The-Leader_1966-07-14

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Slsi Year. No. 12 FHEEPORT. N. Y« THURSDAY. JtlLY 14 WS6 PHtCSr FIVE CENTS PEH COPY
EDDIE VASIL
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Naiionitl I'ms Syndi^le
INEWS & VIEWS
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V^ Talfh for Uie "ElMHK V.UJII. SHOW" dup smn
t on WBAB, I lit) ontbo dial. mmmmmmmm^mm v
Vrahout or wiin oSensr to frisnds or foes—
I sketch yaim world exactly as il goe;!.—Sjfxon
•• MAKING THE BOBNDS \ . . Freeport's 'Tironmn ol the Yew"
Jm. McBHIDE and FTD PB man raVING GRAY are available
m speakers (with rire Pfevenllon and appaiatm demoMlraJlons,
«afsty films, elcl} for any organization planning spscial programs.
(Jim McBxide is siso a prolosslonnl fireman) . . . Happy July
Birthdays to KAKRT i'Capt. Jack" BEHKOWITZ and MRS. LES-
; TEH "Becky" DAMIXY (She's naltonaUy-known DAR oHIclaU
• Looked like a eonveotton of prominent Fretporters at DOCTORS
: HOSPITAL in the past two weeks. Palienti included Ex-FFU.
Chief DON MlTTHAtlEH {hurt his kneo chasing two toe-bug
-, suspects of the recent South Shore Diner fire). BILL."Pap" VOGT
(The retired, restaurateur) and BILL CASMASINA (Town'of
Hempstead Go-Go Joint Inspeclor) . . . That amBiing imn JACK
KAHN who is supposed to be in semi-relirsnieni (lack Kaha's
Piano Co^VIit«t completed an around'-lbe-world lour for his new
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Inside Freeport
by
Edward A. Vasil
Dear Readers, ^•^'
. Because more and more InteresJ Is being shown in the happenings
W <h« ViUago of Freoport and in the open weBlinfls of the Board of
Trustees and because we are awJtOBChtag the time of Imporlanl
national, state and local elections. THE LEADER Mas decided to add
^t.new fonfuze titled "Inside Fieeporf."
• In this eolunui we will print news and news behind the new*
and observations about the Republican, Demociatlc, Village, and
Ccmmunity Parties and also about the prominent political figures
who make the news. ' ; , .
We will giw you the straJghf inside eomnjenls ifrom such liB«
portant peraonalitlas as GOVERNOR ROCKEFELLER, SEN. ED­WARD
SPBIfO. PiBsidiBg Superriior RALPH CA80, Freopozt GOP
Leader PETER KELLY, SEW. KENNEDY, Cotittty ExecHJiTa
EUGENE NICKEHSOH, Democratic Zone Leader RALPH FRANCO.
a»d Congressiaatt HERB TEHZEH,
; ' iWe will also publish storiea arid Comments aSjout public offlcialsj
—candidates and possibb and potential candidates and Ipeal political
leaders siieh as Mayor BOB SWEENEY, JOHN MACK, HENRY
-ALTBNGARTSNrFHANK SOMERS, GEORGE rAIBSURG, FRAMK
MtrSSO, BILL THOMPSON, RA^ MALONE. ROV CAC'CIATORB,
Former Mayor BILL GLACKEN, ED FARRELL. etc,
tn other words, wo'l! cover ilie entire field without bias, prejudice
or "an axe_ lo trind."
Unjike other local polilical columnists I am not a former candi­date
who was defeated;-I do not profess to have a huge block of
vcites under control; no "sow grapes" and axes to grind and 1 As not
intend to use Ms feature a a sounding-board to promote- my personal
political aspirations,
Titeroforo, this should be an authentic source of • political and
municipal "Inside Stories" with no holds barred and . . . well lei
the chips faU where they may.
Will the Demociats run candidates in the next Freeport elections?
