March 8, 1984

Two New York City school employees who lent money to Chancellor Anthony J. Alvarado received extra compensation while working for Mr. Alvarado when he was superintendent in East Harlem, according to Board of Education records. The amount of money paid to one of the employees was $12,847 - slightly more than the $12,000 Mr. Alvarado said he had borrowed from the person. The Chancellor denied any impropriety and said there was no relationship between the payments and the loans. Another loan, to a top assistant on Mr. Alvarado's staff, was repaid yesterday. Investigation Continues These developments emerged as an investigation by the city and the Inspector General of the board continued into disclosures by the Chancellor that he had accepted thousands of dollars in loans in the last few years, many of them from school colleagues.

The season of Lent, which began yesterday with the observance of Ash Wednesday, is for some Christians no longer associated with giving up such pleasures as cigarettes or candy. Increasingly, churches in the metropolitan area are planning programs of religious and social enrichment for Lent, the six-week period of repentence before Easter. These are some examples: - The Archdiocese of New York is urging parishes to use this period to study the pastoral letter on peace by the National Conference of Catholic Bishops. Last week, the archdiocese held a special training session for church leaders on explaining the letter to parish groups.

A new Middle East strategy is being shaped by the Reagan Administration to build closer ties with Israel and Jordan as well as between those two countries. (Page A1, Column 1.) Three Israelis were killed and nine were wounded when a bomb exploded on a bus in the port city of Ashdod, south of Tel Aviv. (A3:3-6.)

Under this heading, The Times amplifies articles or rectifies what the editors consider significant lapses of fairness, balance or perspective. An article in Science Times on Tuesday reported that at least part of Sigmund Freud's London house is to become a museum.

A table in Business Day on Wednesday listing the United States' largest oil companies omitted one major corporation. It was the Standard Oil Company (Indiana), which had 1983 revenues of $29.5 billion.