July 22, 1985

While reports surfaced last week about secret exchanges between Israel and the Soviet Union, a far more intense and lucrative relationship has been quietly developing between Israel and China, according to Israeli officials. The Chinese in the last seven months have shown an increasing appetite for Israeli skills in agriculture, solar energy, manufacturing, advanced technology, robotics, construction, road building and arms manufacturing, say Israeli officials familiar with the trade. Some deals have already been struck and many others are pending at one stage or another, according to recent Israeli press accounts.

If I was a male leader, I'd be considered part of the youth crowd, like Gary Hart.'' - Eleanor Smeal, 45 years old, elected president of the National Organization for Women. [A8:4.]

It took a while - longer than usual because one of the candidates waited longer than usual to confirm that he really was a candidate. But the mayoral campaign is finally under way, and this weekend, with seven weeks to go before the Sept. 10 primary, the three major Democratic candidates for mayor went out and did what candidates always do on hot New York City weekends in election years. They went to where the people are. They went to beach clubs that were miles from beaches, and pool clubs where swimming is an afterthought. They went to parks and to churches, to television studios and outdoor concerts. They traveled from the Bronx to Staten Island, from sand dunes by the sea to block parties in central Harlem.

Governor Cuomo and his former law firm, through suit and countersuit, are locked in a court dispute over the distribution of legal fees that could reach several million dollars. Lawyers for Mr. Cuomo and the law firm said it was unclear when the case would be resolved. Pretrial motions are now being heard by Justice Leonard E. Yoswein, the administrative judge of the State Supreme Court in Brooklyn.

In the first introduction of a major home computer system since I.B.M. brought out its ill-fated PCjr two years ago, Commodore International Ltd. is expected to show its long-awaited Amiga machine tomorrow night, hoping the machine's dazzling color graphics and stereo sound capability will stem Commodore's multimillion-dollar losses. For Commodore, the new Amiga marks a sharp change in strategy. It will carry a base price of about $1,400, seven times more expensive than the Commodore 64 home computer that put the company's logotype in millions of living rooms. Company officials say it is aimed not only at home users but small businesses and students, making it a competitor of Apple Computer Inc.'s 18-month-old Macintosh.