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Page 2, PHOENIX, May 2, 1974;ia%u2022ij-.iI1e sRAISE FUNDS FOR SENIORS - TwoAcademic School students at Packer Collegiate Institute raised $400.00 for the Heights & Hill Community Council. The money will be used to aid elderly shut-ins in Brooklyn hotels. Through Packer, Andy Miller and Lisa Pucci were able to put on exhibition %u201c Boys vs Girls%u201d basketball gam es. At half-time the schools gymnastic team demonstrated floor exercises. The game, a first at Packer, having just become fully co-ed in %u201973, and in light of the King vs Riggs match and women's lib, a timely challenge. The gym was S.R.O. Boys won both games.SLOPE FAMILY WINS AWARD - TheFranklin E. Smith Family of Greenwood Baptist Church received a 1974 Ecumenical Service Award from the Brooklyn Division of the N.Y.C. Council of Churches. The awards were presented on April 23 at Plymouth Church of the Pilgrims.REFERENCE WORK PUBLISHED ~ A twovolume reference work compiled and edited by PHOENIX staff reporter Dan Icolari has just been released by Todd Publications, Rye, N. Y. 10580. Titled %u201c Reference Encyclopedia of the American Indian,%u201d the two-volume work is an exhaustive listin g of referen ce so u rces, an a n n o ta te d bibliography, and a biographical who%u2019s who on the First Americans.HONORED AS VOLUNTEER -- Mrs. Jam es P.Costello of Brooklyn Heights has been honored by the Long Island College Hospital, 340 Henry Street, for serving a record number of 8,000 hours since becoming a hospital volunteer.HONORS AT ANNIVERSITY FETE %u00bb The 90th anniversary of the granting of a charter to Remsen Street%u2019s College by the New York State Legislature will be marked by an academic convocation to be held at the college on May 10th, at 3 p.m. Donald Barr, literary critic and headm aster of the Dalton School, will be awarded an honorary doctor of letters degree. He also will deliver the convocation address. The honorary degree will be conferred by Hon. Kevin Fogarty, chairman of the Board of Trustees of St. Francis College. A member of the faculty and three administrators at the college also will be honored at the ceremonies. The Pax Et Bonum medal, marking the fifteenth year on the St. Francis Faculty, will be conferred on Dr. James J. Flynn, Dean of the Division of Continuing Education. Presidential awards, also given for fifteen years of service, will be presented to: Mr. Jam es P. Mahon, the director of physical plant, Mr. Edward J. Quigley, director of public information and Brother David Trapp, O.S.F., director of security.AT ALUMNAE REUNION - Evelyn DeVito of Park Slope co-chaired the 92nd alumnae reunion luncheon of Packer Collegiate Institute at the New York Plaza Club on April 28.JOINS N.Y. ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY - Theap p o in tm en t of W illiam J. C. C arlin of Schermerhorn Street as director of development and public relations nf Now Ynrlr 7nnlrioiral Society has been announced by. Robedrt G. Goelet, the Society's president. The New York Zoological Society operates the Bronx Zoo, the New York Aquariun. at Coney Island, the Osborn Laboratories of Marine Sciences, and the Center for Field Biology and Conservation. Carlin brings to his new position more than 20 years experience in journalism, public relations, advertising, and community affairs. He has been vice president and director of advertising and promotion and d irecto r of public relatio n s for the C hase M anhattan Bank.Studies M ay M eanM ontague M all,Court St. Re-ZoningThe City is turning its attention to the need to develop and improve shopping opportunities on Montague Street in Brooklyn Heights, and the entire length of Court Street, stretching from Brooklyn Heights to Hamilton Avenue.The City%u2019s Office of Downtown Brooklyn Development, in cooperation with the Brooklyn Office of the City Planning Commission is now working on development of a %u201c program for study%u201d of these two streets and adjacent areas, according to Richard Rosan, director of the Downtown Office.The Montague Street study, which is underway now in the form of a traffic survey, is seeking to determine what the traffic pattern is in the area, how it might be improved, where the cars and trucks come from, and where they are going.The Brooklyn Heights Association has endorsed the study, and has been working with Heights architect Joseph Merz over the past 10 months to explore ways to enhance this main commercial street for Brooklyn Heights, which during weekdays is a beehive of activity as the result of the noon-time shoppers who work in the courts and office buildings downtown.The Heights Association study has lead to the unofficial conclusion that a shopping mall of some variety makes sense for at least a block or two of Montague Street, leaving open the cross-street intersections.The City study is seeking to determine %u201c is it possible to make any improvements on Montague Street?%u201d says Richard Rosan. %u201c We%u2019re looking principally at the traffic problem now,%u201d he said, %u2019%u2019because that%u2019s where the major problems seem to be.%u201d Rosan said that at 12 noon on Wednesday, for example, there were 12 trucks standing at the curb or doubleparked on the left side of Montague Street between Clinton and Henry, with only seven legally parked cars. %u201c It%u2019s a problem of truck traffic and scheduling of deliveries.%u201dThe Brooklyn Heights Board of Trade, many of whose members have businesses on Montague Street, discussed the study at its meeting Tuesday evening and a possible vote of support for the effort by the city. However, the group declined to take an official position on the study until after representatives of the Planning Commission and the Office of Downtown Brooklyn Development had made a presentation of theirstudy plans and objectives to Heights merchants.One merchant said, %u201c How do we know what they have in mind. Let them explain it to us if they want our permission to study.