Born. To Carole King, 31, talented composer-performer of mellow rock melodies whose Tapestry LP is the largest-selling solo album in rock recording history, and Charles Larkey, 27, her husband and bass accompanist: their second child, first son; in Los Angeles. Name: Levi.

Marriage Revealed. Dr. Arnulfo Arias, 72, colorful, authoritarian sometime surgeon and coffee planter who was thrice deposed as President of Panama, most recently in 1968; and his secretary Mireya Moscoso, 27; he, a widower, married for the second time, she for the first; in Miami last December.

Died. Franz Jonas, 74, President of Austria; of cancer; in Vienna. A typesetter by trade, in 1945 he was named district commissioner of his native Floridsdorf, an impoverished section of Vienna, then rose through the ranks to become lord mayor of the city. As the Socialist Party candidate for President of the Austrian republic in 1965, Jonas won by a narrow margin following a campaign in which his lack of formal education was a major issue. Under Austrian law, the President's functions are primarily ceremonial, but Jonas took a demanding view of his role. In 1971 he ran for re-election and handily defeated Kurt Waldheim, who is now U.N. Secretary-General.

Died. Betty Compson, 77, blonde, ruby-lipped film queen of the 1920s and 1930s; in Glendale, Calif. Compson began her career in 1915 working in two-reeler silent films, many of them with Fatty Arbuckle. She was swept into stardom by The Miracle Man (1919), successfully weathered the shift to talkies, and made more than 100 movies in all.

Died. Bud (real name: William A.) Abbott, 78, the snide, slender straight man to rotund Lou Costello in one of show business's zaniest partnerships; of cancer; in Woodland Hills, Calif. Abbott, whose father was a circus promoter and whose mother was a bareback rider, was working as cashier in a Brooklyn burlesque house one night in the early 1930s when he had to stand in for Costello's ill sidekick. The match was made. The two comics perfected their mix of slapstick and wiseacreage during seven lean years on the road, then broke into radio on the Kate Smith show. They hit the Hollywood jackpot with their 1941 comedy Buck Privates and tomfooled their way to riches with a subsequent string of hit movies.

After a successful stint on television, the pair parted amicably in 1957 and Costello died two years later. Within months Abbott found himself in financial trouble when a Government tax audit held him more than $100,000 in arrears. He made good his debt, staged a few weak comeback attempts, then settled into modest retirement.

Died. Alexandre Dumaine, 78, grand master of French cooking known as Alexander the Great to gastronomes who journeyed to Saulieu, 160 miles southeast of Paris, to dine in his three-star restaurant; in Digoin, France. A perfectionist whose wife called him chere tempete (dear tempest), Dumaine eschewed heavy cuisine, producing classic sauces through slow cooking rather than by adding eggs or flour. Among his most celebrated creations: chicken with truffles steamed over a pot-au-feu of oxtails, giblets, beef and vegetables.

Death Revealed. Fu Tso-yi, 79, former Chinese warlord who, as commander in chief of Chiang Kai-shek's North China forces in 1949, surrendered Peking and nearly half a million troops to the Communists, then held several figurehead positions in Mao Tse-tung's government; in Peking on April 19.

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