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Professor of Physics at State University at Farmingdaie, was
recently honored at a ceremony celebrating the 25th Anniversary of
the State University of New York held at Farmingdaie. Presenting
the ward to Mr. Judd, who was among 38 faculty.administration and
staff members who commemorated a quarter of a century of service
to SUNY on that day are (left) Mr. Mortimer Gleeson, Chairman of
the College Council, and Dr. Charles W. Laffin, Jr., President of the
College.
County Committee Meets Today
To Deal With Fuel Shortage
Nassau County
Executive Ralph G,^Caso
the convening of a special
meeting of the county's Ad
Hoc Energy Crisis
Committee today,
November 15 to deal with
the worsening fuel supply
situation.
The committee, named
by Caso last August after
initial indications of a
pending fuel shortage this
winter, is composed of oil
industry interests and
county government of­ficials.
Attending the
meeting will be
representatives of the U.S.
Interior Department's
Office of Oil and Gas, the
State Environmental
Conservation Department,
the Long Island Lighting
Company, the Oil Heat
Institute of Long Island,
the State. Petroleum
Council and propane
distributors on Long
Island.
"The President has set
the tone for the country,"
Caso said in reference to
President Nixon's energy
conservation plan
proposed last week:.
"Obviously, it will require
the cooperation of
government, private in­dustry
and the general
citizenry. Fortunately, we
in Nassau saw this crisis
developing last summer
and have laid the ground­work
for a cooperative
effort."
Caso pointed out that the
county has already taken
steps to conserve fuel by
lowering temperatures in
all its buildings and or­dering
unnecessary lights
turned off. During the
month of October, there
was a concerted effort by
Nassau and Suffolk
Counties to get their
nearly 3 million residents
to conserve fuel.
Caso said the ad hoc
committee will act as a
catalyst to forge a
renewed effort in all
sectors of the county. H^
said additional fuel con­servation
measures will be
announced after today's
meeting, which will be
held at 10 AM in Caso's
Mineola office.
By Richard Wood
The nation's energy shortage,
resulting primarily from (he
October war in the Middle East
and the .Arab nations' embargoes1 on
oil shipments to the United
States, is having its effect on the
Plainedge School District.
"The energy crisis is certainly
becoming evident," said Acting
Superintendent of Schools Gerald
Bretton at the Plainedge School
Board's Nov. 8 meeting.
"Up until now," said Bretton,
"we've had the luxury of having
power for our every possible
whim....Now we've got to con­sider
conserving energy."
Echoing President Nixon's
nation-wide television address on
the energy crisis, Bretton added
that "both power and heating oil
will be available in varying
degrees this winter...(and our)
schools are pretty much on their
own." .
Long Island fuel oil dealers
have already warned that
heating oil will be in short supply
during the months ahead.
Washington's strategy for
getting a nation of 200 million
people through the winter
combines a plea for voluntary
curtailment of energy con­sumption
with the legal removal
of environmental restrictions and
safeguards on high-sulphur, high-polluting
oil and coal.
In response of Washington's
call for voluntary action, Bretton
stated that be was directing "all
staffs and principals to lower
temperatures' to reasonable
levels...to turn out lights where
not necessary...(and) to keep
school vehicles from idling un­necessarily."
Bretton added that the ad­ministration
was also con­sidering
a directive that all
school temperatures be reduced
from 69 to 71 degrees to 66 to 68
degrees, thereby putting the
district on a 24-hour "night
cycle."
In response, School Board
President Franklin J. McGrath
introduced a motion directing the
administration to "sit down and
explore" additional possibilities
with neighboring school districts
and county officials "so that we
have contingency plans...in case
a real energy, crunch happens."
Noting the mood and concern of
all those in attendance, McGrath
followed his motion with the
statement, "I don't believe we'll
have to vote on this."
Bretton, responding > to a
question on the existing paper
shortage, summarized the,much
larger problem both the'-nation
and Plainedge will be facing in
the months, and perhaps years,
ahead.:
"We need a new attitude," said
Bretton. "We've had affluence
since World War II where the
theory was the more you con­sume
the better off the country
will bc.We're seeing now that
(such a theory) won't work
anymore."
The apprehensive reaction and
feeling of the modest-sized
audience could perhaps be
reflected in these words: the
conservation of energy and
resources is a fact of life that all
of us must face. It may very well
be that our prodigal lives of
carefree affluence and ex­travagant
waste is taking its toll.
VANDALS STRIKE
In response to other question,
Mr. Bretton admitted that the
Sch war ting School had been the
target of "severe and extensive"
vandalism over the weekend of
October 3 and 4.
Calling it a "frightful ex­perience"
and "a shocking
thing," Bretton added that all the
youths involved had been
arrested by the Nassau County
Police.
He praised the 7th Precinct's
Crime Detection Unit for their
"most helpful cooperation" in
solving the matter, adding that
the situation was now in the
hands of the courts.
The vandals, were all of junior
high school age, said Bretton,
adding that property stolen from
the school "was actually
recovered from the homes of
parents" a fact which he called
both dismaying and utterly
"amazing." .
In response to a question on a
new Superintendent for the
Plainedge School District,
McGrath said that "the board has
finished conducting preliminary
interviews" and that "finalists
were being called in for final
interviews."
When asked how long it would
be before the district had a new
Superintendent, McGrath said
"there is a possibility that the
new Superintendent will begin
prior to the end of the present
school year."
NEXT MEETING
The next public meeting of the
Plainedge School Board will be
held at 8:30 P.M. on November 29
at the Plainedge High School.
Scheduled as a special
educational meeting, the session
will cover "The Role, of the
Parent in the Educational
Process."
The public is most cordially
invited and encouraged to attend.
Tourney Draws Collegiate
Top Wrestlers To Nassau
Out of the West comes the best.
That's certainly true if
wrestling's your game and the
name of the team is Oregon State
University.
The Beavers, runners-up last
season in the 43rd National
Collegiate Athletic Association's
tournament, are touted as the
nation.'* best team for the up­coming
reason of '74. The OSU
squad had a shot at the title going
into the final match of the title
round.
It was the fabled wrestling
giant Chris Taylor at 435 pounds
who decided the issue. The Iowa
Stater pinned OSU's Jim Hagen,
outweighed by 250 pounds, in
4:19. That gave the Iowans
another national title. OSU was
second and Michigan was third.
' The Oregon State U. team is
one of the four collegiate power­houses
who will take part in the
first Nassau County Invitational
East-West Double Dual Meet and
Clinic at the Nassau Veterans
Memorial Coliseum on Sunday,
Dec. ». ••**
TheNaSstfW.WIestling Coaches
Association in cooperation with
the Nassau County Recreation
and Parks Department is staging
the clinic and meet.
Invitations have been accepted
"by OSU, Michigan State U.,
Pittsburgh and Lehigh
Universities.
The clinic will begin at 11:30
a.m. and continue until 2 p.m.
with the four collegiate coaches
as well as several Olympians
taking part. The finer points of
the "gentle art" of wrestling,
collegiate-style, will be explained
and demonstrated.
From 3 to 5 p.m. in dual mat­ches,
Lehigh will wrestle
Michigan State and Oregon State
wilj face Pittsburgh. From 7 to 9
p.m., Lehigh will wrestle Oregon
State, awiFitt and MSU will
grapple.
For the single admission, a 10-
hour program will be offered.
Tickets are priced at $6.50, $5 and
$4 for adults and $5.50, $4.50 and
$3 for students up to age of 18.
Tickets are available at the
Nassau Coliseum box office and
at all TickeUjpn outlets.