The-Leader_1968-12-05

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;NE\VS&:viEWSi Freepoiier' Cif ed
BY .
EDDIE VASIL
A'. Y. Nr>s;3t>ciiKT Repottfih j^!«". / §
^ National PttUt SfndkaU! I ' 3
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EDITOR'S KOTEs Eddie VatU is sliU on irawKoii. Hit coliiinn ol
"News Behind fli« Nowi". and observaHona of people, pl«»s and
evtnls in our cominunii? will tospme next wMk.
INSURANCE FROM
THE WOMEN'S VIEW
By HYCIE VOLLMER
Electricity causes over 10 per cent of all building firps, mostly,
in private homes. ^. j • ". j
Ti^e average home ift w l ^ t^ ^wy*l5 oin'ptres'fi^t'cirgflt. When
stalledi'This'iJ! suftlclent'for ajxasuiaUo-amount-orsinall nppliiinces
and riormal lighting. With new
types of electrical gadgets being
added," the homeowner has-the
'problem of fuse failure. Too often
"stronger" fuses are used. Now
the trouble really beginii!
P felly soolv overheating causes
insulation to fail. The current
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VINCENT BURNS
State Tax Commissioner Joseph H. Murphy announced that the
number of monthly prizes to be paid to winners in the New Yofk
State 'lottery will be doubled bcfiinninji ^^witli tickets sold during
-Decernber, < , '
Under the new prise Bchedulo. 480 prbios wiU be paid for each
SI million in 'ticket sales. Formerly, 240 prises were"paid lor each
$1 million in sales.
"The new prine scheduK-," Commissioner Murphy said, "is being
rintroduced to make it passible for Iwice-as many pefiplc to be win-
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BY JOHN.B, MACK
Saturday morning I was awakened at 7:45 by o racket out on
Smith Street. From ray window I saw the leaf pickers at work.
A crew of two trucks each with a driver, a vacuuitt apparatus, and
two operators, were tackling the mounUiJn? of leaves heaped along
the curbs. I'watched the crew as it moved along, one -man pickinj^
I'p branches, paper and other material that would clog the vacuum
JiQie and then ralcing leaves into position to be vacuumed, the other
workiiig^thc big vacuum hose back, and forth as the truck inclv^
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Ns«uu Coimiy 'reddnti Louis
a. Theofilo* 9f .m>n4wSeld
Place. Freeporb ' j^j^irvljilns
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c»tiTi*''of wotlc." Chaindcn
itunas <i. Kenogfl/in. tnd •k*;
m/iifi director Xusila J. Tpbia
mod* :-tii« pretentafiott at the
Siallet Kliion HoteV New
YorkCltyi '
Special Honor Por
Roosevelt Schools.
'•Hooscvelt School Board Presi-
-dent 'William, H. Shave announced
! receipt' of notification from tho
Middle States Association of Col­leges
and Secondary Schools'that
.Roosevelt" 'J«nior<-Senior • High
School has been placed orf the
A!>sociBtio~n's Accredited ' Mcfli
bership 'List as of November 18,
1908. •. : , . • r.
Freeport Power Plant'To
HolcT Open House Saturdfty
Fi-eeport's municipal - power
plant on Sunrise Kigliway, west
of Long Beach Avenue, wiU have
"Open House" on Saturday, Dec.
7,-from 1 to 3 p.m.
Everyone ]$ Invited- to-see.at
work the engines, generators and
switchiward which-^rc ttie heart
of the Village's electrical sys­tem.
Plant employees will anbwer
quostions' asked, during 'guided
touns^ n>any large groui>s wish to
visit, special aix^ngemcnls may
be jnade by calling Supt. of Elec­tric
Utilities Ludovic Long at FB
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r-«Iu4ed-.lfi'Jtttii captul* Uwr* a n eoylM of THIi'
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sent* a plaqiu^'lft CtUloxd Qt BntpttT' tMtaptt Wigb. f i ^ ^ i«tn>'
ierbacle and-'* Oitf-ipotl »Uf, vpet^ his being cha««a Naifaii
Countr's OtitotBBdios High School Athlete of 18M. Bmplqr'*,.
uolber EUeeq beairiijiMlfQval of h*t sim who w»> hanond'at"
th* Flmt, Annual MbftbrH^sibrt* B a n d i t ,-«'<, . :U
R;ailpb@.OuoTo
Address Chamber
Hon. RiJph, G. C«aa Presiding
Supervisor of UtevJ^wn qf ,H«nji-iUtd.
will be the tn>«st !^^t
at the weekly Ereepott 0UBtib»t
of'Coumesee Lunclwon jMeetisg
to' )» held at Al B. WhUa't.
TJiursdaT^ I>ee. 5 stsrtintr at 12
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Army Recri|»tmgv;-
Office New Hcuirs
' Tht> now hours of operation Uf
the United States Arjpay Re^;^!*- CI
Ing Station, Freeport,, are sis |i>l-lows;
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Monday through. Saturd^r-^
B.'m. to 9 p.m. Sun4w—1 9V* tO;
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