1972-06-29

              r FARMINGDALE
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Vol. 9 No. 45 mond Class Postage has been paid at Farmingdale, N. Y 11735 • Published by THE OBSERVER. INC., Box 146, Farmingdale, N. Y. Thursday, J u n e 2 9 1 9 72
A Farmingdale First:
Munich - Here We Come
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Chances are that more people in Farmingdale have heard of
Munich than residents of the Bavarian capital know of Far-mingdale-
but this may change in time, if Farmingdale's own
John Crosby, 21, has anything to say about that. The young man,
seen above with his coach Abie Grossfeld, has just qualified to
represent the United States at the Olympic Games to be held
August 26 - September 10 in Munich, Germany.
Farmingdale - to the best of our knowledge - never had been
represented in any Olympic Games.
Gymnast John Crosby also became the first athlete of
Southern Connecticut State College ever to qualify for an
Olympic team as he successfully made the United States' squad
after final trials this weekend at Maine West High in Des Plains,
111. The Owl junior, who has captured the NCAA college division
all- around title for the past two seasons, placed fourth in the
trials with 218.05 points.
Leading the United States qualifiers were Stanford's Steve
Hug, the 1972 NCAA university division all- around champion
with 220.0points; Makado Sakamoto, a former NCAA university
division champion with 219.55 points; ex- University of
California star George Greenfield with 218.35 points; Crosby;
Penn States Marshall Avener with 217.10 points; and Southern
Illinois' Tom Lindner who tied Jim Culhane for the final position
with 215.6 points. The trials were seen last Saturday on ABC's
Wide World of Sports at 5 p. m.
Crosby entered the final meet in second place but slipped to
fourth after Friday's compulsory exercises.
" John had a couple of breaks in his compulsories which
caused him to slip in the standings," said Southern coach Abie
Grossfeld, who will also coach the 1972 Olympic team. " But he
came back in the optionals on Saturday and had the highest
score. He compiled 56.7 points which is the best he has ever
done."
Grossfeld also rates his star pupil as the United States' top
hope for an Olympic medal, which has eluded the Americans in
gymnastics since 1936. " John is one of the top floor exercise
performers in the world. He has a very difficult routine and if he
hits he could win a medal," said Grossfeld.
Crosby, who was the leading American medal winner in the
1971 Pan- American Games with eight medals, also won a gold
medal in an international meet in Riga, Latvia, USSR, in 1971. In
that meet he tied two- time world champion Akinori Nakayama
of Japan in floor exercise.
Crosby, who graduated from Farmingdale High School in
1969, is engaged to a Farmingdale girl, Justine F. Ott who is now
working as nurse in Yale- New Haven Hospital.
All the World, Including
Village Board, Is a Stage
Although neither planned nor expected, the meeting of the Farmingdale
Village Board of Trustees last Monday night became a sounding board for
budding Thespians who want to put Farmingdale on the cultural map, and a
platform for the projection of a new sociological approach to the youth drug
problem.
First the above mentioned
budding Thespians. It seems that
a group of some ten college
students have formed a
theatrical company called " Your
Own Backyard", wanting to do
exactly what their name
promises, namely performing
musicals and children's shows in
their own backyard.
The backyard envisioned was
that of Peter Speranza's parents
at 33 Nelson Road. Peter, whose
role is that of the producer
director, appeared with three
other fellow performing artists
before the village board to get a
reading on the mayor's and
Politicos Criticize
LILCO Rate Hike
.-. n^ ' si. yj fighting Company proposed a n? w rale structure
that would add $ 26,700,000 a year to its gross income, representing
the fifth increase it will have won in less than two years. The utility,
which had a record- breaking 19.1 per cent revenue increase last
year, wants the hike that will boost electric bills by 7.4 per cent and
gas charges by 7.0 per cent, to become effective next month. A
LILCO release alludes to Public Service Commission approval.
Not so, said State Sen. George hearings on Long Island looking
Murphy ( R- Seaford). In what he
termed " an ingenious
manipulation of regulations,"
Murphy explained that LILCO
has not actually submitted a
request for higher rates, but
rather has simply filed a new rate
schedule that will " go into effect
automatically six months later."
