July 9, 1989

LEAD: WHEN Forest City Enterprises began buying farmland in this suburb east of Cleveland in the early 70's, it anticipated continued demand for new housing. After nearly 20 years, its 900 acres of countryside are being transformed into the largest planned development in Summit County.

LEAD: President Bush, who leaves for Poland today, can expect an enthusiastic, emotional welcome there and in Hungary, which he is to visit later in the week. Poles and Hungarians, many of whom have ardently sought to shed the Soviet mold, see Mr. Bush's visit as a symbol of acceptance by the Western democracies.

LEAD: Spike Lee's new film, ''Do the Right Thing'' - which depicts racial tensions on the hottest day of the summer in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, ending with the killing of a black man by the police and a riot - has generated considerable discussion about its portrayal of blacks, racism and violence.

LEAD: IN light of the state's labor shortage, employers have begun to turn to a largely untapped pool of potential workers - the disabled. Advances in computer technology are enabling many people whose disabilities previously precluded entry or re-entry into the work force to perform a variety of jobs as well as able-bodied workers.

LEAD: Alfred Weissman, a Yonkers developer, knew firsthand about the problems disabled people have finding apartments with the built-in safety features they need and want to make their lives safer and more comfortable.