April 1, 1985

President Jose Napoleon Duarte's Christian Democratic Party claimed an upset victory in national elections here today. President Duarte, speaking in an interview, said he believed his party had won at least 31 seats, giving it a majority in the powerful National Assembly. The contention was supported by a national exit poll carried out by the Spanish International Television Network. The poll, based on a survey of almost 11,000 voters, indicated that Mr. Duarte's party would win a majority of at least 32 seats in the country's powerful 60-member National Assembly. The Miami-based network conducted a similar poll after presidential elections here last year that was within four- tenths of one percentage point of the final result. Official returns from the contest for the National Assembly

Because of a mechanical error, credits were omitted in The Living Section on Wednesday for an illustration and photographs with an article on Passover foods. The drawing was by Mark Podwal and the photographs were by Fred R. Conrad.

A table in Business Day on Thursday with the Market Place column misstated the 52-week low and high prices for Bankers Trust stock. The low was 37 3/4 and the high 66.

Perhaps at a different time and in another conference, St. John's would have reigned supreme. But this was Georgetown's year. And while the St. John's players were numb, initially, after their third straight loss to the Hoyas, they seemed to awaken, as the hours passed Saturday night, to the realization that they had shared time and space with a team destined to be remembered for generations. The Hoyas have been to the Redmen what Muhammad Ali was to Joe Frazier: a presence that comes along once in a long while and dwarfs the great accomplishments of otherwise successful athletes.

Having conceded Japanese superiority in low-priced small cars - at least for now - Detroit is bracing to meet its adversaries head-on in a marketing battle over the $10,000 car. Japan's relaxing of its auto export restraints, effective Monday, comes as no surprise to car makers in the United States. Detroit has used the period of restraints to undergo the most thorough rebuilding in its history and has positioned itself to concentrate on the intermediate price range, where Japan's cost advantages will not be so punishing. Indeed, the cornerstone of Detroit's plan for coping with the easing of the export restraints following four years of quotas is to buy large numbers of small cars in Japan to sell here under American labels. And while these so- called captive imports fill out its model lines, Detroit's true test will come in the compact and small-specialty segments of the auto market.