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PHOENIX April 18, 1974esATTENDS CONFERENCE ON TH E G IF T E D -Elizabeth Wood of Saint Ann%u2019s Episcopal School,Brooklyn Heights, was among 20 students fromall over the country who participated in a U.S.Office of Education conference on the educationalneeds of gifted and talented students. Theconference, which was held at the University ofWisconsin in late March, was held to generateideas about how schools can better serve theabilities and interests of gifted students.N E W BO ARD M E M B E R S -A t its Marchmeeting, the United Block Associations of ParkSlope elected a new board of directors to serve inthe coming year. Those elected were: StevenMiller, President; Peter Jones, Vice President;Richard Nininger, Treasurer; Jerry Davis,Corresponding Secretary; Vivian Freund, Membership Secretary; Richard Erde, RecordingSecretary; Gislaine Wallach, Director; NormanPeller, Director; and Frank Martinez, Director.The outgoing President, Kevin Brooks, waspresented a plaque commending him for hisexemplary service to the community in leadingthe organization through its first year ofexistence.ON TH E RADIO--Mary Susan Miller, headmistress of Berkeley Institute in Park Slope, was aguest on the Long John Nebel show on April 5, onwhich she and other guests discussed moderntrends in education in a changing society.NA M ED TO COUNCIL-W illiam A. Shea willbe named the recipient of the St. Francis CollegeCouncil of Regents 1974 Charter Award at theRegents Dinner to be held May 3. Shea, the manresponsible for bringing back National LeagueBaseball and the Mets to New York, has beencited for the award by reason of %u201c his greatdedication and outstanding achievements inbehalf of the cultural, civic, social and philanthropic institutions of the City of New York.BECOMES DINNER CHAIR M A N -Donald E.Moore, President of the Downtown Brooklyn Development Association, has been named Chairman for the Annual Testimonial Dinner of theBrooklyn Division of the Council of Churches ofthe City of New York. Mr. Moore is a Park Sloperesident.W ILL TUTOR FEERS-Six ninth-grade pupilsat Stranahan Junior High School on Henry Streetin Carroll Gardens, have volunteered to assist intutoring other pupils so they might qualify fordiplomas. The six include: Janice Flores, BetsySanchez, Joann Hernandez, Nury Serrana, JanetRivas, and Milagros Feliciano.TO PUT HIMSELF OUT OF BUSINESS-KevinCunningham, a second-year business student atSt. Francis College and recently appointedTrianale Park Flatbush Avenue ImorovementCommittee field force worker, has pledged thathis is a job %u201c where I%u2019m working to put myself outof business.%u201d As field force worker, Cunninghamhears complaints from merchants and residentsalong the upper stretch of the Avenue,encourages storeowners to keep their storefrontsswept, and acts as an intermediary betweenmerchants, residents and Sanitation and othercity department representatives.f v i v %u25a0 i i v u i u %u2022 I V I V W i V l A l l W ill I+ l-l Q l~ -*|^M A r+ iv/ie+ e %u2022\%u00bb V 1 I V I V %u25a0 V %u2022Residents QuestionHospitalsCommunityService Program BY FRANK GOLDSMITHMore than 50 community health activists gathered at Methodist Hospital April 8 to hear a report by the Hospital%u2019s Ambulatory Care Services Advisory Committee (community health board) on its current programs and directions for the future. They also made known their ideas on what Methodist Hospital should be doing to serve the full Park Slope community. The meeting was co-sponsored by the Fifth Avenue Coalition, with its director, Frank Torres, co-chairing the evening%u2019s discussion.The session was co-chaired by Zita Fitzgibbon, chairwoman of the community health board, with members of the advisory committee seated behind her, both providers from Methodist Hospital and consumers from the Park Slope community. Ms. Fitagibbon led off with an indictment of Methodist Hospital for its failure to respond to the patient-care needs of all Park Slope residents. She said that the community health board believes the Hospital spends most of its time and money devising new methods for capturing more and more real estate for its expansions; working deals with drug and medical supply companies, and most of all, not seeing to the needs of patients.Dr. Stanley Neiman, Hospital Director of Ambulatory Care for the past eight months, reported a statistical summary of screenings done by the Hospital%u2019s ambulatory care clinics. Dr. Neiman emphasized that the report was prepared by another department, not his own, and was not enthusiastic about its contents. He reported a number of screenings for lead poisoning, sickle cell anemia, gonorrhea, and OB-GYN pap smears. This included the number of positive results. He stated that all positive tests were followed up by the appropriate clinic.The audience questioned Dr. Neiman after each report and were especially concerned with follow-up after a positive test. Responding to a question about hypertension screening, Dr. Neiman said that over 70% of patients in the out-patient department (OPD), Emergency Room (ER) and inpatients were given blood pressure tests. If they proved positive, the Hospital followed up. He said there was no on-going program forpeople with hypertension, and that there was no clinic established.A