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Fish, Peyser, Reid
lash Nixon pardon
By KENDRA CORNELL
Every Congressman and Congressional
candidate in upper Westchester and
Putnam, Republican and Democrat, has
said President Gerald Ford's pardon of
former President Richard Nixon raises
serious questions about equality of justice
in America today
—Staff photo by Ted Kaplan
D I S H E A R T E N E D STRIKERS: Pickets Norma Menzies and M[ary
Martin (seated) confer with Local 200 President Walter J. Butler at the en­
trance to Waterview Hills Nursing Home in North Salem. Strike is en­
tering its fourth week with talks stalemated. Nursing home employees are
seeking a salary hike.
Dansker faces
bribery counts
By ELIZABETH SIMONOFF
NORTH SALEM — Norman Dansker, a
resident and large landowner in North
Salem, was indicted on two counts for
bribery and income tax evasion by a
Federal grand jury in Newark Tuesday
A charge in the tax evasion indictment
was that Arthur Sutton, a FL Lee, N J.
developer, funded by Dansker interests,
had paid $145,000 in kickbacks to excavate
a lake on Mr. Dansker's property in North
Salem The payment was made to the
Lawrence Labrida Construction Company
of Annonk and Scars dale
An official of the United States
Attorney's office in Newark who has been
active in the investigation told Patent
Trader Tuesday that the Investors Fun­
ding Corp , a real estate development firm
of which Mr. Dansker is president and
board chairman, had advanced money to
Mr Sutton for development financing
Then, the official said, Mr Sutton had
diverted portions of these funds "to pay
personal expenses of Mr. Dansker and
generate cash for Investors Funding
Executive Vice President Steven
Haymes."
Mr Sutton pleaded guilty to conspiracy
charges, "encompassing all the tran­
sactions," in Federal court in Newark
Tuesday afternoon, court officials said
Kickbacks to Mr Dansker and other IFC
(Continued on Page 8)
Putnam Valley boy shot
in 'playful encounter'
PUTNAM VALLEY - A "playful
encounter" between two Putnam Valley
boys resulted in the shooting death of one
of them Friday afternoon, according to
State Police at Peekskill
Louis Malluzzo. 13 of Somerset Road
was killed by a single shot m the neck from
a 22 calibre magnum rifle fired by a 12year-old neighbor who did not know the
gun was loaded, police reported
The 12-year-old, who
identified because of his
charged with juvenile
manslaughter pending
has not been
age, has been
delinquencya hearing in
Putnam County Family Court
According to police, the Malluzzo boy
had apparently confronted the other with a
slingshot while playing in a driveway The
other youth then ran inside and got the
rifle, which belonged to his father,
returned and fired
The Malluzzo youth was pronounced
dead at the scene by Dr John Zarcone,
Putnam County coroner An autopsy was
to be performed at Grasslands Hospital,
Valhalla
State Police report that, "the accident
appeared to be from recklessness and not
from any malice on the youth's part "
Representative Hamilton Fish, Jr of
Millbrook, the only Congressman from
this area who serves on the House's
judiciary committee which voted to ask
the House to impeach President Nixon,
said the pardon leaves the people with only
the committee's findings as evidence with
which to judge Mr Nixon A Republican,
representing the 25th district including
Putnam County, and several northern
Westchester County towns, Mr Fish said
the Watergate episode will remain open
for those who either do not read or do not
wish to believe the house judiciary
committee's impeachment report
no desire to see Mr Nixon imprisoned His
disgrace is punishment enough
"But repentence comes before
forgiveness — and we are left as a people
without a confession, without the verdict
of a trial in the Senate, and now, without a
judicial determination of guilt or in­
nocence
President
Ford's
un­
precedented action, I fear, creates as
many problems as he has attempted to
solve At a time hopefully of a beginning of
the restored confidence in our Con­
stitutional process, doubt is again raised
over the true equality of our law "
Rep Fish's Democratic opponent, Nick
Angell of Garrison, was even more
adamantly critical of President Ford's
pardon He said "President Ford's ab­
solute pardon of Richard Nixon is
unequivocally wrong The pardon is a
dramatic example of what is beginning to
be common — one standard of justice for
the rich and powerful, and another for the
rest of us
Body found
in Somers;
homicide seen
SOMERS — The badly decomposed
body of a man in his early sixties was
found Sunday afternoon near Annarock
Drive, according to State Police at
Somers
According to Westchester County
Medical Examiner Dr Henry Siegel, the
man had been dead for several months
from a perforating wound to the head,
probably inflicted by a gun. No weapon or
bullet was found at the scene
Police have called the death an ap­
parent homicide
The body was discovered at ap­
proximately noon by two teenaged boys
hunting in the old railroad right-of-way
near sparsely populated Annarock Drive
Police describe the man as white with
receding brown hair between five feet five
and five feet six inches tall, wearing a
striped yellow shirt, dark trousers, brown
suede shoes and a belt with the initial 'J'
inscribed on the gold buckle
According to observers, a knapsack
found beside the body contained a
geological map of Somers, a Boy Scout
canteen, a thermos wrapped in plastic,
comb, toothpaste, small bottle of after­
shave lotion, a folded raincoat, and a
small flask of whiskey
A pair of binoculars was also found
near the body which* according to police,
was laying on a survival-type blanket with
the head propped up against a rock
Police found no identification or wallet
(Continued on Page 8)
WE W A N T A R E F E R E N D U M of residents on the
Bonnie Meade proposal. United Homeowners of Mt.
