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AN OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE VILLAGE OF FARMINGDALE
SERVING THE GREATER FARMINGDALE AREA, BETHPAGE AND MELVILLE
VOL. 10 NO. 17 Second Class Postage has been paid at Farmingdale, N. Y. 11735
Published by THE OBSERVER, Inc., Box 146, Farmingdale, N. Y. Thursday, December 14, 1972 » 15c
& JZ Man K * d iM Republic of Fann'mgdale Has
Frank Cirincione of 2 Hopes- So Does Everyone on the Island
Laurelton St., Far­mingdale,
has pleaded
guilty to a reduced charge
of first- degree man­slaughter
last week before
his trail on a murder
charge had begun.
Cirincione had been
charged with killing Philip
Friedman, 24, of Dix Hills,
earlier this year allegedly
over a gambling debt.
Friedman's body was
found at 54 Washington
Street in Farmingdale.
The manslaughter
charge carries a
maximum prison sentence
of 25 years. Sentence will
be pronounced on January
19.
Police Arrest
Two Teenagers
Two would- be burglars were
arrested last Sunday at Merritts
Road and Michael Avenue in
South Farmingdale. According to
a report from police precinct 7,
two young men from
Massapequa, Phillip Bruning, 18,
and Robert Scafidi, 19, were
arrested for attempted robbery
by Ptl. Carmine Bianco at the
Merritt Shell Station.
Other burglars, however, got
away. Like the one who stole
$ 50,000 in currency from the M &
D Shell Station at Main Street and
Route 109 on Saturday or the one
who netted $ 169.00 in cash during
a robbery at Carl's Inn at Motor
Avenue on Sunday.
Sometime in January the Defense Department in
Washington is expected to announce the winner of the
Air Force A- X program. To the victor will go the award
for a contract which may call for the delivery of some
600 aircraft valued at $ 1 billion. Two firms are com­peting
for that award ~ Northrop Corporation of
Hawthorne, California, and Fairchild Industry's
Republic Division of Farmingdale.
What supposedly is strictly a
contest for the best aircraft based
on design, engineering and
capability, has turned into a
display of political muscle. For
not only business worth $ 1 billion
to a private firm is at stake but
also a major economic impulse
for either California or New
York, primarily Long Island.
In the case of Farmingdale's
Fairchild Republic, a contract
award would mean 4,500 new jobs
fairly soon, with a resulting total
employment of 7,000 by 1977. The
" ripple effect" of such a major
contract is usually creating two
additional jobs in related in­dustry,
commerce and service
establishments. Thus the A- X
contract could eventually provide
a total of 21,000 new jobs.
These jobs would not only
create profits for the workers'
employers but also additional tax
revenue for all levels of govern­ment
down to the villages where
the earnings of the 21,000 new
jobholders will be spent. It is for
this reason that not only
stockholders of the companies
involved in the award com­petition
try to get the Defense
Department to see it their way,
but also all public officials and
business interests in the area
where the prospective con­tractors
are located.
This alone would justify a
broad- based effort to land the A-How
to Do Without the LIRR A
Stranded Farmingdale commuters are forced to find other
means of going to work in the City. The Stagecoach Lines provide
bus service to Hempstead where commuters have to switch to a
Bee Line Co. bus to the Jamaica subway station. Total cost of the
trip is $ 1.40.
Stagecoach buses leave Route 110 and Conklin Street in Far­mingdale
every 20 minutes beginning at 6: 20 a. m. and continue
until 5: 20 p. m. After that time there are only two further runs:
5: 30 and 6: 50 p. m. The buses run along Conklin Street picking up
passengers approximately every two blocks, or three minutes. Its
main Farmingdale stop is at the corner of Main and Conklin
Streets, which it makes three minutes after it begins its journey
from Route 110. This leg of the journey costs $. 80
In Hempstead riders should ask the driver to be able to get off
as close to the Hempstead Holiday Inn as possible. From there,
passengers can board Bee Line buses between Fulton and Front
Streets along Clinton Avenue, behind the A & P. The buses, which
are marked " Jamaica," head west along Hempstead Turnpike
and go directly to the 169th Street subway station. This ride costs
$. 60. The Bee Line buses run every few minutes throughout the
day.
On the return trip, which is the same cost, riders should find no
difficulty boarding the Bee Line Bus in Jamaica. Making the
connection to the Stage Coach bus, however, is not quite as easy.
