May 23, 2003

Alumni from City College class of 1953 meet with seniors and discuss essay project dreamed up by Fred (the Furrier) Schwartz in which students look forward and alumni look back on what school meant to their lives; school turns essays into book and presents them at party for young and old authors; photo (M)

Dr Linda Peeno, health care consultant on ethical questions, says it was Clarence Jones, Humana official and brother of company's chairman, David A Jones, who told her that Giacometti sculpture that company once owned cost it $3.8 million, which she says is 'enough for eight heart transplants'; was struck years ago, when she was medical reviewer for Humana, that she had to deny payment for heart transplant that cost $488,000, what she thought the sculpture cost until Jones, a friend and neighbor, set her straight; has made comparison between art and transplants since leaving company, and Glenn Waldman, Humana lawyer, successfully petitioned judge to force her to reveal source of information; photos (M)

Bulletproof vest protects plainclothes Police Officer Peter Garrito from shot fired by Martin Diggs during arrest in Prospect Park, Brooklyn; Garritto and Officer Daniel Perez stopped Diggs for suspicious behavior and found gun on him, but Diggs then used another gun to shoot Garrito, who returned fire; photos (S)

Australia's largest wine maker, Southcorp, will miss dividend for first time; grapy (S)

Female wild turkey is sighted in various places around New York City, including Art Lindenauer's 28th story balcony, interior courtyard of General Theological Seminary of the Episcopal Church and several parks; photos (L)

Dave Anderson Sports of The Times column discusses Annika Sorenstam's first round at Colonial Tournament, which saw her finish in disappointing tie for 73rd; Sorenstam says she realizes historical significance of first day, and cheering crowd seems to realize it too; photos (M)

European legal official Antonio Tizzano says European Commission was wrong to punish Bayer AG seven years ago for trying to prevent pharmaceuticals wholesalers from exporting its heart drug Adalat from one European Union country to another; wholesalers were buying Adalat at low prices Bayer charged in Spain and France and then reselling drug in Britain, undercutting higher prices charged by Bayer's British division; Bayer responded by restricting amount of Adalat it shipped to Spain and France to level that matched number of prescriptions written for it in those countries; commission accused Bayer of colluding with wholesalers to prevent free movement of drugs in union and fined Bayer 3 million euros ($3.5 million); Tizzano advises European Court of Justice to throw out appeal by commission of lower court's decision in favor of Bayer (M)

Zurich Financial Services reports $114 million profit in first three months of 2003 (S)

Floyd Norris column criticizes Pres Bush for not standing fast on his proposal to stop taxing dividends that are paid out of profits on which corporations have already paid taxes; say proposal offered hope of real reform in corporate America; graph (M)

Mobs of treasure hunters are tearing into Iraqi archaeological sites, stealing urns, statues, vases and cuneiform tablets that often date back 3,000 years and more; in Isan Bakhriat, at site of city-state that first arose around 1,900 BC, 150 armed men dig from dawn to dusk, extracting ancient relics almost hourly; people on outskirts of site furtively offer to sell relics; Iraq has more than 10,000 registered archaeological sites, but experts say real threat is to 15 to 20 major sites atop ancient cities; looting at sites is another result of anarchy and lawlessness that coninues to plague country six weeks after collapse of Saddam Hussein's government; Pres Bush's new civilian administrator L Paul Bremer 3d is moving aggressively to rein in looters in Baghdad, but American forces are doing little to protect numerous archaeological sites; photos; map (M)

Telephone companies see their future in flat-rate plans of many services; most leading companies, including MCI, AT&T, BellSouth, Qwest Communications, SBC Communications and Verizon, have introduced programs that allow customers in some states to make unlimited local and national calls for one flat monthly price; plans commonly cost $50 to $60 a month with services like voice mail and caller ID bundled in, making price only slightly higher than $48 that American households typically spend on local nd long-distance calling; chart (M)

Article on options available to those wanting to learn how to kiteboard; photos (M)