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I PINING AWAY-Members of Co-op City grounds crew, under the direction of George Baran, install a 30 foot. eight ton Austrian Pine near Building hi Monday. Many such · trees have been planted here recently.
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Installation of floodlights for Co-op City basketball courts was approved at Monday's Advisory Council general session over the strong objection of Building 11 residents and representatives. Five residents of Building 11 spokes against the floodresolution from the at the beginning of the session. One speaker claimed that • • . "people are incensed enough to destroy these lights as fast as go up." The District 11 ComrnuBuilding 11 AC represenSchool Board held a tative Jerry Perlman, claimmeeting and aped that the youth who frequent the basketball court proved three appointments near his building were most- in area schools. non-residents of Co-op Mrs. Mildred Godfrey was City, and that they "used approved as acting princiobscenities with abandon ... pal of P.S. 153 in the Northopenly gambled ... and pedeast Bronx Education Park. dled dope." Mrs. Godfrey was formerly Earle McField, another Building 11 representative, questioned whether the 9 P.M. curfew would be enforced since he claimed the court is presently being used as late as 1 A.M. or later. Air cooling was closed :;:¡imon Schwartz, Building down for the season yesterattempted to table the resoday, October Ist. It will take lution on the grounds that about one week to ready the it was not properly handled system for heat. in. committee. By the end of the sumWalter Simon; chairman of mer, approximately 12,000 of the Community Relations apartments were under cenCommittee, proposed the tral air cooling. floodlight resolution and In some of the new builddefended it. He assured the Council that the lights would ings, it was found when air into operabe turned off at 9 P.M. Simon cooling was also said that one third of tion that one whole line was City was made up of not working. The steamfityoung people, but only one ters worked effectively to room was provided for their correct conditions as were discovered and the use. end of the season all lines of "I'm not going to tell you were (Continued c,1a Page properly.
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Co-op City"s Advisory Council Monday approved the establishment of a carrier current radio station for Co-op City. The Council's decision is binding, since Riverbay Corporation management had earlier left the final decision on the matter to the AC. The Public Information Committee of the Advisory Council has been working on the matter for some and has been engaged on extensive research and consultation with radio station officiais, according to Arthur cil would be empowered to casting in a relatively short Oshins, committee chairman. make binding decisions period of time, and reported In presenting the propowhen those decisions did not that the company is aiming sal, Oshíns explained that involve the cost of large at March 31st, 1972. the. original understanding sums of money to the housThe station will subscribe -: between Co-op sponsors and ing company. to the code of the National Association of Broadcasters, early community residents Kr is ad am Communícaand will, of course, be reguwas that the Advisory Countiens, a company created for lated by the Federal Comthe purpose of establishing munications Commission, aca radio station here, offered ( Continued on Page five per cent of its annual profit or $10,000, whichever is greater, to the housing company for the franchise. Additional income to the assistant of P.S. housing company will be 19. realized by rental of space Purpose-To take acMrs. Marjorie Wigg·ins for the radio station. tion to reduce the amount was approved as assistant The final agreement made of the 35 '.Ir rent increase. principal of P.S. 178, and with Krisadam is subject to Jack Landman received apHow Wm The Money . renegotiation in three years proval for his appointment be Used-Four areas of and is subject to AC approas principal of LS. 180. In action are under considval, according to a stipulaeration: addition, Dr. Paul Treatman tion in the proposal passed was approved as principal 1) Audit of Ríverbay Monday. of Jr. H.S. 127. He was forbooks by professional acRíverbay Corporation's lemerly a principal in District counting firm. 18. gal counsel will participate 2) Review of maintenance and operations by a In making the appoint- in the preparation of the professional management ments, Jerome Reinstein, contract and a sub-commitconsultant firm school board president, ex- tee of the AC will participlained the inclusion of the pate in drafting the terms 3) Court proceedings to term "acting" in Mrs. God- of the contract. The conprevent implementation tract will then be submitted frey's appointment. of the increase if investito the AC for final approval. gation is not complete. Community School boards This was also stipulated by 4) Lobbying for legisare enjoined from making the Public Information Comlative action in Interest appointments of school su- mittee's proposal. Reduction Subsidy; Tax pervisors because of a case Abatement for Senior Citi"I feel the Council made brought against the Central zens; Reduction or ElimSchool Board by the NAACP clear what must be stipuination of State SuperviLegal Defense and Educa- lated in the contract by its sory Fee; Mitchell-Lama tional Fund. At present, the vote for our detailed proChanges to make residents posal," Oshins told the Co-op list of eligible candidates owners within 2 years. City Times. He also said approved the board of How to Give-By check that much of the research examiners is frozen, pending or money order made out final outcome of an appeal for the program can be acto Advisory Council. of the case. U. S.. Circuit credited to Robert Varasa no, Where to Give-In your Court Judge Walter R. a member of the Public Inbuilding lobby on FundMansfield, September is- formation Committee. OshRaising Consult your ins and Varasano expressed restrainbulletin board for more from the the hope that the station information. would be able to start broadlist.
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