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Page 8, PHOENIX, May 16, l'%u00bb74 We Are NotSatisfiedWe aren%u2019t satisfied with the results of the %u201c official%u201dinvestigation that has just ended at Long Island CollegeHospital as reported elsewhere in The PHOENIX this weekconcerning the performance of the hospital%u2019s emergency roomin the case of the late Sidney Simkovsky.The inconsistencies between the story of those involved onthe scene and the results of the offiicial report are still there, notto mention the hospital%u2019s own failure to respond to the rulesgoverning emergency calls laid down by the City of New York.First, the hospital told The PHOENIX it wasn%u2019t allowed to sendan ambulance without an official police call. Then, in the face ofa City dispute of that statement, the same official said they werewrong. Now, the same man is saying that the hospital did sendan ambulance as soon as requested, even though he earlier saidthe hospital believed it was not allowed to. However,eyewitnesses say there was no immediate ambulance. Thisinconsistency should not be allowed to go unchallenged andcleared up.We also want to hear from the City Health and HospitalCorporation, the agency we understand is charged withsupervising and regulating emergency room and publicambulance operations. We want to know how the hospital couldhave been operating under the assumption they said they hadthat forbade them to dispatch an ambulance when someonecame into the emergency room and called for help. Yes, thereare many questions that deserve an answer, and we believe thehospital has a responsibility to explain the inconsistencies, notbrush the matter off with a statement that simply says it%u2019s nottheir fault.We SupportIntro Twoin recent weeks we've watched the Uniformed Fire OfficersAssociation and the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New Yorkattempt to subvert passage of Intro 2, a bill now before the CityCouncil that would grant the same civil rights to homosexualswith respect to jobs and housing that have been granted otherminorities.The firemen want the bill to exclude gays from their ranksand from the ranks of police and teachers. The Archdiocesesays passage of the bill would promote serious immoralinfluences and would serve to propagandize deviant forms ofsexuality. It is also concerned about %u201c an increasing threat tosound family life in our city today.%u201dWe see the issue in simpler terms: that consenting adultsshould be able to express their sexual preferences as they seefit, and that their choices should have no bearing on their abilityto hold jobs or their right to housing. As to the sanctity of thefamily unit, we suspect men and women are coupling,uncoupling and recoupiing about as much as they ever have.And if the Archdiocese sees a threat in the declining birth rate,it%u2019s probably because women at last have the means to controlit.We support City Council passage of Intro 2. - D.l.Continue Work ofHeights-Hiil CouncilThe news that the management of the St. George Hotel ismaking plans to seal off a part of the hotel%u2019s massive complex ofbuildings to make the part of the hotel that is used safer andmore manageable is good news indeed, and something thatresponsible community people, including The PHOENIX in thiseditorial column last year, have been urging since the Heightshotels became problems years ago.But it is bad news that the Heights-Hill Community Councilcontinues to be in difficult financial straits. The work of thisorganization, now under the leadership of Patricia Malloy, hasi iiib p n tA j u y d u tA Jiu ciu uii cuiu d uts&irt? iu i j r i i i y rtJciicompanionship and aid to the elderly residents of the St. Georgeand other residential buildings in the Heights. The Heights-HillCouncil has been in the forefront of the movement that isforcing recognition of the myriad problems of the elderly in ourmodern urban society, and is doing something very real to helpsolve them.We urge those public and private institutions that haveresponded in the past to continue to give both real and moralsupport to the work of this fine organization, and we hope thatthe public officials who serve the%u2019 Heights will do all in theirpower to see that the essential work of the Council continuesand expands.C~ 'Cash Prizes O fferedDress Up NeighborhoodContest Announced by CityThe th ird annual%u201c Dress Up Your Neighborhood%u201d Contest was announced last week by Mayor Abraham Beame andfashion designer M ollieParnis. Winners of thecontest will receive cashprizes of approxim ately$800 in September; approximately 