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SIXTEEN THE EAST HAMPTON STAR, EAST HAMPTON, N.Y., OCTOBER 13, 1977 The Promised Land Chain Saw Massacre: Eleven utility poles were cut off about three feet above the ground, and the copper wire (live) was removed and taken away, presumably for sale as junk. The theft took place within the boundary of the Atlantic Processing Company fish property, on what is now State land. Cal Norris Warrants W ielded East Hampton Town Police arrested two women last Sunday in connection with a burglary committed here last April. The two, according to police, are also wanted by police in Milford, Conn., on charges of armed robbery first- degree. The defendants were identified as Cleo Bacon, 23, of Oakview Highway, East Hampton, and Denise Vaughn, 21, of Norris Lane, Bridgehampton. A warrant for their arrest on burglary third-degree charges, issued by Town Justice Sheppard Frood, was executed by Detective John Claflin and Special Officer Debbie Stonemetz at Bailey Road, Southampton. Taken before Justice Frood, each of the defendants was held in lieu of $2,500 bail. Another Warrant In another arrest made last week by the Town Police, Ralph Mayer, 39, of the Montauk Motel, Edison Street, Montauk, turned himself in at police headquarters on Tuesday, Oct. 4, after a warrant for his arrest had been issued the previous day by Justice Frood. He said that Mr. Mayer was accused of assault third - degree in that he allegedly struck a neighbor, Michael Donnelly, of the Garden Cottages. Mr. Mayer pleaded not guilty and was released in $100 bail. There were three arrests on driving while intoxicated charges last week. One of them is reported elsewhere. The defendants in the other two cases were Eugene McCann, 61, of South Eldert Lane, Montauk, who was arrested last Thursday off Second House Road, Montauk, and Bernard F. Golden, 50, of 45 Maple Lane, East Hampton, who was arrested last Saturday on Springs- Fireplace Road, East Hampton. Mr. Golden was also issued summons es alleging unlicensed operation, no insurance, no registration, and driving to the left of the center line. He was later released by Justice Frood in $50 bail. Mr. McCann was released by Justice Frood in his own custody. James Kaufman, 21, of 6702B East Cedar Street, Denver, Col., was charged with speeding, possession of an altered driver’s license, and unli censed operation of a motor vehicle in an arrest that took place Wednesday, Oct. 5, on the Napeague stretch of Route 27. Bail was set by Sergeant Frederick Notel at $130. Rakim Bajinca, 37, of 150 East 21st Street, Brooklyn, was charged last Friday with driving while his license was revoked and with possessing an altered driver’s license, police said. He was released in $100 bail. County Disclosure Law A financial disclosure law, seen by its author as “the toughest in the State,” has been proposed for all of Suffolk County’s elected and many of its appointed officials. Robert Mrazek, a Democratic County Legislator from Centerport, said he’s based the law on that of the Town of Huntington, Federal disclosure laws, and “some new ideas.” Among its features are an ex haustive series of questions about real estate activity by officials. “Land deals have been the cornerstone of official corruption in this County from time immemorial,” Mr. Mrazek said. “Hope fully, this will do something about it.” The proposed law will receive its first discussion before the Legislature at a meeting next week. A public hearing will be necessary next. Despite the proposed law’s stringency, ultimate passage seems quite possible. Bipartisan “I have no problem with it,” said John Wehrenberg, a Republican Legis lator from Holbrook. “I support it,” said Floyd Linton, the Democratic chairman of the Legis lature, as well. Signing as co-sponsors have been Legislators Richard Lambert of West Islip, Joyce Burland of Sagaponack, and Claire Sauer of Huntington, all Democrats. “I’ve always felt that full financial disclosure by public officials is absolutely necessary,” said Mrs. Bur- land. Suffolk Executive John V.N. Klein said if the law is passed by the Legislature he’ll be likely to sign it. “I’m one of those nuts who is willing to disclose anything,” said Mr. Klein. “I don’t know whether that indicates integrity or insanity.” But, he added, if the law is adopted, “I think that a lot of other people might have very legitimate objections that it strips away the last vestige of any element of personal privacy for public officials.” The proposal is called the “Suffolk County Public Official Financial Dis closure Law.” It would be an amend ment to the County Charter and apply to “all elected Suffolk County public officials, all department heads, chief department heads,” and all Civil Ser vice personnel of grade 32 and above, which comprises most senior bureau crats. Details It would require that such officials 30 days after their election or appoint ment file with the clerk of the County Legislature three forms: • Financial Statement. This would include “cash on hand, cash in banks... accounts receivable, loans receivable . . . mortgages owned, real estate . . . accounts payable, real estate mort gages payable” and listings of all bank accounts and balances, bonds and descriptions and values of real estate, and total “net worth.” • “Statement of Full Disclosure.” This begins with, “Are you or have you ever been a licensed real estate broker?