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W O R L DB R IE F S :LONDON - Denying that he intended to move the headquarters of his Unification Church from New York to London, the Korean evangelist, the Rev. Sun Myung Moon, yesterday appealed to British authorities to be allowed to stay in Britain. %u201c Moon left the - %u2014 jUnited States in May before he could be subpoenaed to testify before a Congressional committee looking into suspected bribery of American officials by South Korean officials.ROME - The number of Roman Catholic cardinals who will elect the new pope was reduced to 111 yesterday with the death in Rome of Paul Cardinal Yu-pin of Nationalist China. Cardinal Yu-pin had collapsed during the funeral for Pope Paul VI in St. Peter%u2019s Square last Saturday. He was 77.%u25a0, a.-.*.*. -SMIKtiiAfog ifife.I P 1A VACANT THRONE: The late Pope Paul%u2019s empty chair sits in the Vatican. The selection of his successor w ill begin with aconclave of cardinals August 25. A total of 111 cardinals will take part. [David Bum ett/Contact].BUCHAREST %u2014 Two hundred thousand Rumanians provided a well - organized welcome to Chairman Hua Kuo-feng of China as he arrived yesterday on his historic first trip to Western Europe, dymnasts, musicians and folk dancers performed for the visiting dignitary before he and President Nicolae Ceausescu began a round of conferences.BAGUIO, the Philippines - The 12th game in the world chess championship contest between reigning champion Anatoly Karpov and the Russian exile challenger Vitot Korchnoi yesterday ended in a draw. To become champion, one player has to win six games; each has so far won one.DOMINICAN REPUBLIC -Antonio Guzman was sworn in yesterday as the 77th president of the Dominican Republic. An honored guest at the ceremony was Secretary of State Cyrus R. Vance. It was only the timely intervention by Vance, acting on orders from President Carter, that enabled completion of the election count in which Guzman, a moderate leftist, emerged victor. The American action averted a military coup and continuation of the regime of former President Joaquin Belaguer. That 14 year period had been marked by continued charges of official corruption.Now Garbage Piles Up in MemphisMEMPHIS %u2014 A power blackout, blamed on sabotage, added new tensions in troubled Memphis early yesterday, coming as it did on top of a police and fireman%u2019s strike and amid threats that other civic workers, including garbagemen, may also go out.Some looting was reported during the three-hour blackout and two dozen or so persons were arrested. One man was shot and wounded as sheriffs deputies %u2014 working in the place of the strikingpolice tried to make an arrest for looting.Memphis last night was under a strict curfew, enforced by the sheriff%u2019s men and National Guard troops. Had it not been for the curfew, the looting would have been worse, officials said.The sheriffs men were reported to have arrested a security guard at a power substation of the Memphis Light, Gas and Water Co. He had been detained by a co-worker after a number of switches controllingthe flow of power had been tampered with.Meanwhile, fans of the late Elvis Presley continued to come to town to join in marking the first anniversary of the rock and roll singer%u2019s death. Some of them came from as far afield as Britain.The striking police and firemen have rejected demands by Mayor Wyeth Chandler that they return to work. They also turned down the mayor%u2019s suggestion that a referendum be held on whether or not toN A T I O N B R IE F S :DETROIT - A mysterious burst of gunfire in the midst of a crowd of 500 people trying to escape the heat by sleeping out on Belle Isle in the Detroit River left one person dead yesterday. Police said they had no motive or suspects for the midnight incident.WASHINGTON %u2014 A bill extending help for tuition costs for middle income families was passed yesterday by the Senate. Under the plan, approved by the White House, basic grants of up to $1,800 would be offered to families with incomes below $25,000 a year. Poorer families would get additional grants.The Senate a day previously had also passed a rival plan which would give tax credits of up to $500 a student. The House has also approved the tax credit plan but President Carter has said the country can%u2019t have both and has indicated he%u2019d veto the tax credit version. A conference committee from both houses will try to work out a compromise.ATLANTA - One man was