May 30, 1990

LEAD: For the nations of Eastern Europe, freedom may be far dirtier than they expected.

LEAD: After two terms in the United States Senate and years of speculation about running for President sometime, Bill Bradley has gained extraordinary popularity in New Jersey, politicians of both parties say. But as he runs for re-election, he is showing a distinct strain of caution.

LEAD: CHARLOTTE BRUNDAGE is on a cash machine line at 73d Street and Madison Avenue. The fellow in front of her, she can't help but notice, is pretty snazzy looking. He is on the far side of 40 - though not too far; his tan is golden; his blond hair curls over his shirt collar and, Ms. Brundage muses, it has been bleached by either the Beverly Hills or Mediterranean sun.

LEAD: De Klerk Delays U.S. Visit President F. W. de Klerk of South Africa postponed a visit to the United States after opponents of apartheid said Nelson Mandela should be received in Washington first. Page A15. Bogus Fishing Fleet A Soviet seizure of North Korean fishing boats in the Pacific has turned into an embarrassment for Tokyo, with the discovery that the vessels were actually Japanese.

LEAD: Because of Shabuoth, alternate-side parking rules will be suspended today and tomorrow.

LEAD: MARKETS Both the Dow and the S.&P. 500 stock index rose sharply to set new highs. The Dow closed at 2,870.49, up 49.57, or 1.8 percent. The S.& P. 500 rose 6.07, to a record 360.65, breaking the former record of 359.80 set Oct. 9, 1989. [Page D1.] Prices of Treasury securities moved higher in light trading as some strength in the dollar and a drop in commodity prices gave investors reasons to buy notes and bonds.

LEAD: The Suffolk County Legislature approved a bill today that would require all newspapers with circulations of more than 20,000 in the county to print on recycled paper by the end of 1996.

LEAD: Ellie Ferguson said her first word (''ink'' for ''drink'') when she was 4 months old, and spoke in complete sentences before her first birthday. At 18 months she could recognize the letters of the alphabet and knew the sounds they stood for. By the time she entered kindergarten, Ellie was reading books like ''Little House on the

LEAD: The World Bank today approved a $300 million loan to help China combat deforestation but indefinitely postponed a second loan of $150 million for roads and waterways that had been opposed by the Bush Administration.

LEAD: William I. Jovanovich, who slowly built Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Inc. into one of America's great publishing houses before abruptly miring it in overwhelming debt, resigned yesterday as chairman.

LEAD: When striking Sandinista workers chained themselves inside state buildings this month and set barricades on fire, forcing the new Government to a halt, Yolanda Navarro Castro came to a bitter conclusion about her country.

LEAD: ROSALIND CREASY has made a reputation as a proponent of edible landscaping, using the yard to grow food for the table. Her half-acre in this community near Palo Alto looks like a California epiphany: a gorgeous array of colors, textures and decidedly unorthodox plantings.