Bridgeport, Conn, Mayor Joseph P Ganim is in fight for political future in wake of guilty pleas by two allieswho spent years dispensing bribes to powerful elected city official whom federal prosecutors have yet to name; two are his former fund-raiser Paul J Pinto and former campaign manager Leonard J Grimaldi; Ganim insists he is not unnamed official; his photo (M)

Guilty Pleas in Briberies Dim Hopes for Bridgeport

Los Angeles Lakers defeat Philadelphia 76ers, 108-96, to win NBA championship 4-1; photo (M)

Lakers Complete Record-Setting Romp Through the Playoffs

Pres Bush, speaking in Warsaw, urges broad, steady expansion of NATO into countries of Eastern Europe that are not now in alliance; seeks to reassure Russian government that this is not confrontational strategy, saying neither United States nor Europe are enemies of Russia and that Russia is indeed part of Europe; says historic pacts that assigned European countries to different superpowers' spheres of influence are moribund; this is Bush's most detailed and sweeping remarks yet about future of relationship between United States and Europe (M)

PRESIDENT URGING EXPANSION OF NATO TO RUSSIA'S BORDER

George Vecsey Sports of The Times column criticizes interleague play, saying it has reneged on its promise of providing fans with rotating teams; instead it has become mired in rivalries such as New York Yankees against New York Mets, that are no longer interesting or fun, but merely gimmick; photo (M)

Sports of The Times; Interleague Gimmick Looking Old

Nortel Networks says it expects to report quarterly loss of $19.2 billion, one of biggest losses in corporate history, increasing concern over troubled telecommunications industry; company is world's biggest maker of communications equipment; loss results from accounting move to reflect decline in value of companies it acquired in last two years; Nortel also plans to cut 10,000 jobs around world, added to 20,000 positions it eliminated earlier this year; it will close some units and suspend its dividend; announcement is most striking evidence yet of how bursting of dot-com bubble has begun to contaminate bricks-and-mortar economy; Nortel and other big established companies that feverishly sought to supply infrastructure for Internet have experienced dwindling futures in recent months as boom turns to bust (M)

PHONE GEAR MAKER EXPECTS HUGE LOSS AS SLUMP SPREADS

New York Yankees defeat New York Mets, 5-4, in interleague play; photo (M)

Yankees Leave the Mets Tangled Up and Blue

Friends of Judith Nathan say Rudolph Giuliani's girlfriend is stunned by media circus in New York, even though she had expected attention when she took up with married mayor; photos; former Judith Stish, nurse from close-knit Catholic family in Hazelton, Pa, became bridge-playing lady of leisure in Atlanta and Los Angeles after marriage to wealthy businessman Bruce Nathan; she moved to New York after bitter divorce and in 1990's and became successful saleswoman with pharmaceutical firm; she met Giuliani in spring 1999 and is now working as fund-raiser for philanthropic group Changing Our World (M)

One Woman's Year In the Spotlight's Heat; Friends Call Judith Nathan Stunned By the Media Circus of New York

Bonnie Hanssen, wife of spy suspect Robert P Hanssen, reportedly tells authorities that he confided to her and to Roman Catholic priest 20 years ago that he was supplying information to KGB; in 1980 Hanssen was working in counterintelligence in FBI's New York office; wife's account suggests his spying may have begun will before 1985, year prosecutors have said he first approached Soviets; wife says priest initially urged Hanssen to turn himself in, then changed his mind and persuaded Hanssen to donate $20,000 he received from Soviets to charity; says Hanssen told her he gave money to charity and promised her he would cut off further contact with Moscow; tells FBI she was stunned when he was arrested and charged with espionage activities spanning last 15 years; law enforcement officials say she is not suspect and they have no reason to question her truthfulness, but that they have been unable to collect other evidence to corroborate her statements; they have not interviewed priest, Rev Robert P Bucciarelli, apparently unwilling to question him about matters that could be considered confidential under both canon and criminal law; they are hoping to get full account from Hanssen himself if he reaches plea bargain with government, as is expected (M)

