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VOL. 20 NO. % \<y
Republicans
besignate Candidates
Led by Nassau Republican Chairman Joseph N. Mon-dello,
representatives of the county's Republican commit­tees
today filed 12,184 pages of designating petitions for
candidates seeking election this November. Named in the.
petitions are individuals who want their names placed on the
ballet for this September's Republican primary; where the
number of candidates filing petitions is equal to the number
of vacancies for a particular office, the candidates' names are
a jtomatically entered in the general election.
Designated to run for reelection on a countywide basis
\\ere County Executive Francis T. Purcell (of Malverne),
E'istrict Attorney Denis E. Dillon (of Rockville Centre),
Comptroller Peter T. King (of Seaford), Clerk Harold
McConnell (of Bellmore), Board of Assessors Chairman
>^be Seldin (of Great Neck), Family Court Judge Ralph
Ciamond (of Syosset) and First District Court Judge Cha­rles
G. Heine (of Cedarhurst). Seeking election to the Coun­try
Court is District Court Judge Jules E. Orenstein (of
Great Neck). A total of 4,270 petition pages, bearing 77,868
signatures, were submitted on behalf of the countywide
candidates.
"1 arn extremely pleased by this show of support for these
file public officials,':'. Chairman Mpndello said.. "Our com-.
riiitteemen and women,, associate committeepeople and
block captains have done a fine job in circulating these
petitions. On behalf of our candidates, I thank each arid
CA ery one of them."
There are two Republican committeepeople in each of the
cdunty's 1,029 election districts. They began circulating peti­tions
among enrolled Republicans during the first week of
June.
Candidates designated to run for reelection in the Town of
Hempstead were Presiding Supervisor Thomas S. Gulotta
(of North Merrick), Supervisor James D. Bennett (of
Garden City), Councilmen Eugene L. Weisbein (of Hewleitt
Harbor), Richard V. Guardino, Jr. (of Hempstead) and
Martin B. Bernstein (of Oceanside) as well as Town Clerk
Daniel M. Fisher, Jr. (of Westbury). Hempstead Town's
candidates filed a total of 50,326 signatures on 2,690 pages.
In the Town of Oyster Bay, Republicans redesignated
Supervisor Joseph Colby (of Massapequa Park), Council­man
Howard Thomas Hogan (of Locust Valley), Kenneth S.
Diamond (of Westbury) and Douglas J. Hynes (of Farm-in
gdale) as well as Town Clerk Ann R. Ocker (of Plainview).
Designated to run for a two year term on Oyster Bay's Town
Board was Councilman Angelo a. Delligatti (of Massape-
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OFF AND RUNNING: Nassau Republican Chairman
Joseph N. Mondello (left) and Supervisor Joseph Colby
deliver Town of Oyster Bay designating petitions bearing
more than 16,000 signatures to the Nassau Board of Elec­tions
in Mineola. The petitions were among more than
12,1100 pages filed on behalf of candidates who will run on
the Republican line all over the county. More than 222,000
eligible county residents signed Republican designating
petitions.
Week of July 18 - July 24,1985 20 cents per copy
Special Games Start August 2nd
An ekciting weekend of track and field and swimming
competition is on tap for Mitchel Park in Uniondale and
Nassau Community College when the New York State
Games for the Physically Challenged are contested Friday
through Sunday, August 2,3 and 4. Admission and parking
are free.
The Games, hosted by the Nassau County Department of
Recreation and Parks, are being presented by the New York
State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation.
Athletes from throughout New York State, ages 11 to 18 will
participate. This is the first event of this magnitude for this
age group.
Swimming will open the program Friday evening from 5
to 9:45 P.M. at the Nassau Community College Physical
Education Complex. There will be freestyle, breaststroke
and backstroke events from 25 through 200 meters. Opening
ceremonies will be held at Mitchel Park, Saturday at 9 A.M.
LIVE AID:
In Defense of Rock & Rolf
By Karen Lurie
The drought and" famine
in Africa is taking its toll on
150 million people, 13 mil­lion
of whom are in imme­diate
danger. Africa's empty
farmland, if cultivated
properly, could feed the
entire continent and West­ern
Europe besides. The cur­rent
drought, the worst in
the area's history, was pre­dicted
as long ago as 1982.
