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The Abzug for Senate cam­paign
is well underway
throughout New York State.
Many political experts are
predicting that the Democratic
senatorial primary race will
narrow down to a close contest
between Bella Abzug and Pat
Moynihan: many are predicting
that Belltrwill come out on top.
Bella Abzug's career as a
Congresswoman from New York
has made her name a household
world throughout the nation. She
is the senior New York State
member of the House Committee
on Public Works and Tran-
$P@rtaiiort and has. brought many
dollars of federal funding into
New York throughout the past six
years. She ^authored the Water
Pollution Act of 1972, under which
New York State has received $3.1
billion so far. The Social Security
Act of 1972 contained a number of
Abzug-sponsored amendments,
increasing benefits for- social
service recipients.
Rep. Abzug has repeatedly
championed the rights of citizens
in all walks of life. She co-authored
the milestone Privacy
Act of 1974 and the Freedom of
Information Act. The former
prohibits federal agencies from
maintaining records on in­dividuals
that are not related to
actual need and the latter allows
individuals to inspect their
records on demand and make
corrections or additions. In 1975,
Ms. Abzug became the Chair­woman
of the House Government
Operations Subcommittee on
Government Information and
Individual Rights, which was the
scene of hearings on the covert,
illegal domestic activities of the
CIA and Arab discrimination
against the Jews, among various
other abuses.
Rep. Abzug has been the
champion of women's rights
within the House of Represen­tatives,
attaching amendments to
a number of bills prohibiting sex
discrimination in- federally-funded
programs. She wrote the
first Equal Credit Opportunity
Act, guaranteeing equal
eligibility in credit for men and
women. In 1975, she was named
by President Ford and House
Speaker Carl Albert to serve as
Congressional Advisor to the U.S.
delegation to the International
Women's Year Conference in
Mexico City.
Not satisfied with the U.S.
calmly accepting tyrannical
policies around the world without
comment, Rep. Absug authored
the first House-passed resolution
explicitly calling on the Soviet
Unipn to remove all obstacles to
the free emigration of Soviet
Jews and others who wish to live
in other countries. This bill
passed the House unanimously
this year. She was adamantly
opposed to U.S. involvement in
Vietnam and introduced a
resolution calling for the with­drawal
of troops on her first day
as a Congresswoman in 1971.
in September, 1975, Rep. Abzug
authored and introduced into the
House a major Welfare Reform
Bill, which would standardize the
federal contribution to all states'
welfare costs at 75 percent. Sen.
Jacob Javits was the Senate
sponsor of the bill, which was
heartily endorsed by Nassau,
County Executive Caso and
Governor Carey. More than 50
House Co-sponsors have stepped
forward to support HR 9652.
Rep. Abzug recently appeared
at a Senatorial Candidates'
forum sponsored by the Nassau
County Democratic Committee
and visited Suffolk County's east
end August 21. She outlined her
detailed series_ of proposals en­titled
"Jobs for AH Americans,"
which will help create many new
jobs in New York State while
preserving existing ones as well.
"Long Island has a significant
concentration of highly trained
unemployed workers," Rep.
Abzug pointed out. "New York
needs vigorous representation in
the U.S. Senate to fight for every
last job--not a junior senator from .
.Connecticut who votes against
putting construction workers
back to work. As an original
author of the recently enacted
Public Works Act and other job-producing
bills, I think I am best
qualified to provide that kind of
leadership." She pointed out that
under the antirecessionary
Countercyclical provisions of the
Public Works bill, Nassau and
Suffolk Counties will soon be
eligible for more than $6 million
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LEAA Grant
ForN.Y. Tech
Congressman Norman F. Lent
announced a grant of $42,989 to
the New York Institute of
Technology from the Law En­forcement
Assistance Ad­ministration
(LEAA).
N.Y. Tech will use the money
for grants and loans to law en­forcement
students enrolled at
the school in Old Westbury.
"Many local police officers are
increasing their professional
competence through higher
education," Lent said. "This
LEAA grant will pay for itself in
more effective protection for the
public."
Grumman Aerospace Cor­poration
paid over $132 million to
more than 1,300 subcontractor
firms in Nassau and Suffolk in
1975, according to Jack Ret-taiiata,
Grumman Corporation
vice president and director of
community relations, speaking at'
a recent meeting Of the Long
Island Association at the Beth-page
firm.