Wife Says Suspect Told a Priest 20 Years Ago of Aiding Soviets

When President Bush first spotted Prime Minister Tony Blair in Brussels on Wednesday, he broke into a smile, indulged a mischievous impulse and offered him a greeting less formal than the ones the British leader usually hears.    ''Hello, Landslide!'' Mr. Bush shouted out. It was a reference -- an irreverent, towel-snapping one at that -- to Mr. Blair's recent re-election, and it recalled the playful dynamic that the president had sought in a previous encounter in February, when he cracked during a news conference that he and Mr. Blair liked the same brand of toothpaste.  

Plain-Talking Bush Is Using His Charm On European Stage

With the prominent Arab intellectual Saad Eddin Ibrahim in jail, the government of President Hosni Mubarak stands to come under international scrutiny. A report by Mary Anne Weaver in The Times Magazine.

EGYPT ON TRIAL

Melvin B Milligan, unflappable computer technician who lives with family in Passaic, claims $46-million New Jerseys lottery jackpot just before one-year expiration date; Milligan, who mailed validated ticket to Trenton, purchased it in Montvale last June while driving home and fished it out of junk drawer after seeing television broadcast on missing ticket (M)

Every Home Has a Junk Drawer; His Held a $46 Million Treasure

 Faith in Stamp Affirmed  Melvin B. Milligan, of Passaic, N.J., was known as easygoing even before he entrusted a winning lottery ticket worth $46 million to the mail. Yesterday, he and his wife, Kim, became tycoons.   PAGE B1    No to Macedonia Mission  The Bush administration said it does not want to take part in a NATO military mission requested by Macedonia to disarm rebels.   PAGE A3

INSIDE

* Airline industry analysts warn that 83-day-old pilots' strike at Comair, largest regional subsidiary of Delta Air Lines, could cause shutdown of division and that huge pilot pay raises could cause Delta and other companies with regional units to stop recent rapid growth in usage of small regional jetliners; pilots will vote shortly on new pay offer; incentives for airlines to fly small jets appears still intact; photos; table of pilots' hourly pay rates (M)

Small Jets' Big Stake in a Strike; Comair Pilots' Pay Seen as Key to Future of the Planes

Procter & Gamble will abandon some big initiatives, write off $900 million of under-performing assets and report loss for current quarter; stock retreats 3.5 percent, closing at $62.60; analysts question company's rosy long-term profit forecast; photo (M)

P.& G. to Abandon Some Product Lines and Report Quarterly Loss

Judge Leo E Strine Jr rules that Tyson Foods Inc has no legal grounds for withdrawing its $3.2 billion offer to buy IBP Inc, largest US beef packer, and orders that acquisition be completed; Tyson protests that hidden financial troubles at IBP are sufficient to scuttle deal; bad blood taints this takeover (M)

Judge Rules That Tyson Must Complete Takeover of IBP

 Nortel Expects to Report $19 Billion Loss in Quarter  Nortel Networks of Canada said it expected to report one of the biggest losses in corporate history -- $19.2 billion this quarter -- attributing it largely to an accounting move to reflect a decline in the value of the companies it acquired recently. Nortel also plans to cut 10,000 jobs around the world, close some units and suspend its dividend.    The announcement by Nortel and its chief executive, John Roth, above, is the most striking evidence yet of how the bursting of the dot-com bubble has begun to contaminate the bricks-and-mortar economy. [Page A1.]