Pleasant Executive Director Vincent VaJentJ told Mt.
Pleasant Supervisor Fred Gross, right, at Tuesday's
town board meeting. Looking at Mr. Valenti is U H M P
Chairman Anthony Saitta. Town board members are
Joseph Harmon, left, and Enrico Caruso.
In Westchester, Rep. Carey, the
Brooklyn Congressman, pulled in 57 per
Rogowsky, Sullivan win
Martin Rogowsky of Harrison and
Peter Sullivan of White Plains won their
parties' nominations for assembly can­
didate in the 92nd district in Tuesday's
Democratic and Republican primaries.
Martin Rogowsky; the Democrat,
defeated Pleasantville's Connie Hogarth,
2,637 to 1,912
Republican Peter Sullivan, who had
been the GOP county committee designee,
defeated former assemblyman Richard
Cerosky of Valhalla by a similar margin.
The latest GOP tally on that race showed
Sullivan 2,566 and Cerosky 1,967. Those
districts that had not yet been tallied by
press time were White Plains districts
believed to favor their home town can­
didate, Mr. Sullivan.
The two men winners will face each
other and Conservative candidate Philip
A. Marraccini of Harrison on the
November ballot. The 92nd district
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cent of the county vote, soundly beating
convention candidate Howard Samuels,
22,770 to 16.594
Mr Samuels, an upstate industrialist
who had been former chief of the state's
—Staff photo by Donna Sptnelti
Homeowners demand referendum
By VICKI EPSTEIN
HAWTHORNE - Approximately 200
members of United Homeowners of Mt
Pleasant packed Tuesday's Mt Pleasant
Town Board meeting to voice opposition to
the proposed Bonnie Meade project on
Columbus Avenue, Thornwood ,
Supervisor Fred Gross, however,
reminded UHMP that the planning board
is still studying the 1.200 condominiums,
golf course, executive park and con­
ference center proposal jointly sponsored
by Robert Martin Corp and General
Electric Real Estate Credit Corp
He would not commit the town board to
a non-binding referendum of Mt Pleasant
residents on Bonnie Meade as requested
by UHMP
visors words "The Constitution says We
£he People', not "me, the town super­
visor" or "me, a councilman" or "me, a
developer," Mr Valenti said
UHMP Chairman Anthony Saitta
presented a Bonnie Meade position paper
It said roads around the Columbus Avenue
site are inadequate
Proposed zoning for Bonnie Meade was
another objection Under the present OB-1
zoning, Mr Saitta said, 270 single family
homes could be built on part of the land
'1,200 units requested by the developer
represents an increase of 444 per cent over
the existing allowable density," he added
UHMP reiterated its request for a ratio
of single family homes to multifamily
zoning
Supervisor Gross and town board
members had discussed the UHMP's
presence in a rather lengthy executive
session prior to the meeting and decided
that there would be bo discussion of_
Bonnie Meade "No demonstrations will
be permitted," and "we will maintain
dignity while conducting the business of
the town," Mr Gross said
UHMP Executive Director Vincent
Valenti took exception with the super­
Finally Mr Saitta said the preferences
and wishes of Mt Pleasant residents
should be obtained on the Bonnie Meade
proposal "This is a request from a
developer for a zoning change to ac­
commodate the largest, most ambitious
complex ever to hit Mt Pleasant Our
residents deserve to be treated like
responsible adults They should be given
all the facts, informed of all the ad­
vantages and disadvantages, the possible
Westchester's Democrats support Rep. Hugh Carey
More than 26 per cent of the country's
150,000 registered Democrats went to the
polls
It was a day for the non-aligned, for
independents and newcomers, county
Democrats were saying Tuesday night as
they scanned the tally boards tacked to
the walls of county Democratic
headquarters here
(Continued on Page 8)
Rep Fish also said "On his ptfrt,~I
believe President Ford's advance pardon
of former President Nixon was a com­
passionate response, a sincere effort to
avoid the divisiveness of bringing a
former President to trial, and an attempt
to close the book on Watergate
