LEAD: In response to widespread opposition, the Office of Management and Budget is withdrawing a planned revision of a regulation intended to guide the Federal Government's dissemination of computerized information to the public.

Policy Shift On Access To U.S. Data

LEAD: Architects now design buildings on paper or computer screens. But some computer scientists envision that architects will one day be able to simulate walking through a building, grabbing and repositioning columns and doors with simple movements of the hand.

For Artificial Reality, Wear A Computer

LEAD: When Margaret Horden, her husband and their 6-month-old son moved here in 1953, their annual cost for mortgage and property taxes was $894. Now a widow, Mrs. Horden pays $3,125 just in property taxes. ''And that's with my senior-citizen discount,'' she said with a cynical chuckle.

New Jersey School Budgets Defeated in Broad Anti-Tax Wave

LEAD: At an immigration checkpoint a few miles from the Mexico-Guatemala border, a group of two dozen Salvadorans, Nicaraguans, Guatemalans and Hondurans waited forlornly one recent morning as Mexican immigration officials finished their interrogation and prepared to put them aboard the bus that would deport them.

Mexico's South Fights Tide of U.S.-Bound Aliens

LEAD:  42 Dead in Sub Sinking  Moscow said that 42 sailors died in the accident that sank a Soviet nuclear submarine on Friday and that 27 crew members survived. Page A6.  Gulf & Western's New Look  The company, once the quintessential conglomerate, will sell its lending unit and focus on media and communications.

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LEAD: New York City's business community, which twice overwhelmingly supported Mayor Edward I. Koch for re-election, is split on where to put its money and its mouth in this year's mayoral campaign.

BUSINESS IS DIVIDED ON RACE FOR MAYOR

LEAD: Hundreds of thousands of people marched in the capital today in support of abortion rights, carrying coat hangers to evoke the days of illegal abortions and waving banners that urged the United States Supreme Court to keep abortion ''safe and legal.''

RIGHT TO ABORTION DRAWS THOUSANDS TO CAPITAL RALLY

LEAD: Nick Faldo of England won the 53d Masters today by rolling in a 25-foot birdie putt on the second hole of sudden death to beat Scott Hoch when gathering darkness made it almost impossible to see 25 feet at Augusta National Golf Club.

Faldo Wins Masters In Playoff

BUSINESS DIGEST

LEAD: The battle of New York City's five borough presidents to keep their power in a restructured government is complex, but they made it clear last week that it is, finally, a fight about money - who will get it, control it and be able to claim credit for having spent it.

Carving Up The Budget

LEAD: NBC, the most successful of the broadcast networks, will take the first step toward its stated goal of becoming a major player in the cable industry a week from today with the premiere of CNBC, a 24-hour, consumer-oriented business channel.

THE MEDIA BUSINESS: Television; NBC Walks Into a Cable Minefield

LEAD: Sixteen people were reported killed and more than 200 hurt just before dawn this morning, when thousands of nationalist demonstrators in Tbilisi, the capital of Soviet Georgia, refused to disperse and troops with riot sticks moved into the crowds.

At Least 16 Killed as Protesters Battle the Police in Soviet Georgia

LEAD: ''Ask me no questions, and I'll tell you no fibs,'' Oliver Goldsmith wrote long ago. He wasn't quoting candidates.

Campaign Matters; 50 'Wherefores?' And 'What Ifs?' Worth Asking

LEAD: The water that New Yorkers drink and bathe in begins its path southward in the smooth surfaces of the rock formations, in the smallest of cracks, and in the bellies of the creeks cutting through the woody hillsides, and even runs over the lawns and swooshes past the tires of cars parked on country streets.

With Water Low, Focus Is on the Catskills

LEAD: TROY VINCENT of Fort McMurray, Alberta, traveled 500 miles to sit with his cousin Wayland Hall high in the Northlands Coliseum on Saturday night. Vincent had watched the Oilers play in the Coliseum before, but not like this. He wore a white Los Angeles Kings jersey with a silver No. 99 and the name GRETZKY on the back.

The Great One Is Now the Bad Guy

LEAD: It is difficult to gauge whether the Texas Air Corporation's stormy three-year marriage with Eastern Airlines was a financial debacle or a modest success.

For Both Buyer and Seller, Eastern Costs Are Uncertain

LEAD: Gulf and Western Inc., once the quintessential conglomerate with interests ranging from sugar to building products to movies, yesterday announced the final step in a lengthy restructuring that will transform it into a pure media and communications company.

Divestiture Is Planned By G.&W.

LEAD: The banner was unfurled with four minutes to go in the second period, in full view of the Madison Square Garden crowd and directly in Phil Esposito's line of sight. It read: ''Time To Go Home To Boston, Espo.''

Rangers Swept Out Of Cup Playoffs

LEAD: Cuba, Angola and South Africa agreed on terms for the withdrawal of 1,600 guerrillas who infiltrated Namibia last week. Under the accord, the rebels will return to bases in Angola under United Nations protection.

Agreement Reached On Namibia Rebels

LEAD: It's a humiliating time to be a camel in Saudi Arabia.

Desert Sun Sets on the Camel's Glory Days

LEAD: After seven years of growth in the number of radio cabs on New York City streets, the taxi industry finds itself awash in cabs, and owners and drivers are asking city officials to limit who gains entry to the market.

Owners Bewail Flood of Cabs In New York

LEAD: Last week, Pan American World Airways began putting all its passengers leaving Kennedy International Airport through a brief interrogation that is seldom experienced at American airports. As a means of preventing a terrorist bombing, trained agents now ask passengers details about the baggage they plan to check.

A Patchwork of Responsibilities Marks Kennedy Airport Security

LEAD: Rainer E. Gut, the chairman of Credit Suisse, Switzerland's third-largest bank, squirmed the other day when a visitor described his bank as aggressive.

Swiss Bank Turns Aggressive

LEAD: It's a bit early to be looking for another seven blocks of granite, but the Fordham football team will be taking a big step tomorrow toward reviving an important football tradition.

Sports World Specials: Football; 7 Blocks of Granite A Stone's Throw Away

LEAD: After a battle in the heart of the Haitian capital Saturday in which about 30 soldiers and 5 civilians were reportedly killed, a rebel unit that is still holding out said today that it was ready to negotiate with the Government.

Rebellious Troops in Haiti Say They Are Ready to Negotiate

Charles Edward Culberson is an American former professional baseball infielder. The San Francisco Giants drafted Culberson in the first round in the 2007 MLB draft. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Giants, Colorado Rockies, Los Angeles Dodgers, Atlanta Braves, and Texas Rangers.

April 10, 1989

Headlines from April 10, 1989

Policy Shift On Access To U.S. Data

For Artificial Reality, Wear A Computer

New Jersey School Budgets Defeated in Broad Anti-Tax Wave

Mexico's South Fights Tide of U.S.-Bound Aliens

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Billboard 200

Electric Youth

Don't Be Cruel

Loc-ed After Dark

Traveling Wilburys

Mystery Girl

Notable Births

Historical Context for April 10, 1989