Bethpage-Tribune_1966-11-24

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VOL. 1 NO. 8
Serving Bethpage - Old Bethpage - Island Trees - Plaincdge - Seaford
THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 24, 1966 10<f per copy
WHEN WILL CATV
COME TO NASSAU?
NEW CITIZENS GET THEIR COLORS --Nassau
County Clerk Franklin H. Ornstein, who as Clerk
of the Court is In charge of Naturalization in Nassau.
County for the State Department, makes a practice
of presenting newly naturalized youngsters with
American Flags.
Here he is seen presenting the colors to: Front
Row (L to R) Jeanne Aurora Lashinsky, age 6 who
comes to us from Italy and will live in Merrick;
Ralph Gilloon, age 6 who comes to us from Italy
and will live in Bethpage; Mary Angela Lashinsky,
age 7 who comes to us from Italy and will live in
Merrick; Back Row (L to R) Ann Marie Miraglia,
age 8 who comes to us from Italy and will live
in Westbury; Michael J. Miraglia, Jr., age 9 who
comes to us from Italy and will live in Westbury
and James Gilloon, age 9 who comes to us from
ItaTy^ahdTwillTlivcT in Bethpage. The^childrerrwere^
naturalized in ceremonies in Mineola recently.
Nassau residents will be invited to plug their tele­vision
sets into this community antenna under a
proposal heard today by the Town Board of Oyster
Bay. The parabolic antenna is capable of receiving
television pictures from as far aWay as Philadelphia
and Providence and is connected to home receivers
by coaxial cable. It is only 80' high and 200 feet
wide.
First Assistant Bethpage Fire
Chief Louis Kunzig, Jr. received
a first place trophy in the
DAILY NEWS Vamps Award
Competition.
The Bethpage award was un­usual
since it came about through
nomination of the Hicksville Fire
Department. Chief Kunzig earn­ed
his trophy by acting without
thought for personal safety and
gallantry. He had just returned
home early on the morning of Oc­tober
8 when a report came over
that a fire was in a nearby motel.
He drove to the scene which is
on the border of Bethpage and
Hicksville. Being the first fire­man
at the scene he immediately
sprung into action by sounding his
siren as he approached the blaz­ing
unit. This alerted the sleeping
guests who notified him a man
was trapped in one of the rooms.
Kunzig dashed inside and brought
the man out.
Kunzig, and his wife Lillian
and three children reside at 15
Pearl Street, Bethpage.
The TOB is seriously consid­ering
the awarding of a franchise
for a service known as Commu­nity
Antenna Television. This
was part of the Public Hearings
agenda at the regular meeting
of the Town Board on Tuesday,
November 22.
Two private companies in­terested
in obtaining this ex­clusive
franchise presented their
case before the Board.
Inter-County Television, one
of the interested parties made the
foUowing statement. "Nassau
residents will see television from
cities far away as Philadelphia
and Providence and will at all
times have twelve different pro­grams
from which to choose, un­der
a proposal outlined to the
Oyster Bay Town Board.
The Inter-County Television
Enterprise, a joint venture, asked
the Town for permission to pro­vide
cable television service to
residents of Oyster Bay. Similar
permission has been requested
by the Company from the towns
of North Hempstead and Hemp­stead.
"Most Nassau residents now
find seven New York channels
on their television receivers,"
said Charles F. DoJan, Presi­dent
of Inter-County Television,
one of two companies involved
in the joint venture. "Wnen con­nected
to the cable, the television
set will provide twelve channels
of service, including out-of-town
channels and a special channel
for Nassau programs."
Peter Benziger, President of
Community Newspapers, Inc.,
spoke in detail of the kinds of
programs that would be pre­sented
on the Nassau channel.
"A mobile unit will be used to
telecast local football games,
cultural events, news happen­ings
and other subjects of spe­cial
interest to Nassau residents.
The local channel will put Nas­sau
on the television dial for the
first time," said Benziger.
The cost of the proposed serv­ice
is $5 per month, plus a one­time
connection charge of $25.00.
More than 1,700 communities now
receive television through cable
systems, sometimes called
"CATV" systems. Cable elimi­nates
the need for roof-top an­tennas
and UHF convenors.
Other officers and stockhold­ers
of the Inter-County Tele­vision
Enterprise include Leon­ard
Hall, Lattingtown, Abraham
Bienstock, Syosset, William Cas­ey,
Roslyn Harbor, Roger Ca-haney,
Cold Spring Harobr, Lionel
Goldberg, Glen Cove and Jack
Rettaliata, Babylon.
The second company seeking
the franchise isNassauCATV.an
affiliate of Broadway Maintenance
Corporation. AronCohn, attorney
spoke on their behalf and said that
Broadway Maintenance with its
forty years experience and prov­en
record in the electrical and
electronic field is the largest
organization of its kind in the
world. He said General Electric
has joined with it to build CATV
equipment and that they are well
organized and on their way to
design, construct and maintain
a CATV operation. He pointed
out that they have already re­ceived
approval from Patchogue,
Brookhaven and Smithtown.
Both companies agreed that
the best thing that could happen
to Long Island in the areas of
television viewing along educa­tional,
cultural, news coverage,
public information, weather re­porting
and community service
is CATV.
When the people get il — de­pends
on how soon the Board acts.