October 12, 2004

FBI agents and police detectives unearth several parts of human skeleton, along with wristwatch and pair of glasses, in what they believe is old mob graveyard in vacant lot in Queens; discoveries are made near where body of Alphonse Indelicato, Bonanno crime family figure, was found in 1981; investigators say bones most likely belong to one or both of two other Bonanno captains, Philip Giaccone and Dominick Trinchera; photo (M)

Article on effort by Notre Dame University to enhance profile of its campus in South Bend, Ind, and region as cultural center through construction of $64 million Marie P DeBartolo Center for the Performing Arts (M)

Clyde Haberman NYC column on Leslie Lieber, 92-year-old saxophone player who is guiding spirit behind New York fixture called Jazz at Noon; notes that every Friday Lieber gathers his musical doctors, lawyers and businessmen and for two hours they perform free in midtown Manhattan (M)/

Group of bishops and like-minded Catholic groups are blanketing churches with guides identifying abortion, gay marriage and stem cell debate as among 'non-negotiable issues' in presidential campaign; although bishops stop short of telling Catholics whom to vote for, Archbishop Charles J Chaput, highest-ranking Roman Catholic prelate in Colorado, says vote for Sen John Kerry, who supports abortion rights and embryonic stem cell research, would be sin that must be confessed before receiving Communion; efforts by Chaput and his allies are converging with concerted drive for conservative Catholic voters by Bush campaign; it has spent four years cultivating Catholic leaders, organized more than 50,000 volunteers and hired corps of paid staff members to increase Catholic turnout; campaign is pushing to break traditional allegiance of Catholic voters to Democratic Party; pollsters note that Catholics make up quarter of electorate, and many conservative Catholics are concentrated in swing states; although Catholic prelates have clashed with Catholic Democratic candidates in past, never before have so many bishops so explicitly warned Catholics so close to election that to vote certain way is to commit sin; liberal Catholics have begun to mount counterattack, belatedly and with far fewer resources; photos; chart (L)

Ben Brantley reviews Public Theater production of Richard III, directed by Peter DuBois and starring Peter Dinklage; photo (M)