Newsday (Suffolk Edition) from Melville, New York • 9

NO MONEY DOWN Start Payments Feb 1st $14 Million State Lien Tangles LIRR Property in Legal Snafu New York 'I lie slate which nailed a SI 400jM0 lien on tlie Icn" IsIjikI Riil Road oil Monday followed lip its official action yesterday with an explanation that promised a legal nightmare- Attorney General Nathaniel titled to the net proceeds of ail Goldstein added teiscly that his Goldstein said that the state is en- explanation meant there was ion of whether the sales were mad before or after the claim was The attorney general went on to say that the three firms that bought ihe Queens plots for a total of believed that when they bought the pfoieiiy it wus with a fire and Clear title" the stale Intends do pres its SHfHiOioO claim right through the courts" he warned should the railroad eventually tie unable to reiny its debt to the state in cash the state will have to obtain the money from the railroad propel ty In effect the state maintains It has a first mortgage on this projierty" The LIRR legal department had no comment yesterday on either the state's lien or the new problem that had been added to (hose already in its files railroad property including the $210000 the bankrupt line git for three piece of Queens property last August If the railroad hand over the money the attorney general declared then state maintains It has a first mortgage on this property" This is the point at which legal complications set in The stale old 'iiitcd a lien in HrixikJyn federal Court only Monday for the SI I-000000 which It sns (he road's share of (trade cros-ung elimination work during the past 21 yeais Its claim gives it the right to collect its before other credit oi However although the official action was not taken until this week the state also maintains that ha had a lien eer since ft first advanced money far gtade crossing elimination" In case the railroad had any doubts about the position These new Wittnauer watche are outstanding for style and value VARSII for men VARSITY CO ED for ladies Wonderful timekeepers and ideal as gifts Handsome matching bracelets Guaranteed by Longmes-Wittnauer JJ- I ty Nathaiiiel Goldstein Puts Hite on LIRR iw jfc I w) If RR Denies Plea to Close 3 Depots Jamaica The Long Island Rail Road categorically denied today that it lias asked the Public Service Commission for permission to abandon three Xasviu stations It declined however to state whether it had any intention of abandoning the stations in the future It was erroneously reported r- WTTTNAl'KR Ao VARSITY CORD TTTNAt'FR VAfcMTY $45 ik llieri-f Hi so mll S3975 fi no Wi-ikly $45 if Brerelet Cord morfr Prices include Federel Tet $39-73 $1 00 Weekly first by the erroneous report that the LIRR was going to ask for immediate abandonment a petition began to circulate among the reported 401 commuters who use the station against the move either now or in the future Mrs Devereux Lord of 6 Merit- Ion Ave said that the commuters would have to use the Nassau Boulevard Station a mile away if the Merillon depot is dosed Site said the change would increase lie riding time and that the stiift of commutera would crowd pinking facilities at Nassau Boulexuid YOUR CREDIT IS GOOD AT WOOD'S THE KING OF DIAMONDS" uujBJigB3FJ Shrink Auditorium of New Dist 13 School MM r1 In another Nassau daily newspaper on Monday that the LIRR had asked the PSC to permit it to abandon the Atlantic Ave Station in Kast Rockaway the In-won Station and the Merlllun Ave Station in Garden City A railroad spokesman declared that While Report a survey ordeied for the benefit of the Pennsylvania Railroad recommended the abandonment of the three Nassau Stations but the Long Island is not committed to carry out the recommendations of the White Report" He pointed out that the Nov 30 hearing scheduled by the PSC concerns the abandonment of the Cedar Manor and Iligbie Ave stations both In Queens But whether or not the railroad would ask the PSC to allow the Long Island to dump the three Nassau stations in the future the spokesman wouldn't say Just in case It should however residents of Garden City who use the Merilhm Ave station are getting ready to do battle Spurred LOUIE TMtt Vi OHCflXCAMOS rOtmO He asserted that even more school fori Hies than are included in the building under construction will be needed in the district soon Trust Fred Hoppler Jr asserted that he had investigated the problem and found that 330 seats would be sufficient for the school and that one auditorium could serve the entire district He declared that it was program to which all the children would go at one time" Despite Mumniert's protest the board decided it would have to "cut expenditures by limiting the sie of the auditorium using the money saved for landscaping" Valley The School District 13 board of education follow ing a heated dispute last night voted to decrease the size of the auditorium In the school under construction from 7U0 to 300 seats The board voted 4 to 2 in favor of the change The verbal feud broke out during a meeting in the Wheeler Ave School when a motion was brought up to decrease the number of seats and (o use the funds saved for additional landscaping Ira Mummert district principal raised a cry of educational delinquency He said that reducing the size of the auditorium would limit the educational bene fits to pupils 284 FULTON AYE HEMPSTEAD GLEN ST GLEN COVE 14 WEST MAIN ST I 72 MAIN ST I 0 I HUNTINGTON I Gi TIME SIGNALS OVER WHLI EVERT HOUR ON THE HOUR tv By Harry Hanan 'ViMeSi acssacsi Bank-plan PERSONAL LOANS S50 TO 5000 a Stickup Pair Get $100 at Mineola Mitieoin- Antonio Oliva of the Bronx night attendant at the Para-Marine filling atation at $6 Jericho Turnpike was preparing to rhe the station at 12:05 AM tod iy when a young man walked In asked for a gallon of antifreeze and pulled a gun on Oliva as the attendant turned around Olixa told Dot John Marshut of 1 lie Third Squad that the youth was "well-spoken" about 2rt-years-clri He seized $100 in bill from the rath register and dashed out to a aiting car It was dnven by another man whom the attendant could not describe Oliva said the psr drove off on Jericho Turnpike going west He added that the holdup man had blond hair and was wearing a red check Jacket ItEPAYAME IN 21 MONTHLY PAYMENTS sTiYici: i 1 ifSJJ' Wednesday November 23 1949.