10 grand prizesof $1,000 will be awarded inDecember for the bestcontinuing, long-term implementation of awardwinning projects.Contest entries will bejudged on the basis ofcreativity of concept andsuccess of implementation.The judges will look for interesting and innovativeideas for beautification,and ongoing citizen involvement.Last year%u2019s local winnerswere Park Slope%u2019s TriangleParks Committee (for thesecond year in a row) for itscompletion of the triangleparks along Flatbush Avenue; a group in SunsetPark, who initiated a 10-block improvement program on Fifth Avenue inwhich they encouragedmerchants to plant treesand install benches andcement planting-tubs; andthe Washington-Willoughby Neighborhood Association, Clinton Hill, for itsimprovement of vacant lots,areaway plantings, andsponsorship of a mini-park.All applications for the1974 Contest must be received by June 14 andshould be addressed to:%u201c Dress Up Your Neighborhood%u201d Contest, Environmental Protection Administration, Room 2352, Municipal Building, New York,N.Y. 10007.Organism NeedsOur SympathyTo the Editor:Once again on behalf of the cooperators living in Cadman Towers, 1 wish to thank you for your sympathetic article of May 2, 1974, calling attention to our plight. If New York City is to be preserved as a viable urban organism, no small part will be due to publications such as your own. Once again, our thanks.Eugene J. Krinsky PresidentCadman Towers Assn.Change NeededBut Plan OpenTo the Editor:In a recent issue of a publication of the Park Slope Neighborhood Tenants Council, it was incorrectly stated that the Park Slope Civic Council was one of a number of groups supporting an alternate plan for the proposed expansion of Methodist Hospital.Actually, the Civic Council has only gone on record as opposing the closing of 6th Street by Methodist Hospital. While we have expressed interest in studying a number of alternate plans, we have not supported any of them at this time.John P. Noonan PresidentPark Slope Civic CouncilStop SlaughterOf Baby SealsTo the Editor:It is very often true, unfortunately, that once a news item hasbeen printed and discussed, it no longer commands the interest of the public.Some weeks ago. various newspapers carried an advertisement calling for the banning of slaughtering baby seals. As a result, the Norwegian Embassy was bombarded with protests against one of Norway%u2019s sealing industry's tactics on the Labrador Front.In late April, the seal hunt ended, but the appeal to ban inhumane killing of these helpless animals must go on. The lives of these creatures must not be forgotten with yesterday%u2019s news. I urge the PHOENIX readers to continue the campaign banning the senseless killing of baby seals. Surely, in this age of modern synthetics, there must be some other substitute for their skins and fur. Any readers interested in preserving these animals may make a contribution, however small, to the International Fund for Animal Welfare, P.O. Box 9744-H. Cleveland, Ohio, 44140.District 13For SchoolDid you graduate from aschool located in CommunitySchool District 13? If so, thedistrict office would like toknow what you%u2019re doing.The District includes schoolsin Brooklyn Heights, FortGreene /Cl inton Hill, parts ofBedford-Stuyvesant, CrownHeights and Park Slope. Theelementary schools are P.S. 3,7-8, 9,11,20,44, 46, 54, 56, 67,93, 133, 256, 270, 282, 287, 305and 307. Junior high schoolsBrian Davies, the director of the 1FAW has worked relentlessly over the past eight years to end the pathetic plight of the harp seals. He needs others who are interested in preserving the lives of these animals. Only through the continued efforts of many can this senseless slaughter of wildlife be stopped.Judith Judge Park SlopeTaste Is GoodAnd the Color's FineEditor:Ref: SPECIAL BONUS ISSUE/ Cover Color Change Congratulations on your new look. Keep up the good work and continue to show good layout taste, along with quality printing.Thank you,Tar Beaty Graphic Horizons 105 Atlantic Ave.LookingAlumniwithin the area are 117, 258,265 and 294.The District 13 Annual Awards for Pupils will include the%u201c From Our District%u201d Award tobe given to a graduate who hasmade outstanding contributionsto the world community.For further information, contact D istrict 13%u2019s O ffice ofCommunity Relations, 834-6706.frorn you.P o s t h a s t e 1Editor,The Phoenix 1 55 A tla n tic Ave.' ------ NTil.. PIIOKVIV k mililklu.rl Sll times a year hv Advocate Press, Inc., 155 Atlantic A venue, Brooklyn, NewYork 11201. 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