Daily News from New York, New York • 69

Wednesday, July 5, 1989 MJ 1 mMmm 'SsmM fatal By JOHN LEWIS BP Ferrer praises boro Council members ficient funds to our many community-based organizations that will enable them to provide a variety of services to the public. Other highlights in the capital budget include: $1 million for street reconstruction of Daly Ave. and E. 180th St $1.4 million for reconstruction of Burnside Ave. $2 million for Soundview Park development $7.5 million for reconstruction of various Bronx parks and playgrounds.

Daily News Staff Writer Despite the tightest budget squeeze since the fiscal crisis of the 1970s, Bronx Borough President Fernando Ferrer, and the Bronx City Council delegation said that they succeeded in restoring $35 million in spending programs for the Bronx and obtaining an additional $20 million in capital budget funds for the 1990 fiscal year. Of the more than $26 billion to be spent citywide, the Bronx, with a population of 1.2 million persons, will get Restoration of $3 million for the Department of Cultural Affairs and $1.47 million for the Parks Department for restoring maintenance and tree-pruning crews. Several million dollars are headed to the Legal Aid Society, the Community Development Agency, public libraries, and the city's Department of Transportation for the borough's highways. "Our purpose," Ferrer said, "has been to restore suf and the drop in projected -revenues for the new 1990 fiscal year," Ferrer said. Among the items that Ferrer cited as important in the restoration budget are: $1.9 million for the partial restoration citywide of the life-saving Fire Department Salvage Program.

$1 million for the partial restoration of the Sanitation Department's Clean Team, a pilot recycling program. so oasooaDuii fcHai Tin can joins flattop and sub i -1 i) saNn iL 1 xf Jb- I I flT jJ I I about 20 of next year's city dollars. Ferrer credited the Bronx legislative team Council members Michael DeMarco, Rafael Colon, Jerry Crispino, June Eisland, Wendell Foster, Carolyn Maloney and Jose Rivera for keeping the Bronx from getting shortchanged. "This budget was extremely difficult because of the current economic climate until 1971, receiving two meritorious unit commendations for its Vietnam action, which included the rescue of downed Navy and Air Force pilots. It was serving as a naval reserve officers training ship in Newport, R.I., when it was decommissioned last Dec.

15. It was named after the late Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Mer-ritt (Red Mike) Edson, who commanded Edson's Raiders in Pacific island campaigns in World War II. Fisher also finances college scholarships for dependents of, military personnel and recently created a spe-- cial fund to assist the families of servicemen killed in the turret explosion aboard the battleship Iowa on April 19.

He also is paying for three Jersey City high, school students to fly to England tomorrow to take part in an international tall ships sailing race from London to Hamburg, celebrating the two cities' 800th anniversaries. The three students, from Lincoln High School, are Ethan James and Myron Cooper, who just graduated, and Tonya Falls, who will be a senior this fall. Essay contest The three were selected as winners of an essay competition on "Why I Should Represent" the school and the country in the race, spon-: sored by Fisher and WWOR-TV. ing to Assemblywoman Geral-dine Daniels (D-Manhattan). Daniels said the counseling was to determine the "options" open to the students for "continuation of their education in some program." By GUS DALLAS Daily News Staff Writer When the destroyer Edson cruised along the Vietnam shoreline and provided naval artillery support for American forces during the war, its motto was, "Three guns, no waiting." Its guns now silenced for good, the decommissioned destroyer sailed into what may be its last duty port yesterday, docking on the port side of Pier 86 across from the Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum at the foot of W.

46th -St and aft of the submarine -Growler. side" is the left side, landlubbers, and "aft" is behind.) The Edson, last of the Hull class destroyers that were in commission, will be opened to the public some time this summer, according to a spokeswoman. The 30-year-old Growler, one of the last diesel-powered submarines in active service, has been open to visitors for six weeks. Both ships were purchased by real-estate magnate Za-chary Fisher to become part of the museum, whose centerpiece is the Intrepid, a vessel that saw extensive combat in World War II. Fisher, chairman of the board and founder of the museum, was honored by former President Ronald Reagan last year for raising $22 million to restore the Intrepid and turn it into a museum.

The Edson was commissioned on Nov. 7, 1958, and served in the western Pacific By KEITH MOORE Dally News Staff Writer 1 With Malcolm-King College all but closed, its students are being steered for educational counseling to support colleges around the city, accord DOING WHEEUES: Like taking your first step, this little roller-skater is taking it slowly but surely as he skates with his family at Mullaly Park in the Bronx yesterday. The great holiday weather made any outdoor activity worthwhile, including falling on your butt occasionally. torn nam daily news sfi HaiDDoiiii-CSDui! But cshe made clear that that support is limited student counseling and does not include an affiliation agreement which Malcolm-King officials hope will keep the college alive. agreement for Malcolm-King last 'j A fourth City University, has also offered a helping hand to Malcolm-King's undergraduates, according to Daniels.

She said the students will be able to get the counseling at either Fordham University, the College of Mount St Vincent or Marymount-Man-hattan College the colleges that ended their support.