The-Leader_1970-09-24

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35th YEAR, No. 23 FREEPORT, N.Y., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1970 PRICE: TEN CENTS PER COPY
Nassau Rackets Bureau Chief Norman J. Le»fy, center. Republican
State Senate candidate, maps campaign plans witfi Freeport cam­paign
coordinators, left to right, Raymond Malone, Mayor Robert
Sweeney, George Walters and Len Smitfi. Levy a firm advocated of
home rule and strong local government, is receiving support from
Village officials throughout the senatorial district He is camp­aigning
against his opponents plan to create 24 wards in Nassau
County, each with 60,000 people. Levy said his opponents pro­posal
would mean the end of the village of Freeport and its fire
and police departments.
fuel Shortage Affects
ST
1 reepori's Municipal Electric
Superimendent. Ludovic Long,
has asked the Village Hoard to
file a special request witli the
Stale Public Service Commission
for a temporary increase in the
electric rates. The Village Board
directed Treasurer LJD.B. Smith
to file the formal request with
Public Service.
**The additional money Is ur-enily
needed, Mr. Long said,
ause the National fuel short­age
has driven prices of diesel
oil to a new h i ^ . " He pointed
out that only about two weeks ago
the President of the American
Public Power Association. Alex
l^adin, had urged PresidentNixon
to consider a system of allocation
of fuel to scarce supply and the
imposition of price controls on
coal and oil.
Supt. Long said the higher cost
of the oil in short supply would
add about $684,000 to the operat­ing
costs of Freepori's munici­pal
generating faclMties. The lat­est
lid price I s over 6^per gallon
over the previous contract price
on fuel oil, he noted. If the tem­porary
rate Increase is granted
by the Public Service Commis­sion,
the consumer's average
electric bill of |11.00 per month
would rist; by about H.UU.
"Hiis problem is not utiiquel
our problem," Mr. Long sa%l
"Iliere are indications from all
over tlie country that municipal
utilities are feeling the squeeze.
f-or example, the Tennessee Val­ley
Authority recently had a 237o
increase in electric rates, large­ly
attributable to increase inmel
costs.
"From Bramtree, Massachu­setts,
to Los Angeles and Grand
Island. Nebraska, there are re­ports
of tremendous increases
in fuel costs or an inability to
obatln adequate fuel to run gen­erating
equipmoit."
Mr. Long quoted Municipal
Power expert Radin as to the
causes of the major fuel short­age.
He said there were a variety
of factors responsible for the
critically short supply:
1 _ Demand for energy con­tinues
to rise at a more rapid
rate than the producers of ftiel
anticipated. The rate of tacrease
has almost doubled in recent
years.
2 - Unltal States production
of residual oil has continued to
decline as refineries devoted
more of their efforts to hi^er
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''40,000 Pairs of Eyes"
Program Effective
On Saturday morning September 19th at 4:01 A.M., Village police received a phone call from a
concerned citizen regarding a car containing suspicious persons in the Lester Avenue area.
Patrolman Whitty responded from Atlantic and Bayview and after a short chase, arrested Judith
Cramer, 24 years old of 14 Howard Avenue, Freeport and Robert Palmentieri, 27, of 71 Whitehouse
Avenue, Roosevelt. Surprised in the act of removing power tools from the premises at 99 Lester Avenue,
ttje pair were charged with 2nd degree burglary.
Chief ivlar credits the new Jiams, 101 Harris Avaiue.lree-
40,000 pairs ol eyes program '
with encouraging the caller to
alert the police of the suspicious
persons. "It is very seldom that
we apprehend a liouse burglar in
the act," said Chief Liar. ""Ihis
indicates how successful our pro­gram
can be."
The Village police also parti­cipated
in raids on two "bottle
clubs*' last week. Several teams
comprised of 6 Village men and
17 Nassau County vice squad
men arrested Charles M, Wil-port
and Longo Ixltenani ol 394
43 Street, Copiague in two sep­arate
raids, rhey were eharj'cd
with violating Sec. 64. h ol the
AliC law, and Sec. 106.6. gamt)-
ling on licensed premises.
The raids werec<xiductedafii:r
many weeks of investigation and
survetlance. Chief ITar said the
teams will continue to bcaciive
in the control of drug, prostitu­tion
and AUC violations in I ree-porl.
Judge Edwin Freedman
The Freeport Chamber of
Commerce is honored to have
as its luncheon ipe^er t h i i week
Judge Edwin Freedman, Police
Justice for the Village of Free-fNMt,
The j u c ^ will iprak on the
subject: 'Our Judidary'Can it
be improved?' Luncheon is on
Thursday, September 24th,
12:30 PfM at the Sea Breeze
Restaurant
lEditor's Note) As the Leader
went to press, another com­pleted
report came in from the
Village Police Dept. attesting to
the success of "40,000 pairs of
eyes".
At 10:19 PM Sunday, 9/20,
Village Headquarters received a
call from a concerned citizen.
Patrolman Chas. Parker respon­ded
from Brooklyn and Ocean
Avenues and apprehended a sus-pect
walking eastbound on Sun­rise
Highway at 10:22. Patrol­man
Parker requested assistance
to remove subject to headquar­ters
and at 10:23 PM Patrol
man Paz arrived at scene and
assisted in bringing subject to
headquarters, arriving there at
10:25.
The subject, identified as
Charles Aimslee of 17 E. Mer­rick
Rd. Freeport had in his
possession, when apprehended.
10 tape deck cartridges. Com­plainant
Sally Ann Perico ar­rived
at headquarters to identify
the tape deck cartridges as those
missing from her 1969 Chevy
sedan.
Due to the alertness of a
Freeport citizen and his decision
to notify headquarters of a sus­picious
person, the suspect was
located, apprehended, and
brought to the station house
within 6 minutes of receipt of
the phone call by Village Po­lice.
An excellent example of
"40,000 Pairs of Eyes" in action.
Taxi Fare
Incraasa
Grantad
At the Village Board meeting
last Monday night, a taxi fare
increase amouniirig lo approxi­mately
to 25^ per ride per per­son
was granted to the Cannon
Tax Company by a unanimous
vote of the Board.
Mr. Bernard Levy, who rep­resented
the Cannon Conpany
owned by Mr. Sam Mindel, had
stated that it was the first rate
increase granted In seven years,
and that the company had sus­tained
a substantial wss during
their operuion In the first six
months of 1970.
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