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VOL. 9 NO. 24 Thursday, May 8, 1975 10 cents per copy
Off the Press.
There's a new look to four State
Commerce Department
publications issued by the Travel
Bureau.
The 1975 "Vacationlands," a 96-
page summer vacation guide,
includes a colorful salute to the
American Bicentennial. The book
divides the state into 11 regions
and describes 629 tourist at­tractions
in 309 vacation com­munities.
This year's camping booklet
sports a new centerfold grid-map
to help campers locate more than
300 private, slate \ and
municipally-operated cam­pgrounds.
"Camping New York
State" charts 21 facilities and
services available at each
campground, including daily
fees, number of sites and
recreation facilities.
The May-July edition of "New
York State Events" contains
features on the Bicentennial
celebration and notes In-depdndence
Day festivities,
sports and cultural attractions
planned in 178 communities
"Dude Kances in New York
State" contains information
about 20 ranch resorts in the
state.
Free copies of these
publications may be obtained by
writing the State Commerce
Department.
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HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS TO
DISCUSS JOB MARKET WITH
L.I. EMPLOYERS More than
3000 Nassau County high school
seniors will have a chance to find
out about career and em­ployment
opportunities on Long
Island during Youth Opportunity
Day at Cantiague Park May 13.
The students will come from
every high school district in
Nassau County and will be bused
to the park during school hours.
At the park, they will meet with
representatives of approximately
70 business and industrial firms,
government agencies, and the
armed services.
The students will be in­terviewed
by industry and
government recruiters who will
inform them about employment
opportunities and counsel and
guide them in career choices. The
young people will submit
resumes to the companies
represented, and some may be
called for future employment.
The main purpose of Youth
Opportunity Day, however, is for
exploration.
The event, now in its sixth year,
is conducted for high school
students who plan full-time
careers after graduation. It is
sponsored by the Nassau Board
of Cooperative Educational
Services (BOCES) and the Long
Island Personnel and Guidance
Association.
Youth Opportunity Day will be
held from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on May
13 at the skating rink in Cantiague
Park, Hicksville.
Further information can be
obtained from the executive co-chairmen
of the event, Vincent J.
LaSala, BOCES student
placement officer at 742-7333; or
Arthur Smulyan, guidance
counselor at Carle Place High
School, at 334-1900.
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Oyster Bay Town Democrats
will gather at a convention on
Tuesday, May 20th in the VFW
Hall in Hicksville. Com­mitteemen
will decide on which
of the 10 council candidates will
run for the three seats up for
election this year. Among the
hopefuls are Carole Fishman of
Plainview, Don Cotten of
Bayviiie, Herman Kanfer of
Plainview, Thomas Lilly of Sea
Cliff, Warren Eckman of
Massepequa, Kevin Wait of
Brookville, Edward Marczewski
of Bethpage, Gerald Twombley of
Belhpage, Charles Russell of
Syosset and John Maniac of
Hicksville.
Judge Francis Donovan, the
only announced candidate for the
Supervisors post is expected to
gel the nomination. Candidates
for Town Clerk and Receiver of
Taxes will also be decided at the
convention.
Campaign plans for the coming
November election were moved
ahead at last weeks Executive
Committee meeting at Town
Headquarters at 67 S. Broadway.
Announcement of the formation
of committees and their functions
were made by Town leader
William Colvin. On the agenda
was a discussion and review of
(he candidates forum which was
well attended by zone leaders,
committeemen and women from
all over the Town of Oyster Bay.
The option of the Executive
Commitlee to recommend a slate
of candidates to the convention
was debated. Final recom­mendation
will be made on this
matter at the Executive Com­mittee's
next meeting on May
5th.
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State Senator Owen H. Johnson
CR Suffolk-Nassau) reported on
the two bills recently passed by
the Senate to solve the medical
malpractice problem facing
physicians being denied
malpractice insurance as of July
1st.
In voting for both bills, Senator
Johnson commented:
"I'm glad to see that the New
York State Senate is acting
responsibly in taking the
initiative to pass constructive
legislation to remedy the
situation."
The legislation makes
necessary changes in the tort law
to substantially reduce the in­cidence
of law suits and also
provides a method of making
malpractice liability insurance
available to the doctors of the
slate.
