LEAD: The chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, L. William Seidman, has come up with a new proposal to help solve the intractable third-world debt problem.

Seidman Proposal on World Debt

LEAD: This time the sullen British sky didn't rain on Boris Becker's Wimbledon parade until he had shocked the defending champion, Stefan Edberg, in three determined sets, 6-0, 7-6, 6-4, an outcome he pursued as the only acceptable antidote for his loss to Edberg in last year's final.

Becker and Graf Seize Wimbledon Championships; Edberg's Style Bows to Power

LEAD: Although he calls them ''the biggest bore in the world,'' Mayor Edward I. Koch has decided to attend four debates with rivals for the Democratic mayoral nomination. But he said he would take part in only four, even though he has been invited to more.

Koch Agrees to Debate Rivals But Sets Limit in Primary of 4

LEAD: President Bush arrived in Poland tonight for what he called a delicate mission in a Communist country unsettled by economic misery and swift political change.

BUSH IN WARSAW ON DELICATE VISIT TO PUSH CHANGES

LEAD: Although Governors Mario M. Cuomo and Thomas H. Kean publicly agreed three years ago that sales tax revenues from concessions on Liberty and Ellis Islands would be shared by both states, New York continues to keep all the money.

Liberty's Door Is Still Golden To Only 1 State

LEAD: Here on the shore of Lake Irtyash, east of the Ural Mountains, is a city with no name.

Soviet City, Home of the A-Bomb, Is Haunted by Its Past and Future

LEAD: The Xerox Corporation, which invented the personal computer in the 1970's but never capitalized on the advance, is steeling itself for a new effort to succeed in the office of the future.

Xerox Is Trying a Comeback

LEAD:  Abortion Ruling's Ripples  In issuing its decision on abortion, the Supreme Court complicated efforts by both political parties to gain voters and state legislatures. Page B8.  Hurdles for Cable TV  The fast-growing cable television industry is facing a rising number of consumer complaints and increasing scrutiny from Washington.

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LEAD: Ninety-one years after it became a United States possession, Puerto Rico has begun negotiations with Federal officials to end its makeshift legal status and decide once and for all what it is to be: the 51st state, an independent country or a commonwealth with ties to Washington, as it is now, but with greater control over its own affairs.

With Encouragement of U.S., Puerto Rico Seeks an Identity

LEAD: Yasir Arafat said the decision by Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir to accept conditions voted by his Likud party on Israel's proposal for elections in the occupied territories dealt a ''deadly blow'' to the plan, and meant the Palestine Liberation Organization would no longer consider the plan. Mr. Arafat also voiced disappointment with American-P.L.O.

P.L.O. Chief Rejects Conditions on Vote

LEAD: Mayor Edward I. Koch will take the first step this month toward establishing broader rights for city employees who live with a partner outside of marriage.

Koch Widens City's Policy On 'Family'

LEAD: After 41 years in politics, A. James Manchin retired yesterday as the Treasurer of West Virginia, ending a saga that illustrates the problems state officials face when they try to compete in the financial markets with highly skilled and well-paid professional investors.

Treasurer of West Virginia Retires Over Fund's Losses

LEAD: On the very day Edward I. Koch declared his candidacy for mayor in 1977, bankers were demanding an outside overseer of the city budget.

Campaign Matters; The Question Is, Does Koch Have Your Confidence?

LEAD: Steffi Graf captured her second consecutive Wimbledon singles championship at Martina Navratilova's expense today and, in her version of going to Disney World, Graf took her family to Brighton for the vacation that was her incentive to excel here.

Becker and Graf Seize Wimbledon championships; Determination Fails Navratilova

LEAD: Even as it secures its place as the fastest-growing sector in television, the cable industry is facing a rising number of complaints from consumers and increasing scrutiny from Washington.

Cable May Get Its Wings Clipped

LEAD: Chemical companies in India have sold hundreds of tons of chemicals needed to make poison gas to Iran, Iraq and Egypt in the last two years, Bush Administration officials say, adding that they fear the trade may expand.

INDIA SEEN AS KEY ON CHEMICAL ARMS

LEAD: Tom Kennedy's choice was clear: He could spend the summer in a pharmacy, filling prescriptions, working the cash register and growing paler and weaker. Or he could spend it in a bathing suit, the sun on his face, the sand at his feet, envied by men and admired by women. He could be a lifeguard.

The Lure of Lifeguarding Fades on L.I.

LEAD: A Federal appeals court has rebuffed the Federal Communications Commission in its attempt to revoke the authority of the states to oversee on-premises telephone wiring and maintenance.

F.C.C. Loses Court Ruling

LEAD: Top officials of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board repeatedly noted in a confidential memo last year that allowing a shift of examiners for a California savings association would send a dangerous signal to the industry that it could shop for lenient regulators.

Bank Board Memo Details A Shift in '88

LEAD: ON the green grass of Yankee Stadium, the quiet of the late morning seems almost soothing. Players stretch and hit and field ground balls under a cloudless sky, and for a time, the only sound comes from the batting cage, where someone is spraying line drives toward the outfield.

Sax Combines Comedy and Intensity

LEAD: The worshipers at Our Lady of Charity Roman Catholic Church in Brooklyn spent most of the service yesterday on their feet, swaying and clapping as they sang robust gospel melodies. A set of drums next to the organ helped keep the syncopated beat. And over the altar hung the imposing figure of a black

In Brooklyn, Support for a Maverick Priest

LEAD: When the Justice Department last month settled charges that a military contractor had overcharged the Air Force and the Navy for ball bearings, there were two winners.

Workers Who Turn In Bosses Use Law to Seek Big Rewards

Business Digest

LEAD: The room where Ernesta Devore lives is no more than 10 feet by 15 feet with a sink in one corner and an old Frigidaire beside it. Mrs. Devore's bed is a cot, and a tin night stand, rusting in spots, holds her hot plate.

Court Ruling Brings Fear to S.R.O. Hotel Rooms

LEAD: The city's housing authority has suspended its director of redevelopment and construction as part of an investigation into the building of a town house complex, the agency said Saturday.

Housing Authority Suspends Its Director

Melvin Jerome Blanc was an American voice actor and radio personality whose career spanned over 60 years. During the Golden Age of Radio, he provided character voices and vocal sound effects for comedy radio programs, including those of Jack Benny, Abbott and Costello, Burns and Allen, The Great Gildersleeve, Judy Canova and his own short-lived sitcom.

July 10, 1989

Headlines from July 10, 1989

Seidman Proposal on World Debt

Becker and Graf Seize Wimbledon Championships; Edberg's Style Bows to Power

Koch Agrees to Debate Rivals But Sets Limit in Primary of 4

BUSH IN WARSAW ON DELICATE VISIT TO PUSH CHANGES

Liberty's Door Is Still Golden To Only 1 State

Billboard 200

The Raw & The Cooked

Don't Be Cruel

Full Moon Fever

Like A Prayer

Beaches

Notable Deaths

Historical Context for July 10, 1989