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-in) glgBORHOOD Crime prevention i-Mfiniiri rafir'i rrmnn mi imw niiiniwiiiiiili II miifiii it mi in in ml JiiiifBmSiirTlferiii 1984 1' ut unions say pact not much closer A nationwide effort to en courage community participation in crime prevention programs is to be demonstrated tonight for an hour. Residents are asked to switch their front door or porch lights on and off at 9 p.m., then talk in front of their houses for an hour with their neighbors on how they can assist each other in preventing cnme and alerting authorities about suspicious persons in the neighborhood. At the end of the hour, residents are asked to switch their lights on and off again, according to the Syosset-based organization, Long Island "Association for Safety in Our Neighborhoods. Grants available Assemblyman Philip Healey (H-Massapequa) has announced that applications are available to community groups for state grant funds of up to $60,000 under the Neighborhood Preservation Crime Prevention Act. The organization must be primarily a volunteer operation engaged in one or more cnme prevention activities, such as neighborhood watch, business watch, tenant and lobby patrols or in programs such as postal alert and I.D.

programs. In terested groups should contact the State Division of Cnminal Justice, Office Of Crime Pre vention, Executive Park Tower, Stuyvesant Plaza, Albany, N.Y. Baseball show Baseball fans of all ages are invited to see a special exhibit "WE WANT to meet. We want to continue talking, because we want to settle this thing," said Daley, "but I can't say that the negotiations have gotten us anywhere." When bargaining broke off two weeks ago, LILCO had offered the employes a package that would have provided a pay "freeze" for the next 18 months and established a 5 reduction in the pay grades of all new employes. The rejected the offer.

Previously, the union had ii fits 4, Daily News, Tuesday, August 7, By MICHAEL HANK AH AN Long Island Lighting Co. representatives and leaders of two unions representing their striking employes yesterday went into the fourth consecutive day of negotiations aimed at ending the 27-day-old walkout. Bargaining resumed at 5 p.m. yesterday in the offices of the Suffolk County Department of Labor in Hauppauge. Robert Swanson, a federal mediator who has been supervising, the talks, said yesterday that he believed that it "was a good sign" that the two sides were still meeting.

Swanson said that he con-: sidered it "reasonable" that LILCO and the unions could By MICHAEL HANRAHAN A formal groundbreaking ceremony was held yesterday at the Kings Park station of the Long Island Rail Road, the first station to be elevated in preparation for the electrification of the Port Jefferson line between Hun tington and Smithtown. The stations are to be raised approximately four feet, to the level of the railroad's cars, to provide safer, faster and more convenient boarding and discharging of passengers, LIRR officials said. Platform elevations also are planned for Greenlawn, Northport and Smithtown stations. LIRR riders now board from ground level and must climb steps into the individual cars they intend to ride. PLANS FOR electrifica tion do not include track elevation.

All street cros sings are to remain at grade level, according to LIRR spokesman Don Malone. The construction plan calls for raising each of the platforms to accommodate six cars in the first phase of the project, which is to be completed before the end of this year and is expected to eliminate all ground-level boarding. The second phase of the project calls for extension of the plaforms to accommodate the standard size 12-car 0 t'i offered to extend the expired contract for a year with no pay raises and no reductions in benefits. The company rejected the union's proposal, and that prompted the walkout that began on July 14. THE COMPANY had been seeking a 5 across-the-board pay cut for all unionized employes and reductions in the health benefits fund.

Last Tuesday, LILCO allowed the employes' hospitalization coverage to lapse from nonpayment of premiums. The employes have a period of 30 days to pick up insurance from their former group plan and pay the premiums themselves. Estimated quarterly costs are $132 for individual coverage and up to $272 for family coverage. brochure being distributed by the MTA, community organizations in Westbury are applauded for the placement of plantings alongside the trackbed at the newly painted station. The village board enlisted the organizations and residents who raised funds for the improvements.

of baseball memorabilia at the Hicksville Public Ubrary at 8 p.m. Thursday. They will be able to hear Michael Klar relate ''stories of such baseball lectibles as the uniforms worn i by. Pete Rose, Tom Seaver and Willie Mays, bats used on memorable occasions signed by Mike Schmidt, Steve Garvey work out a settlement of their contract dispute in the current round of talks. The striking workers are represented by the International.

Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. Local 1049 represents more than 2,200 plant workers, linemen and meter readers; Local 1381 represents 1,700 office and clerical staffers. Donald Daley, the business manager of Local 1381, said, however, that despite the continued meetings over the weekend, "there has been no progress." Long Island Rail Road's Kings trains. The second phase is scheduled to be completed by mid-1985, the spokesman said. Robin Wilson, president of the LIRR, in remarks at the groundbreaking ceremony, said the electrification is part of a five-year $23 million LIRR capitalization program directed by the Met A ''ft' and Rose, and baseballs from several World Series.

iAovies at Ubrary 1 The Levittown Public Library will offer another in its Wednes-. day afternoon series of Short Movies for Small Viewers tomorrow and next week. It will feature "Paddington and The Old Master," "The Remarkable Riderless Runaway Tricycle," "Angus Lost" and "One Kitten for Levittown concert A community concert to celebrate summer is to be held in. Levittown tomorrow at 8:15 p.m., at Veterans Memorial Park, just in front of the library. An evening of big band sounds featuring jazz and contempor- ary music will be presented by the Al Miller Band, ANTHONV CA8ALC DAILY NEV3 Park station, first to be scheduled for elevation.

ropolitan Transportation Authority. THE MTA, meanwhile, has launched an Adopt-A-Station program, inviting local community organizations to participate in the re-vitalization of transit facilities in their neighborhoods. In a six-page color Dance show set The Stony Brook Community Fund's fourth annual Main St. Concert Series will feature a performance by the local Stroud School of Dance on Friday at 8 p.m. at the Village Green in Stony Brook..