September 14, 1981

''A majority of the Congress are looking for larger cuts'' in planned military spending than those announced last night by the White House, Senator Pete V. Domenici, the Republican chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, said today. But as President Reagan arrived late today at the White House from a weekend at Camp David, he defended his proposal to cut only a relatively small amount from the Defense Department budget. He told reporters, ''We've been cutting a budget that has been overgrown and extravagant over the years while in the same years, Defense has been a poor relative.'' The White House announcement last night brought to an end several weeks of intense maneuvering between Defense Secretary Caspar W. Weinberger and David A. Stockman, director of the Office of Management and Budget. It said that President Reagan had decided on cuts of $13 billion in projected military spending i n the fiscal years 1982-84 , as against the cuts of $20 billion to $30 billion sought by Mr. Stockman and senior White House aides. The fiscal year 1982 starts O ct. 1.

Congress will look for bigger cuts in military spending than those announced by the White House, a key Republican Senator said. Pete V. Domenici of New Mexico, chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, said that increases in spending for Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security needed to be pared. President Reagan defended the relatively small reductions in military spending. (Page A1.)

Country chic may be what vacationing New Yorkers consider this verdant corner of Connecticut, but country cheek is their gift to the local people, according to one side of a five-week debate going on in the area's weekly newspaper. It was Robert Osborn, a professional cartoonist and longtime resident of this handsome Revolutionary town, who sounded the call to arms. After one insult too many, he sent The Lakeville Journal a political drawing and an acerbic letter titled, ''The Ruiners of Country Life.'' The cartoon pictured two disgruntled local residents leaning against a fence asking, ''Have you seen the 'zoo' today?!'' Mr. Osborn wrote: ''The droves of young RICH ... with their wretched manners have poured in upon us who LIVE here. Each day we all know that our town is plugged with the rude, aggressive, the unkindly, from New York.''

Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan, who less than two months ago voted for the Reagan Administration's tax cut bill, yesterday assailed that legislation and said he would introduce a bill tomorrow to reduce the size of the cut. The Senator readily conceded, however, that the measure could not pass without White House support. ''The tax cut was too large,'' the Senator said in a speech to be delivered at a meeting of the Business Council of New York State at the Concord Hotel in Kiamesha Lake. ''That need not be the end of the world. Cut it back a bit.''

INTERNATIONAL Church and state in Brazil in new feud A2 U.N. General Assembly begins its 36th session on Tuesday A3 Egypt expels the correspondent in Cairo for Le Monde A4 Begin talks with Christian and Jewish groups A5 Around the World A7 Britons still seek lesson from riots A10 China tries to control quality of "foreign experts" A12 Peking magazine says Taiwan issue threatens U.S.-China ties A13 NATO war games open today in Denmark A13 GOVERNMENT/POLITICS Ruling clouds race for mayor in Atlanta A21 Integration lies at heart of redistricting dispute B8 Several New York City elections shrouded in uncertainty B9 WASHINGTON TALK Briefing A18 The Calendar A18 A reversal of roles in the Reagan Cabinet A18 Winning friends and influencing people with a seat at the oper a A18 GENERAL Around the Nation A16 Tent city grows in California nuclear protest A17 Testimony to begin in nurse's murder trial A22 Tax cases of two oil companies go to New York Attorney General B1 An investigation starts a disturbance at the Union County Jail B3 Young and old alike enjoy a County Fair on Third Avenue B3 RELIGION Papal encyclical on workers' rights due tomorrow A3 Connecticut congregation is split over autonomy, not religion B2 SPORTS MONDAY Auto Racing: Prost wins Italian Grand Prix C7 Baseball: Yankees defeat Red Sox C5 Mets lose to Cardinals C5 Peters leads Tigers past Indians, 8-6 C6 Castillo's pitching, hitting help Dodgers beat Reds, 4-2 C6 Boxing: THe heat will be on for Hearns and Leonard C1 Columns: George Vecsey on Bjorn Borg C4 Dave Anderson on the self-destruction of the Jets C10 Features: Sports World Specials C2 Question Box C11 Football: Giants defeat Redskins, 17-7 C1 Rogers's running leads Saints to 23-17 upset of Rams C8 Eagles' defense is the key in 13-3 victory over Patriots C9 Chargers defeat Lions, 28-23 C9 Bengals defeat Jets by 31-30 C10 Curry, Georgia Tech coach, engineers upset of Alabama C11 Golf: Jan Stephenson wins third L.P.G.A. event of year C3 Hockey: Rangers practice togetherness in Finland C3 Soviet Union wins Canada Cup C3 Horse Racing: A wide-open field for the Eclipse Awards C2 Outdoors: Switching fishing strategy C11 Soccer: Buljan is a bright spot for Cosmos C7 Statistics C12 Tennis: Finalists' entourages watch in tense intimacy C4 STYLE Relationships B12 Twins or triplets: How families cope B12 Creating styles for disabled B12 ARTS/ENTERTAINMENT Grant Johanessen plays Beethoven piano works C13 Max Brand still very much alive as a writer C13 Commodores bring their rhythm and blues to Radio City C13 Bernstein's "Mass" at Kennedy Center anniversary C14 Ben Starr's comedy "Q.E.D." opens Off Broadway C17 Carpenter's biography, W.H. Auden," is review ed C17 Downtown Dance Arts Troupe salutes Isadora Du ncan C17 Jackie Cain and Roy Kral stress jazz side of singing C17 Yuri Gezentsvey, violinist, and Harriet Serr, pianist, in recital C17 Bobbi Rogers sings songs by Richard Rodgers C18 Library to use gift to keep two branches open C18 "Hill Street Blues" wins record number of Emm ys C24 OBITUARIES Helen Humes, popular ballad and blues singer D15 Eugenio Montale, Italian poet and Nobel Prize-winner D15 FEATURES/NOTES Going Out Guide C14 Notes on People C18 NEWS ANALYSIS Philip Taubman discusses implications of the Wilson case A1 Jane Brody on intent of proposed school lunch changes A19 EDITORIALS/LETTERS/OP-ED Editorials A24 Merchants at the summit 51 percent unemployment Shrinking lunches Jack Rosenthal: watches Letters A24 Flora Lewis: thinking of Israel's future A25 Anthony Lewis: no interest in justice A25 Fred Halliday: the U.N. and Afghanistan A25 Carol Lamberg: west side renewal A25