Bethpage-Tribune_1974-05-23

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47 POWELL RV
13ETHPAOE NY 11714
OLD BETHP/GE
also serving ISLAND TREES
PLAINVIEW PLAINEDGE SEAFORD
VOL. 8 NO. 27 Thursday, May 23, 1974 10 cents per copy
RONCALLO REPORTS
BY
CONGRESSMAN ANGELO D. RONCALLO
The nightmare for me and my family is finally over,
thank God and we can return to our normal lives.
I am grateful that the jury was able to recognize the
truth and our innocence so quickly.
I am grateful to my defense attorneys who presented
my case so eloquently.
I am grateful to all the members of my family and to
our friends whose loyalty helped me survive this or­deal.
However, my deepest feelings of gratitude are mixed
with anger and fear.
I am angry because I should not have been
prosecuted at all. I was prosecuted and persecuted not
because those responsible believed I was guilty of
anything, but only because my prosecution served
their own selfish ambition.
And I am fearful because this same kind of per­secution
could be inflicted upon me again, or for that
matter on anyone else.
. For this important reason, I feel obliged to take legal
steps to prevent any such thing from happening again.
I am right now studying the possibilities of a civil law
suit against all those responsible for my unjust
prosecution.
Next week on the floor of the United States House of
Representatives I will request that the appropriate
Congressional Committees investigate the conduct of
the entire prosecution against me.
I will request that the Nassau County District At­torney
examine the trial record for evidence of perjury
and subornation of perjury.
This matter cannot be closed until the real
wrongdoers are punished.
Now that this is over, I am returning to Washington
to represent you the best way I know how, to be the best
Congressman down there.
Thanks for sticking with me, I appreciate it more
than I can say.
Margiotta "Ecstatically Happy"
143 M Budget For Plainedge,
Modest 6% Rise Over 1973-74
by Richard Wood
The Plainedge community has
been presented with a proposed
$14,315,475.00 budget for school
year 1974-75, translating into a
tax rate of $16.84 for each $100 of
•assessed valuation.
The budget compares with a
$13,460,567.00 budget for 1973-74-
a modest increase of $854,908 in
the face of world-wide, run-away
inflation - and corresponding tax
rates of $15.58 and $14.35 for 1973-
74 and 1972-73, respectively. (The
1972-73 budget was $12,724,409.00
with the 1971-72 budget at
$12,647,720.00).
The next largest bite is
$2,331,175.00 for undistributed
expenses-fixed charges, or* 16.3
percent. In 1972-73 the per­centage,
for comparison pur­poses,
was 15.5 percent; in1973-
74, 16.2 percent.
. . Operation and maintenance of
plant has a proposed figure of
$1,441,525.00, while debt service
eats up $1,112,970.00. Percentage­wise
these figures remain
virtually constant when com-iiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
Eastern Savings Bank
Names New Manager
Assemblyman Joseph
M. Margiotta, Nassau
County Republican Party
Chairman, said he was
"ecstatically happy" that
Congressman Angelo
Roncallo and Frank An-tetomaso
have been
cleared of charges by a
jury.
"I am ecstatically
happy;-," he said, "for
Angelo Roncallo and
Frank Aritetomaso and
their families. I know the
ordeal that they have lived
with for nearly three
months, but now it is over.
"Angelo is one of the
most compassionate and
finest human beings that I
have ever known. A person
who could never harm
another individual or.
commit any unlawful OF
improper act.
"All of us who believe in
a Supreme Being knew
that our prayers would be
answered and that two
innocent men, Angelo
Roncallo and Frank An-tetomaso,
would be vin­dicated.
"It is unfortunate that
their anguish had to occur
in the first place, but there
was a happy ending- - as I
knew there would be- - and
I am overjoyed for Ange
and Frank and their
families."
Charles V. Fisher
Promoted
Security National Bank has
announced the promotion of
Charles J. Fisher to the position
of Manager at the Bank's
Oceanside Station branch.
He resides in Plainview with his
wife, Antoinette, and their four
children.
The appointment of Clarence
(Bud) Ryder as an assistant vice
president of Eastern Savings
Bank was announced today by
John M. Nosworthy, chairman.
Mr. Ryder was formerly an
assistant treasurer.
At the same time the bank
announced Mr. Ryder's ap-pointmentas
manager of the
bank's new branch at 525 Old
Country Road in Plainview,
which will open Jurte 15th.
Born in Monroe, New York, Mr.
.Ryder attended public schools in
Monroe and in Yonkers, New
York and then entered the U. S.
Army Air Force during World
War II, serving in Africa, Italy
and Southern France as a Flight
Engineer with the 15th Air Force.
Following his military service he
joined the bank which was then
the Bronx Savings Bank.
