November 29, 1987

LEAD: Thirty-five years ago, long before apartment ownership took hold in New York City, a small group of residential cooperatives in Queens formed a support group, the Federation of New York Housing Cooperatives.

LEAD: The Reagan Administration, preparing for a crucial vote on renewed aid to the Nicaraguan rebels early next month, is trying to determine if Congress will allow a requested $30 million for non-lethal supplies to be used for helicopters and military training, according to officials in the White House and

LEAD: BARBARA and Joseph Suarez started life with very little money. But late last year, when they decided to retire and move to Florida, they found that their house in Westchester County - for which they had paid $50,000, 20 years before - was worth close to $300,000. Between that and some savings, they had a lump sum of $325,000.

LEAD: BEHIND the esoteric acronyms and intricate statistics that dominate the Soviet-American negotiations on arms control, there stands a psychological equation, one so delicate that it seems strangely out of place amid the awesome power of mutual destruction held by the leaders in Washington and Moscow.

LEAD: The presidents of eight Latin American countries, meeting here for their first conference held without the participation of the United States, agreed today that Cuba should be invited to rejoin regional organizations from which it has been excluded for more than two decades.

LEAD: All week long, the talk leading up to today's game between Miami and Notre Dame centered on the last meeting between the teams. Two years ago, Miami stomped the Irish by 51 points, and memories of that were supposed to fuel Notre Dame's bid for an upset.

LEAD: Twenty-two months after the collapse of the Duvalier family dictatorship, Haitians vote Sunday in their first presidential election in 30 years.

LEAD: I HAD just finished interviewing Henry Roth, the author of ''Call It Sleep,'' when as if by some dramatic design, a large, flat package was delivered to his New York hotel room. It was an advance copy of Mr. Roth's first book in 53 years, ''Shifting Landscape,'' a complete collection of his shorter writings along with many excerpts from letters and interviews, lovingly assembled by his gifted Italian translator, Mario

LEAD: LEADERS of the County Board of Legislators are predicting approval for County Executive Andrew P. O'Rourke's new proposal to expand the passenger facilities at the County Airport, but angry opponents of the plan are vowing to go to court to block any construction.

LEAD: WHEN John K. Kittredge retired as an insurance executive early this month, he and his wife, Betty, sold their home in Summit, N.J., and moved, not to Florida or Arizona, but to Chapel Hill, N.C., a town with which they had no ties.

LEAD: Two gigantic building projects proposed for the West Side of Manhattan have prompted a groundswell of opposition so broad and deep that a number of urban experts and politicians say it has changed the way New Yorkers look at their skyline and feel about their government.

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