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R e p o r t e r s N o t e b o o kPark Slope Residents Detained In Russia For Distributing Nuclear InfoBY LIZ KOCHBeing detained by the KGB may sound to many like the worst case scenario for an American visiting the Soviet Union, but for Park Slopers Bob McGlynn and Ann Marie Hendrickson they left for a trip to the USSR last month fully aware of the possibilities.Possibility became reality when the two were picked up by the Soviet police while distributing leaflets on August 3 at Gorky Park on a crowded Sunday afternoon. The two, part of a Manhattan based anti-nuclear group called the New York Trust Group, were handing out information on nuclear radiation.%u201cWe had planned this trip for a couple of years, but after Chernobyl it was an emergency,%u201d 30-year old McGlynn says. %u201cThe people there were not getting any information from the government and even though Western governments were accusing them of being closed about information they were not being open either,%u201d he explains.Because they had been forewarned of the possibilities of running afoul with the police there, the two say they were prepared for the consequences of their action. The day of the leafletting, they were joined by a parallel USSR group, the Moscow Trust Group, members of which accompanied them but did not participate in the action.%u201cThe police arrived about ten minutes after we did,%u201d 29-year-old Hendrickson says. %u201cThey took the leaflets and took us by thearm and lead us to the precinct,\plains. The KGB arrived a half hour later, but neither side spoke the other language very well and McGlynn says he only knew enough to tell them that they were American peace activists.%u201cWe were carrying signs that were in Russian, so at first they may have thought we were Russian,%u201d Hendrickson says. %u201cOnce they realized we were foreign, they were very polite,%u201d she says. %u201cThe Soviets don%u2019t want to mess around with Americans. They are concerned about their image in the peace movement and internationally,%u201d McGlynn adds.Their Russian counterparts, however, they say m ay not be let off the hook as easily. A Russian woman who was also picked up, McGlynn says, had been beaten by the KGB on another occasion. %u201cShe was very brave to speak up to them after that,\On the other hand, he points out that his experiences in America as an activist had lead him into trouble with the police. %u201cWhat we were doing there was not illegal and they only kept us for an hour. I%u2019ve been in worse experiences here getting arbitrarily picked up, detained and hit by the police,%u201d McGlynn says.After returning from their trip, McGlynn says, that activists who continued to leaflet were surrounded by police on another occasion but that no others were detained. %u201cDespite the presence of the police, however,people continued to take the leaflets. They really wanted to know what was going on and they were able to give away all their leaflets,\The New York Trust Group is now raising funds to pay off the debt of the trip and is planning a future excursion. %u201cOur political basis is to circumvent the super-power politicians. We feel it is more sensisble to have detente from below and get people from both sides working together,%u201d he says.%u201cThe answer is not Reagan's idea to threaten with nuclear bombs, but to work with what is positive there. Work with the groups in the Soviet Union such as the Moscow Trust Group who if we didn%u2019t support them would have been repressed.%u201d he explains, adding: %u201cThis is not a political line that we are arguing over. People think you have to be pro-west or pro-east but that type of bickering is irrelevant and a diversion. We really just want people to find out about the nuclear issues.%u201dDespite their detention, the two call the trip a success. %u201cIt was so successful and the repression was so minimal that we are encouraging other people to go,%u201d he says.For more information on the New York Trust Group, call 499-7720.Bob McGlynn and Ann M arie Hendrickson.(Phoenix/Koch Photo)Towns Talks LaborNorth Brooklyn Rep. Ed Towns (11th CD) met with Brooklyn members of the United Auto Workers Union Aug. 19 to talk about labor issues facing the House of Representatives this session.On hand were about 15 members of Local 259 including Sam Myers, the union%u2019s leader. Domestic content legislation was a major concern of the workers as well as the nation%u2019s growing defecit. Myers said the meeting was cordial and afterward affirmed his support of the Congressman who faces no Democratic primary opposition in the September election.