January 6, 2001

Suffolk County highway patrol officer, Frank Wright, is suspended without pay and county district attorney's office says it would present to grand jury accusations of two women that he made them strip to avoid drunken-driving charges; FBI begins its own inquiry into matter, and third woman comes forward to say she had similar encounter with Suffolk County highway patrol officer in September, and that police sergeant dissuaded her from filing complaint; it is not clear whether that officer was same one involved in other two incidents; photo of Julianna Rubio, who says she was stopped by Wright on Dec 27, and Angelina Torres, who says she was stopped on Jan 1 (M)

Gilead Sher, senior Israeli negotiator, says time has run for a full negotiated settlement with Palestinians during Clinton administration and that the best that can be expected will be general statement by Pres Clinton setting a path for future; White House will decide in next several days whether to keep struggling with possibility for negotiations to establish Palestinian state and to resolve future of Jerusalem and fate of Palestinian refugees (M)

They were lives of note but not necessarily fame, lived by people of accomplishment and in some cases notoriety. The seventh annual issue of The Lives They Lived, a special issue of The Times Magazine. * Education Life looks at college sports: Have big-money contests superseded the life of the mind? * The Mutual Fund Quarterly: In a year when technology stocks fizzled and even the most storied financiers stumbled, mutual funds had their first losing year since 1994. But the average stock fund still outperformed the market. Part 2 of Money & Business.

Stocks declined on January 5, two days after rally sent Nasdaq composite up 14 points, as face reality of slowing growth in economy and in corporate profits; Nasdaq lost 159.18 points, closing at 2,407.65; Dow Jones industrial average fell 250.40 points, to 10,662.01; Standard & Poor's 500-stock index dropped 34.99 points, to 1,298.35; price of 10-year note rose 28/32, to 106 9/32, to yield 4.92 percent; price of 30-year bond rose 20/32, to 112 15/32, to yield 5.40 percent; graphs (M)

Gov George E Pataki says New York State will pay more than half cost of proposed Brooklyn Bridge Park and donate final piece of land needed for project; plan to build $150 million shoreline park at foot of Brooklyn Bridge now takes major step forward; park will stretch along 1.3-mile ribbon from Atlantic Avenue to Jay Street, and feature lawns, recreation centers, amphitheater, hotel and small shops; Mayor Rudolph W Giuliani committed $65 million to project last year; neighborhood groups have been calling for conversion of prime waterfront area into parkland for more than decade, but some residents express concern that park may become too much of tourist attraction, bringing crowds and congestion to Brooklyn Heights; photo; map (M)