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Vol. 4 No. 38 . Thursday, July 16, 1970 _ ; ^
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Thursday, July 16, 1970
Phofos-/n«ffie-News
Oyster Bay Town Supervisor
fohn W. Burke, second from the right, looks over plans
for work now underway to modernize and install air
pollution control devices at the Town Incinerator,
Plant no. 1, in Old Bethpage. On an inspection tour with
Burke from left to right, are: Miro Dvirka, Associate to
the firm of William E. Cosulich, Consulting Engineer
for the project; H. John Plock, Commissioner Oyster
Bay Department of Public Works; and James Langley,
Superintendent of the Tobay Incinerator.
Apartments For Senior Citizens
Bring Crowd To Town Meeting
Anxious Plainedge
residents, an objecting
Bethpage property owner,
and hopeful senior citizens
crowded the Town Board
meeting in Oyster Bay
Tuesday morning. At issue
was the construction of
low-cost senior citizen
housing in Bethpage and
Plainedge.
While elderly speakers,
urged the Board to give
them "a decent place to
live*-', homeowners in
Plainedge seemed worried
that apartments for
"golden-agers" might set
a precedent for future
multiple-dwelling zoning.
A few people seemed
concerned lest non-
Plainedge residents live in
the complex. Since the
projects are federally-funded
and are built for
the entire township, this
could happen, although it
is generally believed that
area residents will have
priority for entering the
apartment bloc in their
locale.
Only one speaker ob­jected
to the Bethpage
project, to be located
behind the Stewart Avenue
shopping center. This was
an attorney, appearing on
behalf of Luis Amendola,
the owner of a land parcel
on the corner oi Nibbe
Lane and Broadway in
Bethpage. He argued that
allowing senior citizen
a p a r t m e n t s was
discrimination against
young married people, for
whom their are allegedly
few homes or apartments
available in Nassau
County.
The jist of the attorney's
argument was, ap­parently,
that the Town
should allow Amendola to
build regular' multiple
dwellings, for all age
groups, on his undeveloped
property.
Several years ago, amid
a loud community reaction
the Board denied
Amendola's petition to
build such apartments.
While the avowed ob­jection
was to an influx of
children who would not be
supported by anormal tax-base
(an apartment being
assessed less than a
house), some obervers felt
that racial fears also
played a large part.
The Board reserved
decision on the Bethpage
apartments and scheduled.
a night hearing July 21 on
the Plainedge case.
Charges Second Class Status
For Hospitalized Veterans
IN PRAISE OF POLES: Hempstead Town Presiding
Supervisor Ralph G. Caso (r), guest official at Polish
Day celebration sponsored by the American Polish
Council of Long Island at Eisenhower Park, presents
proclamation designating Polish Day to Mike Seniuk of
New Hyde Park, program chairman. Watching is
Doreen Patras of Bethpage. Annual one-day
celebration is held in recognition of contributions and
achievements of Polish American citizenry.
Launching a campaign to
obtain full funding for hard-pressed
Veterans Hospitals in
New York and across the nation,
Congressman Lester L. Wolff last
week contended that failure to
allocate sufficient funds to VA
hospitals has relegated veteran
patients to "second class
citizenship."
"Considering the nature of
many Veterans hospitals it may
well take more courage to be a
patient in a VA hospital than it
does to be on the battlefield.
"Our VA.hospitals have half
the attendants that private
hospitals have to care for
paraplegics-men who cannot
move. Are the veteran
paraplegics half as much men?
"We are certainly not doing all
we can when we allott 11,000 beds
in New York VA hospitals to
serve more than two and a half
million veterans. And we are
shirking our duty when we permit
our New York hospitals run by
the VA to be short staffed by
more than 3000 staff members,"
In a subsequent speech
delivered the next day, Wolff said
that "less money is alloted to our
Register July 23
For Budget Vote.
VA hospitals to feed the patients
than a welfare recipient receives
for food. Sick patients receive
less than healthy ones."
Wolff, who recently toured the
Kingsbridge VA hospital in New
York, said the situation he found
mere "was appalling."
According to Wolff, during his
visit to the hospital, he learned
that "the meal allotment per
patient per day was $1.20. This
couldn't buy subsistence food at
today's prices but VA hospitals
often have to meet patient needs
on this money."
He added "the word 'sub­sistence'
should raise one's ire. It
means a level just above star­vation.
Should sick men have just
enough to prevent starvation?
Concluded Wolff: "Who do we
think we are fooling? The
patients know the truth. When
will we face up to our respon­sibility?"
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Late Bulletin
Island Trees School Board
voted Tuesday evening to
resubmit the 1970-71 budget to the
taxpayers for a third vote. The
budget was defeated July 8
by 6 votes, 643 to 637.
Voting will take place on
August 10th from 10 A.M. to 10
PM. There will be no additional
cuts in the budget.
Statement to Town Board
I come to you, as a Senior
Citizen, and a disabled war
veteran of World War one,
also a Past Commander of the
American Legion.
I do not represent any
organization, only am in­terested
in those, that are
worse off than me.
I personally appeal to you,
to help us to live our declining
years, in contentment, not in
luxury But to live in comfort,
and the satisfaction that some
one cares.
All we ask, is a place to live,
and with your help we can
accomplish this important
need.
We are at the door of hap­piness,
and you gentlemen
have the key to that door.
You can be sure, God
willing, that some day you too
will be a Senior Citizen, and
perhaps you will look around
for some one that will extend
their hand to you and say, I
care.
Every one is born wiJh a
cross to carry, but it can be
lightened with the help of their
fellow man.
Please help us to carry our
cross, through the door of
happiness and contentment.
In closing, I would like to
quote from one of my poems,
and would like to say,
If to-morrow never comes,
and with God willing too
We will look down from
heaven, and offer our prayers
for you.
John J O'Neil