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Zip Code 11S10
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Zip Code 11S66
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35th Year, No. 15 FREEPORT. N.Y.. THURSDAY JULY 30, 1970 PRICES FIVE CENTS PER COFY
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Oampai^ Trail
Bomb Hoax Clears Buildinst
During Peak Business Hau^
A bomb scare, Monday, July 27. brought Freeport police and the fire depart­ment
to the buUding at 65 W. Sunrise Highway that houses the EOC and several
other related county services. The telephoned bomb threat occurred shortly
after a front page story and picture appeared in a Long Island daily newspaper
connecting the service's coordinator, Russell Hood, with a local black coalition
crack-down on narcotics.
FAMILY SUPPORT: Assemblyman Artliur "Jerry" Kremer was
honored recently at a campaign klckoff breakfast for tiie l4tli A. D.
The Assemlilyman's wile. Barbara, and daughters, Nora and Robin.
were there to hear national, state and local dignitaries discuss his
many accompUsbments as a Slate Legislator.
SWINGIN* CAMPAIGN: Pert Pat Smith, 23. of Freeport shares a walk
on the boardwalk at Jones Beach with Governor Nelson A.
RockefeUer, left, and Attorney General Louis J. Lefkowiti and
Hempstead Town Presiding Supervisor Ralph G, Caso, right, durhig
the Gb.amor's recent campaign swhig through Long Island beaches
and parks.
Unconfirmed sources said the
threatened bomb was to "go off"
at 12:35p.m. Tlie building, which
also "houses the Sunrise Coach
Restaurant, was evacuated until
1 p.m. While police restricted
pedestrians from the area ad­jacent
to the building, curiosity
brought many to the sidewalks
across the street. Traffic on
Sunrise Hwy, was not seriously
impeded.
The threatening call was
received at 10:30 a .m. A FYeeport
patrolman became aware of the
threat when he noticed people
evacuating the building. Police In
turn called on the iVeeport Fire
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bomb. According to police report,
the fire department investigation
was conducted under the
direction of Chief Gus Schmidt
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Police heek Llnknown Thief
In Tuesday's Bank Robbery
Police still seek an unidentified man for the armed
hold-up on the National Bank of North America Tuesday
morning, July 28. The bank is located at the corner of
Grove St. and Sunrise Highway, Freeport.
According to police and bank
official accounts, a man,
described as black, 6 ft. tall,
about 25-30 years old and wearing
a 'dapper" brown suit, presented
one of tix% bank's tellers with a
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file teller turned over two
packets of small denomination
bills totaling $260 and at the same
time signaled an alarm that
broug.ht Freeport police to the
scene. The robber, in the
meantime, escaped on foot. Tlie
alarm was turned in at 10:15 am.
Freeport police apparently
turned the infqnnatton over to
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At presstime, no arrests have
been made. The incident did not
affect the bank's continuation of
business for the remaining hours
of the day.
Village Recreation Dept. Reports
The growth of the Recreation Department from 1960 to 1970 has been dramatic
and the scope of the services and programs has been broadened immeasurably.
In 1960 the Village expended
about 50 cents per capita while in
1970 this has risen to $3.50 per
capita. Compare this with a
national figure which ranges
from $2.00 to $6.90 per capita. the
average being $4 25 What this
means in everyday language is
that the elected officials have
recognized the need for
wholesome activities to occupy
leisure time, and have acted to
meet this need In our present
society, the shorter work week,
longer vacations, earlier
retirement, and a longer life
span, are all contributing heavily
to our "spare time".
Years ago most recreation
programs were rather prosaic
Playgrounds, field and court
sports with asprinklingof arts and
crafts amounted to a recreation
program .Theseactivities are still
valid, however today's youth are
somewhat more sophisticated in
their tastes. This is especially
true in the case of high school
youngsters. Many of us can still
remember when high schools did
not need acres of parking to
accommodate the students.
Along this line of logic, we
therefore attempt to develop
programs to fit "Today's tastes".
TTie "Now generation" goes for
sailing, water-skiing, surfing,
snow-skiing, coffee houses, and
an endless variety of "now"
things. In the case of many of
these programs, our costs are
high and so fees are charged to
offset these high cost programs.
This is done at federal, state,
municipal, and school district
levels These charges are
generally designed to offset all
costs except supervision In
many cases we find solutions to
high cost problems coming from
the community.
Our water-ski program started
with a donated boat and a motor
we obtained at less than
wholesale cost through Al Grover
Marine Our sailboats were
purchased with monies mostly
donated by civic groups Our
midget football league and
astronomy program are co-sponsored
by Kiwanis. The Sons
of Italy have supplied literally
hundreds of costly theatre tickets
lo Weslbury Music Fair and
Jones Beach Theatre free of
charge to our senior citizens.
They have done this for many
years now Our summer, fall and
winter programs now Include
judo, wrestling, pre-K dance,
modern dance, afro dance,
dramatics, baton, giilter,..fen­cing,
tumbling. oU painting for
children, adults, and senior
citizens, basketball and imore.
Our summer evening program at
the h i ^ school has reached a
r^stration of almost 1,000 teens
with about 400 using the facilities
nightly. Activities Include
wrestling, lacrosse, weigh
training, juke box lounge,
woodworking and ceramics,
music, drama, field sports, arch*
ry, and more. Can you look at the
high school and project the ac­tivity
which will take place at the
Community Center being built at
Hanse Park? TTiis center will
have everything the high school
has to offer and more. Uke-indoor
and outdoor pools, steam
and sauna, music rooms, meeting
rooms, artificial ice skating rkik,
lounge, senior citizens center,
pre-ii school, and more.
Tlie building and grounds will
be open for residents with ad­mission
by personalized mem­bership
cards only. Membership
will be admitted through control
points only and a membership
card will cost about $3.00 per
year 3Tie fee la to cover the coat of
the card and insurance against
injury. There will be an ad­ditional
charge for the high cost
pools and rink admiasions but
these will be nominal.
Using very conservative
revenue figures it is expected
that- the Center will pay all
operating ejnoenses, amortize 1.5
million of construtstlon bonds,
and generate a small surplus for
repair and maintenance.
This Colter at Hanse Park will
round out the programs offered
and should be adequate for
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