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Daily News from New York, New York • 8

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DAILY'EWS, MOXfiAY. AUGUST 27, sc Her Figure's in the Money utton Place Toughens Op I Fights Welfare Isle Cable Car Plan The natives of Sutton Plate, who get their look at cable cars in scaling the snow-carpeted slopes of Davos and Innsbruck in sparing no resources in opposing a cable rar in thpir mvn hiickvard. I 9 i The raMf car. known formally until l'-'Sl and a ferry was re-as an aerial tramway, is slated I jected as too costly. The run nfi four minute be- velopers then hit on the idea of tween the Slli'i million new com- a cable car.

with a seatinjr East Side. While the Queensbor-outli Bridge straddles the island, the only surface transportation route is over the Welfare Island Bridge into Queens. The first apartments will be rented next summer. I'rjre Express Buses The Sutton Place group argues that the answer for Welfare Island is to run express buses through Queens into Manhattan i on Welfare Island now capacity of 120 persons and a Island) aod E. that would take three St.

in Manhattan the minutes. The fare would be the Hoard of Estimate approves th- anle charged for public franchise next month. transportation now 35 cents. I Kut the Suttor. Associa 13 Possibilities After exploring- 13 sites on tion, among other group the is vehemently eppwe-l to Manhattan's upper East Side in- cable car despite tnat i to serve those residents working Us the tramway is and devflopers chose in Manhattan.

Also, the group lution-free. Second Ave. at 59th across! contends that the tramway will Rail Mean Blisht from the Bridge, merely deposit commuters on "Anvwhere vou ba.e a Tail as the Manhattan terminus. The Second leaving them either to board the Second Ave. bus or -the old El on Ave.

terminus is just west ot Suuon -r- of t.r fw York Central on Place, that graceful retreat upper Park Avenue you have town houses and apartment house a blighted area." sv Adrienne cooperatives and a synonym for urtin of the Sutton As- i posh urban living, sociation. "The rao'e cr is a "It's unsightly at best," says step backward, a.i.l we uon i Miss Curtin. "There are stanch walk to the Lexington Ave. subway both heavily used means of public transportation. Besides taxiing commuters to and from the island, the tramway is also seen as a weekend mode of transit for persons seeking the park space and sports facilities beinjr built on the island.

One source says that the weekenders may be youngsters and that there ions that will mar the area's ap- pea rarvce. Listen, you need cable cars at ski resorts or in Rio de Janeiro because of the mountainous terrain, but not here, not on Sutton Place or the East Side." want it here." The New York State Urban development developer of the Welfare Island "new-town" for 20.0OO people, argues that thi $2 million tramway is to the community's future. A su av link to the Man- two-mile- i ounun nace mat Welfare Island is a UPI photo Actor Hugh O'Brian holds trophy as he introduces Linda Tonge as the winner of the Model of the Year pageant. Miss Tonge, 18. of Williams Bay gets a contract guaranteeing her in her first year of modeling with a top agency.

uusupei viseu youins couia present a problem at the Manhattan ler- long, cigar-shaped island in the hattan main line is not due East River paralleling- the upper minus. Owen Meritz Charged With Murder Tix Sale Open for Harvest Moon Ball By JACK SMITH The sale of tickets for the Harvest Moon Ball Finals starts today. You can now waltz up to the ticket window and pick up your seats for the spectacular dance event, scheduled for Madsion Square Garden, Thursday, Sept. 20. Tickets are available at mm 1 $5.50 and $3.50.

Where to Sign Up Monday 2 p.m. to 10 p.m. They're on tap at THE NEWS Information Bureau, ground floor, 220 E. 42d which is open from 9 a.m. to 4:45 p.m., Monday through Friday, except for Labor Day; and at the main Garden box office off Seventh Ave.

between 31st and 33d open 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily and Sunday. Available at Ticket ron MANHATTAN The News Building, 220 E. 42d seventh floor, 9 a.m.

to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. The News Information Bureau, ground floor, 220 E. 42d 5 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Monday through Friday. Roseland Dance City, 239 W. 52d 8 p.m. to midnight Tuesday through Saturday. BRONX Savoy Manor, 120 E.

