November 1, 1991

In a new twist to the post-cold-war era, the Pentagon may transfer up to $1 billion from its budget to aid the Soviet Union, officials say. Page A12.

The Economy President Bush received conflicting recommendations from his top economic and political advisers about how the Administration should respond to the weakness of the economy. The division was over whether to answer challenges from Democrats with bold proposals or to keep on a steady economic course. [ A1. ]

The biggest share of an estimated $14 million that the two major parties and their candidates are spending in quest of victory in Tuesday's election for 120 seats in the New Jersey Legislature has been channeled to a handful of races. Campaign consultants, pollsters, graphics designers, printers, radio and cable television stations, the post office and the telephone company will get the money. What the two parties want is control of the State Senate and the State Assembly. The winning candidates will get $35,000 a year for a part-time job and, of course, the opportunity to serve their neighbors.

Joseph Papp, director of the New York Shakespeare Festival and one of the most influential producers in the history of the American theater, died yesterday at his home in Greenwich Village. He was 70 years old. He died of prostate cancer, said Richard Kornberg, his press representative. All Broadway theaters will dim their lights at 8 tonight in tribute to Mr. Papp.

There they stood, on the fringes of the Middle East peace conference today, an Israeli and a Palestinian, with nothing but history and a television camera between them. "You are not a threat to me," the Israeli said.