Bethpage-Tribune_1976-11-11

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OLD BETHP/GE PLAINVIEW PLAINEDGE SEAFORD
VOL. 10 NO. 51 Thursday, November 11, 1976 10 cents per copy
Standstill At The Landfill: Marino Shields Seniors
Court Rules Iu Favor Of TOB From Juvenile Violence
The final of a series of three
suits seeking to halt the Town's
preparation of a sanitary landfill
in Plainview was thwarted by
Supreme Court Justice Paul
Kelly who agreed with two of his
colleagues in ruling that Oyster
Bay has proceeded properly in its
planning of this solid waste
disposal facility, according to
Town of Oyster Bay officials.
Justice Kelly dismissed the
South Huntington Water District
suit citing the previous decision
of Justice David T. Gibbons and
Justice William Sullivan who
noted that the Town had not
violated any laws, rules or
regulations in proceeding with
the "construction and operation
of a solid waste disposal facility,
a lawful governmental function."
Justice Gibbons had dismissed
the Town of Huntington suit and
Justice Sullivan dismissed a
similar suit filed by the Tuxedo
Annual Scout
Cookie Sale
On November 12, at 3:00 p.m.,
the Girl Scouts of Mid-Island
Council will begin their annual
cookie sale. Girl Scouts of all
ages will visit the families of our
community to ask for their
support by buying Girl Scout
Cookies.
The funds that are received
from these sales go to provide
Girl Scout programs such as,
career development, camping,
cultural enrichment programs
and much more for the girls of our
area.
Please support the hundreds of
Girl Scouts in our com-munity....
buy Girl Scout Cookies.
Hills Civic Association and
others.
In addition to agreeing that the
Town had proceeded according to
State law and according to
conditions of the permit issued by
the State Department of
Environmental Conservation,
Justice Kelly's decision sup­ported
the frequently stated
Town position that in this
preliminary planning stage it is
premature to reach any final
conclusions.
Town Supervisor John W.
Burke explained that throughout
the current controversy, "op­ponents
of the site have
demanded that the Town prove
the environmental safety of the
proposed sanitary landfill before
it proceeds any further. We have
repeatedly pointed out that
unless we proceed further with
the planning for this develop­ment,
we will not be able to
supply proof as to the en­vironmental
soundness of the
project. But, we have assured the
people of the Town of Oyster Bay
that we will not use the facility
unless the environmental safety
is proven to the responsible
authority.
Commenting on the court's
ruling, Ed Baron, President of
the Tuxedo Hills Civic
Association, said, "we agree that
this type of situation should not
be resolved in the courts, but
rather through the State
Department of Environmental
Conservation.
"In July," he continued, "well
before any legal actions were
taken, we presented a petition to
commissioner Peter A. Berle
asking that a hearing be held on
the landfill project. His approval
of that petition put the burden of
proof on the town Board to show
that the project is safe. We
believe, that when the hearing is
held, and the sworn testimony of
the experts has been heard, the
commission will rule in favor of
abandoning the landfill project,"
he concluded.
Paul Eisenstein, President of
the Greater Plainview Civic
Association, also agrees that the
courts ruling is not a defeat for
anti-landfill advocates. "The
court is not ruling on the merits of
the case," he said, "but is ruling
on procedure. We will have to
exhaust all administrative
procedures before we can bring
any action that will result in a
final decision."
In addition to the Town's
assurance that no landf illing will
take place unless the program is
environmentally safe, Burke
noted that, "the agency that will
decide the environmental
soundness of the plans has made
it quite clear that the people will
have an opportunity to fully
explore and question and raise
objections to the plans when such
plans are completed. As ad­vocated
by this Town Board, and
requested by landfill opponents,
the State DEC will conduct a
public hearing on the final plans.
That," Burke added, "will be the
time for final conclusions to be
reached."
State Senator Ralph J. Marino
has announced a four-point
program of juvenile justice in
response to the ongoing violence
perpetrated on the elderly by
known, repeated offenders. "We
can no longer tolerate.laws that
give vicious youngsters a license
to maim and kill with impunity,"
the Syosset Republican said.
