September 14, 1983

The Reagan Administration announced today that the Marines in Lebanon were now authorized to call on American naval and air power not only to defend themselves but to assist other Western forces and, in certain circumstances, the Lebanese Army. The move appeared to broaden possible American military involvement beyond the role that was set for the Marines when they began their assignment in the Beirut area nearly a year ago. The marines, who now number 1,370 on shore, were always authorized to fire in self- defense. The new instructions for the first time specifically allow offshore naval and air power to be used to help the other three Western members of the multinational force in Lebanon and to aid the Lebanese Army if it is being attacked in a way that endangers the Marines.

''HEY, is Gilroy over there?'' The shouted question came sailing from the pilothouse of a tugboat in the city's Lower Harbor as it passed another tug called the McAllister Brothers. ''Yeah!'' yelled back Bob Munoz, the captain and chief pilot of the McAllister Brothers. ''But there aren't any leftovers.'' This somewhat oblique exchange would have little meaning anywhere except in the tight little waterborne community of the city's harbor boats, where Gilroy - John Gilroy - is something of a legend. Deckhands have been known to ask to change crews so they will be teamed with Mr. Gilroy when he does his one-week-on, one-week-off cooking tours, stints that include quiches baked in his oil-fired galley oven, a variety of curries, veal and lamb roasts and thick chicken and barley soups.

''The nation that dramatically and boldly led the world into the age of technology is failing to provide its own children with the intellectual tools needed for the 21st century.'' - The National Science Board Commission on Precollege Education in Mathematics, Science and Technology. (D27:2.)

The House of Representatives moved today to reverse some of the domestic spending cuts enacted in the first year of the Reagan Administration by passing legislation that would increase authorizations for 10 education and health programs by $1.6 billion. The bill is part of a broader strategy by House Democrats to chip away at some of the legislation adopted at the peak of Mr. Reagan's popularity in 1981. But even if the spending increases never become law, the Democrats believe that, by forcing a series of votes on popular programs in the weeks ahead, they can embarrass their rivals and gain potent ammunition for the campaign ahead. Main Bill for the Handicapped The increases were attached to a noncontroversial bill extending programs for the handicapped. The legislation was adopted by a vote of 324 to 79, but in a more important vote earlier in the day an amendment that would have deleted the additional money was defeated, 283 to 124.

An armed security guard for the Wells Fargo Armored Service Corporation bound and apparently drugged two co-workers at a company garage here late Monday night and fled with $7 million in cash, the police said today. The two co-workers were not injured, and the police said the robber left behind a ''substantial'' but unspecified amount of cash. The suspect was identified as Victor Manuel Gerena, 25 years old, of Hartford, a guard with Wells Fargo since May 1982. The Federal Bureau of Investigation was called into the case.