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VOL. 21 NO. 19 Week of August 21 - August 27,1986 20 cents per copy
Beefs Up Anti-Crack
Enforcement
Nassau County
Police Commissioner
Samuel J. Rozzi today
assigned 19 Police
Officers from the
Patrol Division to the
Narcotics Bureau to
beef up anti-crack
enforcement.
Assignments begin
Friday and the 19 will
attend a five-day
instructional course on
methods and proce­dures
at the Police
Academy.
"These officers have
been specially chosen,
two from each of the
eight precincts, and
three from the High­way
Patrol Bureau, to
work under Narcotics
Bureau direction,"
Commissioner Rozzi
said.
"They will work
within their own pre­cinct
areas, specifically
on crack investigations
and complaints. The
three highway officers
will be working in sup­port
of the precinct
details.
"These officers will
work the shifts and
hours necessary to take
action where indicated."
Rozzi said the Nar­cotics
Bureau, which is
the spearhead of the
Crack Task Force, is
deeply involved in sev­eral
communities where
the cocaine trafficking
is particularly heavy.
"While this involve­ment
is on-going, I
want other areas to
have more than cursory
enforcement," Rozzi
said. "I want to know if
the drug dealers are
moving to new sites
before they become
entrenched."
Rozzi said his
Department is commit­ted
to full-scale effort
against crack dealers
and the spread of this
highly dangerous drug.
"We will, shortly
havr^ome 150'Fdlice
Officers out of the
Academy and on the
streets,'* Rozzi said. "I
will use all the person­nel,
equipment and
facilities necessary to
get this job done."
T-46 Wins Long Island Victory
Calling it a "victory for
Long Island," Rep. Norman
F. Lent (R-4-NY) today
hailed the House of Repre­sentatives'
defeat of two
amendments to delete funds
for the Fairchild Republic
T-46 next generation trainer
aircraft.
Fairchild's Farmingdale,
New York, plant which
manufactures the T-46 for
the U.S. Air Force is located
in Lent's 4th Congressional
District. The Long Island
plant directly employs
approximately 3,500 people.
"We've overcome signifi­cant
roadblocks on the way
to today's victory. We'rq,not
out of the woods yet," Lent
said. "But," he added, "I'm
very optimistic now on our
chances to keepthe T-46
program alive."
The amendments to the
Defense Department
Authorization Bill was
offered by Rep. William
Dickinson (R-AL) and Rep.
John Spratt, Jr. (D-SC).
The Dickinson amendment
would have deleted $151
million in FY 1987 authori­zation
funds for the pur­chase
of 12 r-46 aircraft and
transfered the funds to the
F-16 t a c t i c a l fighter
account. Under the Spratt
amendment some T-46
funds already obligated for
FY-1986 would be allocated
to help Cessna Aircraft of
Kansas update the T-37, the
Air Forces's trainer for the
past 25 years. Spratt's
amendment then proposed a
competitive fly-off between
the updated T-37 and the T-
46 to determine selection of
a new Air Force trainer
aircraft.
The Dickinson amend­ment
was defeated 125-277.
The Spratt provision failed
by a vote of 190-213.
In remarks on the House
floor. Lent said:
"We are faced with the
choice of giving our young
Air Force pilots the new,
technologically superior
Fairchild Republic T-46, or
a 'jerry-rigged' T-37,
Second, we have already
had a competition for this
contract. Cessna had their
chance, they took their best
shot and they lost. The T-46
meets or exceeds the Air
Force's requirements, and a
delay would add — not sub­tract
- a billion dollars to
the cost of a new trainer.
Pouring money into the F-
16 and other fighter pro­grams
makes absolutely no
sense if we don't have the
pilots properly trained to fly
them."
Several months ago, the
Senate Armed Services
Committee accepted the Air
Force's recommendation to
cancel the T-46 in FY 1987
for budgetary reasons.
Then, in mid-May, the
•Senate approved an
amendment to a military
retirement bill which res­cinded
FY 1986 funding as
well. However, a House-
Senate conference on that
bill agreed last month to
delay action on 1986 fund­ing
until the FY 1987
defense authorization bill is
decided.
