Bethpage-Tribune_1971-03-11

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Island Trees
Vol. 5 No. 19
Serving Bethpage - Plainview - Island Trees - Plainedge - Seaford Old Bethpage
Thursday, March 11,1971 10c per copy
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"Perhaps the single most
important step those of us who
have been labeled 'members of
the establishment' can take to put
our credibility on the line with
young people is to back with our
professional integrity our public
utterances." With that
statement. Assembly Speaker
Perry B. Duryea announced
legislation he is sponsoring which
would give young people in the
State of New York the op­portunity
to become Election
Inspectors.
Speaker Duryea said of his
proposed legislation. "This bill
extends eligibility for ap­pointment
as an inspector of
elections to those persons who
are ages 18 through 20." The
Assembly Speaker pointed out
that the involvement of young
people in the processes and
functioning of the "system" has
long been a concern to him.
"We genuinely believe." he
said, "that making the younger
citizen a part of such activities as
the Narcotic Guidance Councils,
Conservation Advisory Councils,
and a part of the work of the
Assembly Special Committee on
Youth in Government, provides
the mechanism for proper par­ticipation
in the affairs of our
time." "This legislation," he
.continued, "further demon­strates
what the New York State
Legislature has already in­dicated
in gt*tipg second passage
to an 18 *nrough 20 voting
amendment to the State Con-stitutuioh.
This amendment is
now ready to go to the people in
the November '71 election, and I
hope it will be enthusiastically
endorsed by the people of the
State of New York.
"With 18, 19 and 20 year olds
given the franchise in Federal
elections, and new efforts in the
Congress to extend the privilege
to local elections," Speaker
Duryea: said, "we believe the
additional effort to extend the
opportunity to serve^as an in­spector
of elections will provide
the opportunity for young people
to participate in the mechanics of
the elective 'proceg&^bn a first
hand basis."
Under the legislation Speaker
Duryea has introduced the two
major political parties will have
the opportunity to name persons
18 through 20 years of age as
inspectors of elections. State
election law now provides for two
election inspectors for each of the
two major parties in the 13,896
election districts across the
Empire State.
Speaker Duryea concluded his
announcement of the proposed
new legislation with the com­ment,
"We want to show the
youth of New York State that it is
possible to work within the
existing social, economic and
political fabric of the system-- to
help make the whole 'system'
work better."
Jim Fallon Olds
Enters Lease-Rental
Field With Genway
Entry into the rapidly growing
auto leasing and rental field has
just been made by Jim Fallon
Oldsmobile, Inc., 777 South
Oyster Bay Road, Bethpage, L. I.
- The dealer is joining the
Genway Corporation system,
thus entering a field considered
to be among the major
developments in the automotive
industry in recent decades. Car
leasing / renting is growing at a
rate of about 15 percent a year,
according to the dealership. More
than 1,300,000 cars, or 14 percent
of all registered autos, now are
leased. And 45 percent of them
are individual leases.
Economists forecast that by
1975 more than 25 percent of
automobile registrations will
represent, leased, pay-as-you-use
"flitej, .major thrust o£ t»e
automotive industry in the
Seventies," an official of the
dealership said, "will be to shift
the burden of ownership from the
consumer squarely to the
shoulders of the automobile
expert-the dealer. High interest
rates and other aspects of the
economy, incrasing complexities
of the modern car, the demand of
families for more convenience-all
point toward increasing leasing
and renting". „„
Grumman Award
- Rep. James R. Grover Jr. of
Babylon announced this week the
award of a $2,288,000 federal
contract to the Grumman
Aerospace Corp- of Bethpage.
The contract covers design,
development and fabrication of a
navigation satellite system.
The government immediately
obligated itself to $1,215,000 of
expenditure under the contract.
I Photos-In-The-News I
BRIEFING SESSION: Oyster Bay Town Supervisor
John W. Burke, center, discusses plans with David
Mafrici, at left, who is expected to be named head of
the Town's Division of Environmental Control, as
Department of Public Works Commissioner Gerard
Trotta, of HicksviUe, looks on. Mafrici, a Farmingdale
resident, and top professional public health engineer
will head up the first Division of Environmental
Control in the 318-year history of the Town.
JOHN FITZGERALD: John, a
17-year -old senior at Far­mingdale
High School, is
featured as The Sultan in the
Town of Oyster Bay's Teen
Repertory Theatre production of
"Aladdin and the Magic Lamp".
John, a talented lad who ap­peared
on the Johnny Carson
Show last year, and the teen
troupe will perform at 11 A.M.
and 2 P.M. at the John H. West
School, Plainedge, on Saturday,
March 20th.
NEW TRUSTEE: Michael J. Vittorio, left, of 238
North Hawthorne Street, North Massapequa, is
congratulated by Town Supervisor John W. Burke
following Vittorio's appointment as a trustee of the
Jones Fund. Vittorio, an officer of the Lincoln Savings
Bank, fills a vacancy with the Fund that was created
when William Buchman of HicksviUe resigned to join
the staff of Congressman James Grover.
ROTARY SPEAKER: Oyster Bay Town Councilman
Warren M. Doolittle, left, shakes hands with Frank
D'Andrea, vice-president of the Bethpage Rotary Club
following a recent address by Doolittle at the Beau
Sejour restaurant in Bethpage. Doolittle, who serves as
liaison between the Youth Bureau and the Town Board,
spoke to the Rotarians on the subject of what the Town
is doing to help support youth-oriented activities.
D* Andrea is assistant vice-president and manager of
the Bethpage Branch of the Hempstead Bank.