\ It continues with questions about whether “you or any member of your family” received any fee, commis sion or “gratuity” involving a real estate transaction in Suffolk “except for a one-family residence” within four years of taking office. There are similar questions about changes of zone and variances, and in all instances detailed information about remuneration, dates, and property involved is called for. • Annual Income Data. This for a run-down on “wages, salaries . . . dividends, interest income . . . settle ments, partnerships . . . gifts, loans, pardoned loans . . . alimony, winnings of any kind, other income of any kind.” In addition, officials would also be required to “in detail” provide informa tion on “all stockholdings in non- publicly held corporations . . . interests in any firms, partnerships, associa tions, businesses . . . which have done any work for a monetary consideration for any municipality . . . board or commission in Suffolk” in the four years previous and “all interests in any real estate holding . . . held by a designee or nominee (or) members of his or her immediate household.” The statements are to be filed annually reflecting “any changes from” prior depositions. Karl Grossman In Town A Grand Art Tour There are an awful lot of people in and around New York City who have never even heard of East Hampton, much less of Guild Hall, but who cheerfully paid out a total of over $8,000 one day last week to benefit that worthy institution. The occasion was a tour, at $20 a throw, of artists’ studios in lower Manhattan. Following some kindly advance publicity in the metropolitan press more than 425 persons showed up at the tour’s starting point, number 389 West 12th Street, the studio- residence of Lowell Nesbitt (of whom more later), at 1 p.m. of a breezy, sunny autumn afternoon. About 25 of the tourgoers — Enez Whipple, of course, and Alice Mund, Helen Duncan, Betty Varese, Helen Hoie, and Connie Parr, among others — had come to town that morning aboard a chartered bus and would be back in East Hampton before nightfall. The vast majority, though, arrived at West 12th Street via taxi and private car, the nearest subway stop being inconven iently far away. Westbeth Ticket-takers at the Nesbitt door, overwhelmed by the unexpectedly immense throng, quickly decreed that no more than 50 persons could be allowed in at once, so most of the group started its tour instead at the nearby Westbeth building, where five studios were to be seen. Westbeth, formerly headquarters of the New York Telephone Company, was renovated several years ago and reopened with much fanfare as an artists’ haven with Federally sub sidized, low-maintenance apartments. The years since, however, have not been kind. Graffiti disfigures the building’s walls, and in the elevators a sharp odor of urine caused much wrinkling of noses and some unhappy comments. If the odor in the elevators was bad, the one in the halls was worse. One woman conjectured that the whole place smelled like cats, and it did seem that most of the artists on the tour had One or more cats roaming about. At the Nesbitt studio later on, the smell was so strong, although no animals were in sight, that someone asked where the cats were.. “In the garage,” she was told. “All inine of them.”.; f. Reaction Mr. Nesbitt, as a startled glance inside his unusual home revealed, keeps ’a lot more than cats. One bemused visitor remarked that his house was like “an underground mov ie.\ Other reactions: “Orgyville, USA;\ “intensely erotic;” “absolutely whacko.” The artist was not on hand. Three young men acted as hosts in his place, guiding people around the three-story budding, which used to be a New York Police Department stables, and making sure that no one fell into either the swimming pool or the Jacuzzi whirlpool bath. The three remained on the ground floor, which was indeed a good thing, one woman gasped later on, because she could never have met their eyes after meeting their nude, life-sized, photographic replicas prominently dis played in curious poses on the floors above. Art Overlooked? Some persons were mesmerized by the contents of Mr. Nesbitt’s closet and others by his bedroom furniture. A pair of night tables, graphically carved in the shape of human torsos, were especially remarkable for the ingenious way they opened up. Much opening and much giggling took place. The artist’s powerful paintings tend ed perhaps to be overlooked with so much else to see, which was un fortunate. Other studies on the tour included those of Ronald Mallory, who an nounced proudly that his largest paint ing, a hauntingly beautiful “cloud- scape,” had been sold to an East Hampton summer resident, Mrs. Jean Cullman; and those of William King, Fay Lansner, Phillip Pavia and Hans Anything That Would Float, Just About A dozen boats and 35 competitors participated in the third annual “Dock Rowing Championships,” sponsored by the Dock, a Montauk bar, which may be responsible for introducing boxing to the locality. George Watson, owner and manager of the establishment, as well as the organizer of the autumn series of events on successive Mondays (a foot race and a bicycle race preceded Monday’s competition), was the winner of the men’s singles division in 16 