Bethpage-Tribune_1974-10-24

              BETHP/GE
OLD BETHPAGE
VOL. 8 NO. 49
also serving ISLAND TREES
PLA1NVIEW PLAINEDGE SEAFORD
Thursday, October 24, 1974
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Wilson
Governor Wilson announced
today the formation of an
"Educators for Wilson Com­mittee"
headed by Assem­blywoman
Constance Cook of
Ithaca, and also lead by Mrs.
John Wallace of 113 Locust
Street, Garden City. Mrs.
Wallace is also the president of
the Association of State Univer­sity
Council members.
"Governor Wilson deserves re­election
on the basis of his
splendid accomplishments for
education," said- Assembly­woman
Cook, who has been
Chairperson of the Assembly
Education Committee since 1968.
"In the 10 brief months he has
been Governor, he has provided
record financial assistance for
local school districts, easing the
burden on property, taxes."
Assemblywoman Cook noted
that "Governor Wilson also has
an excellent record in providing
educational needs for special
groups such as handicapped and
vocational students."
Assemblywoman Cook
predicted that her committee of
educators soon would be joined
by an organized committee of
"Teachers for Governor Wilson"
who are greatly dissatisfied with
their union leadership's en­dorsement
of Governor Wilson's
opponent.
Mrs. Cook, who is not seeking
re-election this year, has served
in the Assembly since 1962.
Dr. Goold retired as Executive
Secretary of the 105,000-member
New York State Teachers
Association in July 1970 - after
serving 19 years in this position.
The New York State Teachers
Association, a National
Education Association affiliate,
was both the larger and the older
of the two organizations that
merged to form the New York
State United Teachers in 1973.
Dr. Goold currently serves as
vice-chairperson of the New York
State Educational Conference
Board. I
Roncallo
The Uniformed Firefighters
Association has joined in the
effort to re-elect Congressman
Angelo D. Roncallo (R-C), en­dorsing
the freshman legislator
from Massapequa at their recent
regular membership meeting.
Richard J. Vizzini, President of
the Uniformed Firefighters
Association of Greater New
York, advised Roncallo of the
endorsement in a letter received
this week.
The Uniformed Firefighters
Association, Local Union No. 84,
is affiliated with the AFL-CIO
through the International Fire­fighters,
the Union Label and
Service Trades Council of
Greater New York, the New York
City Central Labor Council AFL-CIO,
and the New York State
AFL-CIO.
Roncallo has previously
received the endorsement of the
New Law Library
For Nassau Jail
ONE FOR ALL: Assemblyman Stuart Levine, center, and State
Senator Ralph J. Marino, right, present a unified front at theopening
of Bethpage Republican headquarters on Broadway. Bethpage
Executive Leader Clifford Daley offers his best wishes to both
candidates.
Building and Construction
Trades Council of Nassau and
Suffolk counties, the Precision
Instrument and Electronic Lodge
797, International Association of
Machinists and Aerospace
Workers (AFL-CIO), as well as
support from various police orga­nizations
including the Suffolk
County PBA, International
Conference of Police
Associations, Suffolk County
Police Conference, New York
State Police Conference and the
Nassau County Police Con­ference.
Cotton
The State AFL-CIO endorsed
Dr. Donald E. Cotten,
Democratic candidate for State
Senate at their recently con­cluded
State Convention.
Dr. Cotten who is running for
the State Senate in the 5th
District is an Associate Professor
of Geo-Physics at Queensborough
Community College, is
associated with The New York
State Transportation Council,
The Anti-Bond Coalition of New
York State, The Coalition Against
An Unsound Bridge, The
Coalition Against An Unsound
Environment and The Queens
Action For Clean Air Committee.
Dr. Cotten who has often given
expert testimony at Federal and
State hearings on Utilities Rate
Increases, Clean Air Standards
and Offshore Drilling is also the
author of technical articles on
Nuclear Explosions in the At­mosphere.
Johnson
This week State Senator Owen
H. Johnson (R - W. Babylon)
received the endorsement of the
following labor unions and
organizations:
United Transportation Union
AFL • CIO; Police Conference of
New York Inc.; Nassau • Suffolk
Medical Committee for Eye
-Care; Police Benevolent
Association - Metropolitan
Transportation Authority Long
Island Railroad Police Inc.;
Nassau Police Conference Inc.;
Uniform Fire Officers
Association Local 854, In­ternational
Association of Fire
Fighters AFL - CIO; In­ternational
Brotherhood of
Teamsters Local 202.
Sen. Johnson stated "I am most
gratified in receiving the over­whelming
support of these labor
unions and groups, representing
the working people of their
respective organizations. Their
designation of my re - election to
the State Senate is an indication
of their faith in me. While in
Albany these past two (2) years I
have done my best in
representing the interests of the
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County Executive Ralph G.