%u201cHaving meetings like this one with the UAW membership is essential in helping me know how my constituency feels about labor issues,%u201d said Towns.Locals Endorse Badillo%u201cThe candidacy of Herman Badillo for State Comptroller appeals to all the people of New York,%u201d says State Senator Thomas Bartosiewicz, who represents North Brooklyn%u2019s 20th S.D.. The Senator endorsed Badillo%u2019s candidacy along with a dozen PolishAmerican political and civic leaders in New York Aug. 15. Badillo, who is the only candidate in the September Democratic primary for nomination for the state-wide office, will oppose the Republican incumbent Edward Regan in the November general election.Bartosiewicz, co-chairman of Badillo%u2019s campaign, says that the candidate sympathizes with retired people who rely on the Comptroller%u2019s management of their pension and with New York companies that need investments to keep jobs in the state. %u201cThe sympathies of the present Comptroller seem to be with out-of-state companies and highcost consultants,%u201d he says.Lambda Gives MoneyThe Brooklyn chapter of the Lambda Independent Democrats held a champagne reception Aug. 20 to honor the candidates the gay political action club is endorsing in the primary election. Some $1000 was raised and will be distributed to the candidates, club officials say.For U.S. Congress, the club is endorsing Rep. Ed Towns from northern Brooklyn%u2019s 11th Congressional District, Rep. Major Owens from central Brooklyn%u2019s 12th CD and Rep. Stephen Solarz from the west Brooklyn 13th CD.For State Senate, Maurice Gumbs who is challenging the incumbent State Senator,Marty Markowitz, in the Flatbush 21st Senate District was endorsed along with Senator Velmanette Montgomery from the BedfordStuyvesant/Ft. Greene/Red Hook 22nd S.D. and Marty Connor from the Brooklyn Heights 25th S.D.Brownstone area Assemblymembers endorsed include Mel Miller from the 44th A.D., James Brennan from the 51st AD and Eileen Dugan from the 52nd AD, all incumbents.District Leaders candidates and incumbents supported include: Joni Yoswein, 44th AD; Louise Finney, Richard Guay, 51st AD; Joan Millman and John McElhinney, 52nd AD; and Ed Hightower and Ruby Nottage, 57th AD.Assemblymembers A1 Vann (56th AD) and Roger Green (57th AD) as well as Rep. Chuck Schumer (10th C.D.) were not included on the list because they failed to contact the club when asked to appear before the membership for an endorsement, according to club president Scott Klein.Brennan Fights NYTELPark Slope/Windsor Terrace Assemblymember Jim Brennan (51st AD) has joined a lawsuit against the Public Service Commission (PSC) to stop the New York Telephone Company (NYTEL) rate increase scheduled for August 1987.The $375 million rate hike was granted without any investigations into the financial claims made by NYTEL. The increase is expected to raise monthly phone bills by 7.5 percent. The last NYTEL increase was granted by the PSC in the fall of 1985.%u201cThere is little evidence that these increases are justified,%u201d says Brennan. %u201cThat%u2019s why I%u2019ve decided to take the PSC to court as part of a statewide %u201cConsumer Coalition%u201d formed to battle NYTEL. We are challenging the PSC on grounds that they acted illegally in granting the rate hike without holding public hearings and without looking into NYTEL%u2019s financial situation.%u201dCandidates BackedThe AFL-CIO%u2019s District Council 1707, representing 20,000 State, County and Municipal employees is endorsing 11 Brooklyn candidates standing for re-election in the September Democratic primary. The council says it is the largest number of candidates it has ever supported. The council says that it will provide the candidates with financial contributions, telephone banks and manpower.All the candidates are Democrats and include Stan Lundine, candidate for party nomination for Lt. Governor, and Mark Green, who hopes to run against GOP U.S.U.S. Congressmember Stephen Solarz helps colleague and Lt. Governor hopeful StanLundine in a little campaigning in Brighton Beach. The two stopped at the Brighton BeachBaths for two hours earlier in August to chat with the patrons.Senator A1 D%u2019Amato in the general election.North Brooklyn Congressman Ed Towns (llth CD) and Central Brooklyn Congressman Major Owens (12th CD) are also being supported along with Brooklyn Assemblymembers Clarence Norman (43rd A.D.), Mel Miller (44th A.D.), Frank Barbaro (47th A.D.), Thomas Catapano (54th A.D.), William Boyland (55th A.D.), A1 Vann (56th A.D.) and Roger Green (57th A.D.).State Senators Thomas Bartosiewicz (20th S.D.) and Velmanette Montgomery (22nd S.D.) were also endorsed.Gov. SignsD.A. fs BillA bill drafted by Brooklyn District Attorney Elizabeth Holtzman%u2019s office that strengthens the state anti-corruption laws, was signed by Governor Cuomo Aug. 13.%u201cGovernmental corruption is a cancer which must be combatted aggressively,%u201d said Holtzman about the bill which eliminates loopholes hindering the prosecution of bribery and toughens penalties for corrupt acts. %u201cI am pleased that this bill has been enacted into law. It will remove some of the shackles that have prevented prosecutors from fighting corruption effectively.%u201dCurrent State law treats defrauding the government no more seriously than defrauding an individual. The bill makes defrauding the government a felony with a maximum jail term of 1 and 1/3 to 4 years. A separate Holtzman proposal, to increase protection for whistleblowers who report governmental wrongdoing, has also been signed into law.Mega Helps BuyersSlope-Bay Ridge State Senator Christopher Mega (R-23rd District) has proposed legislation that would offer future home buyers a special savings account with a deduction similar to that received from an Individual Retirement Account.%u201cGiven the soaring real estate value of the times in which we live,%u201d says Mega, %u201cthose in the market to buy their first home %u2014 specially young couples with nominal savings and modest incomes %u2014 face great difficulties and frustration.%u201dThe legislation would establish savings accounts for first-time home buyers andallnny q tO AHH fn t i ftHfl t a r