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7%e LEADER "NASSAU'S LARGEST WEEKLY"
FREEPORT BALDWIN
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RnOCKIv#K ROOSEVELT
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35tli YEAR, No. 47 FREEPORT, NEW YORK, THURSDAY, MAROI 18, 1971 PRICE. TEN CENTS PER COPY
Fairberg and
Lovelidge Win!
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Geoi^e Fairbe^ and Thomas Lovelidge were reelected
to tfie Village Board Tue^ay by a sutefantial margin of
votes m&i t^ FicepOTters in an all day balloting seesioii
which was moderately light.
Fairberg cornered 2SS8 votes, Lovclid^ 2797. Hroncidi
accounted for 1771 votes. Maislen 1742, while Schiff
scoi^d 1841 and Jackson surprbed with 208H v«t«.
Randa£2o ran a poor last with 161 tallies.
llie campaign had shown every lign of apatliy until
violent broke out in the H%h School Thunday. March 4th,
when local experienced observers detected overtones of
poUtical campaipiing In the boycotts, ultimatum! and
raucous meetings that erupted from the black community.
tlie leetetion of Fairberg and Lovelid^ comtituta
a vote of confidence for the Vflla^ P;wty and Mayor
Sidney. In the face of tet nnnute, wdl p t e n ^ con­frontations
such as the Vilii^ Board meeting on Monday
lu^t, the Party survived chaiges of police brutality,
aj^tfiy In school issu^, and general d^egard of racial
intolerance, while gaining support at the polls. An in-t
^ a t i i ^ sideline nole is the fact that Fairberg and
Lovelidge carried two districts in the Northeast section,
#2f by IW.74 and #32 1^ Si-SO. Another surprisii^
fact is that Jackson ran better than Hroncich, Maislen,
Sdhiff or Randazzo.
At M& writing it would seem that Sweeircy ai^ the
VSlage Party are solidly entrenched. A more detailed
ai^ysis of the etection r^ult ramifkatioiKs will be dis­cussed
in ncxi week's issue of the Leader.
Furor at Board Meeting
5M: Students Arreted
Freeport and Nasau Couaty
police arrested six F^te^ort H ^
student Monday, in connection
with the dis(M'ders and vioifanoe at
the school Hiiu-sday. Mar^ ^Kh.
liusseil Jon^. 18. of I7 Leonanl
Avenue was dtai^ed if^ »M»
counts of third degree assaidl,
^even Montira, 17. mn SSoitfh S ie
Avenue, harassment. Kevin
Uauies, 16, S4 Leonard Avenue,
third d^ree as^raAt. ^hi^urd
McCoy, 16, of 85 Shonnard
Avenue, third t ^ r e e assault,
Ilaniel Rush, 18. 16 WtsstsMe
Avenue, third degiiee a;^aidt and
Michael Rui^, IMmd's tKOtfan*,
1€. harassment. Third degree
assatdt is a misdemeanor and
Irara^ment a l e ^ ^ ctwi^e.
The students were arralpied in
IM^riet Coifft in Wni^a and all
iMt Jones were nrieased in |^)0
bail. Jones l»ii was s ^ at $1,000
b ^ a ^ \m «»s dargei on two
cwmls.
Wkfuday'% a r r ^ ^ briH^ht the
mmba- trf* youtte an^ted on
dharg^ stemming from the
March 4tli and March Sth
ifisluriiances to 13.
Priocipal William McElroy
^ud d^ci^nary hearings are
himg conducted to determine
«^at a^wxmow wiU tie ef­fected.
ISO hlack and white adults and
young people jammed the Village
Hall Monday night to hurl
charges of police brutality and
apathy on the pari of the Village
BtMrtl and Mayor liweeney in
connection with the recent
disordera in the Fi^port High
School
Al the open poitian of the
regularly scheduled meeting,
Attempt to liifinilflate School tord
C^ptes erf the fol^vu^ ti^^aBi were reeved by «icb
sdiool board na^mber Monday in an attempt to influence
thek choice of sduiol superinlend^t.
TDHE FREEPOKT N¥ 14
rRBEPORT SCHOOL BOARD DLY T%
WEST SEAMAN AVE FREEPORT NY ROUTE DIRECT IM AM
THE FRES'ORl' mMX, t^MMUNITY UNDE^AWm AND IS
APPALLED THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD OlNStDERS AP
POINTING AL Rfi^lEN ^:iiOOL SUPT. I ^ PMOR PEfr
FORMANCE AS PRINCIPAL OP iPREEPORT HIGH SCHOOL IS
CONSIDERED TO BE ONE m THE OWTRIBimNG PACTC^ TO
1VE PAW AMI mmmm vmtxst. ims PROPOSM) AP­POINTMENT
WILL ONt^FURTHER imUJUm AN ALR^U>Y
^TOLERABLE fflTUATl^ ^mnvm m THIS WE WILL NOT
TOLERATE HIS APPOINTUENT.
THE R^^mSNTS UNITED FraiTlffi FUTURE OF FREl^OBT
AND THE FR^iPORT COICERNED FATHERS' COMMITTEE.
llt4P EST MAR 14 71
adullii and .students qurationed
police tactics m tondH^ the
recent school disorders and
charged the board with not
making an efftrt to ^ive racial
problems
C^ief Anthony Elar deni^ all
chaiges of police brutality and
imp^wr pollm tactics and said
his men had done a "fine job."
DK to l e Htaess Bf
JokD Ifadi, te cotam
"KIK FREBVRr'
Nillnlaparli
He [flirllis weak.
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