Daily News from New York, New York • 363

NEIGHBORHOOD Ml fW I Daily News, Tuesday. August 21, 1984 Silkies: Smooth it Three candidates for Congress in Manhattan's Silk Stocking district yesterday calL-ed for an easing of tensions with the Soviet Union so that progress can be made toward nuclear arms reduction. Borough President Andrew Stein criticized President Reagan for increasing tension through his rhetoric and his recent joke that bombing of the Soviet Union would begin in five minutes. Stein and the other two candidates, Betty Latl and Robert Tembeckjian. are battling for the Democratic nomination to oppose Republican Bill Green.

Lall said that a nuclear arms reduction could come about only through better relations with Moscow. Tembeckjian said: "Confrontational attitudes also -affect others. In times of detente, there are more- Soviet Jews emigrating." By LARRY CELONA The tenants association at Tudor City, the eight-building. complex overlooking the United Nations, has vowed to fight a plan to turn one of the complex's buildings into a co-op. Time Equities Inc.

(TEI) has contracted to purchase The Manor, a 10-story structure at 333 E. 43d St. from owner Harry Helmsley for more than $14 million and co-op the building. A spokesman for TEI said that the estimated co-op value of the building's 215 studio, one and two-bedroom apartments would be more than $25 million. The proposed co-oping would be under a so-called non-eviction plan.

The Tudor City Tenants Association says that it will fight the co-oping plan. John McKean, president of the association, said: "Anyone who would buy a co-op in this building would be out of their mind. The apartments are overpriced and the building needs a lot Sin tKf ffi'XyjZ hit IHliiBV I I I It Iff: y- ii i Tin Vf TEI pointed out that no cooping plan is ever approved the first time it is offered. "Very few tenants s'ay, We like the plan; here is our money," said the spokesman. Ch'ag'ttug.

rerun of maintenance." McKean said that if every apartment in the building were sold at its asking price, the transactions would raise more than $37 million for the new landlords. "In 1970. Helmsley only paid $36 million for all of Tudor City," McKean said. "The asking prices are way out of line." Mckean said that the asking price for a 2V4-room apartment is $120,000, 3'2-room, $150,000, and four-room, $160,000. "There are a lot of problems with the way the plan stands now." said McKean.

"We are still trying to fight knocking down of the parks." Tudor City residents have been fighting a proposal by owner Helmsley whereby the existing parks would be leveled and two 30-story office-apartment towers would be built in their place. "I am not happy with the plan," said Sylvia Anastasia, a tenant for 18 years. "No apartment in this building is worrth what they are asking." Write: Action Line, Box 5158, N.Y., N.Y. 10017. Include phone number.

Incoming calls cannot be accepted. Sharp VCR. In December I brought my VCR to be repaired at a local store in Deer Park. When the repairman saw that he could not fix it he sent it to the Sharp warehouse in Paramus. Sharp then sent the VCR back only it wasnt fixed.

The repairman then sent it back to Sharp insuring it with United Parcel Service. We have made several calls to Sharp, but it claims that it doesn't have the set. UPS said that it has a signature on a receipt. I continue to get nowhere with Sharp and UPS. T.D., West Islip For the case of the missing VCR we put on our Inspector Clouseau hat and searched far and wide for T.D.'s Then, just like the infamous inspector we struck out and couldnt find iy- -1, I't However; we did find out that the lost unit was re Beauty contest Cash grants will be offered to pupils who undertake neighborhood and school beautification programs, the Citizens Committee for New York City has announced.

Under the Mollie Parnis Dress Up Your Neighborhood School Program, cash awards ranging from $50 to $350 will be qiven 'to be used for equip ment and supplies needed to carry out projects on school property or in the neighboring community." according to a Only projects that "significantly improve the beauty of the school or the surrounding community" wiH be considered, according to the announcement. Further information is available by catling the committee at (212) 684-6767. Ask hit-run info Police yesterday asked anyone having information concerning a hit-and-run accident in which a 1 9-year-old man I. i i. was senousiy mjurea eany vonirnQW in wnnnnaion Queens, to call a special number: 212) 465-4020.

Police identified the victim as Atilla Sebek of 61-55 98th Rego Park. He was crossing Woodhaven Blvd. when he was struck by a car. police said. He suffered head injuries and was reported in serious condition in the City Hospital Center at Elmhurst.

Prep for a strike The Lay Faculty Association of St. John's Preparatory School in Astoria, which represents 104 teachers at the school, has set a strike deadline of Sept. 4. according to Harry Kranepool. the union's president.

It would be the fifth strike in 12 years at the school. A spokesman said, the main fc issues in the dispute are. salary, working-conditions and job security for members. The Manor at 33 E. 43d St.

Before TEI can start selling the apartments, its plan must be approved by the state attorney general's office. Approval can take as long as nine months. Repsonding to McKean's statements, a spokesman for placed by Sharp and now T.D. has a new VCR that works. Will you please help this 88-year-old war veteran.

When my wife died in January of 1983 I sent the Veteran's Administration a copy of the funeral expenses. I expected to receive $300 in reimbursement from the VA. After awhile I wrote to the agency, but I still have not received a reply. Although the funeral cost more than $300 I could use the money. A.S., Manhattan The VA said that it only pays fpr burial and plot allowances for veterans.

There are no monetary benefits payable when the spouse of a veteran dies. The VA would pay for A.S.'s wife henef its if she was a veteran herself. If she was a veteran and buried in a private cemetery she would receive $150 plot allowance if the veteran served during a wartime period. She would also have received up to $68 towards the headstone. Had A S.

died first his wife would have been eligible for a burial in a national cemetery inlhe same gravesite that A.St was Buried in. ire'- 'm. I In October I registered a worn used boat trailer that I purchased from an authorized dealer in New Jersey. At the time I paid the required fees and I was issued a license plate and registration certificate. As of this writing I have not received a title and I cannot find out why.

Even after I have called the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) offices in both Staten Island and Albany. The only answer I ever get is that it takes time. After reading your column, I decided to write to you hoping you can get me tt satisfactory answer or a title for my trailer. S.I We just love it when people give us multiple choice questions. The DMV said that the title for C.P.'s trailer was sent to him at the end of February.

The DMV said that the title was never returned to it by the Post Office. Since CP. never received the first title he. must now apply for a new one by filling out Form MV-902 which is an Applcation for Duplicate Certificate of Title. He should return it with a $3 check made out to the Com- misioner of Motor Vehicles.

Once i this is received VduplK cate title will be sent. By LARRY CELONA On a very hot Sunday night in June I asked my son-in-law to run out and pick me up three six packs of No Frills Beer at the local Pathmark. The No Frills Beer generally sells for $1.39 a six-pack, which would make it $4.17. When my son came back from the store he was carrying 18 loose bottles Of beer. The bill read 18 bottles at 40 cents each totaling $7.20.

I don't really care about the few pennies involved, but if such a practice is allowed to continue, I can imagine, how quickly it may spread. I shall forever keep and treasure this fantastic rip-off. H.A., Brooklyn Those simmering days of June probably made H.A.'s son wither by the time he reached the checkout According to Pathmark's customer relations department, a mistake was made. Pathmark apologized to H.A. and.

along with the apology, Pathmark sent H.A. a $5 gift certificate as a token of its goodwill which can buy -three six-packs, of No. Frills regular pricer I have a problem with a.