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VOL. 14 NO. 14 Thursday. September 20,1979 20 cents par copy
Estelle Wenig
In & Around Bethpage
SPACE TRAVEL - The setting was Bethpage, bat these young Scouts were far away as astronaut
Fred Haise recounted his space journey aboard Apollo 13. Haise, now vice president of space
programs for Grumman Aerospace Corporation, is shown with Steve Harper (L) of Troop 12 in
Huntington, and Joe Wolf of Pack 689 in Seaford, examining the NASA / Grumman Lunar Module
that carried American astronauts to the moon during the Apollo project. Haise is honorary chairman
of the 1979 Long Island Scout Roundup to be held at Calverton on Saturday, September 29.
Boy Scouts To Visit Calverton
More than 5,000 Scouts, Scout
leaders, new reeruits to scouting,
and parents are expected at the
Grumman Aerospace Cor­poration
facility here on Satur­day,
Sept. 29, to help launch the
Long Island Scout Roundup for
1979.
At the day-long event hosted by
Grumman and the U.S. Navy,
representatives of Nassau and
Suffolk County Cub packs, Scout
troops, and Explorer posts will
display their skills in live action-packed
demonstrations and
exhibits to acquaint potential
Scouts and their families with
"Scouting: An Adventure into
New Worlds."
In addition to viewing scout-re­lated
activities, those attending
the recruiting rally will be
treated to a first-hand look at
several Grumman products,, in­cluding
the F-14 Tomcat, the U.S.
Navy's supersonic fighter; the A-
6E Intruder; and a full-scale
model of the Lunar Module
"Eagle," the space vehicle that
carried the first U.S. astronauts
to the surface of the moon.
The young Scouts will also get
to meet a former Scout and
former Apollo 13 astronaut, Fred
Haise, now vice president for
space programs at Grumman
Aerospace.
All Nassau and Suffolk County
Council packs, troops, and posts
have been invited to participate
in the event. For additional in­formation
on the 1979 Scout
recruiting roundup, please call,
in Nassau, 746-8282, and, in
Suffolk, 924-7000.
GRAND OPENING: Present at the official opening of the Long Island Tourism information booth
located eastbound on the Southern State Parkway between exists 13 and 14 are, left to right, Hemp­stead
Town Commissioner of Industry and Commerce William F. Heins; State Assemblyman
Raymond McGrath; Hempstead Town Supervisor James D. Bennett; Nassau County Executive
Francis T Pureell; Chairman of the Long Island Tourist Commission William Hopkins and Suffolk
County Executive John V.N. Klein. The booth created to serve visitors to Long Island, was the result
of combined efforts of Nassau County and Suffolk County, the New York State "I Love NY" cam­paign
and the Long Island Tourist Commission.
As election time draws near,
and since there are no federal
and state elections with their
large overriding issues to occupy
our time, we here in our little
hamlet of Bethpage can take this
political year and evaluate some
of the local issues and candidates
that often go unnoticed. The
results of local elections can have
a tremendous impact on our day
to day living-sometimes even
more of an impact than the larger
federal and states issues of which
we have little or no control.
Recently I had the opportunity
to speak to two local Bethpagers-both
well known for their active
participation in local politics-
Douglas Aloise, president of the
Bethpage Republican Club and
Gerald Twombly the Executive
Leader for the Bethpage-
Farmingdale Democratic Party.
Even though the membership for
the Bethpage Republican Club
far exceeds the number of people
active in the Bethpage-
Farmingdale Democratic club
(also known as the John F.
Kennedy Democratic Club) both
Aloise and Trombly are similar
in their approaches in attracting
new members. Yet they seemed
to differ in explaining the purpose
of their organization.
For example, Doug Aloise,
explained the purpose for the
Bethpage Republican Club, "A
way in which to increase and
stimulate interest in the
Republican Party." Also he went
on to mention, "To provide a
forum for elected Republican
officials to explain his or her office
and to give residents an op­portunity
to communicate their
thoughts. Gerald Twombly
explained the purpose of the
Democratic Club a little dif­ferently
' 'Politics is the dessert,''
he told me "not the main cour­se."
"We treat it as a social club,
and still manage to have guest
Democratic speakers as well."
Bethpage Republican Club
numbers 300 members, the John
F. Kennedy Democratic Club has
30.
The Town of Oyster Bay
elected officials headed by
Supervisor Joseph Colby is
comprised of a supervisor six
councilmen, a town clerk and a
receiver of taxes. Colby, from
Massapequa, the Republican
incumbent will be challenged by
Democrat Leonard Austin from
Farmingdale. Our own Salvatore
Mosca, Kenneth Diamond and
Tom Clark, Republican Coun­cilmen,
all incumbents will be
challenged by Michael Alongi,
Michael Polansky and Gabriel
Rodriguez on the Democratic
line.
Receiver of taxes and town
clerk offices held by Solomon
Newborn and Ann Ocker are also
up for re-election. All offices are
elected for four-year terms ex­cept
the Town Supervisor, a two-year
term.
Many Bethpagers are not
aware that they have the op­portunity
to change their
registration for voting purposes
both Twombly and Aloise in­formed
me. They may do so
anytime during the year at
Election Headquarters in
Mineola. A more simple method
is that the local election
headquarters usually set aside
the first Friday and Saturday of
October for anyone desiring to
change their registration or
register for voting. This year the
dates are Friday and Saturday,
October 5 and 6.
Whether you are a Democrat or
a Republican, a Conservative or
Liberal and would like further
information about either the
Bethpage Republican Club or the
John F. Kennedy Democratic
Club, Douglas Aloise and Gerald
Twombly both expressed that
Bethpagers are welcome to call
them at their homes for any
questions. Aloise can be reached
at 579-7894 and Twombly may be
reached at 822-2584. At this time I
would welcome representatives
from both the Liberal Party and
Conservative Party as well as
representatives from any party
taking part in the Town elections
this November to feel free to
contact me on any information
that they feel would be of value to
Bethpage voters via the Beth­page
Tribune. I may be reached
at 931-5413.
Litterbugs Beware!
An amendment to the Town of
Oyster Bay's litter ordinance that
provides for stiffer fines for
repeated violations was adopted
by the Town Board today
(Tuesday, September 11).
"This section of the ordinance
deals with litter in parking lots
serving commercial establish­ments
such as shopping centers,"
Town Supervisor Joseph Colby
noted, "but apparently some
merchants have found it cheaper
to flout his law than to conform to
its requirements. Today's action
is intended to correct that
situation."
Under the ordinance, which
was adopted a little more than a
year ago, parking lots for stores,
shopping centers or other retail
businesses with a capacity of
more than 10 cars must have an
approved number and type of
litter receptacles. Excepted are
lots of over 100 cars capacity that
are maintained and swept once
every 24 hours.
The amendment adopted today
Bets a minimum fine of $25 and
maximum of $100 for a first of­fense,
a minimum of $100 and
maximum of $250 for a second
offense, and a minimum of $500
and maximum of $750 for each
subsequent offense.