The governments of the
world apparently chose not
to solve the problem. Who
began making the effort?
The 'devil's own music,' rock
'n' roll. In the spirit of con­certs
for Bangladesh and
Kampuchea, or Thailand,
the people who play the
music blamed for causing
"teen-age decadence" and
other "problems" took the
first step. Rockers from all
over the world did their part
on the now-historic date of •
July 13,1985, donating their
time and talent to bringing
the issue of African, as well
as world hunger, into the
forefront. Mega-concerts
were held in Philadelphia
and London, as well as in
Australia, Germany and
Russia.
It all started with an Irish
nVusician who was sickened
by the pictures of starving
Ethiopians appearing on his
television set, and who
.decided to do more than just
contribute a few dollars. His
brainchild was first viewed
in November 1984. It was a
video and song entitled "Do
They Know it!s Christma's,"
the proceeds of which went
toward fahiine relief. The
song was performed by a
one-time-only group of well-known
British artists called
Band-Aidi Its creator - was
Bob Geldof, lead singer for
the Boomtown Rats, whose
name is already being men­tioned
as a possible nominee
for the Nobel Peace Prize.
Geldof watched his dream
become a reality on July 13,
1985, along with people in
169 countries all over the
world. He came on stage at
Wembly Stadium in Lon­don
with none other than
Prince Charles and Lady
Diana, and when he per­formed
his set with the
Boomtown Rats, almost 2
billion people saw an intense
performance by the tired
champion of the fight
against world hunger. Eve­ryone
felt a pang of frustra­tion
when his microphone
went dead during the set.
The concert at Wembley
included many memorable
performances. Elvis Cos-tello
began with something
he called an "old, golden
English Folksong," which
turned out to be the classic
"All You Need is Love.".
John Lennon was honored
several other times, includ­ing
the performance of his
song "Jealous Guy',' by
Bryan Ferry (backed by
David Gilmour) and in
America, Patti LaBelle sang
"Imagine" and the Thomp­son
Twins did "Revolution."
There was a banner in the
audience bearing Lennon's
name; his spirit was truly a
part of the event.
Meanwhile, back in the
U.K., highlights included
Sting and Phil Collins
(together and separately)
Paul Young with Alison
Moyet, Dire Straits with
Sting, Elton John with
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followed by field events from 9:45 A.M. to 4:30 P.M. The
field events will include a soft shot, club throw, discus,
javelin, long and high jumps, precision throw, distance kick
-and medicine ball thrust. Sunday's schedule calls for trek
events from 9:45 to 4:30 P.M. Races will be contested at 20,
40, 60, 100, 200, 800 and 1500 meters.
Among the athletes' physical challenges are sight and
hearing impairments, spinal cord injuries, amputations,
cerebral palsy as well as other maladies like muscular dis-trophy
and arthrogryposis which come under the "Les
Autres" banner for athletes not eligible for the other more
established categories.
The program will go-rain or shine. Mitchel P«and its
World class new track and field facility which recently
recorded a neW National record in the long jump for high
school girls, is located on Charles Lindbergh Boulevard, left
off Earl Ovington Boulevard, the northern extension of
Uniondale Avenue. For further information, call 222-0289.
Rose Ball
Winners
Mr. and Mri^. Jay Bernstein of Plainview are
$3,000, richeii as winners of the first prize in the
1985 Nassau Association For The Help Of
Retarted Children raffle. The check presentation
was made by Helen Kaplan (left) and the winners
were determiiped by a drawing held at AHRC*s
Rose Ball.
M.5 Million
For LI. Airport
The federal government has approved $1.5 mil­lion
for imprc^vements at Islip*s MacArthur Air­port.
$891,000 o^ the funds, which come from the
Department (^f Transportation's Federal Avia­tion
Administration, will be used to add 30 addi­tional
acres to the airport for noise compatibility
purposes. I
The remainder of the money, $615,600, will be
used to build additional crash, fire, and rescue
buildings, and to purchase two snow blowers for
use this winter