December 31, 1985

International Washington accused Libya of aiding the terrorists who carried out airport attacks in Rome and Vienna last Friday and said the United States was ready to work with other governments to ''exert pressure'' on the Qaddafi Government to halt its export of terrorism. The attacks killed 18 people, including 5 Americans, and wounded more than 110 people. [Page A1, Column 6.] Investigators believe the attacks in Rome and Vienna were planned in Beirut and partly coordinated in Switzerland. Officials in Rome believe the terrorists were recruited in Palestinian refugeee neighborhoods of Beirut, flown to Geneva, where they were given money and instructions, and then sent by train to Rome and Vienna. [A4:4-6.]

Michael Almond noticed a greater variety of wines showing up on store shelves in Charlotte, N.C. In Nashville, this year's United Way campaign was the city's most successful in history. At a new industrial park in Hibbing, Minn., 80 Americans will soon be manufacturing chopsticks by the hundreds of millions. And here in Murfreesboro, Esther Seeman, a professor of political science, has found that Japanese-style meticulousness is contagious. Those are all small signs of the growing social and cultural effects of foreign investment in the United States. Billions of dollars from West Germany, Britain, Japan and other lands have poured into Tennessee and across the nation, creating jobs, filling the Federal Government's borrowing needs, skirting protectionist trade barriers and reviving some industrial areas.

The Reagan Administration accused Libya today of aiding terrorists who staged attacks at the Rome and Vienna airports and said it was prepared to work with other Governments to ''exert pressure'' on Libya to halt the export of terrorism. Eighteen people were killed, including five Americans, and more than 110 were wounded in the attacks at check-in counters of El Al Israel Airlines on Friday. The chief White House spokesman, Larry Speakes, said that although military options were always a possibility, he could not say whether they were under consideration. 'Number of Ways' to Respond ''There are a number of ways that the United States can take action to discourage terrorism,'' Mr. Speakes said. ''Certainly U.S. military options are always an option, as are many other areas, and we are always considering those options. As of the moment, we don't say.''

Three days before the attacks on airports in Rome and Vienna, airlines were warned that ''Libyan-backed terrorists'' were planning actions over the holidays. Airline and security officials said yesterday that the information had been made available by intelligence and police organizations in Europe. On the basis of the information, at least one Western European carrier alerted its offices against ''a wave of airplane hijackings and terrorist operations'' and specified Italy and Spain as areas in which the terrorists were expected to travel. The warnings said ''various European locations'' had been targeted.

Companies A judge refused to block Union Carbide's defensive moves against GAF. The decision not to grant an injunction was ''a real negative'' for GAF's $5 billion bid to take over Carbide, one trader said. Among the actions GAF had wanted to stop were the creation of new Carbide securities that restrict the sale of company operations and a Carbide plan that could give a friendly suitor access to excess pension funds. Judge Milton Pollack said that a hostile suitor is not entitled to have directors ''smooth his path to control.'' GAF said it would appeal the decision. [Page D1.] Boeing received orders totaling almost $2 billion from Japan Air Lines and United Parcel Service. The 20 cargo planes ordered by U.P.S. would provide an intermediate-size craft for its expanding air-express business. The U.P.S. order included an option for 15 more planes. The airline ordered six jets. [D1.]