LEAD: Tomorrow is Good Friday and Sunday is Easter. Here are holiday schedules.  NEW YORK  Parade: Fifth Avenue will be closed between 44th and 57th Streets on Sunday for the Easter Promenade, which begins at 11 A.M. and ends at 3 P.M.  Government offices: Open tomorrow.  Post office: Regular delivery.

Holiday Weekend

LEAD: A survey of American industry has found toxic chemicals being poured into the air at a rate that threatens public health. Page B11.

Where Pollution Comes From

LEAD: A Federal judge declared a mistrial yesterday in the GAF stock manipulation case after the jury said it remained deadlocked in its 12th day of deliberations.

2d Mistrial Declared in GAF Case

LEAD: The gap between the nation's rich and poor is widening, judging from new Congressional data released today.

Richest Got Richer and Poorest Poorer in 1979-87

LEAD: A smaller version of the Columbus Center development proposed for the site of the New York Coliseum was effectively approved yesterday by the New York City Planning Commission in a way that precluded explicit consideration of the building's impact.

Coliseum Plan Moves Ahead With Agency

BUSINESS DIGEST

LEAD: Almost 10 percent of the partners in law firms surveyed by New York State failed to file state income tax returns for at least one of the last three years, the state tax department said today.

Nearly 10% of Law Partners Fail to File New York Taxes

LEAD: Expressing concern about concentration in the world gold-mining industry, a Federal appeals court yesterday blocked a bid by Minorco to take over Consolidated Gold Fields.

U.S. Court Blocks Bid for Gold Fields

LEAD: When the Three Mile Island meltdown began on March 28, 1979, it was more than the breakdown of a nuclear reactor - it represented the failure of the entire system of nuclear regulation.

10 Years After Three Mile Island

LEAD: Alan Greenspan, the chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, indicated today that the central bank had adopted a wait-and-see approach toward further increases in interest rates to keep inflation under control.

Fed Implies Wait-and-See View on Rates

LEAD: Yves Saint Laurent brought the fall and winter fashion showings to an end today with a rousing collection that had the audience on its feet, cheering and applauding enthusiasically long after the designer had walked down the runway blowing kisses and had disappeared backstage to thank his models.

A Constant Star Called Saint Laurent

LEAD: New York City imposed a wide range of drought-emergency measures yesterday as Mayor Edward I. Koch ordered strong steps to prohibit the wasting of water.

Koch Orders Strong Steps to Bar Wasting of Water

LEAD: The United States Supreme Court decided today that New York City must devise a new government. In a unanimous decision, the court ruled that the powerful Board of Estimate is unconstitutional because it violates the principle of one person one vote.

DEMAND VOTER EQUALITY IN ALL BOROUGHS

LEAD: The moderate monthly advance in United States consumer prices reported Tuesday is seen by economists and corporate executives in Europe as at best a temporary respite in a worldwide trend of mounting inflation.

Fear Mounts That Inflation Threatens World Economy

LEAD: After its first formal contact with the Bush Administration, the Palestine Liberation Organization today rejected a halt in the violent uprising in the Israeli-occupied territories to encourage peace negotiations.

P.L.O. TURNS DOWN A HALT TO UPRISING

LEAD: SO you can't afford a David Salle? What about a Heinz Brummel? His works are selling as fast as he can make them in his hometown of St. Paul. Collectors can get a glimpse of his new work at the Twin Cities' premier museum, the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis.

Finding Original Designs in Unlikely Places

LEAD: More than 100 countries unanimously adopted a treaty today restricting shipments of hazardous waste across borders, an often shady activity that has alarmed industrial and developing nations alike.

U.N. Conference Supports Curbs On Exporting of Hazardous Waste

LEAD: Richard Ravitch, the builder, lawyer and former chairman of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, slouched to the lectern in his empty East Side apartment. He was dressed in a sweater and blue jeans. The shades were pulled and the blinds drawn, and it was a good thing too, as he launched into a reading of a standard speech in his campaign for mayor.

Campaign Matters;
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LEAD: Management missteps and a lack of attention to shareholders are behind the dramatic reversal in the fortunes of the Saatchi & Saatchi Company, the world's largest advertising agency and a company that only three years ago was being hailed for its strategic brilliance.

THE MEDIA BUSINESS: Advertising; Saatchi Growth Strategy Falters

INSIDE

LEAD: Two of the four men charged with murdering a New York City police officer in Queens testified yesterday that they were at the scene of the slaying but insisted that they did not know an officer was to be killed until a confederate fired the shots.

In Shift, Suspect Testifies in Officer's Killing

LEAD: Confronted with a United States Supreme Court ruling yesterday that the Board of Estimate is unconstitutional, New York City could well have little more than seven months to overhaul its government.

Ruling Pushes Charter Commission Into Spotlight

LEAD: A PORTRAIT by Alice Neel hangs over the hand-painted sofa; a headless, classically draped figure stands majestically in front of an antique tailor's mirror; the piano doubles as a dining table and a 28-foot piece of neon squiggles across the ceiling.

Atop Gramercy, A Tribute to Women

LEAD: Five weeks after signing a regional accord that calls for dismantling contra bases in Honduras, the Honduran Government appears to have accepted the American request that the guerrillas be allowed to remain for the foreseeable future.

Honduras, Shifting to U.S. Stand, Won't Evict Contras From Bases

LEAD: W. Cary Edwards, the former Attorney General, is running for governor on a precarious platform: as the man who led New Jersey's drive against illegal drugs.

Jersey Candidate Pins Hopes on Drug Issue

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March 23, 1989

Headlines from March 23, 1989

Holiday Weekend

Where Pollution Comes From

2d Mistrial Declared in GAF Case

Richest Got Richer and Poorest Poorer in 1979-87

Coliseum Plan Moves Ahead With Agency

Billboard 200

Electric Youth

Don't Be Cruel

Appetite For Destruction

Forever Your Girl

Traveling Wilburys

Notable Births

Historical Context for March 23, 1989