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Safe Hotel GroupFail to Reply toPierrepont OwnersPHOENIX, Page ElevenThe owners of the Pierrepont Hotel have failed to meet the February 1 deadline to discuss hotel conditions. The Ad Hoc Committee for Safe Pierrepont Hotel announced this week, adding that it will keep its pledge to take all necessary action to insure safe living conditions for hotel%u2019s residents%u2014most of them senior citizens.%u201cOwners of the Pierrepont Hotel continue to dodge efforts to correct the deplorable conditions under which the hotel%u2019s residents must live,%u201d the committee said. %u201cTheir only reply to date has been an evasive letter from an attorney placing responsibility for results on the hotel%u2019s lessees, the community and what he termed the uncooperativeness of city agencies.%u201dThe Ad Hoc Committee for a Safe Pierrepont was formed in early December to investigate reports of muggings, burglary, assaults, drugs and prostitution at the hotel. The committee, chaired by Jim Benson, has taken a broad approach to the problem. In early December, the police and seven city inspectors made a full inspection of the hotel, at the committee%u2019s request, an inspection which turned up 62 minor fire, safety, health and building violations.Results of last week%u2019s fire inspection provided additional evidence that a safety crisis exists at the Pierrepont, the committee charges. The fire department, according to a report filed by Asst. Chief Joseph Flynn of the Fire Prevention Diyision, issued the hotel summons for %u201cfailing to repair the interior fire alarm system and for failing to provide required watchman service.%u201d Violation orders were also issued by the fire department to recharge fire extinguishers, to remove inflammable rubbish;...to maintain adequate lighting in public hallsstairways; to repair holes in ceiling and walls...%u201dHospitalSet Tour Feb. 22Electronic heart monitors and automated laboratory devices will be among the medical equipment to be shown to community residents during an hour-long public tour of The Long Island College Hospital on Feb. 22, starting at 8 p.m. from the Cafeteria at 240 Henry St.The tour has been arranged jointly by the Community Planning Committee for L.I.C.H. and the hospital%u2019s Medical Board to familiarize the public with existing facilities and future needs of L.I.C.H. Taking part in the arrangements are H. Robert Freund, M.D., President of the Medical Board, and Allen J. Kone of Pacific St., temporary chairman of the C. P. C.Doctors of the L.I.C.H. attending staff will conduct the visitors in small groups through thf various hospital departments.STOLENMerchandise isn't our bag, but we do selt records and tapes at a 75 per cent discount. Sound crazy? So are our location and business hours OPEN only Saturday 10 5 and Sunday 10 5. Closed Mon Friday. Located way out at 163-8th %u25a0 St. %u25a0 Corner 3 Ave. BrooklynRecord & Tape WarehouseAs a follow-up to the fire departm ent%u2019s inspection, Committee Chairman Jim Benson went to the Buildings Dept. Friday, Feb. 2, and asked that agency to inspect the hotel%u2019s premises. The committee hopes to officially pinpoint the many violations observed by members on their own inspections of the hotel. State Senator Carol Bellamy and District Leader Marge Dowd have agreed to reiterate the committee%u2019s request for a Buildings Dept, inspection.Keeping its pledge to take all necessary action to insure safe living conditions at the hotel, the committee has also reported its findings to the bank which holds the hotel%u2019s mortgage.This type of multiple action has been successful in closing down similar single-room occupancy hotels on the Upper West Side when owners did not respond to deteriorating conditions at their propertiesTROVE OF TREASURES UNEARTHED; For months, the zealous treasure-hunters of The Brooklyn Museum%u2019s Community Committee have been rounding up an intriguing collection of china, bric-a-brac and art objects with which to stock their popular %u201c Trifles And Treasures%u201d booth at the National Antiques Show at Madison Square Garden, Feb. 17-25. Proceeds from the booth help to support the expanding educational programs of the Museum. Pictured (I to r) with Mr. George Mangini, manager of Brooklyn%u2019s famed Gallery Shop, are Trifles And Treasures Committee; Mrs. Martin Gabriner; Mrs. Oscar Friedman; Mrs. Jack Bigel; Mrs. Herman Ovberg; Mrs. Louis Blum; and Mrs. John J. Golliger, Chairman. Missing from the photo are Mrs. Paul D. Kelly, and Mrs. Sidney Norman, also on the Committee.Announce Challenge for Council SeatContinued on Page 3and has been rewarded the Councilvacancy.%u201dWittich contrasted his ownrecord of leadership in theEikenberry and Lowenstein racesagainst hawk John Rooney and hisrecord of community service inhealth care, day care and manyanti-crime and anti-drug battlesw ith%u2018the Richmond strategy ofpolitics and community service bypress release.%u201cHigh-priced press agentry does not solve community problems. Richmond will not pitch in and get his hands dirty, he has shown us that by his disappearance after his 1968 loss to Rooney,%u201d he said. %u201cAfter making great promises,%u201d Wittich said, %u201cRichmond abandoned the communities ofBrooklyn Heights, Cobble Hill, Gowanus, Fort Greene, Boerum Hill, Park Slope, Williamsburg, and Greenpoint for four years. Now he has rediscovered us in his cynical attempts to mask his alliance with Rooney and Esposito.%u201dLooking toward the upcoming campaign, Wittich pointed out, %u201cGood grassroots organizing will beat every gimmick Richmond%u2019s millions can buy. We have demonstrated our ability to win against the regulars despite their superior financing, in our victories with State Senator Carol Bellamy and Assemblyman Mike Pesce, and our near misses with A1 Lowenstein and Pete Eikenberry.%u201dCalling for a united effort, Wittich stressed, %u201cLet us get about the business of establishing aprocedure which will allow us tofield only one reformer againstRichmond. I ask that any reformerconsidering the race come forwardnow so that we can complete ourendorsements before thepetitioning period begins.%u201d%u201cThe key to our victory,%u201d Wittichstated, %u201clies in our ability toorganize, and Richmond%u2019sreputation as a millionaire outsider, who will do or say anythingto gain political office. 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