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N. Y. 11 7. » * Thursday, June 3, 1976 Copyright 1976 by
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No Increase In School Budget
MEMORIAL DAY TRIBUTE: V. F. W. Auxiliary President Marie Vogel places a bouquet of flowers on
the memorial stone honoring Farmingdale's Korea and Vietnam veterans who were killed in action.
The ceremony climaxed the annual Memorial Day parade, sponsored by the Farmingdale Fire
Department, Monday morning. [ Post photo by Bob Starrett]
Fight Death A Homicide,
Charge Farmingdale Man
A 21 year old Farmingdale man
died at 4: 15 a. m. Tuesday and
Nassau County police say its
homicide. Homicide detectives
arrested John Attardi, 20, of 133
Fallwood Parkway and charged
him with first degree man­slaughter.
Police reported that at 9: 10
p. m. Monday Michael Kennedy,
21, and his father, Lawrence
Kennedy, 56, were involved with
Attardi in an altercation on the
front lawn of their home at 154
Fallwood Parkway. According to
police, Attardi punched and
kicked the younger Kennedy.
The result was Michael Ken­nedy
was taken to Mid- Island
Hospital, Bethpage, by the South
Farmingdale Rescue Squad in an
unconscious condition and was
pronounced dead at 4: 10 a. m. The
father, Lawrence Kennedy, was
treated at the hospital for con­tusions
of the right elbow and
released.
Eighth precinct police also
reported fhree persons arrested
over the Memorial Day Weekend
for leaving the scene of three
separate auto accidents. Two \> f
the three were also charged with
driving while intoxicated.
Police said at 2: 29 a. m. last
Friday Patricia Wasmuth, 19, of
18 1st Ave., South Farmingdale,
allegedly struck a parked car on
Matthew Street near the corner of
Sunset Ave. She was ap­prehended
at 2: 45 a. m. on
Crestwood Blvd. by Police Of­ficer
W. Bertsch and charged
with leaving the scene of an
accident and driving while in­toxicated.
Last Thursday evening at 7: 50
p. m. Steven Bonzer, 27, of Lin-denhurst
was driving west on
Fulton Street when his car was
involved in a collision with a car
emerging from West Street. The
second car drove away. Police
Officer J. Juppe apprehended
Richard Lawson, 31, of 32 Arch
Ave. at 10: 15 p. m. on Fallwood
Parkway and charged him with
leaving the scene of an accident.
At 12: 40 a. m. Saturday John
Bourque, 27, of 916 Fulton St.,
was involved in a rear end
collision with a car driven by
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Public Hearing Tonight,
§ H Annual Election June 16
The Farmingdale Board of Education will conduct its
first public hearing on the proposed school budget
tonight at 8: 30 p. m. in the senior high school. The board
says it has managed to fulfill its pledge to the public to
maintain a ' « zero tax increase" in its " hold the line"
budget by setting the 1976- 77 budget figure at exactly the
same figure as the 1975- 76 budget $$ 28,863,057.
Because of state changes in
their equalization rates between
communities, the end result of
the board's efforts will not be the
same, town of Oyster Bay
taxpayers will receive a
reduction in their tax rate of 3.4
cents per hundred, while Babylon
area homeowners will receive an
increase of 19.7 cents. True tax
rate figures cannot be set until
the state finalizes their
equalization rates and the towns
provide their assessment rolls in
September.
Increasing costs have offset by
declining enrollment, curtailing
some programs and reducing
, certain support services in line
with enrollment. The board has
been able to accommodate the
$ 750,000 cost of the teacher
contract settlement within the
framework of the proposed
budget.
" We are fully aware that
sacrifices have been made," the
board said in their recent
newsletter, " We are aware that
per pupil costs are rising - we
will have fewer student and be
spending as much as last year.
We are aware that the " zero tax
increase" is not absolutely zero.
We are aware that a minor
reduction was finally made to
achieve the exact expenditure as
last year, but this was done
deliberately."
The board is seeking support of
this budget on the first ballot vote
on Wednesday, June 16, at Howitt
Junior High School, from 10 a. m.
to 10 p. m. while pledging that it
. will continue its efforts to save
where it can without damaging
the program - even after the
budget is approved.
" Even after the tax
set," the board stated,
small or largt amount can be
saved, it will b • saved."
Following tt night's budget
hearing, the board will hold its
regular June meeting Monday,
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Candidates
Forum Set
The Farmingdale Council of
Parent Teacher Association will
again hold its annual " Can­didate's
Forum" at the Far­mingdale
Senior High School
Auditorium on Tuesday evening,
June 8, at 8: 30 p. m.
All citizens are urged to take
advantage of this opportunity to
hear the candidates for the
Farmingdale School Board and
the Farmingdale Public Library
Board air their views and policies
as to why they are running for
their respective positions.
There will also be an op­portunity
to take part in the
question and answer period.
GOP Takes
Strike Poll
During the recent School
Teacher Strike, the Farmingdale
Republican Committee received
numerous telephone calls asking
fqr information, advice and
whether we had any information
regarding public feeling toward
the strike.
Accordingly, C Raymond
Radigan, the Farmingdale
Republican Executive Leader,
requested the 42 Republican
Committeemen in the Far­mingdale
area to each call ten
residents of their district at
random; seven Republicans and
three Democrats. The question
was: Based on the information
you have received in the media
and otherwise, do you support the
teachers or the School Board in
the present strike controversy?
The results of the poll were
overwhelmingly in favor of the
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