user: Q: TIMES COMPANY VOICES REGRET OVER 2 ARTICLES FROM SUBSIDIARY

The New York Times Company said yesterday that Harley Lippman's articles about Poland ''appear to be of questionable accuracy,'' and it expressed regret over their publication. But Mr. Lippman defended them as ''truthful in their entirety'' and contended that Solidarity, the independent Polish labor union, had disavowed them out of fear that they might be used to discredit it.

The company, in a statement by its president, Walter E. Mattson, apologized to the editors of a half dozen publications that published the two-part series of articles after receiving them through a Times Company subsidiary, The New York Times Syndication Sales Corporation.

Mr. Mattson said the articles had been distributed under the copyright of the 26-year-old freelance writer from Boston and not that of The New York Times. ''They were not published by The New York Times and were not seen by Times editors,'' Mr. Mattson said.

''Syndication Sales is an independent business operation of The Times Company and has no relationship with the news operation of The Times newspaper,'' he said. ''We are deeply concerned by this event. We apologize to the editors of the publications that ran the Lippman article. Syndication Sales will no longer handle such freelance material.'' Appeared in Six Papers

Jesse Levine, executive vice president of the Syndication Sales Corporation, said the articles had appeared in six publications: The Times of London, The Vancouver Province, The Sacramento Bee, Agencia Estado of Brazil, The Cleveland Plain Dealer and The Anchorage Daily News.

Mr. Levine said the articles had been withdrawn from circulation by Syndication Sales several weeks ago after questions about their veracity had been raised by editors of The Boston Globe, one of several newspapers that had paid his expenses for his trip to Poland earlier this year.

Mr. Lippman, in a telephone interview late yesterday from his office in Boston, said he had scores of photographs showing him with Lech Walesa, the leader of Soldarity, and Mr. Walesa's wife and children, as well as a 90-minute tape recording of a conversation he said he had with the labor leader. The taped conversation was conducted in Polish, with which Mr. Lippman said he was familiar though not fluent.

The pictures, one of which appeared in the May issue of Life magazine, were taken, he said, by ''a friend'' who is a member of Solidarity. He said they depicted him with Mr. Walesa in informal settings at the Walesa home, in church, at meals, in conversation with Mrs. Walesa, playing with the Walesa children and in other scenes.

''These absolutely prove I was with them,'' he said. Mr. Lippman contended that the Polish Government and Solidarity were ''trying to discredit me'' and ''trying to put a distance between them and myself'' because his articles contained ''provocative statements'' that might be used against them by the Soviet Union and by opponents of the labor organization.

He suggested also that Warsaw and Solidarity considered his activities as a Zionist and spokesman for anti-Communist causes offensive. Mr. Lippman said his articles had not identified many of the people he quoted or associated with because ''it would be tantamount to having them arrested.''

Moreover, he said, some people cited in the articles were not representative of Solidarity but rather were ''dissidents'' and a ''very small minority of militants'' who believed that Solidarity should be exported to other East European countries because the movement would be crushed if it was isolated in Poland. Called 'My Personal Story'

He acknowledged that he ''didn't say this in the articles'' and that ''perhaps this was an error on my part.'' But he said the articles were not meant to be ''analytical'' or to represent Solidarity but rather were ''my personal story.''

Mr. Lippman denied a report that he had identified himself in Poland as a correspondent for The Washington Post. He said that, at a seminar of Polish journalists, he had been asked whom he worked for and had replied that he hoped, upon his return to the United States, to write articles for The Washington Post and other newspapers.

Providing a brief biography of himself, Mr. Lippman said he had studied political science at Warsaw University in 1975 and 1976. After returning to the United States, he said worked for several years for Frontlash, the youth arm of the A.F.L.-C.I.O., giving lectures at schools and working in voter registration campaigns.

Thomas Kahn, assistant to the president of the A.F.L.-C.I.O., said he had known Mr. Lippman for years. He said that Mr. Lippman had once worked for Frontlash but had been dismissed in a ''dispute over money matters'' and that he now had ''no relationship with the A.F.L.- C.I.O. whatsoever.''

Mr. Lippman said he attended graduate school at Columbia University for two years, studying East Central European affairs and receiving a master's degree in 1979. He said he worked in the summer of 1977 as an intern in the New York City office of Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan and studied Ukrainian affairs at Harvard summer school in 1978.

Since February 1980, he said, he had been New England director of the Jewish Labor Committee, which, he said ''tries to make the Jewish community sensitive to labor matters.'' Joshua Muravchik, executive director of the committee, said yesterday that Mr. Lippman had once told him he had worked for the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Defense Intelligence Agency and had once been held incommunicado by the Central Intelligence Agency.

A: The New York Times Company said yesterday that Harley Lippman's articles about Poland ''appear to be of questionable accuracy,'' and it expressed regret over their publication. But Mr. Lippman defended them as ''truthful in their entirety'' and contended that Solidarity, the independent Polish labor union, had disavowed them out of fear that they might be used to discredit it.   The company, in a statement by its president, Walter E. Mattson, apologized to the editors of a half dozen publications that published the two-part series of articles after receiving them through a Times Company subsidiary, The New York Times Syndication Sales Corporation.   Mr. Mattson said the articles had been distributed under the copyright of the 26-year-old freelance writer from Boston and not that of The New York Times. ''They were not published by The New York Times and were not seen by Times editors,'' Mr. Mattson said.


Q: California firm issues nationwide fruit recall

A Central California company has issued a voluntary nationwide recall of specific lots of its fresh peaches, plums, nectarines and pluots over concerns of possible listeria contamination.

Wawona Packing says on its website that no illnesses have been reported and the recall is a precautionary measure.

The company said the recalled fruit was packed and shipped to retailers from June 1 through July 12.

Retailers that received the fruit include Costco and Trader Joe's.

The recall came after internal testing at the packing house in Tulare County.

Officials say they shut down the lines, retrofitted some equipment and sanitized the facility. Subsequent tests have been negative.

Clovis-based Wawona Frozen Foods is a separate company and is not involved in the voluntary recall.

Listeria bacteria can cause a dangerous flu-like illness.

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assistant: A Central California company has issued a voluntary nationwide recall of specific lots of its fresh peaches, plums, nectarines and pluots over concerns of possible listeria contamination.