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Vol. 3 No. 40 Thursday, July 24, 1969 10< per copy
On Monday evening, July 28 at 8 p.m., the Nassau
County Board of Supervisors will conduct a public
hearing on the Open Housing proposal which is
currently under consideration. A daytime session was
held on June 23rd and the audience was generally
receptive. The Nassau County Conservative Party was
the only organization to oppose the county proposal. A
petition submitted to the Board of Supervisors by the
Conservative -£i?ty is responsible for the scheduled
night hearing.
The County proposal is similar to the Open Housing
Ordinance adopted by the City of Glen Cove. If adopted
by the County Board of Supervisors it will prohibit
"discrimination in the sale, rental, lease, or financing
of housing accommodations because of race, creed,
color, or national origin." Refusal to comply will
subject the property owner to penalties and fines
totaling as much as $500, plus 25 days in jail. This or­dinance
is the strongest measure ever to come before a
municipal governing body and is far more excessive
than the current state and federal laws which provide
civil action in similar cases. The original version of
this proposal was framed by NAACP Director James
Davis.
Clearly, the proposed open housing ordinance
counter-balances the scales in' favor of the com­plainant.
The case will be reviewed by the Human
Rights Commission, and the plaintiff will be
represented free by the County Attorney. If found
guilty, a man may be compelled by a court of com­petent
jurisdiction to sell or lease his property to the
complainant. Never before has a court disposed of a
man's private property for any reason other than in­debtedness,
taxation, escheat, eminent domain, and
police powers.
The hearing will be held at the County Executive
Building, West Street, Mineola. Thoma8 C/Brenker
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BELIEVE IT" LIRR VIP
REMARKS! On July 1, William
Ronan, Chairman of the
Metropolitan Transportation
Authority wrote Mrs. Joan M.
Cable, Chairman T.O.B.
Beautification Committee and
Acting President of Bethpage
Advisory Council, as a result of
her letter to him complaining
about the condition of the Beth­page
Long Island Railroad
Station, wherein he stated to Mrs.
Cable that Frank Aikman, Jr.
President of the railroad had
assigned Eaton Goldthwaite, the
railroad's Manager of Com-
Mazzara Files
Suit Against
Local GOP
Bethpage businessman Buddy
Mazzara has filed suit in Nassau
County Supreme Court charging
irregularities in the local Re­publican
Party primary for com­mitteeman
held on June 17th.
Mazzara, a candidate for GOP
Committeeman in the 54th E-lection
District, Eighth Assembly
District, Town of Oyster Bay, has
asked the high court to set aside
the results of the June 17th vote .
and either declare Mazzara the
winner or call for a new election.
The suit was accompanied by
signed affadavits from 122 voters
in the district that they did indeed
vote for Mazzara for Committee­man.
The election machine,
which was used in the Bethpage
Fire House for the June 17th
balloting, showed 89 votes for
Mazzara while two opponents re­ceived
119 and 110 votes re-specively.
"I think it's quite obvious that
something is wrong here," stated
Mazzara, who has named GOP
Elections Commissioner William
Meisserin his Supreme Court
action. "It is certain that we need
a complete investigation, of this
voting when 122 people swear in
writing they voted for me and an­other
17 have indicated their
preference for me following sub­mission
of my affadavits."
Continued Mazzara: "Betht
page has been an orphan com­munity
on both sides of the
political fence for much too long.
While the ineptness of the Demo­cratic
party in the area is not my
business, as a registered
Republican, I felt compelled to
try and rectify the flacid, unin­spired
G O P leadership in Beth­page
which has long needed re­juvenation."
Mazzara said he has received
numerous letters and phone calls
from all segments of the Beth­page
community urging him to
continue his fight to have a new
election called in the 54th
District. The Supreme Court is
currently studying Mazzara's
petjtion and an answer is ex­pected
shortly.
munity Relations to work with her
in attempt to resolve this
problem.
The following week the 11:29
rumbled into Bethpage and
brought Mr. Goldwaithe* Joan
Cable and Florence Cullem,
TRIBUNE PUBLISHER were
there to greet him. After just a
curbcry inspection of the railroad
station Mr. Goldwaithe stated"he
had to see it to believe it" and in
general conservation indicated
that this was one of the most "run
down" stations on the line!
Anyone using the station will
agree it is in dire need of a paint'
job. repair work and general
over-all clean-up. In it's present
condition people coming into
Bethpage via the Long Island
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At a recent reception of new members into the Rev.
Michael J. Hartigan Council No. 5033 of the Knights of
Columbus in Bethpage, Stephano Scacco (C) was
presented to Grand Knight Michael J. Caprio (L) by
Program Chairman Martin P. Laraia.
Mr. Scacco celebrated his 87th Birthday on the same
day. It is interesting to note that Mr. Scacco is exactly
as old as the Knights of Columbus, both dating back, to
1882.
Grand Knight Caprio is presenting Mr. Scacco with
this certificate of his reception into the order.
Officers and Gentleman - - newly installed officers of
the Bethpage Rotary Club met last week at the Beau
Sejour Restaurant. L-R - - Roy Fuchs, Treasurer;
Richard Sturtz, Vice President; Thomas Cary, -
President; and Frank D'andrea. Secretary.'
NO SOCIAL VALUE: Oyster Bay Town Board
Majority Leader Edmund A. Ocker assists Nassau
County Patrolman George Henningsen in burning
pornographic material at the Town's Old Bethpage
incinerator. The county police utilized the Town's
facilities to dispose of confiscated pornographic
material valued at between $25,000 and $45,000. In­cluded
among the destroyed pornography were 25,000
photographs, 200 reels of film and 1,300 books and
magazines.
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