Bethpage-Tribune_1976-03-18

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Vol. 10 No. 17 Thursday, March 18, 1976 10 cents per copy
BUS ART: Nassau County Executive Ralph G. Case admires bus
cards created by BOCES art students to depict why it is best to travel
by. bus. The Metropolitan Suburban Bus Authority selected Jock
Anderson (right) as first prize winner in the competition. His poster,
entitled "The Stop That Spells Go/' will be converted into a car card
and displayed in ail IY1SBA buses. Regina Nazzaro of Bethpage was
second prize winner with her poster,' -5Vhy Worry... Take a Bus",
and the third prize went to Richie Del Pesce of North Massapequa for
his poster, "Don't Fuss. -. . Bus."
Town Board Rejects
Hippo" Discotheque
Michael Polansky
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The Oyster Bay Town Board
turned thumbs down on the Hippo
Discotheque on Tuesday, March
16, and local civic leaders
couldn't be more pleased.
By a unanimous vote, the
Board voted to reject the ap­plication
of Hippo Enterprises for
a special use permit and change
of zone which would have allowed
the promoters of Hippo to open a
Discotheque in the Plainview
Shopping Center at the northwest
corner of Woodbury Road and
South Oyster Bay Road. The
Shopping Center sits at the three-way
border between Hicksville.
Syosset and Plainview.
Local civic leaders expressed
both gratification and relief at
the Board's decision. "It's clear
to me that the Board did the right
thing,'' observed Greater
Plainview Community
Association President Paul
Eisenstein. "Approval for Hippo
would have meant the beginning
of the end for the residential
character of surrounding neigh­borhoods."
Joining with
Eisenstein in applauding the
Town Board's rejection of the
proposed Discotheque was
Clearview Village Civic
Association President Roy Entin,
who had been instrumental in
putting together the working
force of civic leaders that was so
effective in their opposition to
Hippo.
Eisenstein and Entin also
joined in expressing their
gratitude to the other individuals
and organizations who had
devoted so much time and effort
to the anti-Hippc drive. Called out
for special mention were Judy
Jacobs of the South Woodbury
Taxpayers Association,
Lawrence Wolfson of Hicksville.
Roz Fliegelman and Howard
Wolfe of the Clearview Village
Civic Association, and Carol
Eisenstein, Michael Dor!.
Michael Polansky and Carole
Fishman of GPGA. Thanks were
also expressed to Ronald Kadin
of Syosset Village Civic
Association, Ronald Grimaldi of
the Civic Association of Beth-page,
and Harry Singer of the
East Massapequa Civic
Association, each of whom spoke
out against the Discotheque at
the February 10 Town Board
hearing.
Community opposition to the
Hippo petition had been near-unanimous.
At the February 10
hearing only one speaker came
out in favor of the Discotheque -
Mark Straub of Straub Music, a
local merchant who is not a
resident of the area.
While expressing his pleasure
at the Town Board decision,
Eisenstein noted his awareness of
the problems faced by the
Shopping Center's landlord. "The
Plainview Shopping ('enter is an
important part of our com­munity,"
he noted. "Now that the
Hippo unpleasantness is ap­parently
behind us. GPCA in­tends
to work with the landlord in
an effort to attract new
businesses to the Shopping
Center, Merchants and residents
must work together for a better
community."
League Success
In Albany
Barbara Josepher, President of
the League of Women Voters of
the Town of Oyster Bay, said,
"Very possibly it was a matterof
the League being in the right
place at the right time." On
March 9-10, the State League of
Women Voters held its 38th
Annual Legislative Conference in
Albany. And, on March 11, the
Assembly passed and the Gov-vernor
signed a bill to clarify for
voters in the April 0 Democratic
primary^ the presidential
preferences of the delegate
candidates.
While in Albany, Oyster Bay
League members, Mrs. Josepher
of Syosset, Diane Kaplan of
Plainview, Miriam Bubinstein of
Hicksville, and Jean Watson of
Bethpage; plus League^members
from all over the state* visited
legislators' offices to urge
passage of this important
legislation. The law eliminates
the practice in New York State of
listing convention delegate
candidates on the primary ballot
without the name of the
presidential candidate they
support. Now the ballot should
carry each delegate candidate's
name together with the
presidential candidate he or she
supports.