"So many people from my
district have written to me,
urging the Legislature to take
the bull by the horns' and come
up wilh a workable solution to the
malpractice problem. Patients
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Organize To Fight
Grumman Airport
Local Group Calls For Community-wide
Participation In Support of Opposition
The newly-organized headed by Temporary Bethpage Board of
B e t h p a g e Civic Chairlady Judy Ortiz and Education had not come
Association was born on members: Barbara Bird, out strongly against the
Wednesday evening April Connie Burgess, Marilyn airport it would be good
30, 1975 at the Central Humphrey, Dotty Hupala strategy to select a can-
Boulevard School in Beth- and Anne Nunziata. didate to run for the
page. Norton advised mem- coming school board
It was created for the bers to contact their election in June, 1975.
purpose of gaining com- neighbors and to write After a little confusion
munity support against letters to their as to parlimentary pro-
Grumman Corporation's Congressmen, Assem- cedure a motion was made
recently-announced plans blymen and TOB Coun- and seconded to call for
to expand its general cilmen. He also suggested nominations for a candi-airport
facilities to ac- letiers to Ralph Caso, date supported by the
commodate 100 flights Nassau County Executive Bethpage Civic Associa-daily.
and to Governor Carey, tion. Several names were
Robert Cuminings of He said a personal letter proposed.
Bethpage was nominated opposing the airport Anthony Cotton, school
and elected as President multiplied by hundreds Board Trustee asked to be
would certainly carry the
message that "Bethpage
is against the expansion of
the Grumman airport."
On Wednesday evening,
May 7, 1975 the Bethpage
.„.....*,.»„.., Recording Civic Association met
S e c r e t a r y , Marlene again in the all-purpose subject but the Board
Jannotta and correspond- room of the Central needs more concise in
ing secretaries, Gail Blei- Boulevard School,
vitt and Pat Waiorzyniak. Sal Mosca, Councilman
A Strategy Committee and resident spoke to the
headed by Ed Norton was members and assured clear whether the
formed and included them that he would use all Association would support
members: Louis Alcuri, his effort and knowledge to
Gail Blewitt, John Pic- kill the expansion,
ciano and Pat Waior- Cummings then
zyniak. reported that the
The Ways and Means Executive Committee had
Committee was organized suggested that since the All residents are invited.
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of the Bethpage Civic
Association that same
evening. Other officers
elected were- Vice
President, Amato Gian-nini;
Treasurer, Kathy
Renneisen;
recognized and gave his
position in opposition to
the expansion plans. He
also answered critics of
the Bethpage Board of
Education and said "they
were not sleeping on the
formation in order to
present its case."
At this point it was not
a candidate or candidates.
The next meeting was
called for Wednesday,
May 14, 1975 at 8 p.m. at
the Pine Avenue School.
Career Day
At Grumman
Grumman Corporation today
announced the details of its 3rd
Annual High School Student
Career Day which is scheduled
for Friday, May 16, beginning at
8:45 a.m.
Invitations have been extended
to all the principals, guidance
department counselors and
students in Nassau and Suffolk
Counties' approximately 120 high
schools to visit Grumman on that
day to view a variety of displays
which represent Grumman's
diversified activities. In addition,
Grumman personnel will be
available to answer questions
and for discussions.
Last year over 300 students
attended the occasion.
Florence Cullem On Advisory
Board of Women's Institute
Florence Cullem, Editor-
Publisher of the Bethpage
Tribune, will join the Advisory
Board of The Women's Institute,
School of Business, C.W. Post
Center. Mrs. Cullem has won
recognition on Long Island for
her outstanding community
service in the areas of jour­nalism,
education, the arts and
youth activities.
While raising her six children,
she was active in Parent-Teacher
groups, Girl and Boy Scouts and
other youth oriented
organizations She served on
Island Trees Board of Education
for 12 years and was President of
the Board. Currently, Mrs.
Cullem is Vice-President of the
Nassau County Press
Association, a Board member of
the Levittown Chamber of
Commerce and Chairman of the
Island Trees Bicentennial
Committee.
The Women's Institute, a non­profit
resource center sponsored
by the School of Business, C.W.
Post Center, arranges lectures,
seminars, and special events on
topics of interest today