Marino recently "blew the
whistle" on Ronald Timmons
who assaulted an elderly Bronx
woman, was freed on $500 bail,
then jumped bail to escape
prosecution. As Chairman of the
Select Committee on Crime who
has been tracking the careers of
homicidal juveniles, Marino
revealed that Timmons has a
record of 67 court appearances
for serious crimes including the
murder of a 92 year old man. In
so doing, the Senator broke the
confidentiality protecting
juvenile records. "I did it to
make a case for changing absurd
laws that make it virtually a
crime to reveal a homicidal
history to police and judges. As a
result of literally blind justice, a
dangerous killer has been turned
loose to claim more victims."
Marino's program is aimed at
levying harsh penalties on
anyone attacking senior citizens,
and making it difficult for violent
juveniles to escape detection,
prosecution and punishment. The
proposals will assure that:
Senator Ralph J. Marino
- -juveniles arrested for violent
crimes must be fingerprinted at
the time of arrest so their
previous criminal history can be
identified by police and judges
before sentencing.
- -if a major crime is com­mitted
by a person over 16 who
has a history of violence, his
juvenile records must be open to
the courts. "Under current law,"
said Marino, "the juvenile
records are sealed and a sub­sequent
crime is treated as a first
offense calling for gentle hand­ling
by the courts. The judge in
the Timmons case did not have
these records before him."
- -a former violent juvenile who
commits a major crime after age
16 will not be afforded protections
provided youthful offenders, but
must be sentenced as an adult
(Continued on Page 3)
Fund Is Established
For High School Student
MEETING ON LAWS: North Hempstead Town Supervisor Michael
J, Tully, Jr. joins members of the Nassau County United Veterans
Organization during their Annual Legislative Breakfast held at the
Howard Johnson's in Garden City Park. From left are: Marine Corp.
representative Henry White of Bethpage, Supervisor Tully,
Treasurer Ernest Vigelman of Baldwin and Past President Walter
Weber oi Franklin Square.
Within the past few weeks,
Leonard Eirich, an English
teacher at the Bethpage High
School, Dante Cinelli, also an
English teacher at the Junior
High School, several students and
members of the community have
been makjng plans for various
fund raising events, the proceeds
of which will be put into the Jody
Englesher Fund.
"In April," explained Mr.
Eirich," Jody, then a sophomore
at the high school, was involved
in an automobile accident, which
left him comotose. As of Sep­tember,
the doctors were very
skeptical about his chances of
recovery," he said, "and he may
be placed in a nursing home for
additional care."
According to Mr. Eirich, this
fund was created because of the
financial burden the Englesher
family has had to bear as a result
of this tragedy. "We began a plan
to aid the family in September,"
tie said, "and with their per­mission
and understanding we
decided to establish the Jody
Englesher Fund.
"It is our hope," he continued,
"that the monies we collect will
be a realistic help to the family. If
we cannot collect enough for that
goal, we will set up a scholarship
fund in the name of Jody.''
Mr. Eirich said that the people
involved in this cause, would go
to community groups and in­dividuals
for support. "We want
these various community groups
to understand, however, that we
do not want to interfere with their
fund raising efforts," he
remarked. "We only hope we can
work something out with them."
He also stressed that this fund
was established as a non-profit
organization and titled the Jody
Englesher Fund. "Contributions
are, therefore, tax deductable
and all checks should be made
out to that name."
This group of teachers and
students has been conducting a
newspaper drive, (Bethpage
Tribune, 11' 4 ' 79) as one of a
series of anticipated fund raising
events. The drive ends this
Saturday, November 13, and Mr.
Eirich said that anyone who has
extra newspapers is urged to
bring them down to the Bethpage
High School.
"Mrs. Englesher said our idea
was a God-send," he said, "We
hope it will be, but we need the
support of the Bethpage Com­munity,
if our goals are to be
realized."
Police Begin CB Monitor
The Highway Patrol Bureau of
the Nassau County Police
Department will begin round-the-clock
monitoring of citizen band
radios on the Long Island and
Seaford-Oyster Bay expressways
tomorrow.
Seven of the white patrol cars
which regularly patrol the two
roads have been equipped with
CBs which will be tuned in to
Channel 19. They will be ready to
respond to legitimate calls for
assistance and emergencies
which may be broadcast by
drivers of trucks and passenger
cars.
Signs advising motorists of the
police monitoring procedure will
be posted near the ends of the two
expressways in Nassau County.
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