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Phoenix Story BringsDoctor%u2019s AssistanceTo Robbery VictimsBY LYNNE GRIFOThe case of a robbery at the Pierrepont Hotel of an elderly couple by thieves posing as workers from the Heights Hill Community Council is going to have a happy ending after all, thanks to a thoughtful PHOENIX reader.On April 19, the PHOENIX carried a story of an unsuspecting elderly couple living at the Pierrepont Hotel who were victimized by two young women posing as lunch program volun teers from the First Presbyterian Church, one of ine pariicipanis in ine Council's program to reach senior citizens scattered throughout the Heights.The women used the name of the Church to gain entrance to the couple%u2019s apartment, then robbedthem of $300 that had been saved toward the cost of a needed eye operation for the wife. It had taken months of scrimping and saving to put the money together, and the couple gave up hopes of being able to again save to pay for the operation.However, among PHOENIX readers is a w arm -hearted doctor, opthalmologist, who has volunteered to examine the woman and perform the needed operation without cost. His only condition is that he remain anonymous.%u201c They were absolutely delighted%u201d said Patricia Molloy, director of the Heights-Hill Program, when the couple learned the news. They were very grateful that such a compassionate person took note of their plight, she said.Last weekend it was Fort Greene, this weekend it's on to Park Slope as the Park Slope Civic Council sets its annual tour for Sunday, May 6, from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. along Sixth Avenue. This comfortable front parlor is one of the sights to be seen. Begin tour at St. Augustine%u2019s Church, Sixth Ave. and Park PI.$900,000 Renovation OfFt. Greene Park To Begin BY KiTTY TEH JENWith news that the $900,000 restoration work on Fort Greene Park will be underway immpHiatplv lact 5nnHav%u2019c tn%u00bbjr r\\fGreene brownstones assumed new significance. Still a frontier in the brownstone movement, the residential area, superbly located on the southern and eastern edges of the park and within easy walking distance of the Academy of Music, the Brooklyn Center of Long Island University andperhaps one day Baruch College, is filled with a wide assortment of reasonably priced Victorian dwellings.f \\ %u201e %u2666 , , * ^ _______Av/ii-o UOIUIC 1 CIM/VUIU! ,capitalizing on the crowds brough! into the neighborhood by the house tour and by the Long Island Historical Society%u2019s walking tour of Ft. Greene, had his handsome brownstone on South Portland Place posted for sale. The price? $65,000, renovated and located three houses off the park, lieconceded that unrestored house: on park blocks begin at $50,000 anc that further away, the price L lessOne block off the park, or v.,cu ilua /Avi'., lAituse ami Fugem Dejeu bought a brownstone badl\\ vandalized she said quite reasonably. A year ago almost ; shell, today the house is an at tractive contemporary home, t tribute to the skills of Mr. De.jue an architect.House after house in Ft Groom holds the same oossibilities. MumPrimary SendsCandidates OShaking HandsPHOENIX, May 3, 1973, Page 3BY LYNNE GRIFOMonday, June 4 is primary day in New York City and the Brooklyn ballot for local Brooklyn voters is now shaping up. Political hopefuls are out on the streets in increasing numbers greeting the voters and shaking hands while volunteers distribute their literature and man the offices and phones in an effort to get votes for their candidates.The June ballot will list, in addition to the city-wide offices, those people who are seeking their party%u2019s nomination for district attorney, borough president, council-at-large, and local city council seats.Eugene Gold of 66 E. 42 St., the incumbent Kings County District Attorney, is the sole name on the ballot on both the Democratic and Liberal lines. Daniel Polansky, of 966 E. 104 St., is seeking the Republican nomination and Kevin P. McGovern, of 348 91 St., is looking to the Conservative party for its endorsement.Borough Councilwoman-atLarge Ruth Lerner of 165 Langham St. and Assemblyman Stephen Solarz, of 241 Dover St. The number of petition signatures these candidates have filed to get on the ballot is: Leone, 46,545; Solarz, 23,177; and Lerner, 9,238.Donald Kennedy, 1749 Madison PL, (1,679 signatures), is the sole candidate for the Republican and C onservative nom inations. Assemblyman Solarz is seeking Liberal party support, but