League hopes that this law has
not been enacted too late. "With
the primary ballot more un­derstandable,"
said Mrs.
Josepher, "our hope is that more
people will get out and vote."
Local polls on Presidential
Primary Day. Tuesday, April 6,
are open from 6:00 a.m. to 9:00
p.m. Only previously enrolled
Democrats may vote at this time.
There is no Republican
presidential primary in the Town
of Oyster Bay. Absentee ballots
are available by calling the
Board of Elections at 535-2411.
For more information, call the
Board of Elections or the League
at 799-3030.
Local Students
R eeeive Honors
Dr. Arthur C, Colver, Prin­cipal,
John F. Kennedy High
School, Plainview, has an­nounced
the selctiori of the
Valedictorian and Salutatorian
for the Class of 1976.
The Valedictorian is Mark
Ciaus, of Plainview, and the
Salutatorian is Randy Fishman,
of Old Bethpage.
Mark Claus is graduating first
in a class of 475 with a 3* a year
cumulative average of 96.72.
Mark is interested in medicine
and is planning to enter a 6 year
medical program. He has been
active in various school ac­tivities,
including the school
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Feature
Manpower Commissioner Says
Economic Planning A Must
The Long Island Chapter of the
American Society for Public
Administration featured as guest
speaker Dr. George S. Roukis,
Nassau's Commissioner of
Manpower Programs, Wed­nesday
evening, March 10. After
a dinner in his honor in Plain-view's
Holiday Inn. members
and guests regathered at the
Nassau County Medical Center
for his address.
The theme of the speech was
"Employment Strategies in a
Recovering Economy: Public
and Private Responsibilities."
"Changing economic and
demographic characteristics,"
asserted Dr. Roukis, "have
created a set of problems that
demand the highest degree of
sophisticated public policy
planning. Nassau County's
population has increased from
406,748 persons in 1940 to 1,431,738
persons in 1975. The impact this
growth has had on needed county
governmental services has been
phenomenal and will change
during the next decade as the
population age distribution
changes.
"For instance, from 1975 to 1985
the 0 to 19 year of age population
is ^expected to decrease from
466,971 to 348,143 or a net
reduction of 118,828. The impact
will be felt hardest in the primary
and secondary education fields
and supportive services.
"The 20-29 year age group will
increase during the same time
from 226,822 to 280,118 or a net
addition of 53,296. While this will
have a potentially favorable
impact on the Nassau economy,
the number of new jobs in the
County will not increase at a
commensurate rate that would
employ all of these persons. In
fact, the high cost of living in the
County will probably induce
members of this age group to
migrate out.
"The 30-39 age group will in­crease
from 139,737 to 230*045 or a
net increase of 90,308. If this
group is employed, there will be
an expenditure increase for
household formation and durable
goods, but given the decline in
manufacturing and construction
jobs in Nassau County, em­ployment
opportunities will be
limited for many of these in­dividuals.
"The 40-59 year old population
will decrease from 400,274 to
318,638, for a net decrease of
81,636 persons. Since this group is
presently providing the main
income and tax support for
county government, its decrease
will be adversely felt.
"The 60-64 year group will
experience an increase from
69.986 to 98,326, or a net increase
ot'28,346persons. This presupposes
reduced income capabilities and
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Stein Announces Candidacy
For United States Senate
Assemblyman Andrew Stein
(D) announced that he is running
for the Democratic nomination
for United States Senate* at­tacking
Senator Buckley's record
as showing he, "either does not
know or does not care about the
problems which affect the people
of this State."
Stein cited New York as the
"Empire State not the Bankrupt
State," and said that "The
problem of New York's elderly
and New York's unemployed
must be the top priorities of the
next New York Senator."
In his opening remarks Stein
said, "Senator Buckley has voted
time after time to block Social
Security increases, even though
New York has more .elderly than
any other State. He voted
repeatedly to deny unem­ployment
compensation to
workers without jobs, even
though New York has more
unemployed than any other State,
and he voted against operating
subsidies for mass transit, even
though New York has
transit riders than any
State,
"Senator Buckley has
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