March 9, 1981

Nicaragua at crossroads: U.S. is forcing a choice A2 Weinberger explains his view on ''countervailing'' strategy A3 Egypt ponders its role in Ameri- can strategy in Middle East A3 Food shortages in Rumania re- portedly lead to protests A4 Around the World A7 Iranian M.P. demands the dis- missal and trial of Bani-Sadr A8 Talk of Freetown: Tabloid yearns to speak for new generation A10 Peking to sell up to $3.3 billion in treasury bonds A14 Government/Politics New York City plans to press case against S.I. power plant B2 State courts seek to bar discrimi- natory jury selection B9 General Around the Nation A16 Connecticut cheered by Reagan budget plan for military B1 Crossword-puzzle devotees match wits in a war of words B1 Bomb threat closes Atlantic City casino for 2 1/2 hours B2 Suspect in murder of Met violinist to get hearing B2 Decision near on possible move of Amtrak office from city to L.I. B3 Features and Notes About Washington: Dancing in the halls of power A16 Going Out Guide C12 Notes on People C14 PARKING REGULATIONS Alternate-side parking regulations, suspended after Thursday's snowfall, have been reinstated effective this morning, the New York City Depart- ment of Transportation announced yes- terday. SportsMonday Baseball: Kingman, back with Mets, tries to erase the past C1 Lynn, Burleson and Hobson give Angels a Red Sox look C5 Michael surveys crowded Yan- kee field C5 Giles, Phillies' aide, seeking to buy club C4 Basketball: Syracuse snubbed in N.C.A.A. tourney selections C1 De Paul beats Notre Dame for 14th straight victory C1 L.I.U. coach surprised but happy with N.C.A.A. berth C6 Knicks are trounced by Celtics, 115-94 C7 Toney, a rookie, scores 28 as 76ers rout Bucks, 123-100 C7 15 teams, including Syracuse, accept N.I.T. bids C6 Boxing: Snipes outpoints Cum- mings in grueling 10-rounder C8 Column: Red Smith on the boys of spring C4 Features: Sports World Specials C2 Question Box C11 Figure Skating: Miss Zayak's acrobatics stir a controversy C8 Golf: Kite wins Inverrary Classic, with Nicklaus second C3 Hockey: Rangers and Red Wings tie, 4-4, at Garden C8 Outdoors: Getting ready for fish- ing season in Northeast C11 Statistics C10 Tennis: Tanner and McEnroe give U.S. 3-2 Davis Cup victory C3 Gene Mayer takes Denver final from Sadri, 6-4, 6-4 C3 Track: Maryland wins IC4A in- door title; Villanova third C10 Obituaries Daniel Schreiber, former admin- istrator in city schools B9 Kiril Kondrashin, foremost Soviet conductor B9 Hede Massing, ex-Soviet spy who testified against Hiss B9 Arts/Entertainment Greenhouse Dance Ensemble in works of 3 choreographers C11 June Anderson sings three roles in City Opera ''Hoffmann'' C11 Don Elliott, vibraphone, remem- bers E.Y. Harburg C11 Joseph Chaikin performs one-man Beckett show in ''Texts'' C12 Suzanne Somers's case, the di- lemma of high TV salaries C13 Pro Arte Chorale sings Handel's ''Israel in Egypt'' C15 Adam Smith and John Case books on economy reviewed C15 Bournonville's ''Sylphide'' is up staged at Toronto ballet gala C15 Nureyev and Joffrey Ballet pay TV tribute to Nijinsky C22 Style Relationships B7 Schools help latch-key children cope B7 Chronic procrastination: The roots of lateness B7 Achievers guide black students B7 News Analysis John Herbers on Census finding on rural growth B10 Editorials/Letters/Op-Ed Editorials A22 An alternative business tax plan For ratification of the sea treaty Advisable nuclear budget cuts Letters A22 Flora Lewis: a pervasive mean- spirited mood in the U.S. A23 William Safire: symbolism in the National Zoo A23 James M. Harkin: solving the problem of hunger in Africa A23 Francis Carling: deregulating the N.L.R.B. election process A23

They are each thought to be absolute wizards with words, and last year, as more than 100 of them gathered for the third annual American Crossword Puzzle Tournament at the Marriott Hotel here, one of the hotel managers got up to explain a few housekeeping rules. He made two of his four points and then came to the third. ''Next to lastly,'' he began, and then stopped. ''There must be a better way to say that,'' he said.

Saying that they had succeeded in highlighting problems of security and overcrowding, leaders of a five-week-old school boycott in Rosedale, Queens, yesterday called off the action at two of three schools. They also hinted that the boycott might end at the third school as well. Speaking in a hoarse voice above the din at a crowded meeting of 600 residents at the Rosedale Jewish Center, Linda Ovadias, a boycott leader, asked parents to send their children back to Public Schools 138 and 195 this morning.

In the dozen years since the nation's second-largest nuclear power station began moving in next door, Lower Alloways Creek Township and some of its Salem County neighbors have been showered with $45 million in tax revenues. But amid this largesse, which includes several thousand jobs, the 1,400 townspeople find something unwelcome emanating from the reactor - radioactive waste. The taxes have brought remarkable changes to the township, which now owns its own ski resort and has acquired a $20 million nest egg while putting in new brick sidewalks, mock Colonial street lamps, a cedar-shingled municipal building and matching firehouse, housing for the elderly and a swimming pool. But, at the power station, used nuclear fuel with a radioactive life of up to thousands of years is accumulating in 40 feet of water in a sealed-off storage pool. The waste has been building up in the four years since the startup of the first electric generating unit, Salem 1, at the four-reactor development on Artificial Island in the Delaware River, about 20 miles, by water, south of Wilmington. Access is by a causeway that leads to Hancocks Bridge, a community of a few hundred residents.

THE ECONOMY President Reagan plans sharp cuts in Federal loan guarantees, particularly for housing, in the fiscal year beginning Oct. 1. These reductions, part of a program to slash both borrowing and lending, will be in addition to cuts in direct Federal loan authority already announced. (Page A1.)