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35th YEAR, No. 49 FREEPORT, NEW YORK, THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 1971 PRICE: TEN CENTS PER COPY
Drug Grant
Meeting with Joseph Driscoll Deputy County Executive, James Shuart, center, Commissioner
of Social Services, and Mayor Robert Sweeney are Freeport women dedicated to the improvement
of Freeport, Mrs. Lupo Snook, Martha DeSolvo, Mary Stegner, Nancy L^mb and Adele Valentino.
A group of aroused housewives,
roncerncd over liie possibility of
an influx of welfare tenants into
the village, met la.st Friday with
Deputy County Executive Joseph
Driscoll. ('ommi.s.sioner of Social
.Serviees James .Shuart and
Mayor Robert Sweeney
With 3800 signed petitions
protesting the location of any
welfare people in Freeport by the
County, the group a.sked to be
assured that the real estate firm
MiLeHand Melz. selected by
County Executive Ralph Caso to
relocate welfare families from
hotels and motels, .secure housing
in towns and villages other than
Freeport
A.ssured by f)riscoll and .Shuart
that the County was aware of
[•'reeporfs present welfare
situation, the group was told that
everything possible under the law
would be done to prevent more of
an imbalance Explaining that
welfare monies come from the
Federal government and that
welfare recipients "cannot be
told where they mu.sl live." the
county representatives told the
Aids Freeport
Nassau County Executive Ralph G. Caso has announced
that the Nassau Drug Abuse and Addiction Commission
has received a $145,771 federal grant for out-patient drug
programs in Hempstead, Freeport and Roosevelt.
The fund.s will come from the Department of Justice's
Law Enforcement As.sistancc Administration.
The programs, to l>e run by the community and agency
liaison unit of the county's drug commissitm, will consist
of education, prevention and Ireatmenl.
Tlie grant application was prepared with the assistance
of local organizalion.s involved in the fight against drug
abuse. It will be used to establish a drug treatment center
in Hempstead and to hire workers to seek out heavy drug
users for treatment and counseling.
The Nassau County Drug Abuse and Addiction Com-mi.
ssion will run the program. John Fallon, the adminis­trator
of the commission, said thai funds were being
sought 'frcmi another source" for traveling methadone
detoxification unit to reach drug users isolated from de
toxificalion program.
Fallon said thai the program which is the first aimed
specifically at the poor, would emphasize treatment at
the community level through group programs, counseling
and other services. He estimated that the treatment part
of the program could serve about 500 persons. Involved
in the program will be the Roosevelt Community Council,
the Roosevelt Economic Opportunity Commission, the
Freeport Community Drug Council and the HemfKtead
Community Service Center. Fallon could not say yes­terday
when the program would start.
[n a statement released by his office, Nassau County
Executive Caso, who was attending a convention of
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Purcell Wants Low Leod Gas
In a move to help curtail air
pollution. Hempstead Town
Presiding Supervisor Francis T
Purcell has announced the
adoption of a new town ordinance
requiring all gasoline stations in
the town to sell low lead gasoline.
The new law, which was the
subject of a public hearing on
Tuesday, requires that owners
and lessors of gas stations in the
town must offer low lead gasoline
for sale, on or before January !,
1972.
Purcell noted that "we have
reached the point where positive
action must be taken to reverse a
process which substantially
contributes to our air pollution
problem today "
The law classifies low lead
gasoline as "a flammable liquid
containing one-half gram of lead,
or less per gallon."
It also covers the construction
of new stations and points out
that applications for construction
of new stations will be screened
by the town to determine that all
the provisions of the new or­dinance
be met before permits
are granted.
Penalty provisions for the new
ordinance call for a fine of not
more than $500. or imprisonment
for a period not exceeding six
months, or both.
group that the solution to the
problem is not an easy one
The Freeporters. spearheaded
by Mrs, Mary Stegner and Mrs.
Nancy I^amb announced their
intention to lo'low through with
the welfare situation and to in­vestigate
other village problems
as well Future activities of the
organization will include
demands for strict housing code
enforcement: preventing block
busting by local realtors and a
general improvement of the
image of Freeport.
Village to Announce
Appointments
The annual organization
meeting of the Freeport Village
Board will be held on Monday,
April 5, at 8:00 PM. This is the
yearly meeting at which the
Village Board announces all
appointments for expiring
positions, including staff
members. Boards, Commissions,
and Committees.
Although public meetings of the
Village Board are generally held
at 9:00 PM. the Ume for this
meeUng is set by law at 8:00 PM.
There is no regular meeting that
night, and no public par­ticipation.
"PAT ANTHONY" piresents in liie Mf^i stMl Arem "Hie Wortd's
Acdaimed Mixed 6roup of Jun^a liMi-KiiiMrs" - toalned but
untamed. This group of Lions anii Tigers ane • fi]^ting type,
moving rapicBy in the cage, going from one tridc to another in
inariing fury but, obeying the commends of tlieir One and Only -
ttieir trainer, "PM: Anthony" Ihe dfcus opens Setiinfiy, «Aprii
3rd at the Island Claiden Arena.