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VOL. 7 NO. 36 Thursday, July 26, 1973 10 cents per copy
Are These Your Children ??
The Ten O'clock Commercial on manyof the major
television networks ask, "DO YOU KNOW WHERE
YOUR CHILDREN ARE TONIGHT?" The message is
poignant and directed to parents who may be remiss or
negligent of their responsibility towards their children.
In Bethpage, many homeowners know where a
sizeable number of children are in the early and late
evening hours - on SCHOOL DISTRICT PROPERTY!
The homeowners have one common factor - their
property is adjacent to one of the seven schools within
the Bethpage School District.
Although the school district permits ballplaying,
utilization of basketball courts, playground equipment,
in an orderly manner, this is not the homeowners
objection. The core of contention is teenagers loitering
and destroying not only school property but, private
property adjacent to the schools.
The homeowners are subject to a full range of ob­scene
language and vulgarities drifting into backyards
and through open windows. Empty beer cans and wine
bottles strewen over school grounds and open fields are
evidence of a serious drinking problem among these
teenagers. On several occasions, fires have been set
against school buildings. After full investigation by the
y j f e m l & l S i™ the youthful offenders
were apprehended. However, teenagers continue to set
fire to shrubbery and fences on private property and
create costly damage. Promiscuity along with the
possibility of drug usage, is heightened on un­supervised,
darkened school ground areas.
At Centraimvd^^cJ^^windom^ere M p ^ -
^"fire works were thrown into the building; at the Fine
and Kramer Complex, the cyclone fencing was cut; at
Bloomingdale School, urinating against _school doors
has resulted in rotting the frames and floors. Young
adults are scaling school buildings and loitering on
roofs. The blatant conduct of many of the teenagers
both from within and outside the district, constitutes a
physically dangerous/destructive and costly situation.
Window breakage alone, has cost the taxpayer
thousands of dollars annually, not including untotaled
amounts of money spent on repairs that could be used
for educational purposes. Homeowners and School
District authorities are constantly aware ot the
deplorable situation. The Police Department^ and
School Security cannot be in all places, at all times.
The basic responsibility must be with pwents. DO
YOU REALLY KNOW WHERE YOUR TEENAGERS
ARE OR DO YOU JUST THINK YOU DO???
Mary McCutcheon Lorraine Carley
Police FARE Program Fairing Well
Johnson Wants
Chen Out
State
Johnson
Senator Owen
today continued
his attack on Jack Chen,
the controversial, Chinese
Communist curriculum
consultant to the New
York State Education
Department.
Johnson said, "Chen is
now running around the
State, preaching the party
dogma. It's a disgrace to
see Education Department
officials squander tax­payer's
money, sub-*
sidizingthis 'Chou En-Lai
type' for $12,000."
After a storm of protest
and tteeats from several
State legislators, Johnson
said he received
a s s u r a n c e s From
Education Commissioner
Ewald Nyquist's office
that Chen was only
working on a cultural
enrichment^ progranL
about Red China, which
would be offered on an
elective basis to school
districts. Nyquist's office
premised that the former
Communist- newspaper
editor's activities would be
closely monitored.
The 4th District
lawmaker explained:
"Two articles appeared in
the New York Times on
Saturday, June 23rd, in
w h i c h f o r e i gn
correspondents discussed
atrocities and horrible
conditions prevailing in
Red China. Yet on June
24th, Jack Chen was
written up in the New York
Times discussing all the
virtues and wonders of
Communist Chinese
living.'' There is a vast
difference in Chen's views
to those of the two foreign
correspondents.
"It is bad enough that
the American news media-is
already a big sponge for
Communist propaganda
through many spokesmen
and groups. We should not
tolerate^any longer, Jhis
Communist propagandist,
subsidized at New York
State taxpayer's ex­pense,"
said Senator
Johnson.
Johnson says he will
meet with Education
in
the
the
Committee members
the Senate and
Assembly during
special legislative session.
He hopes to outline a
campaign to have Chen's
contract cancelled with
the State.
SfltPTS Note? Another
example of the need to
examine the super­structure
called the
STATE EDUCATION
DEPARTMENT --
reigned over bv the
Commissioner Ewald
Nyquist — otherwise
known as King Nyquist —
whose word and decisions
are supreme. Far too
much power rests with the
NOW York State Education
Department. This is a
hugh bureaucracy far
removed from the "grass
roots" level of local
control ---„jCareerisJs
dominltelhis department
and answer to no one but
themselves — time for a
drastic change. This
"Chen Incident" is only
one of many
heaped on us.
abuses
Grumman Names Bethpage Man
Director Of Corporate Taxes
Nassau Police Commissioner
Louis J. Frank today reported the
department's FARE program
(Fatal Accident Reduction -
Enforcement) had resulted in
2,587 traffic tickets being issued
in its first month of operation.
The FARE program consists of
selective enforcement al» 50 high
frequency accident locations.
Locations are determined by a
study of accident records to
determine not only locations but
peak periods for accidents by
dates and hours.
The federally funded program
is operating in six counties in
New York State as well as in all
50 states and in Puerto Rico.
In addition to the FARE
program, the department has
intensified its drive against
drunk drivers and has launched
Operation Overview - the
helicopter-patrol ear en­forcement
teams patrolling
major roads. " " . ' . , / „ _ .
"All of this activity," Frank
said, "became necessary when
we noted a sharp increase in
highway fatalities in mid-June,
compared to last year." - . -
He referred to the fact that 48
persons had teen killed in high­way
accidents this year com­pared
to 39 in the same period of
1972. •'
The FARE pwJgram is aimed,
specifically at those drivers
committing hazardous violations
such as speeding, driving while
intoxicated, running traffic
signals and reckless driving.
It functions by the assignment
of additional manpower, which is
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John S. Gutnta
John S. Giunta of Bethpage was
recently appointed director of
corporate taxes for Grumman
Corporation, parent company of
the Grumman chain.
Giunta joined Grumman
Aircraft Engineering Cor­poration
in 1965 in the Contract
Cost Analysis group. Thereafter,
he was staff assistant to the
director of accounting.
With the reorganization of
Grumman in 1969, he was
transferred to Grumman Cor­poration
with accounting
responsibility for that company
and two subsidiaries, Montauk
Aero Corporation and Grumman
Export Sales Corporation. He
also had staff responsibilities to
the Grumman treasurer and the
(director of accounting. Giunta
continued in these capacities
until his recent appointment.
Prior to joining Grumman, he
was with the public accounting
firm of Peat, Marwick, Mitchell
and Company from 1962 to 1965,
where he was an auditor and a
tax specialist. From 1960 to 1962
while attending college, he
worked for the public accounting
firm of. Margolin, Winer and
Evans. ' .
Giunta received a Bachelor ot
Business Administration degree
from St. John's University,
Jamaica, in 1962, and a Master of
Business Administration degree
from the same school in 1972 with
a specialty in Federal taxation.
He became a certified public
accountant in 1966.
He is a member of both the
American Institute of Certified
Public Accountants and the New
York State Society of Public
Accountants.
He lives with his wife, Karen,
and their two children, Michael,
4, and Donna, 1, at 8 Verly Court,
Bethpage.
Dates to
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. Registration
July 25,1973
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July 3C1973
Island Trees
High School Cafeteria
12:00 noon to 9:00 p.m.