November 1, 1982

On the sixth Sunday of the National Football League strike, the owners yesterday produced some optimism with their first money offer since the walkout - guaranteeing a yearly raise to every player for the length of his contract as part of a $1.28 billion package. The proposal - confirmed by sources familiar with the negotiations at the Loews Summit Hotel - was given to each of the assembled player representatives from 26 of the 28 teams for analysis. Later, the union made a counterproposal. For what seemed to be the first time since these talks began in a vitriolic atmosphere in Hollywood, Fla., last February, there was some movement on the money package.

A list of the candidates on ballots in the New York metropolitan area and a guide to the key issues in the major races begin on page B10. WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 - Analysts for both major parties agreed today that Democrats are poised to take five or more governorships now held by Republicans in Tuesday's elections, including four in the economically hard-hit industrial Middle West. Republican leaders, resigned to a net loss of several statehouses, said they hoped to ease the sting with an uphill victory in California and a long-shot upset in Alabama. Charles T. Manatt, the Democratic national chairman, contended that his party would ultimately stave off the Republican drive in California, hold on to New York, Connecticut and Alabama and ''net from five to seven governorships'' from the Republicans nationwide. Some Democrats think the party will do even better.

The Palestine Liberation Organization's senior military commander said today that any P.L.O. withdrawal from Lebanon must be preceded by an evacuation of Israeli forces and the signing of a new agreement between the guerrilla group and the Lebanese Government guaranteeing the safety of Palestinian civilians. Khalil al-Wazir, better known by his guerrilla name, Abu Jihad, said in a 90-minute interview in his Damascus residence that the P.L.O. wanted to retain some kind of symbolic military presence in Lebanon under the authority of the Lebanese Government. He said this would assure the 500,000 Palestinian refugees living in Lebanon that they would not be exposed to another massacre such as occurred in the Palestinian camps outside Beirut last month. The P.L.O. leader said that the Palestinians could no longer rely on United States guarantees of safety, such as those he said it had received from Philip C. Habib, President Reagan's Mideast envoy, before the Israelis went into West Beirut.

International Pope John Paul II arrived in Spain on the first papal visit ever made to the predominantly Roman Catholic country. He began his 10-day visit at a time of high political excitement in Spain, which last week elected its first post-Franco Socialist Government. In an address to the Spanish bishops he urged them to defend the church positions against abortion and divorce. The Socialists are expected to seek legalization of abortion. (Page A1, Columns 4-5.) A P.L.O. withdrawal from Lebanon must be preceded by an evacuation of Israeli forces and the signing of a new agreement between the guerrilla group and the Lebanese Government guaranteeing the safety of Palestinian civilians, the P.L.O.'s senior military commander said. Khalil al-Wazir, widely known by his guerrilla name, Abu Jihad, said that the P.L.O. wanted to retain some kind of symbolic military presence in Lebanon under the authority of the Lebanese Government. He said this would assure the 500,000 Palestinian refugees living in Lebanon that they would not be exposed to another massacre such as occurred in the Palestinian camps outside Beirut last month. (A1:1-2.)

A separate section of Criminal Court will be created in Manhattan to deal solely with prosecutions of landlords who disregard buildingsafety laws. The announcement of the move was made jointly yesterday by Mayor Koch and Betty Weinberg Ellerin, the city's chief administrative judge. ''There are owners who are either ignoring these important safety measures or who are not moving fast enough,'' the Mayor said. By concentrating this effort in one courtroom, he added, ''we hope to get more effective and speedier compliance.''