The-Leader_1967-01-26

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01at Year, No. 40 FHEEPOHT. N. Y., THUBSDAY. lANUABT 26. 1S67 • « -" PRICE! FIVE CEHTS PES OJPY
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BY
EDDIE VASIL
, iV. I'. NenipapiT Reporters Aiio,
Natiotml Presi S^ndtcatB ,
hUlm to tli<- -Ef)l)IK VASIL SHOW
On WTHE. ir.29 on rtio Dial
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FIGHTS STATE'S PLAN
FOR NARCOTICS CENTER
The fight ogainsl ihe Now Ymlc Slate Plan to locate a Narcolia
Centoi in thg Fiespoift Hotpilol b the most serious danger facing
out vilJoge lodny.
Last Sstuidmr. Majro; Bdsetl J. Swoensy led mote ihaa SOO
trisidcDls in a viHasa-wido protest picket line at tlie hespitel location
on Sotilh Gorvo St.
Bepausc of this importance and the urgmt need of unified
commtuiitir protest, we are dedicaiins otur resulat column space this
week to print the following annoiuic«nient by our Maf ors
WE WEH^ YOUR H i t f!
TO THE PEOPLE OF FHEEPORTs
• "We call upon you to support the protest of
• your neighbors against the proposed acquisition
by the State Narcotics Addiction Control Com­mission
of Freeport Hospital as a reception cen­ter
for female 'hard-core'.heroin addicts."
. (Signed) ROBERT J. SWEENEY
' " Mayor of Freeport
At Freapori HosiptaL in ihs centei of OBB of *he
best residanllal seirtions of year conununitf, A« Stat«
Narcotics Control Conunission plaiss to ealaMlsh a "re*
cepUon csDter" for female hard-core b«zoiii addicts. Tha
hospital, at Iha corner of Ocaaii Avenue and Archer
: Street, is Jnst a block away'from the Archer Street
I elementary school and Is alao situated where chUdran
' traireiing to other schools In the district mvst pass it
vdallyi.";.'-/-- . - . : : : , , - , : . ' • ' • ' ;
•- Freeport Hospital was nefer designed as a "maxl-vmum
securUy" institution. It wonld be Impossible for
i the building and grounds to be pr<^erly prepared in.
; such a way thai the security of those living nearby could
; b^.guaranteed.. ,., , . • • • • ' ; > . •• -
- - Furthermore, it must be remembered that the ad-r
dicts-^female—wlU be visited by their husbands and
^ so-called "coufiiis." It is a provda fact lUat ittc»t fetnale.:
^1 addicts areiunied to addidOoti by-ibelr-husbaadfl.and i
k "boy Mends." And whathappmis when such n « i finlill
I thelf Vtsiis? They will still need money for their fialfe
I And it is also t^'il! known that one of the dUef methods
ifor a user to get funds is to pipjff d<^>e to others. ei^BcIal-
,'ly unsuspecting children. , •
On the basis of the above Information, do you want
' such a 'reception center" in a crowded residential s ec
tion of your community?
Mayor Sweeney, an aimounced foe of the center,
also said, concerning the proposed center;
"The "signing of petitions must be supple* ;
mented by affirmative action by the people of ^ 5
Freeport. A deluge of telegrams to the Governor ' ^
• '• is necessary.
. Keep The, Addict Center l3ut Of &eeporti
' Help Prevent'the Death of Our Village and tike Ruin of
Our Chlldrenl
> Mrs KEE]> YOUR HELPS If you are interested In saving
'. xmur community, you can write or telaffrapti Governor
; RoekefeUer NOW. Tell blm the danger* of muih « eeiiiW -
In Frenpori..
Village Party Nominates
Fairberg And Lovelidge
f liaries Schubert To
Be Guest Speaker
Of freeport Chamber
Charles Schubert. Manager of
the Freeport office of Chase Man*
haltan Bank will be the *gue«t
speaker at the weekly Luncheon
Meeting of the Freeport Cham­ber
of Commerce to be held
Thursday, Jan. Z6 at Al B.
White's.
A motion picture film in color
showing key plays of the Na­tional
Football League 1968 will
be shown and Charles C. Mehr-mann.
sports cotiiRiRlst, will con-
•tflM!tja..qiietttontanswy"P>ri«jL.i s^.,.
