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Island Trees Serving Bethpage - Plaihview - Island Trees - Plainedge - Seaford Old Bethpage
Vol. 6 No. 13 Thursday, February 3 , 1 9 72 10c per copy
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HISTORY MINDED: The Kiwanis Club of Bethpage;
dedicated to community servicer, recently created the
Office of Club Historian to keep the town citizenry
informed of its projects and goals. James Agiesta was
named historian. Picturedat meeting, are from 1. to r.;
President Henry Rockhill, Secretary, Dr. Maurice
Verschell and Treasurer, Joe Tirado.
Meeting Tonight On Fire Dispute
A meeting was to be held tonight, Feb. 3, at the Beth-page
Fire House on Broadway.
The meeting has grown out of charges of election
mismanagement and now includes minor charges of
corruption against the town's five fire commissioners.
(See letter, p.4., and editorial, p.4.).
Since the entire situation is likely to change on the
basis of tonight's meeting, a more detailed report will
be presented next week. At this time, we would remind
all interested parties that we will print both sides of the
case.
Oyster Bay town councilman
Lewis J. Yevoli called Tuesday
for a six - month moratorium on
all oil - gas tank farm ap­plications,
including the con­troversial
proposal of Northville
Industries which is seeking a
Plainview location for such a
facility.
Councilman Yevoli said, "The
six month moratorium period
would give town officials an
opportunity to draft a stringent
zoning ordinance regulating fuel
tank farms." He said, "At the
present time there are almost no
state or federal controls
regulating this type of facility. It
is therefore.incumbent upon local
municipalities to take the
initiative and provide rigid
specifications that will provide
• the proper protection required to
insure the general health, safety,
and we "Jare or their communities
and residents."
"The current application of
Northville Industries now pen­ding
before the Town Board is
classified as an oil tank farm, in
reality this is a misnomer, when
you consider that their proposal
Flu Ffoors Marchers
March of Dimes phones have
been working overtime with calls
from Mothers Marchers who
wish to carry out their assign­ments,
but are now fighting the
battle of the flu.
Because of the vast amount of
telephone calls from volunteer
mothers marchers, the March of
Dimes has extended the Annual
Mothers March to give the
volunteers more time to complete
their assignments and thus
continue the fight against birth
defects.
for the Plainview site actually
calls for the storing of more than
3 1 4 million gallons of gasoline
and 2 1 / 2 million gallons of no. 2
fuel oil in above ground tanks. A
more accurate description of this
proposed facility could be
gasoline - oil tank farm.
"It is my opinion that until
state or federal agencies offer
stronger safety requirements
covering a facility of this
magnitude that has the obvious
capability of destroying an entire
community, then it is imperative
for local municipalities to make
every effort to formulate
regulations that will eliminate
the possibilities of a potential
disaster occuring." Yevoli said.
To do this, the Councilman
called for a specific town zoning
ordinance applicable only to fuel
tank storage depots. It . would
include ' the following
stipulations:
+ Minimum distance from
residential areas.
+ Specific on - site fire -
prevention equipment.
POINT OF INTEREST: Oyster Bay
Town Councilman Sal Mosca of
Bethpage took time out to offer the
fifth grade class at Kramer Lane
School, Bethpage, a tour of Town
Hall recently. The students and their
teacher, Ramona Levitt, attended a
public hearing before the Town
Board as part of their visit to Town
Hall.
+ Tanks located a minimum
distance from major commercial
arteries.
+ A maximum amount of gas
and oil that can be stored on a per
acre basis.
+ Required installation of
storage tanks below ground.
+ Aesthetic controls (Land­scaping
buffer zones, etc.)
+ "Only after these and other
needed criteria are met should an
applicant be permitted to make a
proposal before the town board"
added YevolL—
"Realizing that the Bi - County
Plan and the Nassau County
Planning Commission have .
endorsed the concept of oil and
gasoline depots located on the
spine of Long Island, it appears
as if these facilities will be
developed in the near future."
,. Xevptt.saidVyOujr town has an
opportunity to directly address
itself to the obvious problems
that exist with this form of
progress and I think we should
make a sincere effort to offer the
maximum protection to town
residents, our suburban com­munities,
and our environment."
B'page Woman Named Psych Secy
Mrs. Minda Buchman of 8
Prescott Place, Old Bethpage,
has been appointed Secretary of
the Community Associates of the
Institute of Advanced
Psychological Studies of Adelphi
University, Garden City, New
York.
The Community Associates is
composed of a lay group of
concerned men and women from
the Long Island community,
committed to the,support of the
Institute and its objective of
providing education in those
fields where competent
professional services are needed:
As part of its program, The
Associates, in conjunction with
the faculty of the Postdoctoral
Program in Psychotherapy,
offers a series of educational
programs, workshops, discussion
forums, and lectures on
significant personality and
community problems.
Those interested in obtaining
the Spring program may write
to^-The Community Associates,
Room 301, New Business Bldg.,
Adelphi University, Garden City,
N.Y. 11533.
SCI-FI Week at Post College
Stanton M. Friedman, a
nuclear physicist and lecturer,
will give an illustrated talk titled,
"Flying Saucers ARE Real,"
Monday, Feb. 7, at 7 p.m. in the
C.W. Post Auditorium.
The lecture, followed at 8 p.m.
by an evening of movies with a
flying saucer theme, kicks off
Science Fiction Week at the
college. The special presentation
is sponsored by the college's
Resident Students Association.
There will be nominal ad­mission
fees for the lecture and
for the films. Further in­formation
is available from 299-
2470.
The film schedule includes:
MONDAY, Feb. 7, Flying
Saucer Films: "Earth vs the
Flying Saucers," "First Men in
the Moon," and "The Wizayd of
Mars."
TUESDAY, Feb. 8, Monster
Films: "Jesse James Meets
Frankenstein's Daughter,"
"Twenty Million Miles to Earth,"
and "King Kong" (the original
version).
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 9, Films
on the Past: "Mysterious
Island," "Seventh Voyage of
Sinbad," and "Valley of
Gwangi."
THURSDAY, Feb. 10, Films on
the Future: "1984", "Lost
Horizon," and "The Time
Machine."
Each evening of films begins at
8 p.m. in the Auditorium.
Young Dems Back Muskie
At the last meeting of the Beth­page
Teen Democrats, it was
voted to support the candidacy of
Edmund S. Muskie for President.
The motion was carried by a
better than 2/ 3's vote.
Chairman Jim Twombly (a
Muskie Area Co-ordinator in
Southern Bethpage) said that he
felt Muskie had the best chance of
all the present Democratic
Candidates of beating Nixon in
the fall. Twombly added that
most of the members are working
for Muskie.