April 21, 1985

White Plains has surely set the commercial-development pace for the rest of Westchester County, but some observers think the city's stark new office buildings have brought a coldness to its central business district. In an effort to break that pattern, the designer of the first building of a two-building office complex has given it such features as a Gothic- styled roofline, a ground-level colonade and facade setbacks that create balconies.

The Yankees were pleased that Mike Pagliarulo returned to their lineup yesterday, but the Cleveland Indians were not happy at all with the absence of Julio Franco from theirs. Pagliarulo, who had not played since April 11 because of an ailing right side and a series of left-handed starting pitchers, rapped the first pitch to him in the game for a three- run double that powered the Yankees to a 5-2 victory over the Indians. There were no pitches to Franco, because he was not at Yankee Stadium. The Indians were not pleased about that, because Franco was leading the American League in batting average, .516, and on-base percentage, .564, and was fourth in slugging percentage, .742.

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DESPITE a period of economic expansion for Suffolk County, a tax protest by the Long Island Lighting Company and looming reductions in Federal revenues have brought a mood of austerity to county government. Faced with Lilco's continued withholding of $81 million in taxes owed on the Shoreham nuclear power plant, and a possible loss of up to $25 million in Federal funds next year, County Executive Peter F. Cohalan has called upon county department heads to make contingency plans for budget reductions of up to 20 percent for 1986. Mr. Cohalan and the department heads say that reductions of that size, if they are enacted next fall, might mean layoffs among the county's 11,400 employees and service reductions more befitting the economically troubled days of the mid-1970's, when the financial crisis over the Southwest Sewer District project threatened to bankrupt the county. The alternative to the current situation, according to Deputy County Executive Howard C. DeMartini, is increasing county taxes to tide Suffolk over during a tight period that most officials think will be temporary. But the expectation is that the 18 members of the County Legislature, most of whom are expected to run for re-election in November, will join in the call for austerity rather than seek higher taxes.

A sprawling 33-year-old complex in Flushing, Queens, that had grown seedy in recent years is being revived and will be converted to cooperative ownership. The complex, the former Campus Hall Apartments, is next to Queens College between Main Street and Kissena Boulevard.