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DAILY NEWS, FRIDAY, JULY 2, 1976 rsters Bedsore 0U: HSmse ia Mi By HARRY STATHOS One of the greatest steals of all time Peter Minuit's $24 barter deal with the Indians for Manhattan more than 350 years ago -took place at a spot that, nearly three centuries later, became the site of the U.S. Custom House on Bowline: Gren. The Custom House, now a monument to trade and the sea, was open ato the public yesterday for the first time, and hundreds of visitors streamed into the building, which is a distinguished example of Beaux Arts style of architecture. Only seven stories high, the squat Custom House is said to enclose fully a quarter of te volume of the Empire State Building. Designated as a New York City landmark and a National Register property, the Custom House sits at the foot of Bowling Green, backed against the harbor.

In 1973, the U.S. Customs office was transferred to the World Trade Center. The building on Bowling Green was sdesignated as a landmark and restored. The opening yesterday, part of the culmination of efforts begun several years ago by public-spirited New Yorkers and government officials to devise new uses for the vacant building, which is owned by the U.S. General Services Administration.

fcI think they're doing an excellent job in restoring the Custom House, especially sand-blasting the exterior," said Kathleen Roach, a legal researcher for a downtown law firm, who visited the building on her lunch hour. "I'm very happy to see them restoring the Custom House," said iiSri ks 1111 News photo by Frank Rinse Visitors viewing rotunda in the Custom House at Bowling Green. Building was restored. The building was designed by Cass Gilbert, architect of the Woolworth Building, and completed in 1907. An elliptical marble rotunda with eight collosal murals by Reginal Marsh is just beyond the main hall March, workd for the Treasury Department as an assistant in the Procurement Division and was paid approximately $90 a month.

He executed George DeForest, 80, of Staten Island, a registered represetative on the stock exchange. "It was a shame when they were thinking of tearing it down. I'm glad to see that they realized what a mistake it would have been." Howard Lagville, 56, a ship broker, said: "It's magnificent. I'd like to see the city tear down these modern boxes and put up more buildings like this." the frescoes in a period of weeks In the all of 1937. The frescoes eost tha U.S.

government $1,560. A few years ago, they were appraised at $750,000. The front doors of the U.S. Custom House, until yesterday had been closed since 1974 for security reasons. Customs workers and persons who had business in the building had to use a side, ground-floor entrance.

Race Conn. Yachtsman Is Lost in Michael W. Flanagan, a Connectiut yachtsman who inspired several construction projects, has disappeared while sailing alone across the Atlantic. 4 i A liiieal9 Sexy Suit By STEWART AIN A prisoner who sent for an "Adult Sex Package" that included such books as "Twelve Dirty Little Sex Comics" and "500 Wild Action Photos'" filed suit in Brooklyn federal court yesterday seeking $170,000 from the distributors for the "mental anguish and stress" he has suffered while waiting more than a year for the undelivered material. Or else, the prisoner said, he would except the $6.88 he sent for the sex package, plus "the cost of this suit and plaintiff's time." The prisoner, Charles E.

Harris, has been confined to the Kansas State Penitentiary in Lansing, since june 5, 1975, on charges of unlawful possessio nof a firearm while on parole on theft charges. Harris filed the suit himself, saying that he is "without funds to pay for this action." It names Majestic Distributors of 120 13th Brooklyn, as the distributors of the merchandise. The suit charges that in May 1975, Harris answered an ad for the "Adult Sex Package" and sent $5.88. Two months later, at Majestic's request, Harris said he sent another $1 for postage and handling. The suit states that despite "numerous requests for such merchandise to be sent to him, defendants have refused to do so.

Among the material advertised in the sex package were books entitled: "Group Sex Action," "A-Z Sex Dictionary," "32 Full Color Danish Sex Photos," A spokesman for Majestic Distributors said yesterday that a check of its records revealed that the material had been sent and suggested that the guards may have confiscated it. States for 16 yers, was president of Halcyon Ltd. of Hartford, and Montreal. He lived in Essex, with his wife and three children. A spokesman at his company said that Flanagan first began thinking of sailing alone across the Atlantic in 1960 and decided to enter this year's bicentennial race about 30 months ago.

"He was a very experienced sailor" the spokesman said. "He had sailed all over the worli" The Coast Guard said that the Greek vessel Newa was towing the Galloping Gael 6, but the organizers of the race said that the yacht had sunk after being taken under tow. Eric Tabarly of France sailed across the finish line Wednesday at Newport, R.I., to win the race. About 125 yachts of various sizes had set out from Plymouth, but more than 30 had dropped out during the first week. The Coast Guard said yesterday that his boat, the 38-foot Galloping Gael 6, was found 500 miles southeast of Newfoundland and was taken into tow by a Greek vessel.

There was no one aboard the boat, which Flanagan, 41, was sail ng alone in a single-handed sailbaot race that began June 5 in Plymouth, England. Market Concept One of his construction concepts was The Market, a complex including 30 restaurants and food stores that will serve as the lobby of the headquarters of Citicorp in Manhattan. The complex is scheduled to open in August 1977. Commander Lloyd Foster, secretary of the Royal Western Yacht Club in England, which sponsored the race, speculated that Flanagan fell overboard. Flanagan, a Canadian citizen who had lived in the United Michael W.

Flanagan Called an "experienced Bailor SB ffered They ve 0 a wns or juniffler to mm 0 oys Number to Call Operation Help the Youth is seeking 1,000 to 3,000 volunteers this week to help with the city's many summer Tecreation programs. To volunteer your services, call (212) 566-5954 from 9 a.m. through 5 p.m. Br DONALD SINGLETON Kathy Reynolds, unemployed at the moment, loves working with kids. John Roman just got out of the Navy after a four-year hitch and has the whole summer free before he starts college in September.

Angel Miranda and his girl friend, Nancy Rosado, were looking for something constructive to do together on their summer vaca- Those people, all young, healthy and unable to find jobs, dialed the same number yesterday morning and volunteered their time and energy to help New Turk City's youth recrea terday afternoon, the volunteer center reported that it had not reached the 1,000 level, but hopes were high that the phones would keep ringing today and into next week. Kathy Reynolds, 23, from Flatbush, Brooklyn, was fairly typical of yesterday's volunteers. Kathy, a 1975 graduate of Adelphi University on Long Island, has done tutoring and counseling work in the last year and is now out of work. "I love kids, and have fun working with them," she said. "And, since I.

have nothing better going, I figured what better way to spend the summer?" John Roman, 24, who is from the northeast Bronx, says that the people at the- unemployment office told him. that'- he' could figure on collecting unemployment compensation until his college starting date in September. "I figured I might as well get something '-to keep myself busy," he said. "Maybe one of those jobs on the mobile recreation trucks." -Sandra Martinez, 20, of East Harlem, says that she will use her volunteer work as an adjunct to her child psychology studies at City College. Michael Windom offered his days off from his janitor job "I ran a recreation program for students during my four years at college," he said, "so I figured I'd help out the city when it needed me the most." Officials of Operation Help the Youth reported yesterday that there are still plenty of choice volunteer spots available.

So, if you've been thinking about calling and offering yeur time, and energy, now's the time. New Yorkers have responded to the call for volunteers sounded thi3 week by Operation Help the Youth, a program mounted jointly by the Citizens Committee for New York City, and the Mayor's Voluntary Action Center. The drive has a goal of placing from 1,000 to 3,000 persons in volunteer slots for the summer. As of' yes- tion programs nia summer. Miny an i jonn ana Angei ana Nancy wer i ot alone -'hundreds of.