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i~ ~ ~ ~~ ii iiim n riT -\ni r i r r > %u2014 i t i ' ~ i iti iNewsbriefs:Enterprises Sellat Market PlaceDisplay booths, food and drink, and a guest speaker were the order of business at this fall's Market Place, an event sponsored by the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce on October 4.Held at the Union Temple, at 17 Eastern Parkway opposite Grand Army Plaza, the Market Place gave enterprises like Brooklyn Union Gas (BUG), Brooklyn Press, Inc., and Pratt Institute a chance to sell themselves via booths and exhibits.A buffet-style luncheon with guest speaker Peter J. Solomon, recently appointed deputy mayor for economic policy and development, was held afterwards, complete with hot and cold catered food.During his speech, Solomon stressed the need for private and public businesses to work together since of the 190,000 businesses in the city, approximately 170,000 are private merchants.The Chamber also presented Fred Rider with an award for his major involvement in BUG%u2019s Cinderella program.Community PlanBoards MeetCommunity Planning Board Six will meet Wednesday, October 18, at 6 p.m. in the third floor courtroom in Borough Hall.Community Planning Board 2 will hold its monthly meeting Thursday, October 12, at Borough Hall in the third-floor courtroom, 6 p.m.5th Ave.Committee Receives GrantPark Slope%u2019s Fifth Avenue Committee has received a $25,000 grant from the New York State Division of Housing and Community Renewal, the committee announced last week.The grant stems from the division%u2019s Neighborhood Preservation Companies Program and will be used to hire tenant organizing staff.Budget PassedThe State Assembly has passed a $83.14 million supplemental state budget, which includes money for a Gowanus Canal Development Project and the Brooklyn Educational and Cultural Alliance (BECA).'The Canal Project will receive $100,000. State Senator Martin Connor said the money will go to the newly-formed Gowanus Canal Development Corporation. The GCCDC will provide technical assistance to local residents, and will operate in the industrial park bordering the Gowanus Canal.%u201cThe GCCDC is the start of a new life for the South Brooklyn w aterfront,%u2019%u2019 said Connor, who pointed out that over the past 15 years the Brooklyn waterfront has suffered the loss of some 30,000 jobs due to the decline of shipping and related industries.* The budget also allocated $220,000 to BECA, which serves the entire downtown community, offering educational and cultural programs, materials, and services. It is composed of representatives of nine area groups, including theBrooklyn Academy of Music and the Long Island Historical Society.The Brooklyn Botanical Gardens was allocated $50,000, and the Educational Opportunity Center received $28,000.%u2014G. F.Board 13 MeetsCommunity School Board 13 will hold a general meeting on Tuesday, October 17, at 7:30 p.m. at P S. 20, 225 Adelphi Street.B%u2019klyn Availablefor Federal LoansBrooklyn has been designated as a Redevelopment Area by the U.S. Department of Commerce, making it eligible for millions of dollars in federal loan guarantees for industrial expansion, commercial revitalization and job training.Victor A. Hausner, deputy assistant secretary of the Commerce Department, said that priorities during the first year after the designation on September 29 will include development of the Red Hook containerport and modernizing the borough%u2019s outdated truck routing.These and other proposals like the reusing of the Brooklyn Army Terminal, were formulated by a 77 member committee of public and private interests as Brooklyn%u2019s Overall Economic Development Program, which was approved by the Commerce Department after if was submitted in July.Register to VoteLocal voter registration for the November 7 election will be held October 12 and 14 from 1 to 9 p.m. in all polling places. Call the League of Women Voters at 677-5050 for the address of your polling place.Rent ControlLaw ChallengedIn a decision that could ultimately affect one million tenants, a Brooklyn Supreme Court justice has agreed to hold a trial on new challenges to the constitutionality of the city%u2019s rent control law.Justice Franklin Morton, Jr. ordered a trial to decide if the rent control law, originally designed as a temporary measure, has become permanent after years in existence. If so, the law could be struck down for illegally depriving landlords of their property rights. The same issue has previously been litigated at the local and appellate levels without success. But two years ago, the state%u2019s highest court, the Court of Appeals, held the %u201c question open for future review ,%u2019%u2019 and specifically noted that rent controls %u201cought not achieve a statute of permanence in our economy.