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IIII1IIIIIII(IItPATRICIA MOLLOY has been appointed ProgramDirector of the Heights and Hill Community Council.Ms. Molloy brings to the program for senior citizensextensive experience in social work, including, mostrecently, a position as social worker with BrooklynCumberland Hospital. She was graduated fromBrooklyn College and received a Master%u2019s degree inSocial Work from Hunter College.LICH NAMES CUTLER: %u2014 Dr. Seymour S. Cutler hasbeen named chief of the Division of PulmonaryDiseases at Long Island College Hospital. A member ofthe hospital%u2019s attending staff since 1944, Cutler is aspecialist in the field of pulmonary disease and aClinical Associate Professor of Medicine at theDownstate Medical Center. He is a graduate of theUniversity of Vermont and its Medical School. Aresident of Flatbush, Dr. Cutler is married and thefather of three children.C utler O u e n n a u ltALFRED J. QUENNAULT has been named directorof the instructional resources center at New York CityCommunity College. A major task he faces is theconstruction at the college%u2019s newest building of a multimedia installation that includes a closed-circuittelevision screen on one wall of each classroom.The new building, an eight-story structure thathoused a %u201ctop secret%u201d Navy sonar research laboratoryduring World War II, is being completely refurbishedto contain 24 classrooms, 18 laboratories, a 220-seatlecture hall, and offices.D anielsDr. John N. Edison, director of the department ofmedicine at the Long Island College Hospital, willreceive an Appreciation Award at the Sixth AnnualAppreciation Day Dinner of the Red Hook ChristianMethodist Episcopal Church and the King-KennedyCommunity Center on April 1. Dr. Edson and Dr.James Gordon of the Red Hook Health Center wereselected Physicians of the Year; George Lawrence,vice president of the Equitable Federal Saving andLoan Bank and president of the Brooklyn Division ofthe New York City Council of Churches, Church-Manof-the-Year. Mr. Willie Daniels, the first black man tobecome a member of the New York Stock Exchangewill receive the Business Achievement Award.Mr. George Seedman, president of the Times SquareStores was named Merchant-of-the-Year; and Mr.Cesar Perales, executive director of the Puerto RicanLegal Defense Fund, Lawyer of the Year.fAf /xi ifnfo r* %u2014. 1 %u2014 ...211 U _ 1------------.1 1 %u00ablp w p t Vf III UV UUlA/1 CU W illi dJJIpreciation awards, including Helen Barbour, Red HookMother-of-the-Year. Father-of-the-Year is MichaelCarbajal, Jr.; Woman-of-the-Year, Nancy Gooding,and Man-of-the-Year, Mr. Jose %u201cTuffy%u201d Sanchez.The Number One Good Gu., of Red Hook is Mr. OlinLyle.Kickoff for Wittich Council CampaignBrooklyn Heights reform Democrats gathered at the Montague St. headquarters of the West Brooklyn Independent Democrats to officially kick-off the Heights campaign for Robert Wittich, who is challenging Fred Richmond for City Council. More than 200 people attended the brunch to honor Wittich. Among those present who participated in the program were: (l-r) Assemblyman Michael Pesce; Assemblyman Stephen Solarz, reform candidate for Borough President; Wittich; West Brooklyn club president Martin Connor; Peter G. Eikenberry, who ran for Congress in 1968 against Richmond and John Rooney, and who nearly defeated Rooney in 1970; and State Senator Carol Bellamy.Candidate Will UnitePoor, Middle ClassBY CORRINE COLEMANRuth Lerner, Brooklyn%u2019sCouncilwoman-at-Large, hasdecided to move from her threeand-a-half-year council post as%u201cthe only voice in Brooklyn tooppose the connection between theborough regulars and the Lindsayorganization%u201d to seek theDemocratic nomination forBrooklyn Borough President.Believing in the Brooklynrenaissance which die feels will besolidified by championship of theborough%u2019s middle class and thebeginning gathering together of thevarious racial and religiousgroups, she sees the role ofborough chief as an assumption ofthat advocacy.Accusing past BrooklynPresidents %u201cfrom Cashmore toStark to Leone%u201d of providingpassive ceremonial leadership, ofacting as plaque receivers %u2014plaque givers %u2014 ribbon cutters,rather than as fighters or administrators, the councilwomanbelieves she can continue andfurther the positive position whichshe says she has begun to assumeu ~ ~ ~ ~ %u00ab r i t %u2014 : ______ i____* *m v v u u o v u%u00bb t i l l lilV U lllD C lll adefault.