Caso on Friday morning will
officially open the new inmates'
law library at the Nassau County
Jail.
Because the jail library
opening day coincides with the
first anniversary of the im­prisonment
of Soviet Jewish
citizen Alexander F el dm an, Caso
will also proclaim Oct. 18
Freedom for Alexander Feldmah
Day.
"The juxtaposition of these two
occurrences is truly ironic," Caso
said. "Inside the Soviet Union, a
young man was arrested and
prosecuted without adequate
defense simply because he is of
the Judaic religion and sought
permission to emigrate from
Russia to Israel.
"Alexander Feldman was
accused of 'hooliganism' because
he allegedly bumped into a
woman and knocked a cake she
was carrying from her hands: He
was permitted no defense wit­nesses
and allowed to ask no
questions. His defense attorney
was subsequently disbarred.
Feldman was sentenced to Zlh
years at hard labor for his
'crime.' "
On the other hand, Caso pointed
out, the American system, as
exemplified in the Nassau County
law library, stands in stark
contrast.
"Our library for inmates of the
jail," he said, "is specifically
designed to help them obtain full
protection of the law. Inmates,
whether awaiting trial or under
conviction, will have full use of
the library to help them un­derstand
charges, research the
law and help prepare a defense or
appeal.
"The difference in the two
systems - ours and the Soviet's -
is illustrated and illuminated for
all to see."
Caso will deliver his Freedom
for Alexander Feldman Day
proclamation to officials of the
Long Island Committee for Soviet
Jewry of which he is a member
and active supporter.
The law library at the county
jail is one of three penology
reforms Caso has achieved with
the help of Sheriff Michael P.
Seniuk, and the Nassau Criminal
Justice Coordinating Council,
headed by Florence Carlson.
The holiday furlough program
for inmates was introduced this
year, allowing selected inmates'
to spend weekends for special
holidays with their families.
The Work - release program, in
effect on a limited basis at
. present, will be expanded by a
$1,300,000 housing and
rehabilitation facility to be built
on two acres of jail grounds,
funded in the main by the federal
government. The separate
housing will allow the program to
be expanded from the current 28
participants to 98.
The law library was
established and equipped with
$12,000 from the federal govern­ment.
It is housed in a room
adjoining the chaplain's office.
The room was decorated and
shelving installed to hold an
initial delivery of more than 1,300
volumes. Reading and research
tables are provided with writing
materials. Current copies of
decisions and opinions will be
added on a regular basis.
An instructor will be provided
by a publisher to teach selected
inmates and corrections officers
the use of the library so in­formation
can be passed on.
Campaign Hoopla Way'Back-Then
—At Old Bethpage Village
A re-creation of the William
Henry Harrison-Martin Van-
Buren 1840 Presidential election
will take place October 26 thru
November 2 at the Old Bethpage
village restoration. Actual
balloting for candidates will
occur from October 31 to
November 2, concluded by a
victory celebration.
Special election week activities
include Democratic rallies
centered around a liberty pole
and counter-gatherings at the log
cabin headquarters of the Whig
party candidates seeking to
defeat them
Songs, sloganeering, speeches
by the candidates themselves and
performances by the Old
Bethpage Brass Band will be the
order of the day as candidates of
both parties vie for the
Presidency. A seven-foot round
ball, painted with Whig slogans
and rolled through the village
each day, will add to the cam­paign
atmosphere. -
The vilalge, decked out in
colorful banners and repor-ductions
of 1840 campaign
posters and ribbons, will be alive
with election activities as
campaigning progresses toward
the actual three day voting
period. All male visitors to the
village during Election Day
(females had not yet obtained
voting privileges) will be ex­pected
to cast a ballot for the
candidate of their choice.
However, voters should be
aware that they may be
challenged or, quite possibly,
tricked by false ballots which
would either invalidate their vote
or result in a vote for the wrong
candidate or party.
The complicated process of
sealing the boxes and counting
the votes will be explained and
demonstrated to visitors.
Election results may be obtained
by vailing 420-5289 on November
4.
A number of modem dav ex­pressions
were popularized
during this campaign in which
song, hard cider and slogan took
center stage. One of these, "let's
get the ball rolling," was a direct
result of the use of the Whigs'
huge campaign ball. Supporters
were urged to keep it rolling at
the polling places in the hopes of
attracting voter attention.
The common usage of the term
"O.K.," perhaps the most used
expression today, also is at­tributed
to this campaign.
Van Bur en, born in the small town
of Kinderhook in Columbia
County, New York, was dubbed
"Old Kinderhook," one of his
many nicknames. He began using
in his campaign the slogan, "New
York Shall Be Redeemed"
"O.K." Thereafter, the term
became a common expression.
Significant as the first
Presidential election to employ
campaign tactics and hoopla, the
re-creation of the Harrison
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