question was raised concerning Hospital admissions of people with no money. Both Dr. Neiman and Donald Rece, the Hospital spokesman at the meeting, stated quite clearly that no one is ever turned away for lack of money.Many in the audience said that they had never heard about most of these screening programs and were very surprised to hear about the Wednesday Evening Medical Clinic. Dr. Neiman agreed that much more community outreach is needed to make people aware of the services. Larry McGaughy, a community board member and also member of the Methodist Hospital Board of Trustees reported on the committee%u2019s visit to the Sunset Park Health Center of Lutheran Medical Center. He said the healthcenter was very well run and obviously had considerable community input. He was very impressed by the commitment to community health that Lutheran Medical Center displayed. He was asked why, from his particular vantage-point, doesn%u2019t Methodist have the same community commitment? He said he believed Methodist%u2019s lack of commitment stems mainly from its executive director, who %u201cjust isn%u2019t as community-minded%u201d as Lutheran Hospital%u2019s director.Some in the audience suggested that Methodist look into opening a similar community-based health center in the area around Fourth and Fifth Avenues, toward Flatbush Avenue. The Hospital representative, Mr. Rece, said the most important thing for theContinued on Page 16Shop Mall or Public Place?Groups PetitionOverGowanus SiteBY DAN ICOLARIIn the controversy over the future of former gas company site in Carroll Gardens, opposing sides continue to circulate petitions for presentation before the Board of Estimate. One group favors the public-place designation granted the site April 3 by the City Planning Commission, and hopes to have an indoor sports facility installed on the now-vacant six acres.The other group favors a proposal set forth by developer Louis Rosenberg, which would create a shopping center whose main tenant would be a Pathmark supermarket. A final decision will be reached at the upcoming Board hearing. No firm date has been set, but both groups feel it will probably take place some time in May.,At an April 8 meeting of the Mayor%u2019s Gowanus Canal Redevelopment Committee, a community organization named by Mayor Lindsay to work toward the cleanup of the Gowanus Canal, member Ira Levine called for -a vote on the Committee%u2019s previous position in favor of public-place designation. The position was confirmed by avote of 12 to 4; the Committee%u2019s position was reached unanimously on the first vote, taken several months ago.In a letter addressed to Milton Perlmutter, president of Pathmark Supermarkets, Democratic Assemblyman Michael L. Pesce referred to the stormy Planning Commission hearing of April 3: %u201cI am sure that Mr. Louis Rosenberg is not speaking for the management of Pathmark when [as various newspaper] articles indicate, he rudely shouts at the members of the New York City Planning Commission in public and when he refers to me, a duly elected representative of the people of the State of New York, as %u2018 a stinking Assemblyman. %u201d %u2019 Pesce also outlined the wide variety of community organizations which have lent their support to publicplace designation.A rally in support of the supermarket installation has been called by the Ad Hoc Committee in Favor of Pathmark. It will take place on April 20 at 2 p.m. at the site, which is located between Smith Street and the Gowanus Canal south of Fifth Street.Form er O pponents Sue RooneyPeter G. Eikenberry of Fort Greene, a candidate for the Democratic nomination for U.S. Congress against Rep. John Rooney in 1970, filed a civil suit April 18 against Congressman Rooney, Clarence M. Kelly, director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and unnamed agents of the F.B.I. in U.S. District Court, charging that Rooney %u201cconspired with unknown agents of the F.B.I. to utilize resources of the Bureau during the 1970 election.%u201dIn court papers filed, it is alleged that an investigation of Eikenberry was conducted by agents of the Bureau, and that the informationWflQ ir\\ PrvnnAu fr*r lie** inthe primary campaign against Eikenberry, who narrowly missed upsetting the veteran incumbent that year. Eikenberry is seeking to have the information that was gathered, including %u201c all files, records and reports%u201d brought before the court for destruction.A similar suit is being filed on behalf of Allard Lowenstein, Rooney a 1972 primary opponent who, it is alleged, underwent a similar F.B.i. investigation.In a prepared statement delivered at an April 18 press conference, Eikenberry said: %u201c I understand that one of my Congressman%u2019s favorite remarks is that there is no prize for second place in American politics. I can see the old curmudgeon chuckling now whenhe talks about this law suit. Probably he will call it a two-loser law suit. I think people are demanding that the courts and the Congress restore fairness to politics. We are not satisfied withContinued on Page 17Brooklyn Borough President Sebastian Leone presents hisLibrary W eek proclamation to Jay Sam Unger, President of theBrooklyn Public Library snd Dorothy Harris, Sup%u2019t. ofBranches. Library Week Is celebrated from April 21*27 thisyear, %u25ba ..