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In response to the increasingly severe balance-of-payments problems of some developing countries, the World Bank has begun a new lending program that differs significantly from past policies of the bank.

JERUSALEM, May 25--Ezer Weizman, long frustrated by his lack of impact on Government policy, resigned as Israel's Defense Minister today, thus depriving the Cabinet of a relatively moderate voice.

SOMERS, N.Y., May 25--A retired senior editor of Reader's Digest was found strangled today and her invalid husband beaten in their home in northern Westchester County.

WHEN artificial turf was introduced to baseball in the 1960's, it threatened one of the classic plays ever developed at that classic baseball position-- shortstop.

WASHINGTON, May 25--Despite the Chrysler Loan Guarantee Board's recent approval of $500 million in Federal loan guarantees for the auto maker, some of the company's creditors are resisting the terms of the private financing package negotiated between Chrysler and its principal bankers.

WASHINGTON, May 25--The Carter Administration, shifting gears in its effort to widen the boycott of the Moscow Olympic Games this summer, plans to seek greater support from individual sports federations in those countries whose Olympic committees are planning to participate in the Games.

PORTLAND, Ore. May 25--Mount St. Helens spewed a new column of destructive ash miles into the atmosphere early today. For the first time, the wind poured the ash onto the most populous areas of coastal Oregon and Washington.

ROME, May 25 (Reuters)--The Roman Catholic Church has issued new directives seeking to curb what it calls abuses in worship. Drafted by the Vatican department in charge of sacraments and worship and signed by Pope John Paul II on April 17, the document has yet to reach many bishops and priests. Following is the text of the document.

Zimbabwe became Africa's newest nation only a month ago, but something approaching investment fever is already stirring among United States businessmen who seek overseas operations or export markets.

WASHINGTON, May 25--After weeks of virtually no diplomatic moves to end the crisis in Iran in the aftermath of the abortive attempt to rescue the American hostages, several new initiatives seem to be under way with at least tacit American approval.

Image is everything in the status jeans business, and the quickest way to build one is via television. So the producers of the pants with the labels on the back pocket have barraged viewers with brand names that include Gloria Vanderbilt, Jordache, Sasson, Sergio Valente, Zena and Bon Jour.