"There is a strong strain of compassion
in the American people Personally, I have
PRIMARY
By BARBARA COATS
WHITE PLAINS - Westchester
Democrats voted decisive victories for
Rep Hugh Carey, State Sen Mary Ann
Krupsak, Ramsey Clark and Robert
Abrams in the party's primary Tuesday
Reflecting sentiments of the majority
of Democrats throughout the state, county
voters roundly rejected the party's state
convention candidates and ^selected
primary challengers instead for all major
state posts
"This pardon extends not only to
Watergate-related crimes, but also to any
prosecution for failure to pay hundreds of
thousands of dollars of income taxes This
is particularly outrageous On top of all
this, President Ford has just asked
Congress to give Nixon $850,000 for
transitional expenses
"The use of the Presidential pardon
before guilt or innocence has been
Off Track Betting Corp has been a
governor hope/uHor at least 12 years He
was reported stunned by his defeat
In Westchester Sen Krupsak pulled in
a vote tally that was more than the
combined vote of both her opponents in her
bid for lieutenant governor. Sen Krupsak
drew 18,784 votes to 10,038 for New York
assets and liabilities and then given an
opportunity to express their preference
"I'm not talking about some slick,
contrived Madison Avenue survey either.
We're asking for a non-binding referen­
dum wherein each resident that wishes to
can declare himself for or against with a
straight 'yes' or 'no' turn of a lever in the
privacy of a voting booth," Mr. Saitta
said
In asking for a town board commitment
(Continued on Page 81
Couple gets back
antique window
SOUTH SALEM - A stained glass
window thief apparently had second
thoughts and returned a missing antique
window to its owners, Mr and Mrs Joseph
Krankowski of Make Peace Hill.
The yellow and pink multi-colored
window turned up intact Monday on the
grass at Rampart Pass and Red Coat
Lane, about a block from the
Krankowskis' house A neighbor driving to
work at 7 30 a m saw it, and drove to the
Krankowskis' new home on Make Peace
Hill to report his find
Mrs Krankowski bought the antique
window about nine months ago for ap­
proximately $250 It was installed on
August 31 and stolen little more than 24
hours later, before the Krankowskis even
moved into their new home
Now they are moved in and although
the lead in the window needs tightening,
Mrs Krankowski says she will have it
installed again "But what a shock to get it
back'"
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PATEIT TRADERS
Coalition slates win, lose
New Democratic Coalition candidates
for state committee won one and lost one
in Tuesday's Democratic primary battle
for committee posts in upper Westchester
districts
State committee men and women are
the party representatives who select state
candidates at the party's state convention
In both upper Westchester districts,
NDC candidates were the incumbents.
NDC,
the coalition of Concerned
Democrats and others aligned with Sen
George McGovern in the last Presidential
primary, had swept county committee
posts in 1972.
Countywide, NDC candidates won five
out of nine races in Tuesday's vote.
NDC candidates Arthur Goodman of
Pound Ridge and Caroline Parker of
Briarcliff held their posts against the
challenges of Barbara Keil of Mt Kisco
and Alan Fowler of Yorktown.
Mr Goodman and Mrs Parker will
represent Democrats from the 93rd
district — Yorktown, Somers, Bedford,
North Salem, Ossming, Lewisboro, and
New Castle
In the 92nd district, Mt Pleasant.
North Castle. White Plains and Harrison.
(Continued on Page 8)
Rep. Peyser defeats DeVito
IRVINGTON - Rep Peter A Peyser
defeated Anthony J. DeVito of Pleasant' ville in the Republican primary Tuesday
night by over 5,000 votes
Mr DeVito, an attorney who opposed
Rep. Peyser on the grounds that the
Congressman is "dismally liberal,"
blames the low voter turnout for his heavy
loss
Voters stayed away from the polls in
disgust, Mr DeVito told Patent Trader
Tuesday and the low turnout worked in
favor of the incumbent Potential voters
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