%u201d Merchants at the meeting had mixed opinions on the feasibility of a mall, but many expressed the opinion that in some form it could be workable and indeed improve business. A meeting is expected to be set in May to which all area merchants would be invited.Regarding Court Street, the Office of Downtown Development will cooperate with the Brooklyn Office of the City Planning Commission in examining what can be done to help stim ulate and strengthen the Court Street shopping area. On the upper part of Court St., from Pierrepont to Atlantic Ave., the problems of circulation and traffic are tied to those of Montague St., says Rosan, hence the connection of the two projects.Rosan added that the Court Street research will be asking questions such as %u201c is the Court Street shopping strip too long?%u201d and should there be a change in zoning in order to begin to create a core area for shopping.Hts.-Hill ResidentsW ant M ore PoliceBY DAN ICOLARIProbably dating from their removal to a new location on Tillary Street, the police who serve Brooklyn Heights have seemed comparatively remote to some Heights residents. The residents feel that while the 84th Precinct%u2019s Montague Street police mini-station was to have lent a more visible police prersence to the community, it is often inadequately staffed and thus does not offer any real deterrent to crime.The letter from Heights-Hill Democratic Assemblyman Michael L. Pesce to Police Commissioner Michael J. Codd reported in last week%u2019s PHOENIX reflects this community unease. Pesce%u2019s letter requests Codd investigate Heights residents%u2019 complaints of inadequate police protection; Codd replied he had turned the matter over to the Chief of Operations for investigation.Reached for comment this week, Inspector Adam Butcher of Brooklyn South Division (which has jurisdiction over several precincts in the downtown area) stated he had learned the 84th has apprehended a group of men who may have been responsible for many burglaries in the Heights. Community Relations Officer Murphy of the 84th confirmed four men had been arrested on April 29 at 5:45 a.m. for breaking and entering, as well as %u201c removing property%u201d from The Warlock Shop at 300 Henry Street, near Atlantic Avenue. Found with a loaded 22-calibre revolver in tneir possession, ihe four were identified as William Ortiz, Peter Fuentes, Santos Gonzalez and Luminato Padim. Patrolman John MacDonald was the arresting officer.Also on April 29, at 2:30 p.m., Patrolman Anthony Lombardo apprehended Martin Maldonado, who had forcibly entered a locked vestibule at 84 Remwn Street. Maldonado was in possession of burglary tools.The PHOENIX has also learned of a meeting requested by HowardZimmerman on behalf of the 84th Precinct Community Council which was held April 25 in the office of Captain William Tracy of the 84th. Present at the meeting were Captain Tracy and Inspector Adam Butcher; Howard Zimmerman and A1 Tomei representing, respectively, the Montague and Orange Street Block Associations; Henry Cateura of the Brooklyn HeightsOn April 26, teacher John Spata took 21 children from his fifthgrade class in Boerum Hill%u2019s P.S. 38 on a trip to the Wall Street area in lower Manhattan. The children%u2019s itinerary included visits to the Stock Exchange and to Trinity Church. But during a lunch break in Battery Park, the outing took an ugly turn. Four teenage boys, aged 13 to 16, set upon some of the children, abusing them verbally and physically, and shaking them dewn for money.Before the class left on the trip, Spata had taken the precaution of collecting whatever money the children had. When Spata saw what was happening, he offered the four boys $2, thinking the money would appease them. It did, but not before they had punched Spata and several other children.U U C I %u2019l i l l U , o i l l a S it C l t o n , Vraothrown to the ground and kicked repeatedly.After the incident, Spata alerted the Marine and Aviation Police stationed in the waterfront park, who called the area%u2019s First Precinct police. Reached at the P.S. 38 office after school, Spata was reluctant to discuss the matter. %u201c I don%u2019t want to expand on anything you already have,%u201d he told The PHOENIX.%u201c Sure,%u201d said Lillie Shelton, mother of the injured girl andAssociation; Helen Cursons of the 84th Precinct Community Council; Mr. and Mrs. Edward Herlihy, 270 Jay Street; Orese Reddick, 177 Sands Street; and Phoebe, 111 Bridge Street.%u201c We wanted to know how we1 could get more policemen assigned to the 84th,%u201d said Howard Zimmerman. %u201c We also wanted toContinued Page 4president of P.S. 38%u2019s PTA, %u201cthat%u2019s because the UFT chapter chairman told him to keep his mouth shut. That%u2019s the way they%u2019re handling this whole thing-by ignoring it.%u201dDetective Trovato of the First Precinct, Manhattan, who has been assigned the investigation of the case, verified several reports received by The PHOENIX this week, but was unable to add anything new. %u201c We%u2019ve posted men in the Park as a deterrent, and if this type of thing happens again, we hope to get the boys who were involved.%u201dAs part of his investigation, Detective Trovato visited P.S. 38 on May 1 and spoke with Spata, %u201cbut he didn%u2019t speak to me,%u201d says Mrs. Shelton. %u201c My child was taken to Beekman Hospital for treatment right after it happened; I%u2019ve had to>---i---- 1. ----------i w__ 1IW1 *_%u00bb UVO. OU1VV ) HI1U M T V wvviiconsulting an orthopedist, but they never even told me h e %u2019d be coming.%u201d Since Mrs. Shelton is employed as a paraprofessional in the school, she feels it would have been convenient as well as entirely appropriate for her to have been present.Mrs.Shelton intends to investigate the Board of Education%u2019s rules on class trips. %u201c It doesn%u2019t seem possible they can allow only one adult to supervise^ so many children,%u201d she said.Boerum 5th GradersRoughed Up on Trip;* - %u00ab.;* i .*%u00bb i %u2022%u00bb. <\\t %u2022%u00bb, t%u00ab 'I b t -%u00bb%u2022 n %u00ab* i %u2022 v i M%u2019t I. %u2022*.'** >