faces a challenge for that nomination from Richard Deutsch of 697 E. 22 St.There are eleven contenders for the Democratic nomination in the race for City Council-at-Large in Brooklyn. Their names, along with the number of petition signatures they have filed are as follows: Leonard Beninson, 2109 85 St., (1,117); Alan Drezin, 60 Remsen St., (6,941); John D. Giovanna, 9601 Shore Rd., (10,242); Irving Gross, 166 Ross St., (6,737); Arthur J. McCarthy, 2336 Newkirk Ave., (6,703); Helen Polansky, 8008 Narrows Ave., (17,677); Leon R. Port, 61 Bay 41 St., (6,042); LouisW%u2019. Pow'sner, 168 Ave. P, (8,073); S. Elly Rosen, 1258 E. 22 St., (5,493); Robert Steingut, 1655 Flatbush Ave., (46,545); and Myrtle Whitmore, 1327-33 President St., (7,708).On the Republican primary ballot, two men are competitive for that nomination. They are Assemblymen Vito P. Battista, 290 Highland PL, (10,300 signatures) and John F. Gangemi, 1358 85 St., (15,395). Battista is also seeking Conservative endorsement. Incumbent Councilman-at-Large Kenneth Haber, 1347 E. 17 St., who filed 2,616 signatures and is the sole candidate for the Liberal nomination.Two Councilmen-at-Large will be elected in Brooklyn in the November general election, and, depending on the outcome of the Republican primary, there may be as many as four contenders for the two posts. Councilman Haber, a liberal, took a seat that normally might have been expected to have gone to a Republican candidate, with the aid of Mayor John Lindsay%u2019s re-election effort in 1969 on the Liberal line.In the 29th Councilmanic District Fred Richmond, 43 Pierrepont St., (5,936 signatures) who was appointed to the Council seat in January, will compete for the Democratic endorsement with Robert J. Wittich of 130 St. Edward St., (3,494). Edna Cameron of 323 Evergreen Ave., (153), is the sole Liberal candidate and bidding for the Conservative endorsement is Albert A. Sofia, 564 Driggs Ave.Councilman Thomas Cuite, 34 Fuller PL, City Council Majority Leader, who now represents the 3rd Councilmanic District has been challenged for the Democratic nomination by Peter Deiro, 211 Carroll St. Seeking the Liberal nomination is Ted Fisher, 197 Kane St., (122) and the Conservative nomination is being sought by Robert T. Arnett, 582 11 St., (267).The Brooklyn Socialist Workers Party (SWP) is backing three candidates for borough-wide offices in the general electionc u i d , r-i -r PHOENIX PHOTO by Francois DumaineSchool Board Elections here Tuesday brought a small turnout of voters. Concerned citizens like these outside polls in Cobble Hill worked to let voters know whom they supported in the race for nine seats on the District 15 Board. Counting the complicated ballot will start May 3 at P S 29 and isn%u2019t expected to produce results until the weekend.campaign. They are Maxine Williams for Borough President,Mark Friedman for Council-atLarge, and James Mendieta for Brooklyn District Attorney.Maxine Williams was a founder of the Hunter College Student Union and the city-wide Third World Women%u2019s Alliance. Friedman is a 21-year-old leader of the Young Socialist Alliance at Brooklyn College and a leading activist in the anti-war movement.Two In Council RaceJam es Mendieta, a CubanAmerican who grew up in the South Bronx, is an ex-heroin addict who spent three years in prison for drug-related crimes before joining the socialist movement. He has been a transit worker for the past four years and was the 1972 SWP candidate for Congress in Brooklyn%u2019s 14th District.What was a three-way battle forthe Democratic nomination forCity Council in the local 29thCouncilmanic District has nowbecome a two-way race. Louis R.Rosenthal of 195 Adam St. haswithdrawn his petitions anddropped out of the running.Rosenthal, a member of theregular Democratic Senaca Club inthe 57th A.D. had entered the racevowing to defeat incumbent FredRichmond, whom he declared %u201cacarpet-bagger.\Rosenthal explained his suddendeparture from the race by saying,%u2018Tve got a fantastic law practicethat I%u2019ve decided 1 want to get backto. After going to meeting aftermeeting and being pestered todeath I realized it wasn%u2019t for me. Ican%u2019t make all the meetings andplease everyone,%u201d he stated.Robert Wittich, a reformer whois challenging Richmond for theDemocratic nomination, commented on the Rosenthal move bysaying %u201cI am not at all surprised.%u201dCharges and countercharges aboutpolitical deals and compromiseshave been made by each side in thelocal councilmanic contest.