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MEMPHIS, Oct. 31--President Carter, taking his re-election campaign on a final, sometimes sentimental swing through his native South, denounced Ronald Reagan and his supporters today for what he said was an attempt by them to portray Mr. Carter's views as contrary to the teachings of the Bible.

WARSAW, Saturday, Nov. 1--A leader of Poland's independent trade-union organization said this morning that the Government had promised that the group could publish a weekly newspaper and maintain regular access to state-owned television. The pledge followed almost 14 hours of negotiations.

CAIRO, Oct. 31--In a message to the Iranian people on his 20th birthday, Crown Prince Riza Pahlevi laid claim today to his father's lost throne, proclaiming himself Shah Riza II.

DES PLAINES, Ill., Oct. 31--Ronald Reagan said today that President Carter appeared to be "dragging his feet" on his promise to cooperate fully with a Justice Department investigation of the way Administration officials responded to his brother Billy's relationship with Libya.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Oct. 31-- Jamaica,'s Prime Minister-elect, Edward P.G. Seaga, was swept into office by a victory greater than even his own Jamaica Labor Party had predicted.

One of the highest ranking commanders in New York City's Police Department was transferred yesterday in the aftermath of the shooting last week of an emotionally disturbed man by two police officers.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Oct. 31--Southern Democrats, who still hold most of the state and local offices in their region, have feverishly stepped up activity in the closing days of the Presidential race to try to save the White House and the South for Jimmy Carter.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31--High-ranking Administration officials said today that Iranian authorities seem to have committed themselves to releasing the American hostages and to pressing for a vote to do so in the Iranian Parliament on Sunday.

JOHANNESBURG, Oct. 31--The Government published a package of draft legislation today that it said would lead to a significant easing of restrictions on blacks now living in urban areas.

TOKYO, Oct. 31 (AP)--Four Soviet Navy ships, including a missile cruiser, were spotted moving north today in the East China Sea off Okinawa, the Japanese Defense Agency said. It said the ships were apparently on their way to Vladivostok, the main Russian port on the Pacific Ocean.

BELFAST, Northern Ireland, Oct. 31-- On a well-fortified hillside just west of here, in one of Britain's most modern prisons, a political time bomb has begun ticking, arousing apprehension in London and beyond.

ROME, Oct. 31--The participants in the Fifth World Synod of Bishops, which ended at the Vatican last week, gave Pope John Paul II a 14-point proposal on the rights of families and suggested that it be submitted to the United Nations as the basis for an international charter on such rights.