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Date: 13 September 1997
By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE
Sen Jesse Helms, gaveling his colleagues to silence, asserts his power as committee chmn and, with iron hand a snarl, runs roughshod over nomination of William F Weld to be Ambassador to Mexico; Pres Clinton declares battle 'not over' and says he will urge Sen Trent Lott, Republican leader, who has power to circumvent Helms, to bring nomination to the floor for a vote; photo (M)
Date: 13 September 1997
By LIZETTE ALVAREZ
US Repr Richard A Gephardt visits Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, sprawling border town, where he hears complaints about shortcomings in North American Free Trade Agreement; since treaty was ratified in 1993, many large American corporations have moved their factories to Ciudad Juarez, and employment and productivity is up; but Gephardt finds that some things have failed to change: teachers say they need more classrooms, workers complain of low wages, and everyone complains about poor quality of water (M)
Date: 13 September 1997
Coffee prices plunge more than 8 percent as supplies flood into exchange warehouses, sign that roasters are well stocked at start of season of peak demand (S)
Date: 13 September 1997
By JACK CURRY
New York Yankees defeat Baltimore Orioles, 13-5, Camden Yards, Baltimore; photo (M)
Date: 13 September 1997
By ERIC SCHMITT
Republican and Democratic senators who have received same classified intelligence briefings about whether Chinese Government influenced American elections in 1996 disagree sharply about same information they all have heard (M)
Date: 13 September 1997
By ROBERT HURTADO
Bond prices rally strongly, first gain in four days, after tame reports on producer prices and retail sales for August suggest that Federal Reserve might not need to raise interest rates this month to slow the economy (S)
Date: 13 September 1997
By JONATHAN P. HICKS
Profile of C Virginia Fields, City Councilwoman who won Democratic primary for Manhattan Borough President; photo (L)
Date: 13 September 1997
By CALVIN SIMS
Adolfo Francisco Scilingo, former Argentine Navy captain who broke military code of silence two years ago when he admitted publicly to atrocities, says that four attackers slashed his face and warned him to stop speaking with journalists about crimes by repressive military Govt of 1970's; Scilingo shocks Argentina with his grisly account of pushing political prisoners to their death from planes; estimated 30,000 people were killed or disappeared without trace during military's violent crackdown on leftists; photo (L)
Date: 13 September 1997
Ted Kozlowski letter on efforts to restore health of Great Swamp and surrounding watershed