%u201dIn the new case, filed by the Benson Realty Corp., Justice Morton said that the firm had made \persuasive case as to the infirmities of rent control%u201d in its pretrial papers. Morton refused, however, to strike down the law by declarative judgment. To do so, he said, %u201c would create an irreparably chaotic situation in the housing field.%u201dBenton Realty originally filed the case in the New York Civil Court, and won a decision against rent control. The Brooklyn Appellate Division voided the decision, saying that the Civil Court lackedIT WAS A FAIRSUNDAY: last weekas localneighborhoodscelebrated thelandmarkdesignation ofFt. Greene (left) andthe ColumbusCourt Streetfestival (below).Both celebrationstook place undersunny skys andnippy w eather%u2014and mark the last ofthe %u201coutdoor%u201dfestival season.jurisdiction to decide the constitutionality of a state law.But in its decision, the Appellate Division said the evidence submitted to the Civil Court had established a total breakdown of rent control and its administration.The state legislature passed the basic rent control law in 1943 as a %u201ctemporary emergency%u201d measure.Morton ordered both sides in the case to prepare %u201c expeditiously%u201d for trial, and said he would set a date following the filing of additional papers.%u2014R. C.Eastern PkyDesignatedScenic LandmarkEastern Parkway, a 107 year old roadway extending from Grand Army Plaza to Ralph Avenue, was designated a scenic landmark by the Board of Estimate, on September 28.The tree-lined road was built in 1871 by Frederick Law Olmstead and Calvert Vaux, designers of Central and Prospect Parks. The two wanted the wide parkway and adjoining side arteries to provide an open setting in an otherwise residential area.According to Brooklyn Borough President Howard Golden, a member of the Board of Estimate, %u201c The continued preservation and maintenance of this unique thoroughfare and promenade will help to anchor the brownstone blocks and commercial streets in its neighboring communities, including Crown Heights.%u201dN . Y . P . D .TWO FROM THE HEIGHTS:Two thrill-seekers plunged from the middle of the Brooklyn Bridge September 30 into the East River, resulting in the hospitalization of one youth and the disappearance of his companion. At 5 p.m. Saturday Mark Geaney, 20, address unknown, and Bruce Grama, 16, jumped off the Bridge after considerable planning and research. Geaney, who was rescued by the police%u2019s Harbor Unit, said that both he and Grama had planned the jump so that when the diving duo entered the water it would be high tide. Geaney was hospitalized at Beekman Hospital and released later in the week with a fractured rib, and Grama is presumed to be dead. Geaney said he has jumped off serveral bridges in the past and intends to do so in the future.A BLOCK AWAY: Police arrested Emmanuel Vizcarrondo, 27, of San Pedro, California at 12:45 a.m. on September 29 for the attempted robbery of a 14 year-old at the corner of Bergen Street and Flatbush Avenue. The Californian was apparently unaware that the 78th precinct headquarters is located a block away from the corner. Leaving the precinct on routine patrol officer Tietgen saw the two on the corner, apprehended Vizcarrondo, and charged him with attempted robbery.ALLEGED DOPE: Officer Skrzypek arrested C^rmelo Perez, 180 Fifth Avenue, on September 29 at 1:45 am for the criminal possession of alleged heroin. Skrzypek followed Perez, from the corner of Doulas Street and Fifth Avenue before collaring him at 605 Seventh Avenue.GOOD GUY DIDN'T WIN: asupposed Good Samaritan wftq had told police he had come to the aid of a Borough Park electrician slain by two unknown assailants has now been arrested for the murder.Fifty-five year-old Martin Jampolsky was heading for his 359 MacDonald Avenue home at 1:20 a.m. on October 2 on his way home from work when he was stabbed to death while taking a shortcut through the playground of PS 230 on McDonald Avenue between Caton Avenue and Albermarle Road. Police who arrived on the scene were told by Frank Gagliorda, 18, 4 Seeley Place, that two unidentified Hispanics had attacked Jampolsky and that Gagliorda, who said he saw the robbery taking place ran to the electrician%u2019s aid. Police found Jampolsky dead on the scene from stab wounds to the chest and back and the dead man%u2019s wallet and some cash nearby. Gagliorda himself had been stabbed in the hand. According to Detective Louis Kelly of 10th Homicide the investigation team became suspicious of Gagliorda when local residents told them they had seen only one assailant fleeing the scene. Kelly said that other circumstances convinced them that the apparent would-be rescuer was in fact the murdererO c to b e r 12, 1978, THE PHOENIX, P a g e 11