1970-11-26

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POWF. LI, HOUSE 1700 FARMINGDALE OBSERVER
WHERE THE HISTORY OF YOUR COMMUNITY IS RECORDED WEEKLY
An Officiaf Newspaper of The Incorporated Village of Farmingdale — Serving Greater Farmingdale, Bethpage and Melville
Vol. 8 No. 14 Second Class Postage has been paid at Farmingdale, N. Y. 11735- Thursday, November 26,1970
RESEARCH SHOWS COLLEGE
IMPACT ON COMMUNITY State University at Farmingdale, the oldest public college on the
Island, founded in 1912, makes a significant contribution to the
economic life of the community according to Dr. Charles W. Laffin,
Jr., President of the College, who disclosed that the school's
Department of Institutional Research has come up with figures to
show the school's heavy impact. The figures pointed up the ex­penditures
of its employees, including faculty, administration,
clerical staff, maintenance, etc., and the student body.
The report shows that in J96r- 70 the college payoJJ of $ 5,333,307
resulted in direct income payments of $ 2,130,109 to persons within Uie
Farmingdale community.
The school's building program, which can be termed " explosive"
since Dr. Laffin assumed the presidency in 1961, has averaged
$ 3,396,400 a year since 1965. As Dr. Laffin points out, capital con­struction
from the five- year span 1960- 65 was $ 1,600,000, then from
1965- 70 soared to $$ 11,982,000.
According to State University economists, it is estimated that this
outlay generates a minimum of $ 579,275 a year in local income. This is
mainly in the form of wages to local construction workers.
The report estimates that the value of goods and services purchased
Police Arrest Eight For Marijuana Possession
by the college locally and average student expenditures annually total
$ 4,096,590 within Farmingdale during 1969- 70. It concludes that
student expenditures were $ 3,910,950, generating $ 1,407,049 in local
income.
Emphasis must be placed on the fact that the total basic con­tribution
to the community by the college is placed by the survey
findings at $ 4,096,590.
Another standout item in the college's survey is the growth of total
deposits in local banks lor 1960- 70, being estimated at $ 1.5 million.
Dr. Laffin points out that " our college provides a growing supply of
non- professional jobs and an excellent facility for the retaining of
upgrading skills." Presently, the college employs 371 full- time
faculty, 25 part- time during the day and 233 part- time for its Con­tinuing
Education Program in the Evening College.
This fall's enrollment during the day is 5,294 and during the evening
6,753. The faculty salary range is from $ 7,000 to $ 28,000 and the total
budget is $ 8,600,000, plus a separate Full Opportunity Program fund of
$ 500,000.
There is a total of 86 buildings on the 380- acre campus and the
college has a capital investment of $ 43,052,000.
Eight youths were arrested in
Farmingdale last week and
were charged with possession of
marijuana. According to Eighth
Precinct Police, Patrolman
Douglas Brimow arrested Sherry
Crello, 17 of 5 Vin Court, Far­mingdale;
Brian Perdue, 20, of 30
Rhonda Lane, Farmingdale;
Charles Stanton, 20, of Amityville
and William Jordan, 17 of Hemp­stead.
On South Main Street, Far­mingdale,
Sgt. Lawrence
Stoecker of the Eighth Precinct,
arrested four other youths and
charged them with possession of
marijuana. Those charged were
Kevin Gilmore, 19, of 56 Jefferson
Road and John Olsen, 19, of 121
Walnut Street, Both of Far­mingdale.
Also arrested were
Jean Fox, 18 and Cynthia Birk,
18, both of Bethpage.
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PARAGON SCHOLAR: Thomas Kutharehik,' a senior at Farmingdale
High School is presented a Paragon Oil Student Incentive Award by
Nassau County Executive Eugene H. Nickerson as William Reilly,
Secretary of the Awards Committee, looks on. The award, a United
States Savings Bond and Certificate of Merit was presented, to the
top students of 116 Nassau and Suffolk senior high schools by
Paragon Oil Company Division of Texaco Inc.
Artist's concept showing orbiter stage of the shuttle system
delivering a proposed future optical space telescope into earth orbit.
The orbiter is equipped with a remotely controlled telescoping
manipulator arm stowed in the cargo compartment, which aids in
the retrieval and deployment of such payloads. Grumman has
recently completed and submitted to NASA a study for the cost
saving which would be realized if the shuttle was used to launch and
resupply an optical space telescope. The manipulator arm could also
be used for the assembly of modularized type space stations.
Grumman Aerospace Corporation and the Boeing Company are now
conducting a concept comparison and program definition study of a
space shuttle system for the National Aeronautics and Space Ad­ministration.