The utility " in a most brazen
fashion,'' is using an " an­ticipatory
application" in posting
a rate increase more than six
months before " it would be
eligible to make a case," Murphy
charged.
Murphy sponsored legislation
that would have prevented
LILCO's " nibbling technique" by
requiring an 18- month hiatus
between utility rate increase
requests.
Stuart Levine, the Republican
candidate in the 10th Assembly
District, said, " There is no
reason why they ( LILCO)
shouldn't be able to stay within
the 5.5 percent Federal
guidelines.''
Assemblyman Philip B. Healey
( R- C), called LILCO's proposal
" both unwarranted and un­justified.''
He went on to say that
he ii> " asking the Public Service
Commission to conduct public
Eight Bands at
Fire Battalion's Parade
There will be eight bands and
about 700 firemen of the 9th
Battalion at the 45th annual
parade of the battalion which will
be held this Saturday evening,
July 1st, in the village of Far­mingdale.
The parade will start
promptly at 7: 00 and will be
concluded by fireworks. More
details about this event may be
found on page 1 of our Com­munity
Log inside this edition.
into the merits of LILCO's
request until legislation I have
sponsored in Albany is approved
that would make these local
hearings law. I am asking the
PSC to see that LILCO advertises
in the local newspapers-weeklies
as well as dailies to
insure that notice of these
hearings reach our residents.
" This present request is in­flationary
in light of the
moderate increases in taxes on
the part of most governmental
bodies and in view of Long
Island's current battle against
inflation and unemployment,"
Healey concluded.
William LaMarca, Democrat in
the 5th Senatorial District,
seemed upset. " It's a terrible
thing", he said. " I don't know
how people can live like this. It's
a monopoly.. . they think they can
just keep on increasing their
rates. When are they going to
stop? It's a shame.. . I'm thinking
of starting some public
demonstrations. . . maybe even a
consumer boycott."
Assemblyman Stanley Har-wood
( D- Levittown) is working
with Dr. Carol H. Schwartz,
Holstra economist and chairman
of the New Frontier Consumers
Council, preparing a case that
will present the PSC with " hard
facts and figures" for denying the
increase.
The Republican running in the
4th Senatorial District, Owen
Johnson, had this to say: " When
die majority of the economy is
under wage and price controls, it
should apply to them I LILCO)
also. They're no exception."
Anita Weissmaii, 12th A. D.
Democratic candidate, will seek
a " complete revamping of the
entire regulatory set- up." Other
candidates were not available for
comment.
trustee's reaction.
This reaction was not
altogether unfavorable or un­friendly,
even though mayor
Hallahan felt dutibound to point
out that a residential backyard
would never do as a stage for
" Your Own Backyard".
Hallahan and the rest of the
village board, however, were
intrigued by the idea of a youthful
culture cell and indicated that
places like the village green or
the children's park at Staples
Street could serve as a locale for
theatrical productions, especially
it the group could see its way
clear iv start with one or two
children's shows.
Peter Speranza and his group
left with the promise of definite
official interest and the request
for some specific proposals,
including a clarification of its
corporate status. As mayor
Hallahan pointed out, the
availability of public property for
such an undertaking would
require " Your Own Backyard" to
be a non - profit organization.
New approaches to the drug
problem were explained by
Edgar Hoover, the new director
of PRICE. Hoover has recently
taken over the administration of
PRICE on a full - time basis and
( Continued on Page 7)
Village Sells
Station Wagon
Anyone in the market for a
used station wagon might find
the object of his dreams in the
Farmingdale Municipal
Garage. There stands a 1968
Chevrolet Biscayne wagon,
which is up for sale and for
which the village clerk will
accept sealed bids to be
opened before the Board of
Trustees at the public meeting
on Monday, July 10, at 8: 00
p. m.
The bids must be ac­companied
by a certified
check or money order made
payable to the Inc. Village of
Farmingdale. Unsuccessful
bidders will get them back.
The car can be examined at
the Municipal Garage, Ridge
Road and Ketcham Lane,
between the hours of 8: 30 a. m.
and 3: 30 p. m., Mondays
through Fridays.
Address all sealed bids to
the attention of the Village
Clerk, Village Hall, 361 Main
Street, Farmingdale, N. Y.
11735. The outside of the en­velope
must be plainly
marked " Bid for Station
Wagon."