Poughkeepsie Journal from Poughkeepsie, New York • Page 11

Area Tuesday, April 15, 1980 Poughkeepsle Journal 11 MTA money uncertain page 14 Fischer mentally ill? page12 Obituaries page 13 Jail OK expected without sheriff's office Louis DeBiase jail approval By Robert DeFillippo Journal lUff writer It was delayed Monday, but the Dutchess County Legislature is expected to approve construction of an Jll million jail next Monday, Chairman Lbuis DeBiase, Town of Poughkeepsle said. The jail project, however, will not include money to renovate and expand the Sheriff's Department. Funds to upgrade that department may be made available if there is any money left over after the jail is completed, County Executive Lucille Pattison said. Capsule Firm gets OK for city senior housing A Pennsylvania building com pany has won a commitment foir federal rent subsidies which will enable it to construct 50 apartments for senior citizens on a vacant City of Poughkeepsie ownetl parcel on lower Main Street anol North Perry Street. The housing units are to be for low to moderate income senior citizens who will pay 25 percent of their adjusted gross income in' monthly rent payments.

The U.Sj Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) will make ud the difference between that figure And the prevailing rent for comparable housing. The building firm, of Harris burg, will operate in Poughkeepsle under the name Federal Development Inc. i The firm has been negotiating with city officials for about three years, but news that HUD had uaranteed rent subsidies amount ed to a green light for construct! on sometime this year. The HUD action was announced Monday John Barry, aide to U.S. Rep.

Hamilton Fish Millbrook. City man pleads not guilty in rape A 25 year old City of Poughkeepsle man pleaded not guilty Monday to charges he raped and stabbed a 44 year old woman in his apartment March 8. Stanley Carpenter, 60 South Cherry entered the plea when he was arraigned on a five count indictment before Dutchess County Judge Albert M. Rosenblatt. The indictment charges him with one count of first decree rape, two counts of lirst degree assault, and two counts of petit larceny, a misdemeanor.

Carpenter, married and the father of one, is being held in the Dutchess County Jail in lieu of 2,000 bail. The case has been adjourned until May 12. Clearwater to set sail BiiiiiH THE SLOOP CLEARWATER NEW YORK The Hudson "River Sloop Clearwater, flagship o4' the 10 year old environniental movement, was expected to set sale Monday from New York City a 1,000 mile "Sale for a non nuclearnuclear world" to Washington, DjC. llarring poor weather, the 106 foot sloop was scheduled to depart at 13 p.m. from the South Street Seaport in Manhattan.

Shn Mylod, executive director he Poughkeepsie based Clearwater organization, said the rain was not expected to delay the departure. He said the sail to Washington, where the sloop will take part in the April 26 "March for a Non NuclearNuclear will take 10 days. New Paltz police charge gun violation NEW PALTZ New Paltz po lice say they arrested four Queens residents Monday after they allegedly found two loaded handguns and some drugs in their car. The suspects, identified as Charles C. Wood, 21; Frank Sal vestri, 18, Karen Schaefer, 19, and Peter J.

Baiter, 25, were stopped when a patrolman saw their car weaving erratically on a town road, according to police. Police said they found two load ed handguns and a quantity of drugjs In the car. All four suspects were charged with second degree briminal po session of a weapon, a felony. Baiter was also charged with criminal possession 'of a controlled substance. Wood and Baiter were released on J5.000 bail each, while Salvestrl and Sohaefer were remanded to the Ulster County jail in lieu of 5.000 tbail.

Body of Bard student found in river BARRYTOWN The body of a 22 year old Bard College student who had been missing for three weeks was found washed ashore Sunday by a Red Hook youth fishing on the banks of the Hudson River here. State police In Rhinebeck today identified the body as that of Este ban Mario Tetrault. Police said the student was last Seen by his classmates at a spring pageant at the Rofceby estate in Barrytown last Matrch'23. Police received a missing person report on the 27th, but a three week search for the student failed to yield liny results. The body was finally found at 3 p.m.

Sunday. An autopsy was performed at Vassar fclospital in Poughkeepsle Monday to determine the cause of death, but results of the autopsy were not available by press time. DeBiase sai'd Monday that several legislators Indicated they would oppose the jail proposal if money to upgrade the sheriff's department wasn't made available. DeBiase added that he has told those lawmakers that money will be allocated for Jhe sheriff. One way the money may be appropriated is in the county budget, DeBiase said.

