Israel turned down President Bush's request to withdraw its forces from Palestinian-controlled territory, putting new pressure on American-Israeli relations and the anti-terror coalition with Arab allies. Israel's foreign minister, Shimon Peres, said in Washington that Israel would not pull out until the Palestinians arrested the men who killed Israel's tourism minister.       Article, Page A8.

Israelis Rebuff U.S. On Pullout Request

New York Yankees want time to bask in afterglow of winning pennant before thinking about facing Arizona Diamondbacks in World Series; chart compares pitching statistics compiled by Diamondbacks Curt Schilling and Randy Johnson with those of Yankees Mike Mussina and Andy Pettitte; photos (M)

Time to Savor Pennant and Study Up

R W Apple Jr, visiting Trieste, Italy, reports on his meeting with Ernesto Illy, chemist, chairman of Illycaffe and espresso evangelist extraordinaire; photos (L)

Discovering La Dolce Vita in a Cup

Overview of day's events in war on terrorism and spreading anthrax scare (M)

New Urgency on Anthrax, Bombs and Blunders, the Ripple Effect

Journalists at French newspaper Le Monde votes in favor of listing company on French stock market within two years; resolution would make Le Monde first French newspaper to be traded publicly; management hopes to raise $89 million by issuing 20 percent of its shares (S)

World Business Briefing | Europe: France: Le Monde To Sell Shares

French telecommunications equipment giant Alcatel will take control of its Chinese joint venture, Shanghai Bell, and then consolidate rest of its 17 operations in China under company; Alcatel will pay $312 million to buy shares held by Chinese and Belgian governments, increasing its stake in venture to 51 percent from 31.65 percent; Chinese Ministry of Information Inmdustries will retain 49 percent of Alcatel Shanghai Bell (M)

Alcatel Plans to Assume Control Of China Phone-Gear Venture

Capturing New York skyline, whether on canvas, on film or with naked eye, has become complicated, even emotionally wrenching act in wake of loss of World Trade Center, which is perhaps the most devastating change in American history to architectural identity of a city; presence of twin towers in some images is too disturbing a reminder of Sept 11 for some people, but others object if towers are removed from images, comparing it to airbrushing of history; destruction has made towers beloved in way a departed relative may be thought of more fondly after death than in life; photos (M)

The Manhattan Skyline's 'Phantom Limb'

Bank of Canada lowers its benchmark interest rate target three-quarters of percentage point, to 2.75 percent (S)

World Business Briefing | Americas: Canada: Rate Lowered

Court workers in Jersey City Muncipal Court recall Port Authority Police Officers Donald Foreman, Walter McNeil and Nathaniel Webb, who were denizens of court, testifying often at Holland Tunnel traffic violations hearings; all three were killed in Sept 11 terrorist attacks (M)

Our Towns; Where Ghosts Are Seen But Not Sworn

Brazil's Embraer, formally known as Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica, will have to hunker down for year or two to weather aviation downturn; company's hopes for 70-passenger ERJ-170 jet and its regional-jet siblings are undimmed because Embraer expects current crisis to propel market to embrace smaller aircraft; Embraer president Mauricio Botelho says many of big airlines like Continental and United are already announcing that they are substituting narrow-body aircraft with regional jets; photo (M)

Maker of Small Jets Sees a Silver Lining

William Grimes finds that restaurant and food industries are responding to terrorist attacks with various expressions of patriotism in their offerings; examples cited (M

On Menus Everywhere, A Big Slice of Patriotism

British advertising agency WPP Group says it has received new information that supports its efforts to abort takeover of Tempus Group; WPP says Sept 11 terrorist attacks brought adverse change to Tempus's business (S)

World Business Briefing | Europe: Britain: WPP Defends Tempus Case

Here's a real UFO, an extremely low-budget, genuinely independent film by a 22-year-old writer-director from Philadelphia that immediately establishes a distinctive and promising voice. Andrew Repasky McElhinney's &quot;Chronicle of Corpses&quot; is a gothic horror tale set in the early 19th century on the grounds of a dying slave plantation somewhere in the Middle Atlantic states. Though once the center of a thriving economy, the plantation has degenerated into inertia and neglect, largely as a result of the deepening decadence of its ruling family.  Shooting on 16-millimeter film and using a cast drawn largely from local theater groups, Mr. McElhinney has created a movie that is not without the flaws endemic in low-budget productions but still projects an amazing degree of stylistic assurance and originality. - Dave Kehr

Decadence Meets Death On an 1800's Plantation

Defense Sec Donald H Rumsfeld, Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Gen Richard B Myers and Gen Tommy R Franks, United States Central Command head based in Tampa, Fla, confer twice a day, assessing progress of war in Afghanistan, plotting next moves and choosing targets to avoid civilian casualties; Pentagon officials say Franks, charged with running campaign's day-to-day operations, has broad leeway to wage war as he sees fit, within prescribed limits; Rumsfeld, Myers and, in rare cases, Pres Bush intervene only when campaign enters new phase; photos (M)

Bush's War Troika Seeking Blend of Military and Civilian Decision-Making

Amanda Hesser reviews some new cookbooks: Back to The Table: The Reunion of Food and Family, by Art Smith, Lidia's Italian-American Kitchen, by Lidia Matticchio Bastianich, Second Helpings From Union Square Cafe, by Danny Meyer and Michael Romano, Recipes From Home, by David Page and Barbara Shinn, and The Book of New England Cookery, by Judith and Evan Jones; photos; recipes (L)

