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ALBANY, Saturday, June 14--The Legislature early this morning revived a proposed constitutional amendment to allow casino gambling in New York State.

LOS ANGELES, June 13--Bowing to pressure from party moderates, Ronald Reagan agreed today to retain Bill Brock as chairman of the Republican National Committee. The decision averted the possibility of a split in the party a month before its national convention.

ALBANY, June 13--Governor Carey declared today that New York State now had "the toughest handgun law in the country" as he signed a new measure 10 hours after it received final legislative approval.

WASHINGTON, June 13--A Federal grand jury today indicted Representative John W. Jenrette Jr. of South Carolina, charging that he had shared in a $50,000 bribery payment from an undercover Federal agent and had attempted to obtain $125,000 more.

PORTLAND, Ore., June 13--The third major eruption of Mount St. Helens in less than a month hurled a new downpour of volcanic ash across the coasts of northern Oregon and southern Washington last night, but strong winds and heavy rain today ameliorated the worst problems from the ash.

WASHINGTON, June 13--Secretary of State Edmund S. Muskie praised the European Common Market today for showing "a sense of restraint" in the phrasing of its call for giving the Palestine Liberation Organization a role in Middle Eastern negotiations. But he said the United States would refuse to deal with the P.L.O. as long as it was "bent on" Israel's destruction.

CHICAGO, June 13--A Federal court judge tonight ordered the American Telephone and Telegraph Company to pay $1.8 billion in damages to the MCI Communications Corporation, a small telecommunications company, after a jury found that A.T. had violated Federal antitrust laws in denying service to MCI.

VENICE, June 13--The European Economic Community backed full selfdetermination for the Palestianian people today and declared that the Palestine Liberation Organization should be "associated with" the negotiations for a peace settlement in the Middle East.

ALBANY, Saturday, June 14--After weeks of fitful bargaining, the Republican-led State Senate passed a bill early today that would allow the state to tax oil companies to subsidize the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.

PRETORIA, South Africa, June 13-- The Government disclosed today that ground troops and planes from bases in the disputed territory of South-West Africa struck deep into Angola this week, with casualties on both sides that were among the highest in the 15-year-old guerrilla war.

TEHERAN, Iran, June 13--Violence has been sweeping Iran increasingly in recent weeks, with kidnappings, murders and sabotage creating a climate akin to civil war.