Notebook: Oct. 14, 1996

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MANUEL NORIEGA Panama Sentenced in 1992 to 40 years in prison for racketeering and drug trafficking, he could be paroled in 2002. His three-room cell in Miami's federal prison is known as "the Dictator's Suite."

RAOUL CEDRAS Haiti The general lives with his family and former army chief of staff in a wealthy district of Panama City. He ventures out on weekends to listen to jazz, and says he is writing his memoirs.

JORGE SERRANO Guatemala Granted asylum in Panama City in 1993, the ex-President is trying to build an exclusive housing complex there. Cedras reportedly toured the property, which is said to be financially troubled.

LOCAL HEROES

GABRIEL LANE, 20; GREELEY, COLORADO; high school senior

At 5 ft. 3 in., 215 lbs., he looks like he was born to be a defensive tackle. But Lane, a special-education student with Down syndrome, was told he was too old to play on his high school junior-varsity team. When a court fight failed, pressure from supporters persuaded state officials to allow him to compete. He debuted on the field last week in a 34-16 victory. Says the Homecoming King nominee: "I just wanted to play football, and now I can."

DR. PAUL J. DUGAN, 66; ROSEVILLE, CALIFORNIA; physician

In private family practice for 34 years, Dugan knows firsthand that most people die from cardiac arrest before they reach the hospital. With the help of his wife and four children, he began Start-a-Heart Save-a-Heart, a community prevention-and-education program, in which 42,500 volunteers have become certified in CPR since 1978. "Anyone who can read can learn CPR," says Dugan. "Life is precious, and CPR and prevention save precious lives."

WHERE ARE THEY NOW?

REG and MAGGIE GREEN BODEGA BAY, CALIFORNIA Parents of murder victim

Two years ago, during a family vacation, Nicholas Green, asleep in the back seat of a car with his four-year-old sister, Eleanor, was shot by bandits on a highway in Italy. He died two days later, on Oct. 1, three weeks after his seventh birthday. His parents donated his organs, an act that saved seven lives and was met with a huge outpouring of affection in Italy. Today Maggie, 35, and Reg, 67, who publishes a mutual-fund newsletter, travel the country on behalf of donor awareness. Two men are on trial for Nicholas' murder, but the family is celebrating new life. In May, Maggie gave birth to twins, Laura and Martin. Says Reg: "So much has continued to flow from his death. Nicholas is my first thought every morning, but the children have made the house busier and filled with joyous sounds."

--By Charlotte Faltermayer, Janice M. Horowitz, Lina Lofaro, Belinda Luscombe, Tyler Maroney, Jeffery C. Rubin, Alain L. Sanders and Sidney Urquhart