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Date: 02 August 1997
By DOUGLAS MARTIN
Residents of Park Slope section of Brooklyn contemplate tragedy that might have been had police not stormed apartment and shot and arrested two Arabs on charges of fabricating bombs intended for attack on crowded subway station; Arab immigrants living in neighborhood say they are all being viewed with suspicion (M)
Date: 02 August 1997
By NEIL MacFARQUHAR
Israel makes new arrests in the July 30 suicide bombing in Jerusalem and bans most movement in West Bank; tense stalemate takes shape, with Israel holding off carrying out its threats to take drastic measures and the Palestinian leadership avoiding drastic new steps to clamp down on Islamic militants; new leaflet in name of Hamas, militant Islamic organization, again praises suicide attacks as best tactic to confront Israel; members of Yasir Arafat's cabinet resign, saying he needs fre edom to act; Pres Clinton says Dennis Ross, his Middle East negotiator, will return to region to try to rebuild tattered negotitations for peace; photos (M)
Date: 02 August 1997
By IAN FISHER
Federal authorities charge 17th person with being part of cross-country ring that they say exploited and abused deaf immigrants smuggled from Mexico; latest man charged is deaf illegal immigrant himself; authorities say his job was to administer beatings to other deaf pepole at behest of group ringleader; authorities have not yet said how widespread, or lucrative, they think organization was (M)
Date: 02 August 1997
By STEVEN LEE MYERS
Clinton Administration will lift ban on sales of the most advanced weapons to countries in Latin America, which was imposed by Pres Jimmy Carter in 1978; Pentagon and military contractors have been arguing in recent years that arms sales should be allowed in region because most of countries, except Cuba, are moving toward democracy; some lawmakers and arms-control advocates score reversal of policy, saying Latin democracies are unstable and an influx of advanced weapons could set off an arm s race and rekindle traditional rivalries (M)
Date: 02 August 1997
By DAVID ROHDE
Antony Alexander Blarek and Frank V Pellecchia, San Francisco interior designers, are charged in Brooklyn with laundering over $30 million in drug money for Jose Santacruz Londono, No. 3 man in Cali drug cartel, by buying artwork, furniture and other luxury items and shipping them to Colombia; Santacruz was killed in shootout with Colombian Army in March 1996; Judge Jack B Weinstein sets two men's bail at an unusually high $8.5 million (S)
Date: 02 August 1997
Empresa Nacional de Electricidad will pay $1.5 illion to take control of Enersis SA of Chile (S)
Date: 02 August 1997
By BENJAMIN WEISER
Joseph Garcia, actor in musical Show Boat, sues producer of show, Live Entertainment of Canada Inc, saying he was dismissed after dispute with white actress; Garcia is black and was member of cast since musical opened in 1994; he has charged discrimination (M)
Date: 02 August 1997
By RAYMOND HERNANDEZ
New York State Legislature struggles to complete its business by Aug 3, bringing longest legislative session in state history to close; leaders of both houses indicate that host of important issues will not be acted on; bills appear to be victims of too little attention and not enough time; some lawmakers suggest returning in fall to complete some of this session's unfinished business in more deliberative atmosphere; photo (M)