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*/<£/ An Official Newspaper for the Village of Farmingdak
VOL. 55 NO. 13 Second Class Postage Paid
in Farmingdale, N. Y. 11735 Thursday, February 7, 1974
Copyright 1971 by
Island— Wide Publication, Inc.
New Bill
To Permit
Lottery News
Congressman Angelo D.
Roncallo introduced legislation
this week, which would lift the
ban on the mailing, broadcasting
or televising any information or
advertising pertaining to any
type of legal state lottery.
The current legal definition of a
lottery includes any games of
chance such as bingo games and
church raffles. This has meant
that those periodicals which
depend on the mails for their
distribution and that includes
most weekly newspapers are
currently prevented from
carrying any information, ads
etc. on these " lotteries." Ron-callo's
bill would lift that ban
except as it applies to sport
events. The problem was brought
to the Congressman's attention
by the Farmingdale Post.
In introducing the bill, Ron­callo
said, " In view of the fact
that the word/ lottery' includes
bingo and raffles, I do not think
that it serves any purpose
whatsoever to effectively prevent
local newspapers from carrying
such information. These lot­teries,
themselves, earn a
tremendous amount of revenue
for the state and in my opinion,
they should be promoted as ex­tensively
as possibly in order to
help the state meet its financial
obligations. I hope that my bill
will correct this inequity in the
law to allow weekly newspapers
to carry on their important job of
informing on what's going on
around them."
Heart Ball
Feb. 16
The Nassau Heart
Association's Second Annual
" Sweetheart Ball" for the
Farmingdale area honoring
Geraldine Franco, a three- year-old
child who has already un­dergone
two major open heart
operations, will be held at the
Holiday Manor in Bethpage on
February 16. Tickets are $ 17.50
per person for the 9 p. m. ball
featuring a buffet, unlimited
cocktails, and music, are
available by writing to Marjorie
Pfoh at 145 Merritt Road in
Farmingdale. Checks should be
made payable to the Nassau
Heart Fund.
Geraldine Franco, a child who
has visited the hospital 7 times in
her short life and is apprehensive
of men • fearing that they may be
doctors, was born with a
congenital heart condition. Had
she been born seven years ago
there would have been no hope
for her. Fortunately, due to
recent advances made possible
through the cooperation of the
public, she survived after a
" balloon test" to enlarge a heart
opening was performed, and
became strong enough to un-
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MICHAEL GRAY, young television and movie actor, chats with Helen Lesson in Merlin Printing
Company's typing department during his visit to the Farmingdale Post last Thursday. [ Post photo by
Bob Starrett] J
Teen Kingdom Exclusive
Michael Gray Visits Post By Gregg J . Kramer
You probably still don't believe
it. Why would Michael Gray
come all the way from California
to visit Farmingdale. Well I will
tell you why.
On January 16th I wrote a letter
to Michael asking if he would like
to come out to* New York so f
could interview him for my
column. Well on January 28 I
received a very nice letter from
Michael which read, " I would
gladly fly into New York to be
interviewed by you and your
paper. I will be there the week of
the 28th of January. I will contact
you then." So on Wednesday I
called Mike and asked where we
should meet. Mike said " Let's
meet in the city and have lunch
together." On Thursday we met
in Manhattan and then decided to
go and do the interview in Central
Park. While we were walking
towards the direction of Central
Park the questions and answers
already started flying.
Gregg - What type of movie did
you just finish doing?
Michael • The movie is like a
sequal to the Summer of ' 42. In
the movie Summer of ' 42 it
showed how the boys grew up, but
in this movie that I had a major
role in, it showed how the girls
grew up.
Gregg - What role did you
portray?
Michael - I had a very heavy
role. I was a real cool guy who
was always being bothered by
this one certain girl that I never
cared for.
Gregg- What is the title of the
movie?
Michael - It was going to be
called Basic Training but the
producers of the movie thought it
sounded too much like an Army
picture.. So far they haven't
created a title.
Gregg - When will it be
released?
Michael - I think it may be
released in the Spring.
Michael - Did I tell you about
the cartoon show that I did?
Gregg - No, you didn't.
Michael - 1 probably did it after
you came out last August. Well
the name of the cartoon show was
called Goober. The cartoon show
was about Goober and his friends
coming to Hawaii to visit me
on the Little People. It was really
weird. The photographer comes
and takes a picture of you and
then an artist creates a cartoon
character that resembles the
picture.
Then you sit down at this long
table with the scripts in front of
you. You have to be very quiet
because you have these huge
microphones that hang over you
and they pick up any sound.
Gregg - How could you do the
cartoon since it had to deal with
the Little People.
Michael - 1 will tell you how. I
got a call from the producers of
the eartojuiteries and theyaj
me if I would like to do the sim
told them 1 was no longer
Little People but they didn't care.
So I looked over the script and
told them I would do it.
Gregg - I also heard that you
did a guest appearence on the
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price 15< - $ 5 per year
Two Top
Scholars
Meet Bd.
The two top students in this
year's graduating class at
Farmingdale High School were
introduced to the Board of
Education during Monday night's
regular monthly meeting.
Jess Amchin, who was also the
winner of the Paragon Oil Corp.
incentive award, is the class
valedictorian with an average of
96.11. Regina Rosenberg is the
salutatorian with a 95.44 average.
Cliff Mackin, assistant high
school principal introduced the
students to the members of the
board.
Amchin is a contributing poet
to the Bard, the school's literary
magazine. He is a National Merit
Scholarship winner and has been
awarded a New York State
Regents Scholarship. He is a
member of the Interact Club, the
division championship tennis
team, the Student- Faculty
Relations Board and the National
Honor Society. - « —-•*•*-—*
Miss Rosenberg is an Honor
Society member, enrolled in
advanced. placement courses.
She is staff member of the Paper
Lion, the school newspaper, copy
editor for the Bard, a member of
the Pep Squad and a New York
State Regents Scholarship
winner. She has also completed
full requirements in two
languages.
Also introduced to the board
was the new Rotary Exchange
Student from South Africa, Miss
Wendy Dorkin Miss Dorkin will
reside in Farmingdale for the full
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HAVE A HEART: Ate* Cludi IMtt MuVff'fW chats with Nassau
County Heart Child Geraldine Franco, who will be crowned " Princess
of the Ball" during the Heart Fund Ball Saturday, February 16, at the
Holiday Manor, Bethpage. The three year old has undergone two
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