Newsday (Nassau Edition) from Hempstead, New York • 28

CHROME THNGS CHROME 11 THNGS CHROME 'N THNQS CHROME THINGS CHROME 1 THNGS 1 COLUMBUS DAY SALEATHON 1 1 otfSK FLOOR SAMPLE CLEARANCE ''brass CHROME LAMPS LIGHTING FIXTURES CHAIRS TABLES LEATHER COUal JJ yJO' Ietapres sculpture mirrors clocks paintings uthos luote and much MORE Rezoning Assailed In Rockville Centre Rockville Residents say the character of their neighborhood will change if the village board grants a soning variance to' a firm seeking to build a nursing home and health-related fadlity on the southeast corner of Center and Maine Avenues The firm of Stackler Frank and Gold has asked the village board to resme the site from residential use to special urban renewal so it can build a facility to accommodate 200 persons "This area is fast losing its residential quality which we would like to see maintained" said Myra Freedman one of 18 residents on Park-wood Court near the proposed development They have petitioned Mayor Leonard Sandel to support their fight against a soning change She said residents are afraid the home could bring increased traffic and congestion and lead to the construction of similar buildings Saidel said the board has not decided whether it thould grant the variance in the procCj of Sandel said "I have indicated very clearly no decision will be made in private As far aa IYn concerned we have not come to any Representatives of Stackler Frank and Gold could not be reached for comnppt Cross Incident in NHP New Hyde A 6-foot wooden cross its edges scorched was found on the fence behind the home of a white family in a predominantly white neighborhood yesterday police said Police said that the house owned by Albert and Janet Deiso at 614 11th Ave backs up to the Long Island Rail Road tracks and that a path along the tracks is regularly used by children walking home from echoed The cross with a three-foot horizontal bar was made of the kind of wood often used in crates or on pallets and was thrust into the top of the stockade fence police said "I have no idea who could have done Mrs Deiso said had no problems with our neighbors Maybe it was kids who did it as a prank It waa a little frightening hearing and reading so much about cross-burnings There nave been about a half dozen cross burnings in Nassau and Suffolk and police have wiada arrests in several cases Bin Deiso said that she and her husband who is a captain at Rikers Island Correctional Facility and their three children have lived at the 11th Avenue address for eight years f-sli iVL is Dealing IN MAKHASSET BmMc Mi BKkkng A mar SO al top Mttts Columbus Dsy SpseW 499 compim mpM moeHSiHc anwl HI ChmmIMp AMBA WATERBEDS LTDl Manufacturers at Quality Sleep Products Saia In Stack Sams Only 1180 Northern Hvd 288 Wat OfttoM ftL 5 MANHASSETLL 9119 HUNTHGirMSa 2 1 Mock gppiVM Mima Shop Qr 5 Ms (516) 627-7343 (516) 549-9440 8 CHROME 'N THINGS CHROME THINGS CHROME THNGS CHROME THNGS CHROME THNGS NEWSOAY THURSDAY OCTOBER 4 1879 Legal Modes msMgYogpuffiow A Song for LIRR Safety East City-bound commuters were greeted at the Centre Avenue Long Island Rail Road station yesterday morning by A Commercial for sung by about 50 third-to fifth-grade students at the Centre Avenue ftliml The children whose schoolyard abuts the right-of-way were taking part in a railroad rousing safety demonstration and admonished adults that we learn from The Parent-Teacher Association at the school has been trying to pi the LIRR to improve safety at four gram crossings With few exceptions the railroad haa said it believes present precautions are adequate The PTA also has been concerned with the high speed of trains deadheading through the community and what it considers inadequate warning signals at the crossings The LIRR has said it will install rubberised panels soon to level the track area at the Cmtre Avenue crossing but has not said when the other crossings also might be upgraded Station Being Upgraded The Long Island Rail Road has begun a $525000 project to extend the platfbrma at its New Hyde Park station so passengers will be able to get on and off trains more easily When the construction is completed in about four months the platforms will be able to accom- z1 modate 10-car trains railroad spokesman Donald Melons said Currently only four eastbound cars and eight westbound cars open onto the platform he said Laying down longer concrete platforms necessitate some renovation of the Nation building' he' Baidi'j' wy.