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VOL. 5 No. 46 Thursday, September 23,1971 10c par copy
Photos - In - The - News
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TOB Councilman Joseph
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Syosset) and Councilman Sal Mosca enjoy the lun­cheon
for Nassau Weekly Newspapers at Westbury
Manor last Thursday. Mr. Kristian and TRIBUNE
publisher Florence Cullem were guests.
Nassau County Comptroller Angelo Roncallo (left)
who attended the Conference on Off-shore Oil Drilling,
sponsored by the New York Ocean Science Laboratory
in Montauk, New York last week, discusses events on
the program, with Dr. John Baiardi (center) of
Bethpage, President of the Ocean Science Laboratory,
and Congressman Norman Lent (right), a panelist at
the Conference. Roncallo proposed that a petition
lobby be created to suspend oil import quotas, to make
oil cheaper for the consumer.
Local Lads On NBC Show
A five man combo from the
Bethpage area, "The Fooky
Brothers," will be appearing on a
new NBC series on Saturday,
October 2, 1971 at 10:30 a.m.,
Channel 4. The show "Take a
Giant Step" attempts youngsters
to formulate their own
judgements. They talk about
themselves, their families and
friends. Add music and you have
tfae formula for this new show.
The Fooky Brothers consists of
Michael Verdervesa, 18, of 60
Dorothy St., Bethpage, Loren
Daniels, 18, of 2 Felms Court,
Bethpage, Bob Kramer, 18, of 18
Coronet Crescent, Bethpage,
Arthur Leinoff, 16, of 4 Thorpe
Lane, Plainview and Matt Hardy,
16, of 23 Lafayette Street, Beth­page.
The group were winners of the
Battle of the Bands competition
held at the Bethpage Community
Park in July. An NBC agent,
scouting for new talent for the
show, attended the competition
Burke Fights For
"Home Rule" In
Zoning Powers
Town Supervisor John W.
Burke stated this week that he
was disturbed over pending
national and state legislation
which could usurp local zoning
powers.
Burke said he was referring to
the Coastal Zone Management
Act which is now under serious
consideration before Congress,
and the "Community Develop­ment"
Constitutional Amend­ment
that may be placed before
the voters of New York State in
November.
Burke said that he has
frequently stated his opposition
to any legislation which would,
detract from the vital powers of
local government, botlt-village
and town. He said that he sup­ported
attempts by the Nassau
County Village Officials
Association and other groups in
their efforts to block such
proposed legislation.
Burke explained that the
Coastal Zone Act would en­courage
states to establish
controls over areas bordering on
oceans, with the state deciding
the depth of the ocean front over
which it would exercise zoning
control.
"In an area such as Long
Island this could signify a
dramatic change in zoning
control," Burke charged. "I feel
some shoreline control is needed,
but not at the expense of home
rule."
Burke said the "Community
Development" Act would permit
the state and authorized
municipalities to grant or lend
money to individuals as well as
public corporations for the
purpose of developing projects
deemed needed by the state, but
not approved by a local
municipality.
According to Burke, the ar-tictle
also allows the acquisition
of property through the right of
eminent domain, or other
methods, for community
developemnt purposes and even
allows the state to grant subsideis
or authorized tax exemptions or
abatements for the individuals,
partnerships, trusts, associations
or private and public cor­porations
contracting with the
state.
The Oyster Bay Supervisor
said he has been in constant touch
with those legislators
representing the 360,000 people in
Oyster Bay to keep abreast of and
work against this and similar
types of legislation.
and asked the young musicians to
aduition at the NBC Studios in
Manhattan.
The Fooky Brothers were
selected among many bands
when auditioned for the show,
which will appear live in the east
and shown taped later on the
western networks.
Fair To Feature
Hot Air Balloons
One of the highlights of this
year's Long Island Fair, to be
held Oct. 1-3 at the Old Bethpage
village restoration, will be hot air
balloon flights.
Nassau County Executive
Ralph G. Caso said that two
flights are scheduled for each day
of the fair, weather permitting.
