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Joining in the groundbreaking at Fort Greene Park on June 17 ceremonies were, from left- StateSenator Carol Bellamy; Father Anthony Fialla; Councilman Ken Haber; Councilman Fred RichmondrrrciiuS Of i i. ^ u ___ i%u00a5SIP\\C P V d IG f va i r c i c%u00bbi r \\ v r w i i n i a i iClurman; David Billings; and Raul Marquette.1104 4|II ofKS nuiiiiniSudiuf niCiidriA .tvThe audience at Fort Greene Park paraded to site ofceremonies a i base%u00abf monument to Revoiuiim iar y War Dead, Oneof the subjectsfof repa%u00abnjn tte coming renovation program.%Badillo, BeameRunoff Tues.For Dem. NodBY JANICE CADKINWith the final days before the runoff primary for the Democratic nomination for Mayor closing in, campaign activity is readhing a higher pitch than it did during the first primary earlier in June.The polls, which open Tuesday, June 26, at 6 a.m. and close at 9 p.m. w ill determine whether Herman Badillo or Abraham Beame will be the Democratic candidate for Mayor in November. Voting will be at regular polling places.Local reform groups have endorsed Badillo. These groups are the Central Independent Democrats, The West Brooklyn Independent Democrats and the Neighborhood Democrats. The WBID voted 59-0 last week for the Badillo endorsement. The IND also voted for a Badillo endorsement.Both reform clubs supported Al Blumenthal in the original June 4 primary. Blumenthal has since urged his supporters to vote for Badillo in the runoff primary.Both local reform groups will be canvassing voters for Badillo, distributing literature and manning the polls on election day.A spokesman for Beame termed it a %u201c disappointment%u201d that the Com ptroller has not received greater support in the immediate area. %u201c But,%u201d he added, %u201c Beame is used to running against the machine.%u201dAssemblyman Mike Pesce, from the 52 A.D., has endorsed Badillo. In a statement issued last week, Pesce said, %u201c I am confident that barring any unforeseen allegations of racism or bigotry, Rep. Badillo can and will appeal broadly to the Italian-American voter in the 52 district and indeed, throughout the city as a whole.%u201dPesce plans to actively campaign for the Congressman between now and Tuesday bySet For BoardThe ra wly-elected members of the Distr ct 15 Community School Board are to be sworn in at the June 27 Board meeting, which will be open to the public.The agenda for the ! p.m. meeting, \\Mhich is to be held at the district office at 360 Smith St., will cover a number of decisions, including thA assignment of two acting assistant principals for I.S. 88, 544 Seventh Ave. and one for P.S. 124, 5J5 Fourth Ave. An evaluator fon all federally and state funded programs that will be considered for Fall im %u00adplementation in District 15 is also to be selected.June 21, 1973 PHOENIX Page ThreejMIlllIiillllllMISliai Ill .............[Park Renovation Starts In jiFort Greene With Gala(Celebration by Community%u201c making various subway stops.%u201d Badillo achieved a 2,000 margin over runnerup Mario Biaggi in the 52 A.D. on June 4. State Senator Carol Bellamy has also endorsed Badillo.Charles Berkman, Chairman of the County Committee in the 52 A.D. said that %u201c the committee controlled by the Regular Democratic organization, has not met, and therefore, has not taken any official position as to whether to endorse Beame or Badillo.%u201d However, Berkman added that the majority of the committee seems to be in favor of supporting Beame.In the final results for the 29th Councilmanic seat, Fred Richmond received 9,699 votes to 5,823 for loser Bob Wittich, according to Board of Election figures. A breakdown of the tally showed Wittich leading in the 52 A.D. 2,540 to 1,689, with Richmond winning in the 57 A.D. 3,047 to 1,625.The winning judicial delegates in the51 A.D., Parjt Slope area, were; Joseph Ferris 4,041; Louise Finney 2,733; Daniel Collins 2,766;Continued on Page 13Swear-inBY CORRINE COLEMANThe beat of conga drums resounded outside Fort Greene Park Sunday with the elegant brownstones on Washington Park, the eastern boundary, forming a backdrop to the music, dancing, the general frivolity in celebration of the start of the park%u2019s long awaited renovation.Earlier, more formal groundbreaking and centennial ceremonies, with cadet drills and speeches by local officials, members of the community and Parks Dept. Commissioner Richard Clurman, took place around the towering Doric Column %u2014 the monument in the park%u2019s center that marks the grave of 11,500 prison ship martyrs of the American Revolution. A century ago, the remains of those early prisoners of war were brought to a crypt halfway up the stairs to themonument which was erected 35 years later.However, it would seem that Frederick Law Olmstead, the visionary designer of the park during the 1860%u2019s when the Fort Greene neighborhood was a bastion of the upper classes, would have been more profoundly moved by the lighter celebration at the parks edge %u2014 by the mixture of participants, the blacks, whites and Puerto Ricans of all economic classes, who are the present day residents of the neighborhood. The designer of Prospect and Central Parks as well as Fort Greene Parks might have been more pleased by the sounds of that music which had its American beginnings in New Orleans during his lifetime.The players, singers, dancers, the neighborhood children with their many colored balloons, took over the Washington Park block along with the food, drink, flowerand art sellers. The mobile m edical group from nearby Cumberland Hospital was there testing for sickle cell anemia and checking blood- pressure gratis. The various representatives of nearby block associations and community groups were around the park from noon to 6 p.m. to push for the area%u2019s landmark status, for block improvements and for an end to the heavy influx of drug centers that seem to have chosen Fort Greene as New York%u2019s narcotics rehabilitation center.Mostly, however, the people came out to hail the renovation of the 30 acre park which has been called a %u201c no man%u2019s land,%u201d for the past 15 years. The $780,000. restoration program just beginning and slated for completion some time next fall, promises a green center of hope for the entire area as well as a return to Olmstead%u2019s original design.Delivering speeches before the graffiti-scarred monument in Fort Greene Park, audience heardpledges that restoration of park and its monument would be largely completed by next year.PHOENIX Photo by Francois Dumaine