killed when a group of white inmates attacked black prisoners at the Georgia State Prison in Reidsville, Ga. yesterday. It was the secondsuch incident within a month. Altogether four inmates and one guard have died in incidents at the prison this year.Damages of $25.6 million were awarded yesterday to the SCM Corporation in its antitrust suit against Xerox Corporation. The federal court jury award decision was the third and final stage of a trial that started 13 months ago in Hartford, Conn., making it the longest federal jury trial ever.The same jury a week ago had given SCM $11.7 million and $230,000 in the other two segments of the trial.Downtown to Get First Hotel in 142 Yearsinl i l l iConstruction on the first new hotel in lower Manhattan since John Jacob Astor opened the Astor House in 1836 is scheduled to begin in October on a panoramic plot below the World Trade Center.Gov. Carey and Mayor Koch jointly unveiled construction plans on the 22-story, 829-room structure yesterday, hailing its tax raising potential, its job producing capacity, and its value as a symbol of New York%u2019s %u201c continued ability to renew itself.%u201dThe steel and glass building at Liberty and West Streets in scheduled for completion in the spring of 1980 under terms of long-term mortgage financing provided by The Equitable Life Assurance Society. It will be managed by Hilton International.Like the Astor House, which was described as %u201c distinguished for the fashionable, the gay and the idle,%u201d the new hotel is designed to attract visitors with a taste for luxury, health fads and stylish shopping.The entire roof level is designed as a recreational area, with a glassenclosed year-round swimming pool, health club and gymnasium, racquetball courts and, on a balcony, a jogging track.Inside the hotel will be a skylighted garden restaurant, lounges and banquet facilities and two floors of specially-decorated executive guest rooms.The Astor House had six floors, 309 rooms, 17 bathing rooms serviced by the hotel%u2019s own steam engine and %u201c patent locks%u201d on each door. It was razed in 1913 to make way for a subway.$1M Gem HeistTULSA %u2014 Up to $1 million worth of diamonds was stolen fropi a jewelry store in Tulsa in the predawn hours yesterday. Burglars punenea a hole in a brick wall, used welding equipment to cut into two safes and got away with what is believed to be the largest such robbery in the city%u2019s history.increase the city sales tax to pay for the pay raises they want.Eleven other civic unions have also rejected wage offers from the Chandler Administration and some sanitation workers are refusing to cross picket lines set up by unions already on strike. As a result much of Memphis%u2019 garbage was not collected yesterday, adding a new health threat in the 90 degree temperatures.L A Deal ReportedOn OlympicsSources close to the negotiations say the International Olympic Committee will soon reach an agreement with Los Angeles officials that will at last insure that the 1984 summer games will be held in Los Angeles. The committee has apparently agreed in principle not to insist that the city be held solely responsible for any financial losses incurred by the games, thus removing a key stumbling block to reaching an agreement.The City of Montreal ran up an estimated debt of $900 million when it hosted the 1976 games, but Los Angeles officials were at first confident they could avoid a similar deficit, because the capital construction that had to be undertaken on a huge scale in Montreal would not be necessary in Los Angeies. But soon after Los Angeles was awarded the 1984 games, it became apparent that a significant deficit would be incurred, and considerable political opposition to hosting the Games developed.Mayor Thomas Bradley, his nose to the political winds, developed a plan whereby third party supporters%u2014private corporations and state and Federal governmental agencies%u2014would agree to offset any deficit. The International Olympic Committee at first balked at endorsing such a arrangement, which was unprecedented. But when it became apparent that Los Angeles was serious about its intent to withdraw should its proposal be rejected, the committee reconsidered. One reason given for the committee%u2019s about-face: members apparently felt the expense of the games had become so great that unless regulations on financing were made more flexible, only socialist countries would be willing to host future games. %u2014G.H.Thursday, August 17, 1978