%u201cMy constituency has come as aresult of their being turned awayby Leone,%u201d Lerner says, pointingto the City University women whohad been looking for a politicalspokesman in behalf of their fightfor equal opportunity. Told byLeone that their problem was notin his province, the women approached the Councilwoman whotook on their cause. Again, CUNYstaff sought leadership when increments due them were held up.Ruth < LernertOrganizing the teachers towardpressuring the powers at the sametim p ac chp inh*nHnmw|l o rooAluiriA^demanding that CUNY bargain ingood faith, she was able to get 27co-sponsors for the bill. Though shewas by-passed at the last momentby Council Majority LeaderThomas Cuite, the resolution, thus%u201cwatered down,%u201d was, however,passed.Feeling that the borough%u2019smiddle class population, particularly the cooperators in Mitchell Lama housing, has receivedshort shrift from the presentBrooklyn head in combatting theHousing Development Administration%u2019s uncaring attitude,Lerner has been a constant workerin their cause. Citing the attempt toget the Mitchell Lama group todouble verify their incomestatements and then to allowrelease of information by thefinance administration (unnecessary in other housing set-ups)the Councilwoman was able to pass%u201cIntro 895,%u201d which says, %u201cnopenalty %u2014 no raise in rents, nosurcharge shall be placed oncooperators who waive release ofthe information.%u201d Explaining theHD A attitude as implying that thecity sponsored co-op residents arecheaters, she, rather, feels that themiddle class contributes more thanit gets. %u201cThe borough tax base isbasically middle class,%u201d she notes.Leone did not come through till thevery end, she says, when he sent aletter asserting support of thelegislation.----- %u2014l j - l%u00ab U4 tm ig UVUVi o itiv tu i 10 n iu v uthe Borough President refused toacknowledge as belonging to him,Lerner mentions the agency for thechildren with hearing handicapswhich she was able to getestablished through the citycouncil and the board of educationSeek City Funding HereAn additional $40 million in theproposed 1973-74 capital budget hasbeen requested for expenditures inBrooklyn, including $500,000 fordredging the northern or nonI navigable portion of the Gowanuscanal.In making this request, BoroughPresident Sebastian Leone said theGowanus Canal, due to'- its unsanitary condition, constituted %u201capublic health menace of majorproportions.%u201d He pointed out thatdie canal was last dredged in 1949when it was under the jurisdictionof the Borough President%u2019s office.The BP said that requests foreducational improvements included funds to advancedevelopment of a new BaruchCollege in Brooklyn; and a $10.7million appropriation for theconstruction of I.S. 383 at Greeneand Myrtle Aves.Other recommended ex %u00adpenditures include a $4 millionaddition to PS 27, Hicks, Columbiaand Nelson; renovation of theM o to r is ts , p e d e s tr ia n s ,policemen and firemen will behappy to learn that the parkingproblem which has plagued TheHeights for years will soon bealleviated. Councilman Fred Richmond announced last week that theCity Council Finance Committeehas allocated $2 million for thecentral library $175,000; a parkinggarage at Fulton and PierrepontSts., $2.4 million; $200,000 for theProspect Park Senior Center andGowanus Canal dredging $500,000.Other funds were appropriatedfor rehabilitation of playgroundsand civic construction repairs.construction of a multi-levelMunicipal Parking Garage atPierrepont and Fulton Sts.The Councilman revealed thatthe new facility should accommodate more than 500 cars andwould operate on a 24-hour basis.The garage is expected to becompleted in two years.Council Help on Parking GarageContinued on Page 12