The morning flights, beginning at
10:30 a.m., will be tethered or
controlled ascensions ranging to
heights between 250 to 300 ft. The
afternoon flights will be free
ascensions, controlled only by the
balloonist, Robert L. Waligunda
of Farmingdale.
With the Old Bethpage
restoration village as ths site, the
' Long Island Fair this year will
return to its original format of the
180O's and will include com­petitions
ranging from
agriculture to needlework.
Throughout the fair there will be
a series of contests including
wood chopping on Friday,
plowing and spading on Saturday
and corn husking on Sunday.
Long Island farmers will
compete for prizes for the best
beets, tomatoes, grains, apples,
grapes and plums. Housewives
will receive awards in culinary
arts and needlework categories.
Visitors may enter a bean jar
guessing contest and a full
program of concerts and folk
singing will take place.
A special feature of the three-day
event will be Children's Day
on Friday, October 1. All children
will be admitted for the regular
school rate of SO cents and
competitive races, folk singing
and puppet shows are scheduled.
TM Old Bethpage vtmrg^
restoration is located off Round
Swamp Road in Old Bethpage.
Admission fees are $1.50 for
adults and $.75 for children. The
village will be open between 10:00
a.m. and 6:00 p.m.
Y.O.U. Celebrates First Birthday
The Bethpage Youth
Organization Unlimited (Y.O.U.)
celebrated its first anniversary
this week with a plea for even
greater community involvement
in the year ahead. Bdthpage
Y.O.U. was formed in the
Autumn of 1970 to provide youth
service projects and to assist
community groups applying for
funds to be used for better
utilization and coordination of
local resources. In the wake of a
survey of over 1100 young people
in Bethpage junior and senior
high schools, Y.O.U. set out to
meet the toplisted priorities of
the local students.
In May of this year, the com­munity
HOTLINE service was
inauguarated on a Friday and
Saturday night basis, providing a
phone service for the youths and
young adults of the area. It was
an immediate success in terms
of activity as hundreds of galls
came in from boys and girls
seeking assistance for various
problems and for those who
wanted to talk about school,
parents and the general society in
which we live. Y.O.U. officials
revealed that girls were making
use of the HOTLINE servi^ to a
greater degree than boys even
after the service was expended to
live nights a week during the
past summer.
The adult President of Y.O.U.,
J. Gordon Schaetzel, said that the
group is continuing its'efforts to
hire a psychiatric social worker
to act as a permanent consultant
lor youths who call the
HOTLINE."Our volunteers have
been doing a. great job on
referrals," Schaetzel stated, and
eventually with a resident
psychiatric worker available to
help the young people to an even
greater degree, we'll be
providing the high level service
this organization set out to do."
Indications are' that the em­ployment
of the additional aide
will take place in the very near
future.
So far, some 28 Bethpage civic
and fraternal organizations' have
given their support and
assistance to the Youth
Organization but Y.O. U. leaders
say the cooperation is far from
ideal. They say that there are still
too many groups which pledge
support but never provide it.
General membership appeals to
these groups will continue during
the coming weeks. In addition,
during the past summer, the
Youth Organization initiated an
employment service in coor­dination
with the New York State
Employment Service. Bethpage
Y.O.U. was instrumental in
getting summer work for over 100
community youngsters who
might otherwise have been
unemployed.
The eventual aim of Bethpage
Y.O.U. is the establishment of a.
Teen Center and officials have
admitted that construction costs
make the building of such a
center beyond reach. They are
hoping that the Town of Oyster
Bay will keep this project in its
top priortiies on its recreation
planning. New officers who
asumed position this month in the
Bethpage Y.O.U. are: Carmela
Altamore, Teen President; J.
Gordon Schatezel, Adult
President; Loretta Butehorn,
Vice President and Joy Keerans,
Treasurer. The new Recording
Secretary is Peggy Pinto,
Corresponding Secretary, Sue
DeVita and Sergeant-at-arms,
Dennis Lazarus.