Following the same route as they did in the morning, the buses to
Farmingdale leave Hempstead at 5, 5: 30, 6, 6: 30, 7: 45, 8: 35, and
10: 30p. m. They arrive in Farmingdale approximately 35 minutes
later. All buses make the same stops they did in the reverse run
except the 8: 35 bus, which only stops at the intersection of Main
and Conklin Streets.
Further personalized and detailed information on a bus ride on
any bus operating in the County may be obtained by calling 626-
3000 in Nassau, or the Suffolk Civil Defense Office at 924- 4400. y
X contract for Republic. There is,
however, another reason for the
push on behalf of Republic that is
now gathering speed and force
not only on Long Island, but
throughout the state -- the
geographic imbalance of the
recent Defense Department
contract awards.
California has been the
recipient of the majority of the
recent contract awards as
measured by their dollar value.
There was the $ 2.6 billion space-shuttle
contract, for which
Grumman competed with
California's North American
Rockwell and which went to
California. There also was the $ 46
million contract going to North
American Rockwell for the
development of two prototypes of
a Navy fighter plane capable of
making vertical or short takeoffs
and landings.
While this initial contract
seems small, the Navy has grand
ideas for a new weapons system
in which this plane would occupy
a central spot. In other words,
this small initial contract could
grow into another juicy plum for
North American Rockwell ~ as if
Grumman has never built a Navy
plane.
Preceding the space- shuttle
award to North American Rock­well
was a well- organized and
massive public campaign in
California aimed at pressuring
the Space Administration to give
this contract to North American
Rockwell.
The Space Administration has
denied vigorously ever since that
it has been influenced by this
campaign or that it ever will
respond to outside pressure.
Evidence suggests, however, that
Grumman's design for the space-shuttle
was in every respect as
good, if not better than its
competitor's.
What Grumman had also going
for it was the fact that it had the
only operating space- shuttle thus
far built, even though it was not
meant to be one. Remember
when the astronauts got stuck
way out in space and the lunar
lander built by Grumman strictly
for the purpose its name suggests
brought them safely back to
earth?
Anyway, since by all evidence
it was an even contest between
two equally deserving concepts
something had to tip the decision
one way or the other. The
suggestion not only heard on
Long Island and around the state
but also in Washington was that
political considerations finally
won out •• considerations based
on the public pressure generated
on the Pacific coast so closely
before a national election in
which California seemed to be a
KEEPING THEIR FINGERS CROSSED: Fairchild Republic
Materia) Manager Carl Plosey ( right) of Farmingdale and Pur­chasing
Agent Edwin Brennan of Stony Brook review lists of sub­contractors
and suppliers who could become involved in the $ 1 billion
A- X contract
doubtful state.
Now that the space- shuttle is in
California, and California also
went Republican, it is further
suggested that it would be New
York's turn to be rewarded.
After the space- shuttle con­tract
award to North American
Rockwell was made public,
Nassau County Executive Ralph
Caso commented " Perhaps we
could have done more." What he
apparently alluded to was the
fact that it might be naive to
assume that a lucrative govern­ment
contract is awarded solely
on the basis of competence.
Not to fall victim to this naivete
again, public officials of all sizes,
shapes, forms and political
persuasions have now mounted a
campaign to secure the A- X
contract for Long Island. They
are joined by numerous civic
groups, with the Long Island
Association of Commerce and
Industry out in front.
In contrast to the space- shuttle,
which was criticized by some
members of Congress and other
political figures as a low- priority
item, support for the A- X cuts
across party lines. Senator
George McGovern specifically
excluded the A- X from his long
list of weapons systems which he
said would be eliminated if he
were elected President.
Tis the Season to Be Merry
The Music Department of the Farmingdale Schools has planned
a series of daytime and evening concerts to usher in a season of
happiness and joy. All are invited to join in the merrymaking
which is free to the public as well as free from a special invitation
to enjoy good music performed by the School Bands, Orchestras
and Choirs on any of the following dates:
December 19
Albany Avenue
Howitt
December 20
Albany Avenue
Woodward Parkway 1: 25 p. m.
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10: 00 a. m. Orchestra
4th Grade Choir
6th Grade Choir
8: 00 p. m. All Groups
10: 00 a. m. Flutophones
Band
5th Grade Choir
5th & 6th Grade Parents:
Orchestra
Band
Senior Choir
8: 00 p. m. All Groups
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Woodward Parkway
High School
V:
December 22
East Memorial
9: 45 a. m. All Groups
9: 15 a. m. 3d & 4th Grade" Parents:
Flutophones
Choirs
Band
8.00 p. m. All Groups
9: 45 a. m. AH Groups
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