Newsday (Nassau Edition) from Hempstead, New York • 10

Village Cinema Gets New Look Hempstead moviegoers like it Judith Lynch a teacher with the Salvation Army Day Care Center just two blocks away along with two other teachers brought in about 50 children for the first showing of the latter film She said the theater is excellent for the center since it is within walking distance and they plan to bring other groups of children throughout the summer Merline Campbell of Hempstead left early in the evening saying she had gone to the movie directly from work very was her verdict But she said the paint smell was bothersome One of the managers of theater Yogi Hyland said that while attendance had been fairly slow during the day it began to pick up early in the evening and he 1 better things later last night By Sid Cassese STAFF WRITER A smell of paint wood varnish and popcorn permeated the air around Hempstead's new Village Cinema 7 the opening day for the theater refurbished at village and private expense Larry and Jo-Ella Mitchell who arrived at the theater about 6:15 pm were not sure what film they wanted to see They expressed pleasure at the site needs something like this especially for the said Jo-Ella Mitchell Prior to the reopening of the site for movies the last movie to open here was That was in 1972 at the old Calderone Theater Thomas Sawyer of Springfield Garden Queens who left after Beeing Weapon said he had been a visitor to the old Calderone is one hundred percent he Baid The aim of the project was to restore the movie house to its glory days of the early 1950s when it was the biggest and most beautiful on Long Island Using federal community development money the village gave Village Cinema Circuit a grant of $200000 and a 10-year $300000 loan at 9 percent interest Village Cinema kicked in $800000 for the project Although and the had been billed as the primary attraction on one of the seven screens at the North Franklin Street emporium the most popular for children was i still some work being done Allen Pinskey president ofVillage Cinema Circuit called it Officials noted that to the benefit the building will return to the tax rolls and can anchor a mqjor revitalization effort in that area of the vil- The movie house has two large theaters upstairs and five smaller ones downstairs The total seating capacity will be about 2000 The movie house will be open from noon to midnight every day and officials vow it will be a secure area Pinskey said his group is negotiating with the Lions of Allah a local security agency that has been praised for its work at the 400-unit Terrace Avenue Apartments and at the Hempstead Bus Terminal NemdqrK Wifes Hempstead Mayor James Gamer left chats with Salvation Army Day Care Center teachers and children while they wait to see a movie at the refurbished cinema 6 Put Bite on Feds Say By Robert Kessler STAFF WHITER fast-food outlets in the metropolitan area were arrested yesterday by federal postal inspectors They were charged in federal District Court in Brooklyn yesterday with mail fraud wire fraud obstruction of justice interstate transportation of stolen property and illegally structuring bank deposits to avoid IBS reporting rules in connection with an elaborate kick-back scheme that siphoned off $1 million The Hamburglar part of their gang but six people have been arrested by federal agents on charges of stealing $1 million from one of largest franchisees The six including two former executives at Twenty First Century Carp which operates 40 Ushers Get New Name Deal The 1 million had been added to the cost of renovating Twenty First outlets in the metropolitan area according to Andrew Maloney attorney for the Eastern District Twenty First Century with offices in Secaucus and Englewood NJ had undertaken an extensive renovation of its between 1987 and 1990 according to Maloney1 The fast-food outlets are located in Long Island New -York City Westchester County and New Jersey 1 Those charged according to court documents were: Joseph IaBianca of 42 Sunset Rd South Albertson a former vice president of Twenty First and Michael Malpiedi 48 of 54 Mackey Ave Port Washington the construction manager for the franchisee Also charged were four of relatives: Stephen Delli Bovi of 37 Plympton Ave Roslyn who is married to niece Robert Goldfine 57 of Cow Neck Rd Port Washington brother-in-law and Delli Bovi's father-in-law Lucille Malpiedi Goldfine 53 wife and Malpiedi sister and Linda Citrynell who also uses the name' Linda Drost of 85-17 167th St Queens Several Long Island subcontractors who worked on the renovations of the restaurants were required to inflate their bills and kick back the inflated amount to Malpiedi and IiaBianca according to federal postal inspector John McDermott who conducted the investigation along with Assistant US Attorney Stanley Okula The six pleaded not guilty at arraignment before UJ3 Magistrate Michael Orenstein and were released on bail of up each Members of Local 366 Ushers and Ticket-Takers Union approved the new three-year contract Thursday night union president Tom Garrett said yesterday The contract gives them a $341-a-game pay increase to $5825 a game this year and two percent increases in each of the next two years The Yankees cut the number of ushers and changed their functions to pay for an increase in security guards after baseball commissioner Peter Ueberroth said in 1987 that unlike other cities people be comfortable sending their 9-year-old daughters to the bathrooms in Shea and Yankee Stadiums By William Murphy STAFF WRITER New York Ushers at Yankee Stadium have accepted a new union contract that safes their jobs but their ranks have been thinned to a fraction of their former size While there were 130 ushers four years ago there will be 12 this year 11 next year and 10 the year after that And not called ushers anymore because they usher patrons to their eats much less dust them ofTas ushers usually do at baseball parks called seating directors and they stand in central locations and point people in the general direction of their seats I I 9.