Joseph Gergauter' seirvei as
President of the Chamber and
Wilfred "Bill" Allan iiOProgram
•Chairman.
hns boon very active in coni-inunily
a(T(iir.s.
. A member of the executive
board o£ the Holy Nome Society,
DRUG STORE NOTICE
Tlie AtlBnt^:||:!heini*t«. 179 At­lantic
Ave„Tra^rt, will remain
open late, until 10 p.m. this Sun­day.
Jan. 39. All e^er drug stores
which are mambcla of the Free-port
Pharmacy AisoclatiOR close
at 2 p.ffl. oa Sundays. The Atlan­tic
Chemlsfei lalephona number is
FR 8-IW6.
CHIEF DIXOK TO
PRESENT1W ACE
Freeport Police'Chief Ed Dix­on,
Pr^ram Chairman of the
Freeport Exchange Club, will
present John F. Malane. FBI act.
and J. E d |^ Hoover's N. Y. Dis­trict
Seddeot Agent, as the
guest speaker at tiie next Ex-eluuige
Clubr meeting io be lield
re&~ t~li"tlii"Sea Bzrnie' Bsttau-
At its nominnling convcnUon held January W, 1SI8T, the ViliiiKe
Pavty of Freepnft nontinaled Thomus LovdirtRe and Gt.rtigc Fairbi-rg
as iti candid.itef! fw- trtistoc in the Villa<j<" clcclitw of March 21, 1837.
TliG noniinntlons wrra by acclnimalioa,
Tom LoveliilRe. 48 year old acwnntunt, hfts hem u rc;i!dei\t nf
Freeport fo ,ri)Vcr 12 years. He
Mr. Lovulidri" Hns 1>wn ii An-vutcd
worker for his rluirch in
fundraijsinij nnd bullrtinjj pio-
(Continued on pai'" 7>
ELKS CLUB CHARITY
BALL JANUARY 28
The Freejjorl Lodge B. P, O. Elk.s No. IM3 will hava thi-lr annual
ciiarily ball on Soturday evening, Jim. 28, In ihu baSlromn of the
,|feep.<Jtkl!ft£cinb!l91Wf,.. IWs.-aflalr.^
ol' the BltoB that ennblea them to ."iuppcirl' wortluvlu'i.' community
chnnitiea.''
Chairman of the ball, P.E.H. of iho Lodge to nil supporters t,t
the Journal and thbi pniurnm.
"•The charily ball is upeii to all
Blk.s und their Irieisdii. F«r fur­ther
tnformotion, cjill tltu Lodj;«
at FB 8-1253.
James F. Fountnin, announced
that there ore a few tickets still
available. ,
Exalted Ruler Goorgc Bennett
Smith expresses the appreciation
'^
Revenue Service
Honors Leader
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{Conttnofld on page 4)
Danlsh^wadtshr r
Library Exhfibif
Hesjdents oif Freeport and near-try.
coRitnunities are leading some
ot their most treasured posses­sions
to the Freeport Memorial
Library for an exhibition of
Dantoh and Swedish arts, crafts
and books,
Danish and Si^edlsh" family
heirlooms are atnong the intei'i
csfinc antique aiid modem ob­jects
being provided for the ex­hibit
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Tlie donors am ourJDanish-bora
neighbors, tiative-bom Americans
whose ptrentB' or • grandparents
cam*- •' iJoae;;: ^ m CDenriiarit:' • or'
Sweden, and otliar Long Island­ers,
wllose interest in the'Scan-dtoavlan
contrtrles resulted firem
Uv/HL <k ftiendUbap. -• .
IMwani A., yasll (lifflit). Maoasinsr Editor of THE LEADER, ta
Aown btiag pretented with the Blfritortois 'Public iervlee
AwB^ of'lite librtt AHwdie Sesimi. internal Be^^uie Smrviee.
IMiaxict Dfavetor Chirles A. Church made the award In THE
LEADER edUoiial offleM on Merrick Bead. The atrard cUes Mr.
Verfl and Tite LEAOCR ior «iecn>tioaal-Mrvioe in dlMmlnslina
infematlflii lo the ptibUt;'
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