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VOL. 20 NO. 27 Week of October 10 - October 16,1985 20 cents per copy
After Gloria
Governor Mario M. Cumo discusses the extensive dam­age
done by Hurricane Gloria in Nassau and Suffolk Coun­ties
with (from left to right) U.S. Senator Al D'Amato.
Suffolk County Executive Peter Cohalan, Director of State
Operations Dr. Henrik Dullea, and U.S. Senator Daniel P.
Moynihan. The meeting took place at Long Island's MacAr-thur
Airport in Islip the day after the Hurricane hit Long
Island.
FuH of Hot Air!
Grumman Wins $657 Million Defense Contract
It has been announced that the Grumman
Aerospace Corporation of Bethpage, has been
awarded a contract in the amount of $657,000,799
by the U.S. Departments of the Army and Air
Force. The contract will fund full scale engineer­ing
development of the Joint Surveillance Target
Attack Radar System (JSTARS).
Since May^l984, Grumman Corporation had
been in competition for the joint services contract
with Hughes Aircraft Company, Los Angeles,
•California, and Westinghouse Electric Corpora­tion,
Baltimore, Maryland.
The JSTARS program is a radar and attack
system for use in air and land combat warfare.
JSTARS will provide the capability to detect and
track moving or stationery enemey forces, com­pute
the technological data and direct the attack
upon enemy land or air missiles from a command
control center or from the aircraft.
In addition, the defense department is exercis­ing
options for ground beacons, nuclear surviva­bility
studies, a self defense suite, preliminary
designs study, additional operator consoles for
basic platforms, and additional operator consoles
for system integration and development.
Plainview-0Id Bethpage Soccer Team
To Compete In Tournament
Visitors to the 1985 Long Island Fair will be thrilled and
amazed by the "Grand Balloon Ascension," which will take
place daily, Friday, October 11 to Monday, October 14, at
3-30 P M., wind and weather permitting, on the lot opposite
the Fairgrounds entrance at Old- Bethpage Village
Restoration. ... , t • j
The "Balloon" theme of the Fair will be emphasized
throughout the day, when smaller pioneer or miniature bal­loons,
fashioned after their bigger brothers, will be set aloit
for the entertainment of the public at large. Devotees ot
ballooning may purchase these smaller versions at the
Fairgrounds. " ^_ • u n
In addition to the demonstrations ol hot air balloons,
vendors will be hawking rubber balloons at the Fairgrounds,
just as they did over 100 years ago when the Fair was mats
infancy, . ^, '
The Long Island Fair is presented by the Nassau County
Department of Recreation and Parks in cooperation with
The Agricultural Society of Queens, Nassau and bullolk
Counties and the Friends for Long Island's Heritage.
The PLAINVIEW - OLD BETHPAGE PANTHERS will
join 170 travel teams from the U.S. a.n4Cari,|da, on Oct. r2,"
13 and 14 in Brentwood, L.I.^ fof aciia'nce Id beat cystic
fibrosis. CF is a fatal genetic disease which claims the lives of
half it's victims before they reach their 21st birthdays. The
jBrentwood Soccer Club is one of six hosts nationwide, w"ho •
join with Hi-C in a series of tournaments dedicated to "kids
who can helping kids who can't."
Last year's tournament raised over $12,000 for CFP."
Hopes are high that this year, the tournament's 3rd, will be
{he best yet. Tournament director, George Roach, speaking
tor his club, expressed the dream that this year's money will
help find the cure for this devasting lung and digestive'
disease. "We want everyone to experience a fun-filled soccer
Congratulations
"Doctor" Sun
An accomplished and dedicated teacher of Bethpage
Schools Social Studies Department for 15 years received her
doctorate dcgiee from New York University before the end
of the 1984-85 school year. Born in Taipei, Taiwan, Yen Chu
Sun was inspired to devote part of her life to the field of
education. Graduated from Normal University in Taipei-?
with a B.A. degree in 1959, she taught history and geography
for six and one half years to the students of Taiwan. She
emigrated to this country in 1965. Her aspirations were to
fulfill dreams of higher education and enjoy the freedom and
opportunities offered to individuals of the United States.
Yen Chu Sun persevered to promote the status of w*6men
in education and the business community. She received her
Master's degree from Queen's College in 1969 and pro­ceeded
to work toward her doctorate during employment as -
a high school teacher while raising a family. Her dissertation
consisted of a case study on Chinese higher education for
women in the context of social reform from 1919 through
1929.
Dr. Sun is happily married. One of her sons is a graduate
of Princeton University with a Chemical Engineering
degree. The other, a graduate of Yale, is presently attending
medical school at Stony Brook.
Aside from her educational pursuit and devotion to fam­ily
responsibilities. Yen Chu Sun is an accomplished
gourmet. Her culinary expertise whetted many appetites
during the various festive hpliday celebrations our school
has had in the past. Mr. McElroy, the former High School
Principal, Miss F, Cleary, the present one, and Mr. G.P.
Daniel, the Supervisor of Social Studies, are honored to have
Dr. Sun as a member of the teaching staff.
event;" he said; "But we hope they remember that they're
dping this, not just for themselves, but for every kid out there
suffering from CF."
For more information about cystic fibrosis and how you
can help, please call the L.I. Branch of the Cystic Fibrosis
foundation at 746-0080.
Del Giacco Blasts LILCO
Oyster Bay Democratip Town Supervisor candidate
Joseph Del Giacco has sharply criticized LILCO for "still
another sorry episode of incredible mismanagement" in its
efforts to iestorepowier.in the aftermath of Hurricane Gloria,
and has renewed'his call for public takeover of the giant
utility.
"It is clear to everyone that LILCO was not prepared for
the'storm," Del Giacco observed. "It should be equally clear
by now that LILCO simply does not have the kind of compe­tent
and responsible management that is essential if we are to
have reliable and economic electric service on Long Island."
"The only practical answer to LILCO's sorry record of
ineptitude at the expense of Long Island homeowners is the
public takeoverof LILCO's assets and function," the Demo­cratic
candidate continued. Del Giacco renewed his sugges­tion
that a Long Island Power Authority be established to
buy out LILCO and to take over the role of providing
electric power to Long Island. "As a member of the Nassau
County Board of Supervisors, I will vigorously pursue plans
for the establishment of such an Authority," Del Giacco
pFedged. "I will work diligently with other Nassau officials,
with Suffolk County officials and with the State Legislature
to make this solution to our electric woes a reality."
"Electric power is^too important a service to be left to the
vagaries of a private management that has proved time and
again that it is.incapable of coping with the needs of Long
Island ratepayer," Del Giacco concluded. "We must utilize
the good offices of local government to institute the kind of
strong, competent and efficient management of electric
energy thaf is long overdue."
The Central Blvd. Civic Association will
hold its first meeting on Wednesday,
October 1-6, 8 P.M. at the Bethpage Public
Library.
The guest speaker will be Councilman
Douglas J. Hynes..