, "This is the vote of confi­dence
we need to win the
next big battle. The entire
Long Island Congressional
delegation worked hard for
the T-46, and our New York
Colleague, Procurement
Subcommittee Chairman
Sam Stratton deserves spe­cial
thanks for his efforts.
It's gratifying to be able to
return to my home district
and tell the Fairchild
workers, we won this
together," Lent said.
Dumping
On Nassau
District Attorney Denis
Dillon today announced
that Investigators from his
Special . Investigations
Bureau have once again
uncovered evidence of out-of-
town refuse being depos­ited
in Nassau County. On
two occasions. Investigators
have followed refuse vehi­cles
operated by Green Bay
Sanitation Corporation as
they transported refuse from i [
Queens to the Town of i^
North Hempstead landfill. ^*^
The investigation was
undertaken with the coop­eration
and assistance of the
Supervisor of the Town of
North Hempstead, John
Kiernan^ j\s^ a result „of t|ic
surveniance. Green Bay
Sanitation Corporation's
permit to use the Town of
North Hempstead refuse
facility has been suspended.
On June 24,1986, the Dis­trict
Attorney's Investiga­tors
followed a Green Bay
Sanitation Corporation veh­icle
as it transported a roll-off
container full of refuse
from Flushing to the North
Hempstead landfill.
On July 31, 1986, the Dis­trict
Attorney's Investiga­tors
followed and video­taped
a Green Bay
Sanitation Corporation veh­icle
as it transported a full
roll-off container from Bay-side
to the Town of North
Hempstead refuse facility.
Supervisor Kiernan went to
the landfill during the July
31st incident and personally
notified the owner of the
company that Green Bay's
license to use the facility had
been suspended.
Anniversary
Salute
The driver of the vehicle
during the July 31st incident
was Enrico CasaGrande, 42,
of 48-16 Marathon Park­way,
Little Neck, New York.
CasaGrande is the owner
and president of the
corporation.
The Town has scheduled a
hearing in regard to Green
Bay's illegal dumping of oii-of-
town refuse at the No^ ih
Hempstead landfill f )r
Tuesday, August 12, 19^6.
The company faces a possi­ble
revocation of its license
and/or fine.
The District Attorney's
Office is continuing an
investiagtion regarding the
illegal dumping for the pur­pose
of determining whether
or not they involve criminal
activity.
Oyster Bay Town Supervisor Joseph Colby (left) pro-'
claims Saturday, September 13th, "Bethpage 50th Anniver­sary
Day" with the issuance of a Town proclamation.
Accepting the document are Buddy Mazzara, chairman of
the 50th Anniversary Committee, and Donna Kunzig, exec­utive
assistant to the chairman. On behalf of the committee,
the two presented Supervisor Colby with an anniversary
T-shirt. A parade and ceremonies will be held on the 13th to
mark the 50th anniversary of the copimunity's name change
from Central Park to Bethpage. The parade, which will
begin at 10 AM, will follow the route of the Memorial Day
parade, culminating at the Bethpage Community Park,
where ceremonies and other festivities are scheduled.
Stores Burn In No. Mass.
Four stores on Boundary Ave. in No. Massapequa burned
after a car exploded.
At I a.m. Thur.iay, August 21, an Ice Cream Truck
owned, by All Isbnd Leasing and operated by Francis
Natuzzi of Fulton Street, Farmingdale, was traveling west
on Boundary Avenue when the truck left the roadway at the
intersection of No. Broadway. The truck struck a parked car
pushing it into Jimmy's Deli at 47-4 Boundary Avenue,
where the car exploded in flames setting fire to the deli and
four, other stores.
The Fire Department of Bethpage, No. Massapequa and
So. Farmingdale were on the fire scene. No injuries were
reported.
The driver of the truck was arrested at the scene by Police
Officer Douglas Heck of the 8th precinct and charged with
driving with a suspended license and driving while
intoxicated.