September 6, 1984

Kennedy and La Guardia airports would be allowed to have more landings and takeoffs at peak hours, and Newark far fewer, under Government suggestions outlined today. Airline officials heard the suggestions at the first of several meetings they are holding to devise a voluntary industry plan for easing air traffic congestion and flight delays at six major airports in the nation: the three New York airports, Hartsfield International at Atlanta, O'Hare at Chicago and Stapleton at Denver. 'Guidelines' to Consider The Federal Aviation Administration said the suggestions were ''guidelines'' for the industry to consider in its talks. Edward P. Faberman, acting chief counsel of the F.A.A., told the meeting, held in suburban Crystal City, Va., that the agency would impose its own plan if the industry failed to adopt a plan to ease congestion.

''We've got a good bird there.'' - Henry W. Hartsfield Jr., commander of the space shuttle Discovery.

New-car sales rose 11.6 percent, on a daily selling rate basis, in the Aug. 21-31 period, the six major American manufacturers reported here today. The companies - General Motors, Ford, Chrysler, American Motors, Volkswagen of America and American Honda - said dealers delivered a total of 237,078 new cars, bringing the seasonally adjusted annual rate to 7.8 million units. However, the adjusted rate for the entire month of August was 7.7 million units - down from 8.4 million in July and the lowest for any month this year, although much improved from August 1983, when it was 6.6 million. Industry analysts said the August decline, while slightly greater than some estimates, was expected because car sales have been higher than normal for several months. They said low inventory levels and spot shortages of the best-selling cars slowed August sales.

An article in Sports Pages Tuesday about Jim Jensen of the Miami Dolphins misidentified his alma mater. It is Boston University.

When the NEC Corporation introduced a new family of microprocessors last spring, it marked a watershed for the Japanese semiconductor industry. Japanese companies have already achieved well-publicized success in the market for memory chips, or circuits that store data in computers. United States manufacturers were alarmed when the Japanese captured the world market for two popular memory chips, known as the 64K and the 256K dynamic RAM's, or random access memories. But now the Japanese are trying to move beyond RAM's into more complex chips requiring more design innovation. NEC's move into microprocessors, the chips that serve as the brains of personal computers, is the boldest step in this direction, and one that is far from certain to succeed.