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DAILY NEWl XV.SDAX.P?CE9 MW bIIb, dds Mb JGd'SIoyos tffil By BRYANT MASON and PAUL MESKIL FBI Dirctor Clarence Kelley and Police Commissioner Michael Codd declared yesterday that youths aged 14 and 15 should receive the same punishment as adults when they commit serious crimes. "Youthful criminals should not be p. I A I If added that he had encountered "11-year-olds who had komicidal tendencies" and suggested that criminals such as these "should be isolated and treated as adults." Kelley also said he believes that most police departments have reached their peak capacity for dealing with crime, except for some improvements that may be made through the use of computers and communications equipment. He said senior citzens should be educated to protect themselves against crime. He cited, as an example, a pilot program undertaken by the FBI in the Wilmington, area where many elderly people had been assaulted and robbed.

The agents determined that 75 of the victims were purse-carrying women. Secret Pocket Helped At the FBI's request, the Singer Sewing Machine Co. designed a special secret pocket where women could carry their money and identification papers. Once they stopped packing pocketbooks, street crime in the area dropped by 22, Kelley said. The hearing, held in the Federal coddled," Codd said.

Calling for an overhaul of the juvenile justice system to stop young criminals from preying on the elderly, Codd told a hearing of the House Committee on the Aging: "The juvenile system must be re- vamped. They (young offenders) must be treated as the criminals they are. When arrested and convicted, they should be made to answer for their crimes." Codd said that 40 of the cases handled by the Police Department's senior citizens robbery unit involve youthful offenders who are sent to Family Court because they are under 16. Records Are Sealed Then they are "recycled back onto the streets," he said. "Their juvenile records are sealed and there is a legal prohibition on taking their photos and fingerprints.

The judges setting bail have no idea of their previous criminal records. I believe these records should be made available to the courts." "I do not want to make a sweeping statement that all 14-year-olds should be treated as adults," Kelley said. He Nwi Photos bv Dan Jacino Police Commissioner Codd (1.) and FBI Director Kelley testifying at hearing chairman of the Legislature's Crime Committee, said the juvenile justice system "is a major weakness in crime Building at 26 Federal Plaza, was conducted by Rep. Mario Biaggi (D Bronx) and Rep. William Cohen (R-Maine).

State Sen. Ralph Marino (R-Nassau), Double-Parker of fhe Day Fight iagei, hi in the an He Was Eticj iVT Tfr Tf WW- Will JiWIMUHI IMU'VKU hyp iff I ft 1 i i jZy7F By RICHARD EDMONDS It took a Connecticut family three hours and four carloads of policemen including a captain to fret their van unhooked from a city tow truck that had tried to drapr it away yesterday brakes squealing and drive shaft dangling allegedly without the van being properly ticketed. "Once It's on the hook, it gets towed," said the tow-truck operator, who works for City Service Towing, and who preferred not to be New Jersey Lottery Pick It: 173 Straight Payoff: $218 According to witnesses, the tow-truck driver acted before a summons was put on the suburbantype van owned by Mary Fawcett, of Chestnut Hill Road, Norwalk. Mrs. Fawcett 's son, Salvatore Gior-lando, 22, said he was sitting in the van in a "trucks only" zone on 44th St.

near Madison "because we had tried to park the wagon unsuccessfully in three garages. He said that the summons shown to responding police officers by the tow-truck operator was written long after the incident began at 4 p.m. Giorlando was backed up by postman Raymond Hauges, who told the cops: "This guy (the operator) accosted three passing meter maids before one of them agreed to write out a ticket" after the van was already in tow with Giorlando inside. When Capt. Francis Kelly of the traffic unit finally arrived, about three hours later, he ordered the Fawcelts' car released immediately.

"You'll just have to fight the ticket in court, and sue the towing contractor for the damage to your car," Kelly told the family. Looking back along 44th St. at the 100 foot skid marks left by the Fawcett van, the tow-truck operator said; "If someone doesn't get out of the car, or jumps in when it's on the hook. 1 11 tow him anyway. That's the only alternative I have." Kelly, who said that the whole operation was under the aegis of the city's Department of Traffic not the l'olice Department said; "This involves a private company.

1 have nothing to do with these guys." Later last night, a Police Department spokesman said that under no circumstances is an operator allowed to tow a car with someone inside, but should inform the driver that he is subject to arrest if he doesn't abandon ship. News pnoro by Rooert Rosamiho Patrol cars double-parked on W. 30th St. between Sixth and Seventh Aves. Effective today, The News begins a new series on tJie city's traffic snarls, caused by double parkers.

As a public service, we will seek out and identify the worst of these culprits the Double Parker of the Day. MEMO TO: POLICE COMMISSIONER MICHAEL J. CODD FROM: MARK LIFF, NEWS DOUBLE-PARKING DETAIL RE: COP CAR CLOG ON W. 30th ST. Mike, I'm sure glad that I don't drive, because if I had tried to motor down W.

30th between Sixth and Seventh Aves. The other day around 3 p.m., I would have been slowed down by a long line of blue-and-whites double-parked all along the block. That's right your own command and the Traffic Detail, no less! Don't cop a plea here, commish. Let's start by cleaning our own house and then take off after civilian culprits. See you tomorrow.

es for Topless Meighbors lors on the block, but there are two IS ice si Show Hit Closes In Moscow Moscow (AP) The American bicentennial exhibit closed yesterday after attracting 270,000 Russians over a month long run. The exhibit featured a panorama movie tour of the United States, a photo exhibit of Americans dating to the 1850s, early U.S. inventions, a film history of Soviet-American relations and a videotape replay of Presidentelect Carter's victory speech. Citicorp Center, due for completion next year, will occupy most of the block between 53d and 54th Sts. and from Lexington to Third.

The $175 million center will be the seventh tallest building in the world and will be Citibank's new corporate headquarters. The official said that the plan to buy the nearby property had been launched after Walter B. Wriston, bank chairman, pointed out the window of his present office at nearby 399 Park Ave. two years ago and said: "Get rid of those massage parlors." Actually there are no massage par By MARK ANDREWS Citibank is quietly buying up buildings opposite its new Citicorp Center, under construction on E. 53d so it can close two topless bars and clean up the block, a bank spokesman said yesterday.

The bank does not intend to build on the property, a Citibank official said, but plans to put a new front on all buildings on the south side of 53d St. between Lexington and Third Aves. It hopes to prevent any construction that might decrease the value of its new building. topless bars: the Bottomless Pit at 140 E. 53d St.

and Jax Three Ring Circus at No. 146'. Citibank has not managed to buy those buildings tmt has purchased buildings at 148 and 152 E. 53d St. and has a contract to buy property from 134 to 138.

The bank has not disclosed how much it expects to spend for the whole block, but acquisitions to date have cost more than $2 million. And the bank official said he was confident that the program to buy the whole block would be completed soon..