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VOL. 55 NO. 11 Second- Class Postage Paid
in Farmingdale, N. Y. 11735
Thursday, January 24, 1974 Copyright 1973 bv
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JETS HAUBACK Emmerson Boozer presents the Michael N. Petito Award to Barry Peck of the Pop
Warner Seniors and Thomas Sanders of the LIMFOL Seniors during last Friday night's annual award's
dinner for the Farmingdale Hawks. The affair was held at the Holiday Inn in Hempstead.
[ Post photo by Bob Starrett]
Court Strikes Maternity Policy
The United States Supreme
Court has struck down
regulations that force public
school teachers to leave their
jobs in the early months of
pregnancy. In a 7- 2 decision, the
court said that such regulations
take no account of a woman's
ability to work and violate the
14th amendment's guarantee of
due process of law.
The decision seems to nullify
the Farmingdale School Board's
policy of requiring expectant
teachers to begin unpaid leaves
of absence no later than the end
of the fourth month. The local
policy also states that the leave
will continue at least six months
after the birth of the child.
The maternity leave policy was
contested by several teachers to
the Division of Human Rights of
New York State. The policy was*
struck down by both the Division
and its appeal board. The school
M. l. A. DAY IN NASSAU COUNTY... Nassau County Executive Ralph
G. Caso [ left] presents proclamation designating Sunday, Jan. 27 as
M. l. A. Day in Nassau, to George Spies, commander of the Far­mingdale
VFW Post No. 516. On that day, the Department of New
York VFW and three VFW Posts in In wood, Farmingdale and
Bellmore will sponsor a program in remembrance of some 1,300 men
still listed as missing in action in Viet Nam. The program will be held
in conjunction with a New York Nets basketball game at the Nassau
Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale.
district then went to court on the
matter. District officials could
not indicate if the Supreme Court
decision would ^ nullify their
chances of success and reserved
any comment at this time. Qne of
the teachers involved brought a
separate action^ for salary,
retirement credit, credit towards
salary increments, and seniority
- rights. That issue has not been
settled.
Since losing thefcase in its first
two trials, the district has kept a
" hands off" attitude towards its
[ Continued on page 41
Vamps Open
Fund Drive
The Farmingdale ., Fire
Department has started their
1974 fund drive of all the
residents, merchants and in­dustries
in the Village of Far­mingdale.
They point out in their letter
that the firemen have answered
over 590 calls last year and have
spent over 3,100 man hours
training to keep themselves razor
sharp to assist you in your time of
need.
The money they receive is used
for the purposes of replenishing
their welfare fund to aid
sick and distressed firemen,
expenses to educational seminars
not covered in the Village budget
and many other programs
designed to provide you with the
best possible protection for you
and your families' life and safety.
They are on call ever hour of
the day or night. Now they would
appreciate you answering one
call for them.
Crisis Real
avits Senator Jacob K. Javits ( R-NY)
visited State University at
Farmingdale this past week to
present a " Report to the People."
The Report centered on two
questions - Is there really an
energy crisis? and, what can
your government officials do to
meet the problems posed by such
a crisis?
The answer to whether the
crisis is fact or fiction was an­swered
by the Sanator with a
resounding, " Yes." Expanding
on his answer, Sanator Javits
commented, " The fact i^ that we
have been using more energy
Invites Thieves
ilm^ EaiUCards
A Farmingdale man invited his
three robbers home to play cards
with him Friday night and at 2: 30
Saturday morning they relieved
him of $ 800.
According to 8th precinct police
the local resident, whose name. is
being withheld, met three men at
the Star Lite Lounge and about 11
p. m. invited them to his home for
a game of cards. At 2: 35 a. m. he
reported being robbed by them
Apparently, police said, the trio
threatened the victim with a
knife from his own kitchen.
Police also reported the home
at 3 Junard Drive. Farmingdale,
was, entered by a burglar bet­ween
noon and 1: 45 p. m. last
Thursday, A 19 inch color
television was reported missing.
Between 2: 45 and 9 p. m.'
Saturday, a burglar entered the
side door of the home at 92 Jef­ferson
St., Farmingdale, and took
a portable TV, stereo, clock radio
and $ 5 in silver coins.
than we have been able to «
produce domestically and,
therefore, • increased our
dependence on foreign supplies.
The sudden Arab oil embargo
( the difficult foreign supply
element) has thereby created a
temporary crisis. ' Foreign
suppliers' include the Arab oil
countries; and if their announced
total boycott is completely ef­fective,
it could mean an ef­fective
10 or 15 per cent cut in our
projected oil supplies."
Is the Arab boycott effective?
The answer, according to Senator
Javits is not known.
In exploring the second part of
his Report, " What can govern­ment
officials do to meet these
problems?,''.,. Senator Javits
believes that with knowledge,
research and capital, the facts on
energy must be freely given to
the Administration and the
Congress so they may cooperate
in formulating programs which
will give the people effective
energy policies. Also, the oil
industry on a company- by-company
basis should be
required to furnish the Executive
Department and the Congress
statistics on refinery capabilities
and production, crude oil and gas
production reserves, land other
dita necessary for sound and
intelligent government planning
and implementation of that
planning.
Finally, Senator Javits pointed
out that cooperation among
energy consuming countries is
vital. It would be very damaging
to the relations among those
nations if they were to go into
competition with one another for
oil supplies.
CRISIS REPORT: Mauro Zulli [ left], Vice President of Academic
Affairs at State University at Farmingdale, welcomes Senator Jacob
Javits to the campus. Senator Javits chose Farmingdale to give his
Report to the People centering on the energy crisis.