LEAD: The Speaker of Iran's Parliament said today that his nation would ''not push for any revenge'' against the United States for shooting down a civilian jet carrying 290 people last Sunday.

Iranian Plays Down Revenge

LEAD: The United States has received intelligence reports indicating that the Soviet Union may pull military units out of Hungary, a senior State Department official said today.

U.S. SAYS SOVIETS MAY PULL TROOPS OUT OF HUNGARY

LEAD: With young workers finding an exceptional number of jobs, the nation's unemployment rate slid three-tenths of a point last month to 5.2 percent, the lowest since May 1974, the Labor Department announced today.

RATE OF JOBLESS AT LOWEST POINT IN LAST 14 YEARS

LEAD: Resisting pressure to cut short platform debate at the Democratic National Convention, the Rev. Jesse Jackson has said he may go outside the convention hall in Atlanta to speak if he has to, aides in his campaign said today.

Jackson Considers Giving Speech Outside the Convention, Aides Say

LEAD: The Federal Bureau of Investigation suspects that three of the nation's largest military contractors gave money and gifts to Melvyn R. Paisley and his wife, Vicki, during Mr. Paisley's five and a half years as the Navy's top purchasing official, according to a search warrant made public here today.

F.B.I.'S SUSPICIONS ON PENTAGON CITED

LEAD: American modern dance has been the raison d'etre of the American Dance Festival for 54 years. In the 1980's, however, there has been a new development: The performances, premieres, conferences and dance classes initiated by this ever-dynamic institution have also illuminated the burst of experimental activity in dance abroad.

Review/Dance; Foreign Imprint on Duke Festival

LEAD: The confusion over who has won Mexico's presidential election deepened here today as the Federal Electoral Commission canceled all further scheduled meetings and said no election results would be announced until Sunday.

Electoral Panel Prolongs Delay In Mexico Tally

LEAD: Considerable new information about the involvement of Attorney General Edwin Meese 3d in a number of matters under investigation is included in parts of an independent Federal prosecutor's report that were obtained today.

Prosecutor's Report Shedding New Light on Meese

LEAD: Amid reports of medical waste washing ashore for a third day, 15 more miles of ocean beaches in New York City and on Long Island were closed to swimming yesterday, and it appeared likely that they would remain closed for part of the weekend.

More Beaches Are Shut but Cause Is in Doubt

LEAD:  International 2-5  Soviet troops may leave Hungary, according to the State Department, which said intelligence reports showed that Moscow may be preparing to withdraw some of the 65,000 troops stationed there. Page 1  Iran will not seek revenge against the United States for shooting down a civilian jet with 290 people, Hojatolislam Hashemi Rafsanjani, Speaker of Iran's Parliament, told worshipers at Teheran University.

NEWS SUMMARY

LEAD: Secretary of State George P. Shultz told Prince Norodom Sihanouk today that Washington would support an international peacekeeping force to help guarantee a settlement in Cambodia, Administration officials said today.

Shultz, Meeting Sihanouk, Favors a Peace Force

LEAD: ''We suggest that the United States has some additional crimes stored away for Iran, and that is why we do not push for any revenge. Wise people understand why we do not take revenge.'' - Hojatolislam Hashemi Rafsanjani, Speaker of Iran's Parliament and commander of the armed forces.  [ 1:3. ]

Quotation of the Day

LEAD: For months now Suren Bursalyan had been expecting his brother, Zareh, to emigrate from Soviet Armenia to join him in Hollywood, but the phone call from Moscow Wednesday brought bad news.

Armenians in U.S. Split on Visa Issue

LEAD: President Oscar Arias Sanchez called on the Nicaraguan Government and contra leaders today to hold another round of peace talks before Secretary of State George P. Shultz returns to Central America on Aug. 1.

Arias Urges Nicaragua and Contra Leaders to Resume Peace Talks

LEAD: The ''At the Bar'' column on the Law page yesterday gave an outdated name for a firm involved in a merger. The firm, which merged with Lord, Day & Lord earlier this year, was Barrett, Smith, Simon & Armstrong.

Corrections

LEAD: A front-page headline and a subheading on Tuesday on an article about actions taken by a white F.B.I. agent, Gary W. Miller, against a black agent characterized Mr. Miller's admissions incorrectly. As the article reported, Mr. Miller acknowledged that he and his colleagues planned a campaign of ''retribution'' against the black agent, but Mr.

LEAD: In a move that could bolster Taiwan's drive toward democracy, President Lee Teng-hui won the powerful post of ruling party chairman today at a landmark convention that will test the party's commitment to further change.

Taiwan President Will Also Head Party

LEAD: An article by The Associated Press on June 29 about the birth of a child to Edwin and Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg misidentified Nancy Tuckerman. She is a spokeswoman for Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.

LEAD: The Government published plans today to establish black regional assemblies that would have limited powers to make laws on matters like education, welfare and local rule.

Pretoria Plans Black Councils

LEAD: More than 100 people were killed today when a train derailed while crossing a bridge in southern India, plunging the engine and nine cars packed with passengers into a lake.

100 Die as India Train Falls Off Bridge

LEAD: The Israeli Government announced tonight that it would expel 10 Palestinians accused of being ''active in various terrorist organizations which played a central role in planning and implementing'' the seven-month-old Palestinian uprising.

ISRAEL WILL EXPEL MORE PALESTINIANS

LEAD: Britain announced a major arms agreement with Saudi Arabia today, apparently involving planes, helicopters, ships and construction projects in a 10-year arrangement that will replace the United States as the Arab kingdom's main arms supplier.

Britain Signs Deal With Saudis, Replacing U.S. as Big Arms Supplier

LEAD: In a modern industrial complex on the outskirts of Santiago, Chilean technicians are meticulously reconstructing a French-built Mirage 50 fighter plane that crashed two and a half years ago.

San Bernardo Journal; Chileans Try an Air Force Their Way

LEAD: Yasir Arafat, the Palestine Liberation Organization chairman, lost his last stronghold in the Beirut area today when a handful of his followers were forced out of a refugee district on the southern outskirts of the city.

Arafat Guerrillas Forced Out of Beirut

LEAD: Haiti's military leader, Lieut. Gen. Henri Namphy, who last month seized power from the civilian Government of Leslie Manigat, announced today that a new constitution would soon be submitted to Haitians for approval to replace the one they approved 16 months ago. General Namphy indicated supporters of the deposed Duvalier dictatorship would be rehabilitated.

New Haitian Constitution

Raul Andrei Rusescu is a former Romanian professional footballer who played as a forward.

July 9, 1988

Headlines from July 9, 1988

Iranian Plays Down Revenge

U.S. SAYS SOVIETS MAY PULL TROOPS OUT OF HUNGARY

RATE OF JOBLESS AT LOWEST POINT IN LAST 14 YEARS

Jackson Considers Giving Speech Outside the Convention, Aides Say

F.B.I.'S SUSPICIONS ON PENTAGON CITED

Billboard 200

OU812

Hysteria

Faith

Dirty Dancing

Scenes From The Southside

Notable Births

Historical Context for July 9, 1988