LEAD: After moving steadily away from traditional socialism for the last decade, China will strengthen centralized control of the country's economy, Prime Minister Li Peng declared today.

Beijing Strengthens Centralized Control Of Fitful Economy

LEAD: In a major Kremlin shake-up that appears to strengthen the position of Mikhail S. Gorbachev as party leader, the Communist Party Central Committee dismissed three veteran members of the Politburo today.

SHAKE-UP VIEWED AS GIVING GORBACHEV STRONGER HAND

LEAD:  TENNIS: Steffi Graf of West Germany, who won the Grand Slam, took the gold medal in the women's singles, beating Gabriela Sabatini of Argentina, 6-3, 6-3.  TRACK AND FIELD: The United States won the men's 1,600 and the women's 400 relays. The men equaled the world record of 2:56.16. Evelyn Ashford overtook Marlies Gohr of East Germany in the final 100 meters to give the United States the gold medal in the 400.

Olympic Highlights

LEAD: Pope John Paul II today issued a major document on the status of women that forcefully defends their dignity but narrowly defines their role in the Roman Catholic Church and in secular society.

POPE, DEFENDING WOMEN'S DIGNITY, SETS NARROW ROLE

INSIDE

LEAD: Flight controllers said today that the space shuttle Discovery was performing well, despite two pesky equipment malfunctions, as the astronauts spent their first full day in orbit operating scientific experiments, checking out all systems and enjoying the views of the Earth below.

Despite Some Trouble, Shuttle Is Doing 'Great'

LEAD: A Federal district judge in Texas found today that the Federal Bureau of Investigation had discriminated against Hispanic agents in promotions and working conditions and that the bureau's internal procedure for dealing with discrimination complaints was ''bankrupt.''

JUDGE FINDS F.B.I. IS DISCRIMINATORY

LEAD: Today's sweeping changes in the Kremlin give Mikhail S. Gorbachev's leadership a fresh sense of momentum at a time when his domestic programs have been flagging badly, when public discontent about the anemic economy is rising, and when troops patrol restive Soviet republics.

A Perestroika Generation

LEAD: The Savannah River Plant in South Carolina, an enormous Government complex that produces fuel for the nation's nuclear weapons, has experienced a number of serious reactor accidents that have been kept secret from the public for as long as 31 years, two Congressional committees disclosed today.

Severe Accidents at Nuclear Plant Were Kept Secret Up to 31 Years

LEAD: In one of Japan's largest purchases of an American company, the Seibu Saison Group, a retailing giant that is one of the country's most aggressive conglomerates, acquired the luxury Inter-Continental Hotel chain today for $2.27 billion.

Japanese Purchase Of Inter-Continental Set for $2.27 Billion

NEWS SUMMARY

LEAD: ''In the name of liberation from male 'domination,' women must not appropriate to themselves male characteristics contrary to their own feminine originality.'' - Pope John Paul II.  [ 6:2. ]

Quotation of the Day

LEAD: A cast listing on Sept. 23 with a theater review of the Young Playwrights Festival misidentified the group presenting the festival. It is the Foundation of the Dramatists Guild; Nancy Quinn is the producing director.

Corrections

LEAD: A brief article in Weekend yesterday about the Hell's Kitchen Park Art Show in the Clinton area of Manhattan gave an incorrect location. The show takes place tomorrow on 10th Avenue between 47th and 48th Streets.

LEAD: When a luxury apartment building collapsed here earlier this week, killing five people, the residents of this industrial center of three million shuddered. Just as Hurricane Gilbert was receding into memory, it had once again struck a blow at a city struggling to recuperate from the storm's disastrous passage across northeastern

Storm Victims Fault Mexico's Aid Effort

LEAD: An army colonel indicted in the United States on drug charges was retired late tonight, the state-run television reported. The unexpected removal of the officer, Col. Jean-Claude Paul, came after several days of speculation that he might become the armed forces chief in Haiti's new military regime.

Indicted Haitian Colonel Is Ousted

LEAD: President Reagan has assured Honduras that the United States ''accepts responsibility'' for thousands of Nicaraguan guerrillas living in Honduran camps, and American officials are considering admitting some of them to the United States as refugees, Administration officials said today.

U.S. Vows to Take Contras Off Honduras's Hands

LEAD: An article on the Education page on Sept. 21 about the teaching of liberal arts studies misstated curriculum changes at Duke University. The faculty voted to increase the overall number of credits needed for graduation. It did not add more books and courses on non-Western European thought to the core liberal arts curriculum.

LEAD: The TV Notes column on Thursday referred incorrectly to the scheduling of the next debate between the Presidential candidates. The date has not been determined; it is expected to be Oct. 13 or 14.

LEAD: The Reagan Administration today disputed a Panamanian charge that a shipment of weapons to American military forces in Latin America constituted a violation of the Panama Canal Treaties.

U.S. Denies Violating Panama Canal Treaty

LEAD: American experts on the Soviet Union said today's shake-up in the Kremlin dramatically strengthened the hand of Mikhail S. Gorbachev, the Soviet leader, without giving him a complete triumph over his opponents.

GORBACHEV GAINS, EXPERTS IN U.S. SAY

LEAD: A jury decided today that British commandos acted within the law when they shot and killed three unarmed Irish Republican Army guerrillas in this British colony last March.

Gibraltar Killings of 3 in I.R.A. Ruled Lawful

LEAD: The Afghan Foreign Minister today accused Pakistan and the United States of violating or failing to carry out the Geneva accords on the Afghan war.

AFGHAN SAYS PACT ON WAR IS IGNORED

LEAD: Amid the tumultuous growth sweeping across this island, Bobo Wang is the kind of entrepreneur that the Government is hoping will become a symbol of the new Taiwan.

Fishing for the Ones That Got Away

LEAD: The personnel shake-up in the Soviet Communist Party yesterday was accompanied by a revamping of the party structure. Six Central Committee commissions were created, all headed by secretaries of the Central Committee, to supplant 22 departments as the party's main administrative apparatus. Political power continues to be centered in the Central Committee and the Politburo, where all important decisions are made.

A New Party Structure In the Soviet Union

Cariba Heine (born 1 October 1988) is a South African-born Australian actress and dancer. She is known for her roles as Rikki Chadwick in the Network Ten show H2O: Just Add Water, Bridget Sanchez in the third series of Blue Water High, and Caroline Byrne in A Model Daughter: The Killing of Caroline Byrne.

Cariba Heine, South African-born Australian actress and dancer

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Sir Sacheverell Reresby Sitwell, 6th Baronet, was an English writer, particularly on baroque architecture, and an art and music critic. Sitwell produced some 50 volumes of poetry and some 50 works on art, music, architecture, and travel.

October 1, 1988

Headlines from October 1, 1988

Beijing Strengthens Centralized Control Of Fitful Economy

SHAKE-UP VIEWED AS GIVING GORBACHEV STRONGER HAND

Olympic Highlights

POPE, DEFENDING WOMEN'S DIGNITY, SETS NARROW ROLE

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Billboard 200

Appetite For Destruction

Hysteria

Tracy Chapman

Cocktail

Roll With It

Notable Births

Notable Deaths

Historical Context for October 1, 1988