The-Leader_1968-02-08

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"NASSAU'S LARGEST WEEKLY"
FREEPORT BALDWIN
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aZnd year. No. 42
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FHIEPORT. N. y.; THtraSDAY. flBRUARY 8. 1368 "«K.»» PRICE: FIVE CENTS i?ER COPY
P^rick J. CassWy, m Is
Fi^porfs Viet Nam Hero
FEWS & VIEWS
BY
EDDIE VASIL
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tor bftiaa DOCTOBS KOSPWAl.liwi from aboiilwllh kWBJtti,.
(His Dadli Iheone andoidy BEGIS "SHELL" SCJ^OLTIS! . . .
Mtmy oigai^ttons could tah« lessons In Public Rtlations horn
ST. MARY OF THE AHGELS jHfajie tor Bi»y». Ttolr wceal
"TliBsik You" leHei-lo tbupBEEPOHT EXCHANGE CLIIB is a
§em. (ThB club reeanUy l i ^ » d a 8«>i»P »* "»?» a* U» weeWy
luncheoii meeiias;. Isn't,« bis cuitoin inanufaefi«I»g conqianr
gobi3 io locate in thst new building on Henry St. near Com-morciol?
, ', . Coagiatulattons »o FBEEPOBJ GOP OCaWMIT-TEEMAH'SCQWHCILI
The powerful Town «l KemiisJieBd Re-pubUcon
Comiaittte ioUowed their lead' And unanimously on-'
doned BEM CIABAVIlfO as GOP csindidate. for Assembly from
tho i4th Aaemfeiy Dj«b!et v . ; Tbat FREEPORT MOTOR INN
situBtioR is rpwing plenty of eyebrows, (Young CHBI3 CBEAM-EB
should elarify this situation, if he does speak tor the own^t.
Wbafs the deal on the Chamber of Ctwnmerce Cocktail Piirty- ,
Buffet Su^er-and Fishion Show? . . . Freeport has aVleiaant
hifro In Slfseat-rf* PATBICK CASSIBY HI who ^on^Alsh
praise for brawry wifli his ejctiaorcUnBry duly a« a fifo^^ine
medic '., "^ ' ' • ' , ; ' " " "-,''" ,-'."'•"
EDDIITORIAL . . . Mfflny'triontlis ago we fOTebasted th«."New Look"
of the Freeport Bepublicai Orgamzatiori-wider the go-ahead leader-
• ship 'Of jmJSMtmZ .mi. ALAW VOLLMEE . , TTWa; ^rogmiOTe-nessiaiid
"go-a&ad: activity" has beeii evidenced by IMB# acewnp-ifshmente.
We point toJiiMe,in-particular: First, the complete sblj-darily
of the Fifocport GOP Committeemen and the fact Wiat Pgrty
unity comes iirat. Even though BEN CIAJtAVINO was a possible
contender for the leadership post, no grudges were held and inter-party
contests were •forgotten after the Comniitteemen voted, and
Mintz and VoUmer endorsed BEN CIARAVINO for Assembly . . ,
Second, the Freeport GOP Chiefs arc pushing for full recognition and
utilization of all local talent for use in the Town' of Hempstead,
County of Nassau and Albany . . . and Third, the Freeport Republican
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Preeporf Library -
To Offer Americiaii
History Program
The Children's Boom, of the
Freeport Memorial. Library will
help .celebrate"Ameriom History
Month with ai special Film Rro-rara
on-Feb, 10,: at 10:30 a.m, =
Films to bes shown^include
•'Anierkin'Flag," aylylddescrlpi
•tioBi of ' our flags- hisforyi ahB
Statue of •lilberty.-'THefa.will also
be a "Surprise Short,"
Tickets are not required and
all programs are tor Freeport Rcsr
idencc OJNLYI
CHU LAI, VIETNAM (AHTNC)~"Everyone seemed to be yelling
for. roe ot the- same time," tlie young' medleol aldman said, "and I
couldn't-find the other medics."
Army Private First Class>Patrick J. Cassidy III, whose parents'
live &t Vn Lena Ave., Freeport, was describing a recent night lA Ber«a
fighting In Which hus company •
of the lB«tb Light Infantry Bri­gade
routed-0 strong force of the
North Vietnamese Army, ,
^^o Were mU especially watth-f
«l that.night because we'had
iSpoted NVA'soldiers near our
perimeter," the 21.year-old sol­dier
said. He celebrated hw'blrtlv
Pvt,' Cassiay'-later' found!. ou(
that one. of tiie company medics
had"l>een working constantly, try­ing
{o save a wounded roan hit
^by one of the first incoming', mor­tar
rounds. The other medic had
been wounded ao Cassidy was the
only sm6 available.
"Pvt. Cassidy did an outstand­ing
job," said his platoon Knder,
Second Lt. Lawrence Dr Boone
ot Prichard, Ala. "Wlthdut him.
lives '.would have undfl
oF'tixe brigade's 3l3t .Ipfiintry
near Chu Lai, Ho holds an Army
Commcndlotion Medal, the Purple
Heart and" the Silver Star M^al
for heroism.
TOWN
NAMES .-«;:'
Archer School's
Founders' Day
Archer St. .School will give a
"Founders' Day Program" at 8
p.m. Feb. B, at Archer St Sciiool
auditorium,
The 4th grade chorus will en­tertain.
DRUG STORE NOTICE
,3«iBhaxds Pharmacy open
every' Sunday 8 a>tn. to 3 pjn.
FB e-Q008, FB 8-0491.
Chubbuk Drug Store, 39 So.
Main Sl« FiMpoxlr open En>n-days
6 aJn. io 2 p^n. FB 9-3333.
FH 9-7788.
Friedman's Pharmacy open
every Sunday 10 a-nt. to 3 pjn.
FB 8-0001.
The traditionally powerful Republican. Committee of the Town
of .Hempsteo.d unanimously designated Frceport's Ben Claravlno a.i
the GOP candldotc for Assembly from the 14th A.D. This wan an­nounced
by Julius Mintz, Freeport Republican Leader, and Alan W.
Voltmcr, Executive Committeeman^
In following last week's en-'
dorsement by the Freeport Re- (";
publican Committeemen's Coun- y
eil, this designation by the Town ^
of Hempstead GOP chiefs. Is tan- I
tamountl to nomination of Ben
Claravlno as the Republican stan­dard-
bearer . in . th^ November
elections. Pull nomination wil be
made in March.
Ben Ciaravino Is the first "na­tive
son" candidate from the
Freeport-Baldwin area in many
years. He was bom in Baldwin
Harbor, attended local schools
and grew up', in Freeport.
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