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WASHINGTON, June 17--President Carter and King Hussein of Jordan held two hours of talks today that White House officials said had helped "clear the air" between the two leaders, even if they failed to resolve their differences on ways to achieve peace in the Middle East.

WASHINGTON, June 17 (AP)--The personal income of Americans rose only one-tenth of 1 percent last month, the Commerce Department reported today.

Venezuela has notified oil companies that, effective Friday, it is raising the prices of its heavy fuel oil, the kind burned by electric utilities to make power and by large industrial, commercial and residential buildings to provide heat and hot water.

A 60-cent bus and subway fare in New York City was recommended yesterday by the chairman and staff of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, virtually assuring its adoption.

At a ground-breaking ceremony marked by good humor and a moratorium on political infighting, Governor Carey, Mayor Koch and a crowd of officials yesterday hailed the beginning of construction of a $375 million exposition and convention center, a project 15 years in the planning.

Harper's, the 130-year-old magazine of literature and current affairs, will cease publication after its August issue.

WASHINGTON, June 17--Builders began new homes last month at an annual rate of 920,000 units, the lowest level in five years, the Commerce Department said today in a report that gave another major indication of the severity of the recession.

FOR most young artists starting out in New York, dreams of good food vanish when their first rent bill arrives. But Robert Russell, a 25-year-old painter who supports himself with part-time carpentry and house painting, sits down every night to a splendid dinner and a bottle of wine. "I need that relaxation at the end of the day," he says. "I cant afford to go out to eat, so I do the cooking myself."

WASHINGTON, June 17--Carlos Marcello, reputedly one of the top leaders of organized crime in the United States, was indicted by a Federal grand jury today on racketeering, conspiracy and fraud charges. Mr. Marcello was accused of playing a central role in a scheme to bribe public officials in Louisiana.

TORONTO, June 17--Far many years the Royal Bank has been Canada's No. 1 bank, the largest financial fish in a small market sprinkled across the broad northern flank of the United States.

DETROIT, June 17--One of the handful of banks that have refused to go along with a restructuring of the Chrysler Corporation's debt announced today that it had reversed its position, bringing the auto maker a step closer to the Federal loan guarantee that it needs to survive.

IN the 60's they called the impressario Sid Bernstein "The Rock Hurok" because he launched the Beatles "live" in America--at Carnegie Hall in February 1964, followed by the fever-pitched Shea Stadium concerts the summers of '65 and '66.