149th through Saturday. NEW JERSEY Irvington Polish Home (Polka only), 415 Kith Irvington 3 p.m. to 11 p.m. daily and Sunday. CONNECTICUT Restland Farm (Polka only), Middletown Ave.

(Route 17), Northford, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday; 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday.

For the further convenience of I fans, they are also available at 154 Ticketron outlets in the metropolitan area. Or if you pre- i fer, they may be obtained by mail by filling out and sending in the accompanying order coupon. Sponsored by the New York i IN- testants continue to line up at the entry desks and to limber up for the rivalry ahead. This is the last week of the entry period. The deadline is midnight, Saturday.

News Charities, the Harvest Moon Finals presents performances by outstanding profes-ssional entertainers, championship dance competition featuring Eliminations start next week with Viennese Waltz, Polka and Jitterbug Jive. You and your partner may enter as many as you wish. After entering, you will be scheduled to appear in one preliminary for each dance entered, and will be notified where and when to appear. To enter, take your partner to one of the entry centers listed on this page. Entry blanks and copies of the rules are available at each.

The 50-cent entry fee covers all dances. A tk, me ox roi. sciieuuiro ioi Associaieo Press Wirephoto Jeffrey Thomas Brown. 18 of Leechburg. was arrested in Asbury Park.

NJ. He was arraigned a murder charge in connection with the strangulation of Anne Furlong, 18. of Asbury Park. With him as he left Municipal Court are Police Officers Dominirk I). Spampanato (c.) and David Jones, who arrested Brown on a vagrancy charge.

The suspect was found to have the girl's address hook in his possession, police said. FIIC IIITLIVAllll.ail nil best of music throughout the i night by three big name bands. Meanwhile, the talented con- land Dance Citv on Wednesday, Sept. 5. You Can Still Get In The Harvest Moon, open to amateur dancers 17 years and over, offers competition in six dances Fox Trot, Tango, Rumba, Subsidies for 60G-a-Year Tenants ml 1973 HARVEST MOON BALL i SEPT.

20. MADISON SQUARE GARDEN Write to: Ticket Of tie New York News Charities, Inc. 220 East 42d Street New York, N.Y. 10017 Pleas mail me lb following Harvest Moon Ball tickets. Enclose ckeckRMity order plus 25c far a seit addressea stampea ksndline and 1970 -when nine banks, led by Chase Manhattan Bank, extended S71.5 million in loans to finance construction.

The water-breaking took place in January 1971. Ostensibly a middle-income development regulated by the city's Housing and Development under the Mitchell-Lama program for middle-class families, the subsidies come under two programs. One is limited tax-abatement; the second is permanent-mortgage financing at below market rates provided by the New York City Housing Development Corp. Rents Would Be Higher Without the subsidies, rents would hover near the $200-a-room mark. Even with the subsidies, rents will run up to $110 a room." One-bedrrom apartments will run from $351 to $445; three-bedrooms, $fi52 to $726.

Under the state's Mitchell-Lama Law. families depending on size) earning up to six or seven times the annual rent are eligible for admission. Since the annual rent for a three-bedroom apartment is about families earning up to 58,800 a year would be eligible. By OWEN MORITZ The day of government-subsidized semiluxury apartment houses, complete with uniform-clad doormen and sauna-and-swim clubs, bows in next month with the opening of the $75 million Waterside housing complex on Mathanttan's mid-East Side. Rents in the four tower, sitf-aere development up to $700 a month for a three-bedroom apartment, meaning that under city law families earning up to a year are eligible for subsidized housing.

In construction are three other subsidized projects, which will have amenities usually associated with luxury apartment houses, anil after them are three more projects slated to start in the next few months. Waterside, a project of the HRH Construction is built on more than 2,0 00 piles driven into the salt-water harl-or of the ast. River off E. 23d St. first conceived in 1S6I, the devtlopment did not materialize until 2b Promenade SS.M ea.

Frtmenade $5 5Bea. $3.50 ea. locations will be allotted in envelope. order receipt of requests. Make checks payable to N.Y.

News Charities, Inc. Please Print NAME i ADDRESS CITY Apt. No. CODE Cut Coupon on Dotted Line.

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