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No Decision
0n2ndVote
The Farmingdale Board of Education rendered a " no
decision" on a possible second vote on the school district
budget at their regular August meeting Monday night,
but gave indications that such a vote was a probability.
Members of the board are split over the second vote and
if such a decision is to be reached, they want it to be
a unanimous decision.
BEATING THE HEAT: Town residents beat the heat of this past weekend on a shrinking Tobay Beach.
As the temperature soared to the 100s. the crowds flocked to the cool water's edge and found less, edge
than there was before. The photographer had to wait until late afternoon when the crowd thinned to
show how close the water is coming to the pavilion . One lifeguard recalls the water's edge being 100 to
150 yards further out than it is today. [ Post photo by Bob Starrett ]
MTA Bill Support Grows
Governor Hugh L. Carey is
being urged to sign into law the
MTA tax legislation to provide
fiscal relief to the Farmingdale
School District from an in­creasing
number of his own party
leaders as well as from
legislators and district residents.
The latest plea came from
Stanley Harwood, Nassau
Democratic Chairman and
associate counsel on education to
Assembly Speaker Stanley
Steingut. Harwood joins Thomas
J. La van, leader of the Far­mingdale
Zone in the 10th
Assembly District, and Leonard
B. Austin,- leader of the
Amityville- South Farmingdale
Zone in the nth Assembly
District, in issuing pleas for the
governor's signature on the bill.
Assemblyman Lewis J. Yevoli
( D- iOth Dist.) a co- sponsor of the
bill also wrote Governor Carey
during the past week, urging his
approval of the relief for Far­mingdale
taxpayers.
The bill was designed to
compensate the Farmingdale
School District for the substantial
loss of real property tax revenue
it suffered when the MTA took
over Republic Airport.
" Both of your immediate
predecessors, Governors
Rockefeller and Wilson have
vetoed legislation similar to the
bill now before you", wrote
Harwood, " They were wrong,
and you have an excellent op­portunity
to rectify the injustice
that has been done to the tax­payers
of the Farmingdale
School District."
" As a former legislator, a
political leader, and as a citizen
concerned with the plight of the
property taxpayers, I urge you to
sign this bill into law", Harwood
concluded.
Assemblyman Philip Healey
( R- llth Dist.) called the Post
from Albany Tuesday afternoon
to report on a briefing session he
had with John Bove, one of the
governor's legal assistants.
Healey said that he pointed out
the unique problems of the
Farmingdale District and asked
Bove to remind the governor of a
recent decision of the New Jersey
Supreme Court, which ruled
against that state last week in a
similar property takeover.
Pistol Packer
Asks Refund
Gets Arrested
A Port Washington man was
arrested and charged with first
degree robbery of a Farmingdale
firm last week.
Orlando C. Mele, 29, of Port
Washington was arrested by
Detective William Noble of the 8th
Squad on a complaint by Ed- Val
Associates, 464 Front Street,
Farmingdale.
According to police Mele en-
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Governor Carey's approval of
the MTA tax bill, passed by both
houses of the legislature and
sitting. on his desk, would be a
deciding factor. The governor
has until tomorrow to pass or
veto the bill.
Board President Robert Weiss
stated the board favored a return
of the budget, but made no
commitment. He said if the
budget was brought to a second
vote, the amount would be the
same as the already defeated
budget, but the tax rate would be
lower. He then announced a year
end surplus of an additional
$ 275,000 which he said would
reduce the proposed tax rate
increase by an estimated 30 cents
per hundred. This would set the
[ Continued on page 8J
Penny Carnivals Highlight
Youth Council Activities
As Youth Council swings into
it's 5th week, the fun is still
continuing. Many of the centers
held their annual Penny Car­nivals.
Wwjward Parkway, the
largest Youth Council center, had
over 30 booths testing the
youngsters skills.
Mill Lane's carnival could see
many a youngster heading to the
gates with prizes by the arm
fulls.
Norths ides special event for
the week was their Costume
Parade, which was a huge sue
[ Continued on page 8]
FIRST CITIZEN: Long Island business entrepreneur John J. Kelly of € 1 Mill Road, Farmingdale.
received the " First Citizen Award" this week from the American Society for Crippled Children in
Israel, Inc., IALYN]. at the Cloud Casino Restaurant, Roosevelt Raceway. Making the presentation to
Kelly I left) include ALYN President, Dr. Leo Arthur Green, and attorney John R. Curti [ right] of Cold
Spring Harbor. Over 300 local residents turned out at the Raceway to honor Kelly. 43. President of
Zimmer Welding Supplies & Service. Inc.