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WASHINGTON, Aug. 5--The Carter Administration has adopted a new strategy for nuclear war that gives priority to attacking military targets in the Soviet Union rather than to destroying cities and industrial complexes, Government officials said today.

JUST a simple steaming and the tender, nut-sweet clams are ready to be plucked piping hot from their shells, then swished in broth and dunked in melted butter for a delectable treat. It's the eating, not the preparation, of steamer clams that is the challenge.

The 171 Iranian men held without charges in the Federal prison in Otisville, N.Y. for four days were freed last night and left immediately for New York City. Twenty Iranian women held in similar circumstances in New York were released at about the same time.

Barring a last-minute hitch, Esmark Inc., the Chicago company currently accepting sealed bids for its extremely valuable Vickers oil holdings, is expected to announce the winning bidders in about 10 to 15 days, oil industry sources disclosed yesterday.

BONN, Aug. 5--The General Motors Corporation, continuing its realignment of overseas management, today named the head of its strong Pontiac division to the chairmanship of Adam Opel, its West German subsidiary.

A State Supreme Court justice in Manhattan ruled yesterday that landlords could not unreasonably refuse tenants permission to sublet their apartments. The ruling upset one made two months ago in another case in a lower court.

DENVER, Aug. 5--A few of the older natives here remember when you could smell the pine scent of the Rocky Mountains in downtown Denver. It is difficult these days, however, to catch even a glimpse of the Rockies through the glass-and-steel skyscrapers rising everywhere in the city.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5--The Carter campaign yielded today to demands of Kennedy forces for debates of the Democratic Party platform and convention rules in prime television time next week, and in return won a pledge for a party "united behind our nominees" once the convention battles are over.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5--The White House continued to wrestle with the Billy Carter controversy today despite the release yesterday of a voluminous report on the case, and an extended Presidential news conference, which senior officials had hoped would mute the debate.

Ronald Reagan, charging that the Democrats for years had overpromised and failed to deliver, urged black Americans in a speech here yesterday to put aside prejudices they might have against him as a "caricatured conservative" and support his Republican candidacy for the Presidency.