Democratic Minority Leader Rosalie Hodas, Poughkeepsie, said she will oppose any move to increase the cost of the jail project. "One of the main reasons for staying at the existing site," Mrs. Hodas said, "is that there is an adequate sheriff's department. The legislature has been struggling to reach an agreement on improving the Dutchess County Jail for the past six years. The current proposal is to approve an $11 million bond for new construction.

A 135 cell addition will be added to the existing North Hamilton Street jail with the money. The addition would be located on land north of the existing jail which the county intends to purchase in the future. Another $3.5 million will be spent to renovate the existing jail. That money is left over from a $4.1 million renovation bond which was aban doned last year. The entire project is expected to cost an estimated $13.4 million.

Development and planning of the new jail will be done by the state sponsored Facilities Development Corporation. One'of the three resolutions to be considered Monday is to hire FDC as project manager for planning, design, engineering and construction. The legislature was supposed to vote on the jail resolutions at Monday's regular monthly session. The resolutions were removed from the agenda after the lawmakers learned Wayne Nelmes, 15 Victor Pociask 38 for saving 2 lives last month 2 humble heroes honored by county By Teddle Burnett Journal staff writer Two area heroes, modest about their recent acts of bravery, were officially commended before the entire Dutchess County Legislature Monday afternoon. Wayne Nelmes, 15, of Rhinecliff, and Victor Pociask 37, of Pleasant Valley, both received plaques of commendation for saving two lives in separate incidents last month.

"I felt very good about it," said Pociask Monday night. "I was a little embarassed by the whole thing. "But it brought back the memory of what had happened." It was March 18 about 4 p.m. Pociask had left work early that afternoon. As he worked on his car outside his home on Hurley Road, he heard a child cry that "Chris" had fallen into the Wappingers Creek.

Pociask, whose own son's name is Chris, thought at first the ctjild was Joking. "But then I stood up and saw this fellow floating down the creek hollering," Pociask recalled. "I ran across the bridge (over the creek) and took off my coat and shoes and such as I was going. I saw him going under. And I didn't know how much time he had.

That water was really cold." Pociask just dove in. Thanks to him, 10 year old Christopher Blum, son of Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Blum, Creek Road, is alive today. Pociask worked at reviving the youngster and then carried him home, according to the Legislature's commendation.

Nelmes said he felt nervous as he waited for his award to be announced because there were so many people around. Nelmes lives on Grinnell Street in Rhinecliff, while Pociask lives on Hurley Road, Pleasant Valley. On March 14, young Nelmes left his home on Grinnell Street to shovel a neighbor's driveway. Hearing a shout for help coming from the Rhinecliff dock area at about 7:30 a.m., Nelmes ran toward the area where he found a man half in and half out of the Hudson. The 71 year old Frank Green, no known address, was froup to his waist in the icy Hudson River, and only a chunk of ice kept him from slipping to certain death.

Nelmes stuck his shovel into the ice for Green to grasp and then turned and ran for help. His father, Christopher Whiteley, is captain of Rhinecliff's rescue squad. Thanks to Nelmes' quick thinking, Green was pulled from the Hudson in time. He was taken to Northern Dutchess Hospital's intensive care unit, but released after four days. Whiteley said to this day, no one can locate Green and neither White ley nor his son have heard from the elderly man.

Both Pociask and Nelmes received standing ovations from the Legislature as each was presented his plaque. the project will cost $1 million more than originally estimated. The legislators had previously discussed construction of a $10 million facility. The other reason thejail vote was delayed until next Monday according to DeBiase, was that there were no funds provided the improvement of the sheriff's department. Leaders of both the Republican and Democratic caucuses said the jail resolution should have enough support to pass next Monday.

DPW chief to stay on in the city By Larry Hertz Jounral itaff writer Poughkeepsie Public Works Superintendent Alfred Signore decided 'Monday to keep his job. Signore, who handed his resignation to City Manager Daniel Fitzpa trick on March 4 amid behind the scenes charges against him by four city aldermen, announced his decision following a meeting Monday afternoon at city hall with Fitzpatrick and Mayor Thomas Aposporos. "Maybe we've all learned something from this experience," Signore said Monday night. ''Maybe we've learned that none of us should be here for a selfish motive, and perhaps mistakes were made in communication on both sides." The four aldermen had accused Signore of using signore public equipment and workmen to do private work, showing favoritism in hiring plumbers to perform public work and taking his city car out of the city limits. Signore vehemently denied any wrongdoing and he was supported wholeheartedly by both Fiztpatrick and Aposporos throughout the controversy.

