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Newsday (Suffolk Edition) from Melville, New York • 183

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Dr. Stuart Bernstein, 57, Oceanside Pediatrician treatment of patients under his care, said Dr. Leonard Rosenzweig, the director of pediatrics at South Nassau. He was an extremely thoughtful and caring physician, and a loyal supporter of the hospital and the surrounding community. Dr.

Bernstein was the senior member of the medical partnership of Bernstein, Glatt and Rein-auer in Oceanside. He lived life to the fullest, giving it all that he had, and he was very straight and very honest, said Dr. Hershel Glatt, hia friend and partner for the last 18 years. Glatt added that Dr. Bernstein was active in the community on issues such as traffic safety and education.

Another passion that he had was fishing; said Donald Reinauer, a physicians assistant for 10 years in the partnership. He was my teacher. He shared a gift with me the art of medicine and he was a wonderful friend that I will miss." Dr. Bernstein was a member of the board of cen sors of the Nassau County Medical Society and a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics. He was sIbo a member of the American Medical Association.

He attended Cornell University for three years but left before graduating when he was accepted at the Baylor University Medical School in Texas, where he earned his medical degree. He did his residency at Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, now known as SUNY Health Science Center, before serving in the Army Medical Corps during the Korean War. Other survivors include his wife, Susan; his parents, Alex and Estelle of Hollywood, three other daughters, Wendy Lazius of Oceanside, Susan of Manhattan and Lara of Oceanside; a son, Adam of Oceanside, and three grandchildren. A funeral service was to be held at 9:30 a.m. today in Temple of Avodah in Oceanside with burial in the United Hebrew Cemetery, Staten Island.

By Sid Cassese STAFF WRITER Dr. Stuart Bernstein, 67, a well-known pediatrician in Oceanside, died Wednesday of a heart attack at hia home. He was always there for people, not just sympathizing but involving himself in other peoples problems, said his daughter, Laurie Sacks of Blast Rockaway. But medicine and his family were his two main passions in life. Dr.

Bernstein, who practiced for 28 years in Oceanside, was on the pediatric staff of South Nassau Communities Hospital for almost the same length of time and was associate director of pediatrics at the time of his death. While at South Nassau, he also served at times on the pediatric staffs at Long Beach Memorial Hospital and North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset He was always a recognized and capable physician who exercised great skill in the Hiagnnmi and Gussie Feinstein, 85, Jury Member iri Spy Case dent of the Womens Branch of the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America for Manhattan, Bronx and Staten Island from 1970 to 1975 and served on its national board many years. Mrs. Feinstein and her husband, George, retired chief clerk of the New York County Clerk's Office, moved to Long Beach 17 years ago. They were wed 64 years.

In addition to her husband, she is survived by two Bons, David of Manhattan and Lewis of Flushing; a sister, Marian Rahm of Manhattan; and two grandchildren. A service was held yesterday at Gullerman's funeral home, Rockville Centre, with burial in Mount Hebron Cemetery, Queens. then-Rep. Richard M. Nixon.

Chambers testified to the committee that he found the allegedly incriminating evidence hidden in a pumpkin. Hiss denied the charge but was convicted of lying to a federal grand jury and served 3 Vi years in a federal prison. The first trial had been inconclusive. Mrs. Feinstein, believed to be the last surviving member of the second jury, also appeared prominently in a widely distributed film documentary on the case.

Born and reared in Manhattan, Mrs. Feinstein worked as a bookkeeper before her marriage and had lived 45 years in the Bronx, where she served as president of the Sisterhood of Congregation Anshe Am as for 20 years. She also served as presi By Tony Schaeffer STAFF WRITER Gussie Feinstein, of Long Beach, a member of the jury that convicted Alger Hiss in a 1950 espionage case, died of cancer Wednesday at her home. She was 85. Mrs.

Feinstein was on the second panel to try Hiss, a mid-level State Department official accused by Whittaker Chambers, a Time magazine editor and an admitted ex-Communist, of passing him secret microfilm documents to be given to the Soviets. It was a sensational case at the time involving the controversial House Un-American Activities Committee and served as a springboard for the career of Rozier Johnston, Racetrack Concessionaire James J. OBrien, 66, Ex-Insurance Officer James J. OBrien, a longtime resident of Glen Head, died of a heart attack Monday at his vacation home at Haines Falls in Greene County. He was 66 years old.

