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WASHINGTON, March 21 -- Secretary of State Cyrus R. Vance said today that President Carter disavowed the American vote against Israel in the United Nations Security Council three weeks ago not because the resolution violated American policy, but because of concern that it would upset the current negotiations on Palestinian self-rule.

Spring rains arrived with a vengeance yesterday, driven by gale-force winds that knocked down trees, blew out plateglass windows and caused scattered power interruptions and flooding throughout the New York metropolitan area.

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- President Carter's chief of staff, Hamilton Jordan, flew to Panama today to see if friction between Panamanian and American doctors could be resolved so that the deposed Shah Mohammed Riza Pahlevi could undergo surgery in Panama and not have to return to the United States for treatment.

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- One supporter of increased Federal aid to New York City refused to compromise. Another was attending a dinner to honor Walter Cronkite and missed a key vote. Because of these and other factors, a measure to salvage some funds for the city in the face of Congressional budget-cutting was narrowly defeated last night.

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- President Carter told a group of past and prospective Olympic athletes at the White House today that the United States "will not go" to the Olympic Games in Moscow in July and August, and he asked for their support.

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- The Administration announced the immediate suspension today of a pricing device protecting the American steel industry against imports. The move followed the filing of complaints against European producers by the United States Steel Corporation, accusing them of shipping steel to the domestic market at unfairly low prices.

WASHINGTON, March 21--For the last several weeks, the nation's senior military and naval officers have been marching up to Capitol Hill to sound an alarm: The armed services are rapidly losing their best and most experienced personnel.

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- President Carter promised today to press Congress to restore $500 million in aid for hardpressed cities, including New York. The funds were killed in a dramatic, narrow vote last night in a key test in the House Budget Committee.

LONDON, March 21 (UPI) -- The Times of London is raising its price from 33 cents to 44 cents a copy, effective Monday, newspaper officials said today. The increase comes three months after The Times resumed publication following a one-year strike by the printing unions.

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, March 19-- Pakistan's new foreign policy initiatives have boiled down to waiting anxiously for Saudi Arabia to say how much help it can offer.

UNITED NATIONS, N.Y., March 21 (Reuters) -- Secretary General Kurt Waldheim tonight expressed concern at the heavy exchange of fire in southern Lebanon and appealed for restraint.

JERUSALEM, March 21 -- By inviting the leaders of Egypt and Israel to Washington next month, President Carter is stepping into the most difficult area of dispute between Israelis and Arabs and the one least likely to see a successful...