minutes and five seconds; he rowed a shell. Billy Sullivan, Steve House- knecht, Paul Watson, and Glenn Keef er, took first place in the team division in 17:10, motivating a four-paddle Collision At Pondview Two women were taken to the East Hampton Medical Group for treatment of facial injuries on Wednesday, Oct. 5, following a collision on Pondview Lane, East Hampton. East Hampton Village Police report ed that the accident occurred at about 1:13 p.m. when a 1976 Dodge suburban driven by Joan Denny of 24 Huntting Lane, East Hampton, traveled into the path of a 1975 American sedan driven by Laurie Meckler of 775 Springs- Fireplace Road, Springs. The cars were towed. In another accident investigated by the Village Department last week, the driver of a van owned by Crossly Building Products, Inc., of Bay Shore, was issued a summons on Thursday alleging that he failed to observe a height clearance sign after the 1971 Ford truck he was driving struck the North Main Street railroad overpass at about 11:28 a.m. The driver was John A. Desena of 147 Studley Street, Brentwood. A 1967 Ford sedan driven by Robert D. Staker of 4832 Harlow Drive, Dayton, Ohio, struck the rear of a 1970 Chevrolet van on Main Street, near Huntting Lane, last Friday. The van was operated by Daniel T. Moran of Kline. Mr. King’s studio-residence in East Hampton is on Fireplace Road; so is Mr. Kline's. “The Factory\ The last stop was at Andy Warhol’s “Factory,” where wine and cheese were to be served beginning at 5 p.m. The Warhol address was not published in advanced in the tour brochure; it would be “released,” said the brochure, \by studio hostesses at 4:30 p.m.” It was explained that this was being done in order that no one would show up too early; also, so that the Warhol address would not fall into the wrong hands, also to add a little mystery to the afternoon. The first goal was perhaps best realized. Mr. Warhol’s Factory, where he paints and conducts his varied business enterprises, proved even after its location was released to be so elusive — even some born Manhattan ites did not think such an address existed — that many persons did not find it until after 5:30. Irene Silverman canoe. The course, a mile and a quarter in length, began off the Hawthorne Lodge near Lake Montauk, and ended at the Town Dock in Montauk village. In the women’s division, Alice House- knecht, Pat Mort, Pat Walsh, and Kathy Fitzgibbon, also in a four-paddle canoe, swept to the finish in 31:10 for top honors. Charley Harned, like all competitors a Montauk resident, won the surfboard division over two others in 45 minutes. Don Ward, in a kayak, recorded the third best time, finishing in 18 minutes. Boxing After the race, George Watson announced that he was set to promote “the big one: Saturday, Nov. 5.” He 3006 29th Street, Astoria, Queens. A 1964 Ford pickup truck driven by Clint A. Bennett of 719 Springs- Fireplace Road, Springs, struck a 1971 Ford suburban operated by Edward J. McMahon of East Hampton at the Collins Avenue-North Main Street intersection at about 8:11 p.m. last Saturday. Bass Flirting At Montauk The striped bass appear ready for their annual fall run off Montauk, but the fish are still flirting with surf- casters while the inshore boat activity flourishes. John Kronuch of Johnny’s Tackle Shop reported yesterday that the surf casting has been “not too good.” In fact, it has been so bad that one angler, who landed a 38-pound striper Tuesday night, would not share with anyone where he caught the exception to the rule. “A few fish have been caught, mostly under the Lighthouse,” Mr. Kronuch said. “It’s slow, no doubt about it, but the boats are doing well.” Indeed they are, and not just with the stripers. Carl Darenberg Jr. of the Tim Gleason explained that he was “sick and tired of listening to some of these guys talking about themselves, so I came up with this idea. It’s something else to do, and it’ll let out some aggressions.” Entries for heavyweight, light-heavy middle, junior - middle, and welter weight pugilists will be accepted until Oct. 29; the fee is $5. “That’s going to cover expenses; we have to build a ring, get gloves, cups, headgear, tro phies, and officials, and if the tough guys have to pay something, they’ll probably show up,” Watson said. He added that if there were enough interest women would compete in a division of their own. Steve Bromley Jr. Montauk Marine Basin described blue- fish activity near the Submarine buoy that is “so thick, you could walk on them.” A Reason He also mentioned a reason for the poor action the surfcasters are exper iencing: “The bass are feeding off sand eels right now, a deeper water type of bait. From the boats, the bass seem to be hitting on feathers, umbrella rigs, and parachutes.” The bass are most voracious on the south side, as well as near “the Elbow” and “Great Eastern.” Offshore, green' bonita (four to six pounds) and albacore (eight to 15 pounds) are biting, also on the south side. Mr. Darenberg said that the fall run was here for the bass, “and it’ll get better until the full moon, the 26th of this month, Connecticut isn’t getting much, so we’re getting it.” The Viking Fleet reports that the large charters are bringing in “loads' and loads” of blues and bass, day or night, while the daytime cod activity off Block Island is also successful. S.B. Jr.