Mr. OBrien, an insurance executive who retired in 1986, was involved in many civic activities upstate. Among them was membership in the advisory council of the Greene County Department of the Aging, Knights of Columbus, Lions Chib and fire department. He is survived by his wife, Eileen, and five children, James J. OBrien 3rd of Rego Park; Kathleen Joachim of Locust Valley; Colleen Huggins of On-eon ta; Mary Beth Osbom-OBrien of Whittier, Ca- and Patricia OBrien of Athens, Ohio.

A funeral was held Monday in the Immaculate Conception Church of Haines Falls. Burial was in St. Francis de Sales Cemetery of Elka Park, N.Y. The family requests donations in his memory to the American Heart Association. Whos Who of racing and included Bernard Gim-bel, Walter P.

Chrysler, Capt. Harry Guggenheim, Alfred G. Vanderbilt, the Phipps family, C.V. and Mary Lou Whitney, Mr. and Mrs.

Louis Wolfson and Paul Mellon. Known for his legendary memory, Mr. Johnston spotted New York Gov. Averell Harriman heading for hia box when the governor turned up at Saratoga in 1956, picked out Harri mans binoculars and got them to the box before Harriman arrived. Harriman had not used those glasses in about 30 years.

Mr. Johnston was a resident of Glen Head for 43 years before moving to Sea Cliff three years ago. He also had a home in Marstons Mills, Mass. He is survived by his wife of 64 years, Marian; a son, Donald, of Munich, Germany; three daughters, Patricia Guy of Sea Cliff, who has been running the business, Jan Taylor of Upper Marlboro, and Michelle Smith of Chicago; two sisters, Iona Cooper of Islip and Llewellyn Delsarte of Brooklyn; 11 grandchildren and one great-grandchild. A memorial service is scheduled for noon May 10 at St Lukes Episcopal Church, Sea Cliff.

Other funeral arrangements were private. By Tony Schaeffer STAFF WRITER Rozier Cohen Johnston, 85, longtime proprietor of the binoculars concession at Aqueduct, Belmont Park, Saratoga and other rruyor racetracks, died Tuesday at the Sunharbor Manor nursing Home, Roslyn Heights, after a long illness. When he was 12 years old, Mr. Johnston began working at the binoculars concession at the old Gravesend Racetrack in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, established in 1895 by his father, Rozier D. Johnston, and partner Jesse Webster.

He took over for his father in 1944 and five years later he became sole proprietor upon Websters death. He subsequently expanded his locations. Along with tracks in New York, Mr. Johnston had the concessions at Hialeah, Tropical Park and Gulfstream in Florida. He gave diem up three years ago.

The binoculars stand was a hub in the daily proceedings at the tracks where tips were passed, jokes swapped and events of the day discussed, and Mr. Johnston was very widely known as an institution in the sport. His customers were a virtual Gholam Hussein Saddiqi, 86, Ex-Iran Aide Rocco Baldino, Lived 35 Years in Qyster Bay Rocco Baldino, 83, formerly of Oyster Bay, died of natural causes Tuesday in Molinara, Italy, where he had been living since 1986. Mr. Baldino lived in Oyster Bay from 1951 to 1986 and had worked as a mason.

He is survived by his wife, Maria; a daughter, Donata Seneca of Italy; three sons, Cosimo and Philip of Qyster Bay and Vincent of Roslyn; two brothers, Nick and Michael of Oyster Bay; three Bisters in Italy, eight grandchildren and two greatgrandchildren. A memorial mass was scheduled for 7 p.m. today at St. Dominics Catholic Church, Oyster Bay. Other funeral arrangements were in Italy.

THE ASSOCIATED PRE88 Nicosia, Cyprus Gholam Hussein Saddiqi, one of the last men the Shah of Iran turned to in trying to form a government in his last months in power, died Tuesday at 86. Saddiqi had been a government minister in the early 1950s under Prime Minister Mohammad Moe-sadeq, whose government was toppled in 1953 by a CIA-backed coup that put Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi on the throne and Saddiqi in prison for 15 months. In his waning months of power, the Bhah asked Saddiqi to form a government that would stem the political upheaval that threatened his authority. Saddiqi told him it was impossible because no one wanted to be associated with his rule. The shah was swept from power in 1979 by the Islamic revolutionary movement led by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.

Charles Jones, Oil Official THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Houston Charles F. Jones, a former president and vice chairman of Humble Oil Refining the forerunner of Exxon Co. USA, died Tuesday after a long illness. He was 79. He also served as dean of the college of business administration at the University of Houston..

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