BUSINESS DIGEST

Crackdown by Pennsylvania authorities on trucks hauling garbage to giant landfills delays large shipments from New York region, clogging transfer stations and leaving piles of garbage stacked outside restaurants and other businesses in New York City; city officials plead with Pennsylvania state police for advance warning of ticket blitzes but get little sympathy; nearly 670 trucks or drivers, 34 percent of those stopped, have had violations so serious that they were ordered off road (M)

Crackdown on Trucks Leaves Piles of Trash in New York

George J Tenet's role as American mediator who helped forge cease-fire between Palestinians and Israelis wins rare praise from both sides; shaky truce Tenet helped to negotiate has mostly held up for first 48 hours, bringing period of relative calm to region after almost nine months of lethal violence; Tenet's role as mediator on security issues in Middle East began in 1996 during Clinton adminstration; Bush administration signaled it did not want him to continue in that role, and Tenet himself was reluctant because such shuttle diplomacy is far outside job descripton of CIA's chief; as crisis worsened, Bush team turned to Tenet to use relationships he had developed in Clinton adminstration to gain at least temporary respite from violence; Tenet said to be lone member of new administration trusted by Yasir Arafat (M)

In Mideast, C.I.A. Chief Wins Trust Across a Bitter Divide

European Commission indicates that it would entertain offers of more concessions by General Electric to win approval of its planned takeover of Honeywell International; signs of US political pressure abound, and renewed US-European trade tensions are feared (M)

Europe Opens Door for G.E., Just Slightly

Power disruptions and new administration that puts greater focus on energy security than environmental protection has given coal new lease on life; in places like Gillette, Wyo, which might be called new capital of coal, utilities are beginning to reconsider plans, switching to coal from gas, helping coal industry and its miners; about 52 percent of nation's electricity is generated by coal; this year, nation's coal production is expected to reach record of more than 1.1 billion tons; one-quarter of that comes from Wyoming, where coal is low in sulfur and near surface; two factors have influenced coal's re-emergence, after years of vilification by environmentalists: soaring natural gas prices and Bush administration's decision to back away from imposing restrictions on carbon dioxide; Congressional Democrats and Republicans from coal states have joned forces to fend off industry's foes; photos; graph (L)

Fuel With a Dark Past Has a Bright Future

Clyde Haberman NYC column on Mayor Rudolph Giuliani's latest attempt at yet another City Charter revision, which draws groans from politicos from the Bronx to Staten Island (M)

Changing City Charter, Cha, Cha, Cha

New Jersey boy who committed sex offense at age of 10 challenges state's co-called Megan's Law; at issue is whether sex-offender law seeking to give widest possible publicity to sex crimes can trump juvenile justice system which seeks to give widest possible protection to young offenders; prosecutors estimate that 10 percent to 25 percent of people registered under sex-offender law in New Jersey are under 18, with many fewer under 14 and only handful as young as 10; boy in question, who is now 16, was placed in moderate-risk category, requiring that his school be notified of his conviction; his lawyers say he should not be subject to sex-offender law at all; argument becomes especially important if Legislature allows any Internet access to names of moderate-risk offenders (M)

10-Year-Old's Crime Tests Limits of Megan's Law

Yukos Oil Co, Russia's second-largest producer, buys more than a quarter of Mazeikiu Nafta, Lithuanian oil refinery managed by Williams International, for $75 million (S)

World Business Briefing | Europe: Russia: Refinery Purchased

South Korea's Hynix Semiconductor, formerly Hyundai Electronics, raises $1.25 billion it needed to persuade creditors to roll over greater than $4 billion in debts due in 2001; shares fall 11.6 percent for the week (S)

World Business Briefing | Asia: South Korea: Funds Raised

Kevin Ingram, once named one of top African-American 'movers and shakers' on Wall Street, is arrested by federal agents in Florida after agreeing to launder $2.2 million that was described to him as proceeds from arms shipments; two suspected arms dealers are also arrested in sting operation; Ingram, contacted by undercover agent, arranged for pilot to fly money to Amsterdam (M)

June 16, 2001

Headlines from June 16, 2001

Guilty Pleas in Briberies Dim Hopes for Bridgeport

Lakers Complete Record-Setting Romp Through the Playoffs

PRESIDENT URGING EXPANSION OF NATO TO RUSSIA'S BORDER

Sports of The Times; Interleague Gimmick Looking Old

PHONE GEAR MAKER EXPECTS HUGE LOSS AS SLUMP SPREADS

Billboard 200

Break The Cycle

Survivor

Moulin Rouge

Lateralus

Now 6

Historical Context for June 16, 2001