January 30, 1981

ICE SKATING, the winter pastime that can transform any city dweller, young or old, into a country child, is in full glide. In New York City and its suburbs this time of year, there is good skating on ponds and lakes and on artificial rinks, indoors and out. The one unhappy note in this winter's skating schedule has been the closing of Central Park's popular Wollman Memorial Rink, where a $5 million rehabilitation is under way. But the slack seems to have been taken up by the rink farther uptown in Central Park at 110th Street and by such Manhattan arenas as Rockefeller Center and Sky Rink, at 450 West 33d Street. In New Jersey and in Westchester and Nassau Counties, the skating surface at dozens of lakes and ponds was good during the cold spell of recent weeks, and parks officials are hopeful that it will be so again by this weekend. And the skating there, often overseen by local park authorities, is as free as the chill in the air.

An article in The Times yesterday erroneously described an interview by The Detroit Free Press with Charles Jones, a former hostage. Mr. Jones said one hostage had delivered a note to a visiting clergyman, but he did not identify the hostage.

Paquito d'Rivera, the alto and soprano saxophonist formerly with Cuba's leading jazz group, Irakere, has recently arrived in this country with a style of jazz notable for its strong African flavor. He will present his own group, Havana/ New York, tonight at 9:30 at Soundscape, 500 West 52d Street. Havana/ New York features Ignacio Berroa, drummer, and Daniel Ponce, percussionist, also newcomers to New York; Russel Blake, bassist, and Hilton Ruiz, pianist. David Amram, composer and musician, will appear as a guest artist. Tickets are $5. Information: 581-7032. TIMES SQ. LUNCH FARE If you work in or near Times Square and tend to munch a sandwich at your desk, you might munch instead at the Quaigh Theater while enjoying a one-act play. The theater, in the Diplomat Hotel, 108 West 43d Street, has a winter lunchtime series weekdays at 1:15 in which members of the audience often bring paper-bag lunches. Playing tonight and next week is ''The Bond'' by Howard Brown, about the relationship between a grandfather and his grand-daughter, whom he blames for the death in childbirth of her mother - his own daughter. A contribution of $1.50 is asked, but not required. Students, the elderly and members of Actors Equity admitted free. Information: 221-9088.

Blue Bell Inc., the nation's second-largest jeans maker, said yesterday that it had received an offer from Allegheny Ludlum Industries Inc. to purchase Blue Bell for approximately $500 million in securities. But Blue Bell, which produces the Wrangler brand, quickly labeled the $40-a-share offer ''totally inadequate.'' Robert J. Buckley, chairman of Allegheny Ludlum, which is based in Pittsburgh, said that his company's management was ''completely surprised'' by Blue Bell's assertion that the offer was actually ''worth much less than $40.'' The offer consists of common stock, preferred stock and subordinated debentures.

International Poland's labor crisis grew more grave as the authorities issued their sternest warning in six months of recurrent turmoil. Asserting that the country was threatened by anarchy, the Government warned that it was ready to ''take the necessary steps'' to keep factories operating. The Government and the independent union agreed to hold talks today in an effort to end a wave of wildcat walkouts. (Page A1, Column 3.) President Reagan denounced Moscow for reserving ''the right to commit any crime, to lie, to cheat.'' Officials said that Secretary of State Alexander M. Haig Jr. had sent a message to Andrei A. Gromyko, the Soviet Foreign Minister, warning that a Soviet invasion of Poland could mean dire consequences for East-West relations. (A1:4-5.)