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27th Year, No. 14 V ,
BALDWIN _ MERRICK
, IFKBBIPORT, N. Y., THUBSDA¥,„AUGUST 2, 1962 ,
ROOSEVELT
'^f PllCi FIVE CENfS IPIB COPf
FREEPORT HERO CITED
lice Dogs Show
Off icials^Ca nine
Cop Techniques
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SUPRfME COIp
KO'S CONTRACT
BHiii JEiiiiiiiJ^
To Cancel High-Bid Contract
On Power Plant Purchase
Thanks, F»l! Roliert ghenimn (left) and Hiirold Wright (right)
form muttial admlrattmi Mcfety for Uneoian -Jolui CapmzioU. 'Jr„
who holds ciiation presented, him isoently by the Frecpart ViUnfe
Board f«r "distingnished Service above and beyond the eall «( duty."
On two different occasions within a five-week iperlod the young
Electrical Department lineman risked his own life to save two of his
fellow workers who had be^n Injured on the job. The two Unemen
safed? Too guessed ll>>^hennan and Wright-
(Photo by Herb Kiatovdl)
J.JIORMAN LECK NAMED
ANNIVERSARY CHAIRMAN
J. Noiman teok, president of the Freeport-Goinnuiiilty Council ttnd
vice-president of. OoJamblan Broase Corp., has been elected *ainnan
of JFVeeport's TOth amilversOT; celebration, tentatively kaoym es the
greeport Historical'gStlval, wh^h wlU be held during the third WeftK-end
of October climaxed on aatnrttey, O c t c ^ 20.
- Trustee "f*ank Sonww; acting
chBlrwum •during Qie pre-planning
Stages, will continue to serve oa the
executive oapunlttee stud will act as
-liaison jeiflluthe yUlage:Adnjtois.tea-
'tion. ' '' •
Tentative plans for the cetelwa-
Uon were dlseussed with represw-taUves
of a number of i^eiport OT-gaalzatloas
anA the .publiolts and
-.pubUc—irelatiQnfi—CQmintttfee—at--»-
meetlng at the Municipal Building
last Tharsdor. .
Amdng the proj^jfcs sugigested ore
a parade, an exhiWtlon wlt2i histori-c
»h connotations In one-of the Vil-
8 parks in: which,all Interested
epoTt bi|E»nizatl<>ni would I* In­vited
t^paiMpaW; with apiKwpiJate
di^Iayl^ a»d sucai,>Rirldas dld-fasU-iofled
faailly evento as a ^nd-ond-cJhdral
concort, a *c&]nt»ke or ai
Bfock,_,,siarty.,:,;_'_,_,;, ,/„;.•.,'... -,_,,-...:,,.^..,',
ttiwas agT«ed tMat all as^ietets'of
the celebratlan should be of an hist­orical
nature and that* no el^jnenli
of oonunerclaBEm or fuud-ralslnf
for Individual groiqts should-be Al­lowed.
The committee wJU meet again
thi* Thursday, August-2, at ttie
Municipal BuUding for fortJier dis­cussion
and for organteatlOn of mib-oonunlttees,*
according jjig, Mr. Ledc.
All mterestied orgaototlols and ta-dlviduak
are Invited to siibtnit thetr
-Ideas-to-the-iconnnlttee in writing
t^r,addresing Mr. I«cfc in care-oT'the'
Municipal Building, 46 North Ocean
Ave. " . -
DEUG STORE N011CB
iEIppec's Fharmaey, 7S5 Bo. Gxvm
St., Frieepirt.'^ll'ieaMlii open tele
until 10 pjBi this SniMtoy, Aiig. 5,
AD otb« dnis store mmahem of the
I'Meport FbainiBcr Assoclfttton dine
at Z pih. on • Sundays. Zipper's
Pharmacy, telephone namber Is
FB 8-9449.
Trustee Meiits Altengarteii, Police
Captain feiward S. Dlxoa and
Joseph Gerhauser, a past president
of the IJ. r. German Shepherd Dog
Ohib. visited the Bridgeport Police
Dept. and the Canine College in
west Bedding, Conn., for further
demonstratioiis of police dogs ID
action and during training.
With the report that they were
very much impressed, the Vllage
Board Instructed Village Clerk John
J. MacDonald to request Canine
College head, John Behan. to send
full particulars on acquiring one
or two trained dogs for the use
ol the fVeeport Police Department.
TSie Board is expected to discuss
the matter further at their next
meeting on August 18.
An order by Supwme Court Justice Paul J. Wldlltz canceled the ptoB
of the Board of Trustees et Freeport to award a contractj to the higheeA
bidder for a new electric power generator.,. ' ,
The bid Involved In the court order was $700,386.
Judge WidUtz Tided that the contract was void because She VHtaai
failed to fallow the proper proceed- , —
ures of competitive Wddtng. The
Judge said that this ruling was not
meant to impugn "the goodUMlth'
have been accepted.
The attorneys represenliing tSta-
Elnterprlse Co., -the low Wdder.'im**
of the Village or of the suooesstul t^g^^^ ^'aat the award wa« rnadB
bidder and refused to direct tiheUggpi^ recoi»u>endati6ns\ t^- VfOi
vmage to award >1^e contract to ft .vsratjot-^.twuV. lighl JOomimlgiilftn ,,Al
0§^H:me» J*^Jrs.to« mdmlmreft/met•s•vam'tt^ire•u-Tp illage t';oi,' ^niiwjuyi«,t' taa^JtoHtaBaiMtitoMtrii'iiiiii^ i
award "the contract: legally.
Freeport's Mayor Sweeney plans
to re-award 6he conteact wltlfethe
exception of a $MM& addition which
had been suggested.by the Mdder.
The low bidder, Snterprlae Engine
and Ma<a»lnery Co., sued both ttie
suiting engimegf 'peta|iBd toy Ipl
Village. ;
Ifayor Sweeney admitted thiat thflf
eiqjert engineer favored the Bntep*
prise proposal, and that the comr<
mlMlon was ^llt» toetwen the tmtf
iirnis.
(editor's Note: THB LEADESi wiiQ
Village of Freeport and the high . ,. ^,. „ ., «_
bidder. Nordlberg Manulacturtag | «*«' equal ^»aee to both facttoaa
CO.. claiming Its tow bid should; on this hnportant viltoge issue). I
CUGIt ABBE & GUY
RE:MEGJSTER KOW
If you've movees . . . re-register.
Even If you have moved jrat across
the street, or ne3ft,doorN re-reglatra-tiotr
is necessary in order to vote In
November's Sections, Local reglB-tratton
places will be open Oct. 4
and 6, but residents are Urged to do
It now at the Board of Eleettons In
MltteQla,-through Aug. l6, from A
to 4:48 dally and from 9 to .12 on
Saturdays,
Court Order Makes
¥iilage Trustees
Alter Commission
In compliance with a court order,
the -Freeport Board of .trrustees
cimraged lie niemJjershlp'*%f the
i l u n l c i ^ Board of Wlater & Ught
Commiksidnns.
Ihe now official commission con-sista
of the foaowing:
A. W. . Mndenlang, ^Chftlnnan,
iSBBj . William P.', wilsQn. ' isOTj
Charles I^wre, I9S5; Angelo Aima-tuUI,
1961 and Bernard Skrotsfci,
1963. .
ghmm •Bove. in » i«e«»t vUit to the Jones Beach Marine- -niwfte, -
wiiere 'TPaniillse Island," the HawBiian FanUay, b fesinred nl^tly ,
this Bunmer, are Xavler Cogat and Abbe Lane with Fiodaccr Gar
Lomba^o, .. - i
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