Signore credited the mayor and city manager with helping him decide to stay, but he said they were not the only ones who gave him support. "The mayor and city manager were really very instrumental in (supporting me) meeting after meeting," he said. But, he added, "I am grateful to all the people in the community their support for me both publicly and privately. I want them to know that their support was certainly a factor in my decision to stay." Signore, who left his post as highway superintendent in Gainesville, Fla. to take the job here In the summer of 1978, said he had nine other job offers three from private Industry and six from other municipal governments since he announced his intention to resign.

Town, city on the way to court over jail rides By Jonathan Bor Journal itaff writer The City and Town of Poughkeepsie are locking horns in with Dutchess County in a legal battle over the transportation of county jail Inmates. The town served the county Friday with notice of a lawsuit demanding that the county sheriff's department take over responsibility for tranport lng prisoners between the county jail and town court, where the inmates face legal proceedings. And the town is seeking $100,000 from the county as reimbursement for inmate transportation performed over the past six years by the town police department. Lawyers for the City of Poughkeepsie are now at work drafting papers for a separate lawsuit in which the city will seek to have the sheriff's department take over shuttle service between the jail and city court. Corporation Counsel Richard Cantor said Monday he expects to serve the county with preliminary papers within the next two weeks.

The town's lawsuit follows the town board's out of court demand last year that the county take over the transportation of inmates between the jail and town court a demand the county rejected. In the resulting lawsuit, Town Attorney David Hagstrom has argued that inmate transportation is the county's responsibility because Dutchess County, by law, has jurisdiction over all defendants once they have been arraigned in a town, village or city court. Hagstrom said town officials arrived at the $100,000 damages figure after town police kept a log of the time, mileage and number of prisoners involved in inmate transportation over a year's time. The estimated cost for one year was then projected over a six year period, he said. Cantor said the city will also seek reimbursement for past services, but said the city's main concern is to have the county take over all future transportation to city court.

The city police department has not yet calculated the cost of providing transportation in past years, but Cantor said one estimate has the city police devoting 20 police manhours to the jail court shuttle each week. "Assuming we prevail in the suit," Cantor said, "that's 20 police man hours per week we can devote to other police functions." County Attorney Stephen Wing declined comment on the lawsuits. Hungry fishermen await the shad run By Dennis Kipp Journal staff writer The annual Hudson River shad run is on and state officials say shad fishing licenses have increased by about 50 percent from a year ago. The growing fishing interest may be an Indication of the faltering economy, said Paul Jacobson of the State Fish Corp. In Kingston.

As the economy tightens, he said, interest in commercial fishing grows. The state Department of Environmental Conservation issued 72 commercial shad fishing licenses this year, compared to 53 a year. ago, according to Shirley Parker of the department's Albany office. She suggested that some of the new licensee went to fisher.men who have not fished! the Hudson since 1975 when the state Department of Health qrdered a ban on the taking of most river fish because of contamination by polychjorlnated blphenyls a toxic Industrial oil dumped into the river from two General Electric Co. plants tilong the upper Hudson.

Shad (were never included In the ban because levels of PCBs in the fish were below the 5 parts per million acceptable level set by the federal Food and Drug Administration. tests of shad show PCB levels averaglag below 2 parts per million PCB, the new, lower acceptable level proposed by the federal agency. Experts say the low PCB levels in shad may be related to the fact that shad enter the Hudson only to spawn and spend much of their lives In the ocean. John Mylod, executive director of the Hudson River Sloop Clearwater and a shad fisherman for a half dozen years, was out on the Hudson Sunday for the first time this season. Mylod said he and his partner Buddy Tschudln caught about 60 fish and a milk bottle from the old Highland Dairy.

The bottle was pulled up from the bottom, he said, by a net the pair are using for the first time this season. The net follows the river bottom, unlike most shad nets that are set at middle depths In the river. The new net, Mylod said, is being used to look for sturgeon a protected fish species in the river as well as to catch shad. Mylod and Tschudin are among about six shad fishermen in Dutchess and Ulster counties, according to Mylod. Jacobson at State Fish said the shad run had only started this week and that the first catches were expected in this week.

The price for shad, he said, will be set during the week, depending on the quantity of fish available. At the Fulton. Fish Market in New York City, where shad have been available for about a week, the price is $5 for a pair of shad. Hudson River shad.