LEAD: New attitudes about drinking and concerns about liability are leading to dramatic changes in the character of bars across America.

Old Standby, the Corner Bar, Falling Victim to New Values

LEAD: Announcing a sweeping program of economic and political change, East Germany's new Prime Minister today held out the prospect of relations ''on a new level'' with West Germany.

NEW TIES TO BONN SOUGHT BY PREMIER OF EAST GERMANY

LEAD: President Bush has assured President Gorbachev that he wants a ''calm and peaceful'' period in Eastern Europe, officials said. Page 6.

Bush Reassures Gorbachev

LEAD: Defense Secretary Dick Cheney has ordered the nation's armed services to draw up plans for cutting $180 billion in projected spending, reflecting the Bush Administration's judgment that Federal deficits and political changes in Europe are leading toward a smaller Pentagon budget.

MILITARY TO DRAFT PLAN FOR A 6% CUT IN 1992-94 SPENDING

LEAD: A week after becoming Bulgaria's Communist leader, Petar T. Mladenov consolidated his hold on power today while saying he favored free elections and a stronger Parliament that could be ''a democratic alternative'' to the present system.

Bulgarian Leader Hints at Future Of Free Voting and Other Changes

LEAD: As New Yorkers become increasingly disturbed and exasperated by the overwhelming presence of homeless people, more and more public institutions are adopting policies intended to keep out the homeless.

Doors Closing as Mood on the Homeless Sours

LEAD: Congress voted this morning to raise salaries for House members, Federal judges and top government officials by more than a third and enact new restrictions governing ethics. The bill includes a smaller raise for members of the Senate.

Congress Passes Increase in Pay; 2 Houses Differ

LEAD: A senior American official said today that he felt instinctively that right-wing forces were responsible for the killings of six Jesuit priests in El Salvador this week.

U.S. OFFICIAL LINKS SALVADORAN RIGHT TO PRIESTS' DEATHS

INSIDE

LEAD:  International 3-7  The killings of six Jesuit priests in El Salvador were the work of right-wing forces, said a senior American official. He said he felt instinctively about who committed the slayings. Page 1  Protection for any witnesses of the killings of the priests was offered by the United States Ambassador in El Salvador.

News Summary

LEAD: ''I would say that if the Defense Department suffered only a 2 percent per year annual cut over the next five years, it would be a miracle. There is a general perception in the land that peace has broken out all over. The public will demand, and the Congress will respond in some fashion.''  - Senator Jim Exon, Democrat of Nebraska.

Quotation of the Day

LEAD: By winning Namibia's elections by a solid majority this week, the South-West Africa People's Organization is inheriting not only a new country but also a new set of problems.

Nambian Rebels Inherit the Problems of Leadership

LEAD: The Business Digest yesterday listed an article about M. Danny Wall, the savings industry regulator, erroneously in some editions. It appeared in early editions, but was omitted from later ones through an editing error. It is reprinted today on page 12.

Corrections

LEAD: An article on Thursday about the suspension of routine Navy operations for a safety review misidentified Lee McNeil, a spokesman for an installation near Chicago. He is at the Glenview Naval Air Station, not the Great Lakes Naval Training Center.

LEAD: The chant began slowly and rose over the insistent, rhythmic clanging of temple bells.

For Indian, Long Trail For Votes

LEAD: Because of an editing error, an article on Thursday about a congressional investigation of June Q. Koch, a former official of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, misidentified a report on her activities that is expected to become public next week. It was prepared by a House Subcommittee, not by the General Accounting

LEAD: An article on the Education page on Nov. 1 about the future of Jesuit colleges misstated the number of Jesuits in the United States. It is 5,000, of whom 1,000 are involved in higher education.

LEAD: Lithuanian Communist officials summoned to the Kremlin for an unusual 10-hour meeting with the Soviet Politburo indicated today they would not alter their plan to form a new Lithuanian party more independent of the leadership in Moscow.

Lithuanians Resist Pressure From Moscow on New Party

LEAD: Amid the deepening gloom about national resurgence, thousands of ordinary Soviet citizens desperate for state housing have begun taking the solution into their own hands. They are seizing Government land and creating vast new urban squatter settlements, building everything from clay hovels to brick houses for their young families.

Frunze Journal; Off the List, Into a Lean-To: A Hammer Beckons

LEAD: The United States Ambassador, William G. Walker, offered protection today to any witnesses to the killing of six Jesuit priests on Thursday.

Embassy in Salvador Offers to Protect Witnesses

LEAD: A British journalist, David Blundy, was killed today by a sniper's bullet while covering the military offensive here, colleagues said.

British Journalist Slain by Sniper

LEAD: Peace talks between the Nicaraguan Government and the contra rebels recessed for the weekend today after a two-hour session that participants said failed to narrow differences over terms for a cease-fire. The talks are scheduled to resume on Monday afternoon.

No Gain Seen as Talks On Nicaragua Recess

LEAD: Brazilians waited anxiously today as the margin between two leftist presidential candidates narrowed to 1 percent of the votes cast. With 53 percent of the votes officially counted, Luis Inacio da Silva led his rival, Leonel Brizola, by 760,000 votes. Authorities said the winner would not be known until Sunday.

Race for 2d Narrows in Brazil

LEAD: Albania said today that it would grant a wide-ranging amnesty to prisoners to mark the 45th anniversary of its liberation during World War II.

Clamor in the East; Albania, Marking Liberation, Says It Plans Some Pardons

LEAD: President Bush has assured President Mikhail S. Gorbachev of the Soviet Union that he wants a ''calm and peaceful'' period in Eastern Europe and made clear that the United States will not behave provocatively in the region, Administration officials said today.

Clamor in the East; Bush Echoes Gorbachev Plea for Peaceful Change

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November 18, 1989

Headlines from November 18, 1989

Old Standby, the Corner Bar, Falling Victim to New Values

NEW TIES TO BONN SOUGHT BY PREMIER OF EAST GERMANY

Bush Reassures Gorbachev

MILITARY TO DRAFT PLAN FOR A 6% CUT IN 1992-94 SPENDING

Bulgarian Leader Hints at Future Of Free Voting and Other Changes

Billboard 200

Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814

Girl You Know It's True

Steel Wheels

Forever Your Girl

Pump

Notable Births

Historical Context for November 18, 1989