Mr. Ryder resides with his wife
and three, children at 49 Norgate
Road, Manhasset.
pared with the budgets of the
previous two years.
State aid is expected to be
$5,941,761.00 compared with
$5,707,672.00 for last year.
Revenue from taxation at the
$16.84 rate is expected to net
$6,902,813.00 vs. $6,363,509.00 for
the 1973-74 year. This compares
with $5,805,907.00 for 1972-73 and
$5,539,685.00 fOr 1971-72.
The following figures comprise
both the estimated expenditures
and estimated receipts of the
proposed Plainedge budget.
Comparison figures in paren­theses
are for 1973-74,1972-73 and
1971-72, respectively.
EXPENDITURES:
Instruction Regular Day
S c h o o l : $ 8 , 4 0 4 , 6 61
(7,979,102 7,504,476 7,497,694).
Undistributed Expenses-Fixed
C h a r g e s : $ 2 , 3 3 1 , 1 75
,(2475,866 1.977.810 1,972,605).
Operation and maintenance of
p l a n t : $ 1 , 4 4 1 , 5 25
(1,266,299 1,206.781 1,122,423).
Debt Service: $1,112,970
(1.052,637 1,054,674 1,059,331).
Central Administration:
$360,710
(350,391 342,036 344,616).
Transportation: $465,769
(434,878 426,541 462,888).
Instruction Secial Schools:
$109,831
(-106,775 100,906 99,983).
Board of Education: $40,285
(45,635 40,510744,735).
InterFund Transfers-Library:
$28,758 (29,346 29,934 30,522).
Youth Program: $19,791
(19,638 20,741 12,923).
RECEIPTS:
State Aid: $5,941,761
(5,707,672 5,595,872 5,518,371).
BOCES State Aid and T.V.
C o n t r a c t : $ 4 2 7 , 6 51
(382,186 381,130 371,085).
Transportation aid: 1325,000
(312,000 312,000 430,000).
Appropriation of balance:
$343,000
(342,400 337,000 487,579).
Interest on Deposits: $135,000
(110.000 90,000 105,000).
Island Trees
Estimated rental from Baldwin
D r i v e S c h o o l:
$120,000 100,000 90,000'- -).
Textbook aid: $52,000"
(48,000 40,000 40,000).
Miscellaneous Income: $41,000
(46,300 51,000 43,000).
Adult Education Registration
F e e s : _ $ 1 7 , 7 5 0
(16,000 14,000|J3,000).
Youth Program: $7,500
(7,500 7,500 ).
Insurance reserve* -
(20,000 - ).
Student enrollment is projected
at 5,900 students for school year
1974-75. This compares with 6,150
students for the current year
and 6,400 students in 1971-72.
The cost of educating each
individual child for the upcoming
year, based on the gross budget,
is $2,426.00. This compares with-
$2,171.00 for the current year aiid
$i,988.oo and $i,902.oo, respec­tively,
for the previous two years.
In terms of net revenue from
taxation, it will take $1,169.00 in
tax dollars to educate one child
next year compared with
$1,006.00 for the current year and
$907.00 and $833.00, respectively,
for the two previous years.
A second public budget hearing
will take place Thursday, May
23rd. The public is invited and
encouraged to attend. If you wish
your voice to be heard and
counted, this is the time.
Additionally, a budget in­formational
meeting organized
by the Citizens Committees of the
district will be held Thursday
May 30th.
Both meetings are at the high
school.
Registration is set for Satur­day,
June 1st, from 12 noon to
10:00 P.M.
The budget vote itself will take
place Wednesday, June 12th,
from 12 noon to 10:00 P.M.
The next public meeting of the
Plainedge School Board will be
Thursday, June 13th, at 8:30 P.M.
at the high school.
Calendar of Events
The following is pertinent information with regard to the Island
Tree's school district's forthcoming budget and trustee vote:
REGISTRATION
Tuesday, May 28,1974 - 2:00 P.M. to 9:00 P.M. Auditorium, Island
Trees Senior High School and;
Saturday, June 1, 1974 -10:00 A.M. to 8:00 P.M. South Cafeteria,
Island Trees Senior High School.
"MEET THE CANDIDATE" FORUM
Wednesday, June 5, 1974 - 8:30 P.M. Little Theatre, Island Trees
Senior High School.
ANNUAL MEETING
Tuesday, June 11,1974 - 8:00 P.M. Auditorium, Island Trees Senior
High School.
VOTING
Wednesday, June 12,1874 - 12:00 Noon to 9:00 P.M. Auditorium,
Island Trees Senior High School.
The Island Trees Senior High School is located on Straight Lane,
Levittown.
Petitions for Trustee seats must be in the Office of the District
Clerk no later than 12:00 midnight, May 28,1174.