> . . Aild il so, what will the Republican!* do? . . . What about PA»
TBICIA COLLINS' plansTV. . Didn't HY WALLIS pull a boner on
his rap agaimt the adn»inistration regarding the Freeport PlanniiJg
iSoard Apartmeht House Survey? i . . It there a political porwei
-straggle going oij in a.<»rtain local poHtleal pattyt "
RMd about tiMW and other ilenu in futifw issue* of "Taddi*.
fxt*peiL"
Rockefeller Vetoes
Cops 20-Year Plan
Goireraor^s I^ast - Miniite ¥eto
Kills Police E#tiifetnent Bill
iormer Frceporter
tosell E. HotalinI
Dies Suddenly
Russcli E. Hotaling, one of
the most outstanding men in
Frccport's history, died sud­denly
after suRering a stroke
on July 5, 196B In Springfieid,
Ohio,
He was 81 years old and
recently retired to live with
ills son, Dan Hotaling in that
city,
Russ Hotaling was widely-known
and highly respected
in the community. Among his
most salient achievements was
the fact that he was consider­ed
a "Mr. Freeport Exchange
Club" in recognition for his
many years of service with
tiiajt organization.
Mr. Hotaling also served as
Deputy Village Clerk of the
Incorporated Village of Free-port
for nearly a decade and
was a director of the Freeport
Public Library.
Vitlige Bciard
Answers PBA
lu-Yiar Plea
(Story pn Page 3}
DRUG STORE NOTICE
Tite Atlantic ChemisUb 179 At­lantic
Ave., Freeport. wlU remain
open late,'until 10 p.in. this Sun-dsy<.
July 17. AU other drug
ttoxm whieh are auniben of the
fMeport P)ii|«iB«cy Ajooclation
'ckwe -«t ^'''i»in.^aB'Suwlayi,. The.
•DLtlaiilic Chewbits ieUphon*
munbcr is FR «>4$7S.
For the third .itrolght year. Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller vetoed
a bill whiclj would have Inwcred police pension qualifications from
2J to 20 years in the four Nnstaiiu Ccninty villafju of Luke Success,
Kings Point. Great Neck Estatcjj and Hon>p,slciid,
The vetoed 20-ycor billa also affected a 20-yg;n- relh'ojucn^ pUm
for Suffolk County Police.
AU of the vetoed bills passed
in both the Stale' Assembly and
the Senate, However, a 20-year
Police Pension Bill for Port
Washington died in committee.
The Governor's lotifi-timo
stand against 20-ycBr retirement
tor police also altects the Frec-i^|,
JJ<»lice. P,$ak^ becnuff,,,ili,«|;
'rceporl'T?6tibe Binevolent Aa-eociation
(PBA) which repre­sents
the 63-mnn police force
petitioned tfic Board of Trustees
for approval of a similar 20-yoar
retirement plan in place of the
prci-cnt 26-year plan.
Before a bill aiitlwrizing a plHn
can be introduced in Albany, the
local board must give Its prior
vpprovul.
However, with the Oovcrnor'!*
current stand auiiinsl sue!* a bill,
the Freeport PllA must wait for
the next legislntivc session be­fore
a bill in their tuviir can be
introduced;
peat woii tabled iodoftullely by
the Board pcndinfi tlm Ciiver-nor'.
f approval of the ao-yoar^plaii
for ll)u ti'her Nnsxnu villages.
Ill past year,"! the Governor luus
approved the 20-yeBr iwlieo re­tirement
plan for the City of
Clen Cove and f<i;- Na-t-sau Coun­ty.
Community Ambassadors
AMBASSADORIAL GREETINGS . . . Freeport Mayor Rob«rt J.
Sweeney tlfM official letters of gceeiiag to mayors of European
towns where Community Ambassadors wilt spend the summer
8s 1368 Ambassadors look oa, Diane McNamara wiU bo a member
of « family In Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, Scotland, while Leo
Sparling will be the third "sm" of a Norwegliut Navy captain
in Snaroya, Norway. They vAil report on their experiences
through letters to Tim Leader and neKt fall will begin « series
of eppearancei before Freeport school .groups end communlfy or-ganixailoiu
that contribute to file itqn><»^ ot Ou Comtnurdty
AndbassBdor project which is spottwted by the Freeport Com-nutnify
CouncU swi Fntepori lUsfb JMiool and adminlsttred by
The Exprnrlmeat In Inteiimlletisl tiftiiia. Bfr». Howard MM-
''Dmipdl li.diainiugn of ill*'FtcMpotl'lvcisradn