and generated unexpected level of enthusiasm; Gore has peppered stump speeches with populist anti-corporate language and focused on concerns of working Americans and middle-class families; many polls show Gore gaining strength among Democratic voters; even some Ralph Nader supporters say Gore's popularism has stolen some of Nader's thunder (M)

A Populist Pitch Helps Gore Woo Back His Party's Base

 Goldman Sachs Is In Talks To Acquire Spear, Leeds  Goldman Sachs Group, the investment banking firm, is in serious talks to acquire Spear, Leeds & Kellogg, the biggest maker of markets in listed stocks and one of the biggest traders on the Nasdaq stock market, according to a person with knowledge of the talks.  

BUSINESS DIGEST

World leaders at United Nations summit meeting seek to mesh developed world's stress on universal democracy, rule of law and human rights with demands by poor nations for better balance in world's economy and more benefits from rise of globalization in setting goals for next millennium; summit, largest gathering of its kind ever, also serves as impromtu forum for examining UN performance; photo (M)

U.N. MEETING ENDS WITH DECLARATION OF COMMON VALUES

Pres Fidel Castro speaks to crowd of supporters at Manhattan church, scoring United States economic sanctions against Cuba; Reps Jose E Serrano and Maxine Waters, others attending speech score US policies toward Cuba; photo (M)

Friendly Crowd Provides Castro With a Soapbox

Combative tone of New York State Senate campaign between Hillary Rodham Clinton and Repr Rick Lazio escalates with exchange of television and radio advertisements as candidates battle to redefine their own images and those of their opponent; photo (M)

Mrs. Clinton and Lazio Turn Up Vitriol in Ad War

Venus Williams defeats Martina Hingis and Lindsay Davenport defeats Elena Dementieva to advance to finals of women's singles at US Open tennis championships; photo (M)

Venus Williams Outduels Hingis Into Final

Oktava, small, Soviet-era factory, in Tula, Russia, manufactures bad-looking, good-sounding microphones; many musical professionals deeply appreciate these ugly devices; largest market for these microphones is young musicians starting home recording studios; photo (M)

Stalinesque Lines, But a Silky Sound; Man, That's One Ugly Microphone

Expert panel assessing human rights and political life in Austria recommends European Union end diplomatic sanctions hurriedly imposed in January after Austrians allowed far-right Freedom Party into government; finds sanctions are counterproductive; lauds Austrian government, holding minorities, refugees and immigrants enjoy as many or more rights and protections than their counterparts elsewhere in European Union; finds some Freedom Party members continue to use xenophobic language and attempt to silence critics with libel suits; French and EU president, Jacques Chirac, sanctions advocate, accepts report (M)

Report Clears Way For Europe to Drop Austrian Sanctions

German competition regulators accuse Wal-Mart Stores of being too competitive, order it to increase some prices; find that it illegally sold products below its wholesale costs in order to start price war (M)

Germany Says Wal-Mart Must Raise Prices

 The juvenile justice system, founded on the idea that childhood is a distinct stage of life, is being dismantled, with more teenagers imprisoned alongside adults. The ''tough on crime'' side has won, but what kind of society has resulted? A report by Margaret Talbot in The Times Magazine.  

MAXIMUM SECURITY ADOLESCENT

Moody's downgrades Japanese government bonds to Aa2 from Aa1 (S)

JAPANESE BOND DOWNGRADE

Maureen Matthews, 18, is recovering from injuries suffered in vicious brawl on lower Manhattan subway platform; police are searching for her assailant (S)

Woman Hurt in Subway Fight Is Recovering

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In Nassau County, Doubts Grow on Avoiding State Takeover

Police Leader To Move 300 To Patrol Duty

No Love Song For Blue Eyes In Bronze

Voter Profiles Selling Briskly As Privacy Issues Are Raised

Williams and Davenport Advance to Open Final

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