Rettaliata, who is also
president of the Association, said
that almost 64 percent of the $132
million went to small business
firms - usually regarded as those
employing less than 500 people
and not doing more than $7
million a year in sales.
The general membership
meeting was called so that
Grumman and its actual or
potential subcontractors could
learn more about doing business
with each other. .
Phillip Vassallo, Grumman
Aerospace director of corporate
procurement operations, spoke
on "What Grumman requires of
suppliers." He emphasized price,
schedule and quality ~ par­ticularly
the long-lead aspects
involved in scheduling
procurement of complex aircraft
parts and systems.
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GKUMMAN-VENDOR RELATIONSHIPS is theme here as Phil
Vassallo (L) of Bethpage, Grumman Aerospace vice president and
director of corporate procurement operations, and Frank Garvey,
Long Island Association chairman, get together at LI A meeting held
itecentiy at the Bethpage firm. The meeting was called so Grumman
and its present and potential suppliers in the LI A could learn more
about doing-business with each other.
Charles W. Dunn, Grumman's
small business liasison officer,
spoke in detail on the mechanics
of doing business with Grumman.
A question and answer session
followed the talks-
Seeking More
Freedom To Know The State Senate passed a bill
during the last session that would
expand citizens' rights to inspect
and copy government records.
The bill was sponsored by Slate
Senator Ralph Marino <R-5th
S.D.). The Assembly version was
sponsored by Assemblyman
Joseph F. Lisa (D-Queens),
Chairman of the Committee on
Governmental Operations.
However, the Assembly version
was held up in the Rules Com­mittee
and did not reach the floor
during the past session.
The measure reverses the
thrust of the 1974 Freedom of
Information Law, which had also
been sponsored by Senator
Marino. While the existing law
lists nine categories of records
open to public scrutiny, the new
proposal mandates that all
records be open except nine
limited categories specifically
exempted from disclosure.
Among the restricted areas are
matters involving law en­forcement,
judicial proceedings,
personal privacy, contract
negotiations and examinations
which if disclosed would impair
government functions.
The amendments have the
support of the Committee on
Public Access to Records, which
has been guiding implementation
of the present law. Agencies
which must comply with the law
include anv state or municipal
body, public authority or cor­poration,
school board and special
district. The new bill names the
legislative and judicial branches
of government to clarify their
inclusion under the broad term
"public agencies" in the original
legislation.
"In order to overcome any
misunderstanding by officials
charged with releasing and
protecting information," noted
Senator Marino, "the presum­ption
must now be complete
openness. Anyone illegally
denied access many take steps to
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Town and State
Review Landfill
At a meeting requested by the
State Department of Environ­mental
Conservation, Oyster Bay
Town Supervisor John W. Burke
met with Commissioner Peter A.
Berle to review information con­cerning
development of a
sanitary landfill in Plainview.
Burke characterized the meet­ing
as "positive," but noted there
was no new development nor any
new information as a result of the
two-hour meeting in Albany.
"The Commissioner has been
attempting to gather as many
facts as possible from all in­terested
parties and this meeting
was a continuation of his efforts,"
Burke said. He noted that the
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Voter & Polling
Information
Primaries in both the
Democratic and Republican
parties will be held Tuesday,
September 14. Polling places will
be open from 12 noon -9 p.m.
Information on your local polling
district may be obtained from the
Nassau County Board of Elec­tions,
400 County Seat Drive,
Mineola or by calling 535-2411.
Registered Democrats
throughout New York State will
be choosing a Senatorial can­didate
from five contenders. The
nominees are Bella Abzug,
Ramsey Clark, Abraham Hir-schfeld,
Daniel Patrick
Moynihan and Paul O'Dwyer.
Registered Republicans will
also be choosing a Senatorial
candidate to run in November.
Peter Peyser is opposing the
incumbent, James L. Buckley.
Republicans in the 10th Assembly
District will be choosing a can­didate
to run against incumbent
Democrat Lewis Yevoli. Vying
for the party's nomination are
Stuart Levine and Bruce Duncan.
Registered Conservatives in the
10th Assembly District will
choose between Stuart Levine
and Joseph L. Connelly to run on
the Conservative platform later
this year.
Applications for absentee
ballots for both the primaries and
the general election may be
obtained by calling, writing or
stepping into the Nassau County
Board of Elections, Applications
for general election ballots must
be received by October 26, after
which a ballot will be mailed to
your out-of-town address. The
voting ballot itself must be
returned to the Board of Elec-,
lions by November 2 for your vote
to count in the general election.