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VOL. 5 NO. 47 Thursday, September 30, 1971 10c par copy
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For "War on Drugs i t
^JBJjyLLJftS-A.MHjf luwiiOWiticnman Salvatore
Mosca is flanked by James R. Forbes, left, and George
Van Dormolen after Mosca presented the two
Bethpage residents with proclamations praising their
volunteer contributions over the last six years to the
progress of the Bethpage Community swimming team.
What is heralded as "another
important step in the fight
against drugs in the Town of
Oyster Bay" will be realized
Friday, Oct. 1. when Town
Supervisor John W. Burke of­ficially
inaugurates a training
course for 11 Youth Council
members ~ one from each school
district -- who will participate in
community issues and problems.
It is the first project of its kind on
a Youth Council level.
The new group will serve as
Action Project Coordinators in
their respective communities.
They were chosen by a screening
board after passing requirements
which included Youtn Council
membership; at least 17 years of
age; a atudetot- to good ataaOtatg
and a capable organizer.
"It is indeed a pleasure to
welcome these young people into
this all-important program,"
Supervisor Burke said yesterday.
"Their job ahead is just as
HOWARD LIKES THE TWO PARTY SYSTEM - Howard Kotin, IS,
of 7 Briggs, Bethpage, was able to renew his acquaintance with
Yankee rookie star Ren Blomberg, at Yankee Stadium, because
eventually he knew the answer to a very tricky question. Howard
was at the Getty Oil Company - Long Island Railroad party which
toured four towns on Long Island Railroad on a flat car, featuring
Blomberg, pitcher Lindy McOaniel and first baseman John Ellis. At
Farmingdale, Jack Specter of WMCA Radio Sports Call asked the
question-"off whom did Hank Aaron hit his first Major League
homer?" He didn't know the answer then, but by the time the party
rolled into the next station, he did, and when Specter asked it again,
Howard said "Vic Raschi of the Cardinals" and he had himself a trip
to Yankee Stadium with a red carpet behind-the-scenes tour and time
on the field with the players. Howard, left, is shown with Blomberg
and bis brother, Milton, 17, on the field during the Yankees final
home series with Cleveland. Howard and an older friend had driven
from Farmingdale to Ilicksville and he was ready with the right
answer as. soon as Spec tor asked the question.
Garbage Holidays
James A. Gildersleeve,
Superintendent of the Sanitary
Services Division of the Town's
Department of Public Works
reminds residents that there will
be no pick-up of garbage or
refuse on Monday, October 11
(Columbus Day) and Monday,
October » (Veteran's Day).
In. addition, all Town facilities
at the Sanitary Services Division,
including the incinerator, landfill
and sanitary treatment plants
will close for the holiday ob­servance.
Collection of refuse
and garbage will resume on the
next regularly scheduled day in
your community.
serious and important as any kid starting on a 'kick' road
government agency in our which usually leads to the most
community^ deadly habit of all-heroin," the
"Following their two-week Supervisor said.
training period, each coordinator »- .±
will be responsible for organizing l"e teenage coordinators will
and initiating action on projects
of concern to the youths in their
respective Councils..
"Their desire to become in­volved
in community govern­ment
and problems is a true
indication that many of our young
be trained by the Youth Bureau
personnel and will be salaried as
part-time workers at $1,000 a
year. The money will come from
the State Narcotic Addiction
Control Commission. Mrs.
Adeline Petito, cordinator of the
Oyster Bay Drug Abuse Control
people have a deep concern for Agency, will play an important
critical social issues.
"I am confident this new" team
will contribute strongly to the
drug abuse program in our area.
For one thing, they will he ae-
'•e^e*'"-'t»Ore'''--''reia<niyj;-tty" 'the
youngsters of their own age who
have been exposed to drugs. If
they can alert some of these
unsuspecting young people to the
dangers of marijuana and pill-popping,
they could well detour a
role in the training of the new
group.
James Arvanitis, Director of
the Department of Recreation
and Community Activities said
at the Youth Bureau
headquarters, 7800 Jericho Turn­pike,
Woodbury. James J. Dahl,
coordinator of Community Youth
Services will head the orientation
program for the new group.
Gaynor Named to Mayors' Steering Committee
Mayor William Valentine of the
City of Rome, New York, the
President of theNewYork
Conference of Mayors, has ap­pointed
Edward Gaynor of Beth­page
to the all important Steering
Committee of the state-wide
association of municipal of­ficials.
The Steering Committee
is the legislative policy-making
committee of the New York
Conference of Mayors.
Gaynor, who lives at 8 Iram
Place, will be meeting with other
members of that committee to
present the cities, villages and
towns throughout the State in
determining the contents of the
Conference of mayors 1972
legislative program.
In appointing Gaynor,.
Superintendent of the Oyster Bay
Building and Zoning Department,
the Rome Mayor stated that
members ot the committee were
chosen from those local officials
who have taken an active interest
in the advancement of local
government and those who have,
through their efforts, demon­strated
an understanding and
awareness of the problems which
today face local government
officials.
Reportedly, more than 100
separate legislative proposals
which were recommended by the
Steering Committee of the
Conference of Mayors in past
decades are now law. Some
objects which will be on the
agenda of the 1972 Steering
Committee will include law
enforcement, water and air
pollution, state aid for
municipalities and labor
relations.
Tobay Seeks Grant For Recycling
Town Supervisor John W.
Burke announced Tuesday the
adoption of a Town Board
resolution to seek a federal grant
to support a study of the
economic feasibility of broad-based
municipal recycling and to.
construct a pilot plant Tor a new
system of processing and
recycling solid waste.
The system, known as the
Nitrocell Process, is a
development of Environistics,
Inc., a division of Instrument
Systems Corporation of Jericho,
N.Y. The process reduces
cellulose-based materials into a
series of marketable end
products, such as paper pulp and
rayon, plus the extraction and
recovery of other valuable
chemicals for industrial use.
"We hope to be able to
demonstrate the economic
feasibility of this process in our
continuing battle against the
solid, waste problem," Burke
said. "It has Uie singular appeal
of not only providing a non-polluting
means of solid waste
disposal, but also a return on
investment in the equipment can
be realized through the sale of the
recycled end products."
The application is based on the
Resource Recovery Act whereby
the Federal Government would
assume 100 percent of the cost of
•the pilot plant. The recycling
study portion of the grant would
be funded on a 2 3 - 1 3 basis,
with the Town's 1. 3 share being
contributed by in-kind services in
the form of the project director's
salary.
"In ' this fashion," Burke
pointed out, "the Town can ob­tain,
whith no expenditure of
-public money, the construction
and development of a new pilot
system for recycling solid waste
and practical guidance on the
sale of recyclable materials."
Jewish Author Opens Local Lecture Series
Dr. Eugene Borowitz, one of
the leading American Jewish
authors and thinkers, will be the
first in a series of distinguished
Jewish lecturers to participate in
a local 1971 Sunday Night Lecture
Series.
Mrs. Anne David of Levittown,
chairman of The Institute of
Jewish Learning, announced that
Dr. Borowitz will discuss the
subject, "How Can Modern Man
Believe in God?" on Sunday,
October 17 at 8:30 p.m. at the
Wantagh Jewish Center,
Woodbine Avenue, Wantagh.
Dr. Eugene Borowitz is
Professor of Education and
Jewish Religious Thought at the
Hebrew Union College - Jewish
Institute of Religion- He serves
concurrently as Visiting Lecturer
in Contemporary Theology at the
Jewish Theological Seminary.