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PLAINVIEW PLA1NEDGE SEAFORD
VOL. 7 No. 8 Thursday, January 11,1973
10 cents per copy
piwto in Th»law ILIA Launches Campaign
• " ^ ™ — For Bayville - Rye Bridge
A PRE-GAME PEP TALK...seemed to work for Dan
Sullivan (right) of Plainview. Sullivan is the coach of
the Human Resources School's "Flying Wheels",
which is the only wheelchau basketball team for
youngsters in existence, The talk took place prior to a
game against the basketball team from Herricks High
School, who also played in wheelchairs. Human
Resources School won the game by a score of 17-10 to
continue their unbeaten, untied record. Listening to
nomivh BwlHrnn " ar&: iteffr to right, John Ruunick
(Baldwin), Paul Jack'son, back to camera, (Albertson)
William Lehr (Floral Park), and Leander Willet (Glen
Cove).
Heart-to-heart discussion marks meeting of Mrs.
Robert Pfoh, (Farmingdale) Area Chairman of the
Nassau Heart Association's annual door-to-door Heart
.SundayAppgaJ, with Alfred Payne, Community
Chairman for Bethpage. Purp6se'of*tli6 ftmu^raMwg
drive, set for Sunday, February 25, 1973, is to raise
funds to support programs leading to the prevention,
control and treatment of all forms of heart diseases.
More than 100 top
business and union
executives from Nassau
and Suffolk Counties
gathered January 4 at the
Old Country Manor,
Hicksville to solidify their
favorable support for the
construction of the
Bayville-Rye Bridge and
launch a public iri-formation
campaign, 1
"All were hi agreement
the bridge is vital to the
future Of Long Island from
the standpoint of both the
area's economy and relief
of its- traffic congestion,"
•^I^^^A^AUirech^piA^-
Vice President for
T r a n s p o r t a t i o n and
Chairman of the "Sound
Bridge for a Sound
Future"- Task Force, said.
The purpose of this
meeting, Albrecht said,
was to discuss preparation
of formal statements being
prepared by those present
as well as a broad cross-section
of the business
community. These
statements will be
presented at the public
hearing on January 15 at
C.W. Post College.
Charles Murcott,
President of Lumex, Inc.
in Bay Shore, said, "The
construction of a bridge
., from Bayville to Rye will
permit manufacturers of.
^commercM*^r15tiact^^tiir
my case, medical and
hospital equipment and
supplies) who sell their
goods throughout the
United States to reach
their markets more ef­ficiently
and economically
than is presently
possible." He added that
he will be in a better
position to meet com­petition
from manufac­turers
who are not
required to pass their
goods__thrdugh ^tfeie, jcostJy
bottleneck of -New York
City. *
Murcott pointed out that
Long Island, with its ex­cellent
labor force and
living conditions, will
become more attractive to
a variety of manufac­turers
who sell their wares
throughout the United
States.
David Richardson,
Secretary-Treasurer of the
60,000-member Building
and Construction Trades
Council said, "Purely
because of convenience
and relief from traffic
congestion for pleasure
driving and job com­muting,
our people want
the Bayville-Rye Bridge
completed as soon as
possible.
Milton Hendrickson,
President of the
Nassau / Suffolk Con­tractors
Association spoke
in favor of the bridge a s . ..
"a means of reducing
maintenance costs and
additional radial corridor
highway construction / by
eliminating millions of
trips annually over the
already congested roads
into New York City." The
Contractors Association
represents employers of
more than 40,000 workers
and contributes $150
million annually to the
Long Island economy.
Representing the tourist
industry, Ihe Hamptons
Association, the Montauk
Chamber of Commerce,
and the North Fork
Association endorses the
Bayville-Rye Bridge.
These, groups poinded' that
tourism, the secpitti
largest Md&stry in fiew
York State, contributes 20
percent of the New York
Sales Tax annually.
Albrecht summarized
that the intention of this
campaign is to highlight
these significant facts in
support of the need for the
bridge:
1. Almost everything.
Long Island people eat,
wear,the cars they drive,
the fuel they heat with,
their Boats, their fur­niture,
all arrive by truck.
Long Islanders are
currently paying higher
prices for goods shipped to
the Island because of
freight rate, ^charges
caused . by ^travelling
through the New York City
2. Long IslandcFrs
(Continued on page 6)
Hon. John Benoit
Nassau District Court Judge John Benoit, 52, a,
longtime resident of Levittown, died of a heart attack
at his home at 3565 Fams Court on January 5,1973.
Judge Benoit was elected as District Court Judge in
1969 and was under consideration by Gov. Rockefeller
for a promotion to the Nassau County Court at the time
of his death. He was born in Malboro, Mass. and
graduated from Duke University and Brooklyn Law
School. After serving as a Staff Officer in the U.S.
Merchant Marines during World War H, he moved to
Levittown in 1951 and opened his private practice. He
handled mainly criminal cases and became active in
local politics. In 1953 he became a Republican Com­mitteeman
and in 1959%he was elected to the Hemp­stead
Town Council and served in that capacity until
1967. He was also chairman of the Levittown
Republican Committee from 1959 thru 1965. Past-
President of the Nassau County Criminal Court Bar
Association, he received that organization's annual
Norman F. Lent Award for outstanding judicial work
in 1971. Active in other organizations, he was a
member of the Nassau County Bar Assoc, and the
Nassau County Lawyers Assoc. He was also a honorary
life member of the Levittown Optimists Assoc. The
Levittown Chamber of Commerce presented him with
their Most Distinguished Citizen Award in 1969.
Judge Benoit is survived by his wife, Phebe; his
three daughters, Margaret Esposito, Jessica Daniels
and Beverly Benoit; his brother Henry, and two
grandchildren. Burial was held on Monday, January 8,
1973 at Pinelawn Memorial Park.Pinelawn.