A Passport Home, Wherever That May Be

Leading federal officials acknowledge that they underestimated danger that letters containng anthrax pose to postal workers and dramatically step up their public-health response; Health and Human Services Department, in reversal of policy, will immediately conduct environmental tests at all post offices through which letter containing anthrax is received and offer antibiotics to everyone who works there; new sense of urgency reflects escalating criticism of federal health officials, particularly Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Officials Admit Underestimating Danger Posed to Postal Workers

Defense and Justice Departments move to block General Dynamics Corp's $2.1 billion offer to acquire Newport News Shipbuilding, effectively endorsing competing bid by Northrop Grumman; Defense Department finds General Dynamics bid would reduce competition in construction of nuclear submarines and other military vessels; Justice Department files antitrust suit to block deal (M)

U.S. Moves to Block General Dynamics Bid for Shipbuilder

Deal that Swiss government struck with country's biggest businesses to put together national airline from remnants of Swissair runs into criticism from rivals and European Union; Swissair's rivals, British Airways and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, say $1 billion bailout gives Swissair unfair advantage; European Union officials suggest that they might try to block arrangement (M)

Bailout Plan For Swissair Called Unfair By Rivals

Figure skater Michelle Kwan suddenly fires longtime coach Frank Carroll following ten-year relationship; photo (M)

Kwan Suddenly Fires Longtime Coach

Rita Rudner to open Funny People series at 92d St Y; photo of Bill Cosby; sensational murder case of Kitty Genovese in 1964 results in first collaboration between Boston Conservatory and National Music Theater Conference at Eugene O'Neill Theater, musical drama titled The Screams of Kitty Genovese; comment on exhibition Empire of the Sultans, 200 objects from Ottoman Empire, on view at Bruce Museum in Greenwich, Conn; photo; readings from 30 plays under auspices of Woodie King's Federal Theater, as tribute to victims of World Trade Center attacks (M)

FOOTLIGHTS

Federal Trade Commission seeks court order to block $8.15 billion sale of Seagram Co's wine and spirits business to Diageo and Pernod Ricard of Europe, arguing that sale would give Diageo stranglehold on US market for rum; commission director Joseph Simons says sale would create dangerous likelihood of reduced competition and higher prices; Diageo plans to continue discussions with commission in hopes of reaching settlement; Seagram's owner, Vivendi Universal, also says it is committed to deal; Diageo's proposed sale of its Pillsbury food business to General Mills $10.5 billion is allowed to proceed after commission's chairman Timothy J Muris recuses himself from vote (M)

F.T.C. Rejects Sale of Seagram To Diageo And Pernod

New York Gov George Pataki reaches budget agreement with legislative leaders to allow expansion of gambling in state; agreement authorizes governor to negotiate compacts with American Indian tribes for three casinos in western part of state and three in Catskill region; also provides for New York to join multistate lottery and to install video gambing devices at horse-racing tracks; measures are expected to produce about $1 billion in revenue annually; photo (M)

Gambling Expansion Is Part of Albany Budget Agreement

New York City proposes uses of federal aid in connection with World Trade Center disaster; businesses that agree to return or open in Lower Manhattan would receive $5,000 cash bonus for each employee, and developers would have access to tax-free bonds to help erect buildings in area destroyed by terrorist attack; estimates of reconstruction run between $8 billion and $15 billion (M)

City Proposes Priority Uses Of Federal Aid

Big Three automakers' interest-free financing plans have evolved into price war that is great news for car buyers and car deals but increasingly costly for automakers; some critics and environmental groups have also criticized domestic automakers for wrapping up their new discounts in patriotic ad campaigns at time when nation's dependence on Middle East oil is subject of new debate; Big Three's total vehicles sales in October are expected to top annual pace of 19 million, second only to record 21.2 million sales pace set in August 1986; graph; photos (Market Place column) (M)

THE MARKETS: Market Place; Booming Car Sales, but at a Price

Cuban businessman Cristobal Diaz Ayala to donate his huge collection of Cuban musical archives to Florida International University in Miami; his collection includes about 25,000 LP's, 17,000 78's, wax cylinders, sheet music and trove of books encompassing all of Latin American music; photos (L)

New Home For a Trove Of Music; Cristóbal Díaz Ayala Bequeaths His Huge Archive of Cuban Sound

Kathleen Ankers was an American scenic designer, best known for her work on The Rosie O'Donnell Show and the Late Show with David Letterman.

Kathleen Ankers, American actress and set designer (born 1919)

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Wolf Rüdiger Hess was a German architect, the only son of Rudolf Hess and Ilse Hess.

Wolf Rüdiger Hess, German author and critic (born 1937)

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Jaromil Jireš was a director associated with the Czechoslovak New Wave movement.

October 24, 2001

Headlines from October 24, 2001

Israelis Rebuff U.S. On Pullout Request

Time to Savor Pennant and Study Up

Discovering La Dolce Vita in a Cup

New Urgency on Anthrax, Bombs and Blunders, the Ripple Effect

World Business Briefing | Europe: France: Le Monde To Sell Shares

Billboard 200

Pain Is Love

A Day Without Rain

Dark Days; Bright Nights

The Blueprint

Silver Side Up

Notable Deaths

Historical Context for October 24, 2001