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FREEPORT, NEW YORK, THURSDAY, JUNE 3. 1971
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Freeport Escapes
Rent De-Control
Fatal Fire In Northwest
A r o a r i n g f i r e that e v i d e n t l y b u r n e d for a t l e a s t
an hour u n d e t e c t e d b e c a u s e of t h e s e c l u d e d a r e a,
took t h e l i fe of a 6 2 - y e a r - o l d wonnan e a r l y Sunday
m o r n i n g at 228 Maxson Avenue, n e a r B r o o k s i d e.
When Village firem€*n arrived
ai 2 IW A M flame's had burned Alice I^Teh was found on a f)ed in
fhrouKh the roof and were ;in .upslairs Ix^droom and was
shoo)(nK2«)f<'e» into the air Mrs pronounred dead at .'M5 A M by
Dr (ieins. Nassau Counly
Mt-dieal Kxammer
Kiremen rould not im
inedialely determine the origin of
the fire, but damage to the brick
.iiid stone house was estimated at
$35,000. Investigation is being
coMinued by the Freeport Fire
Dept.
Levy Law Aimed at Disruptive Students
The tremendous amount of
money that is poured into
{•ducation through slate aid and
the fmancial sacrifice of local
taxpayers must be utilized with
utmost efficiency One of the
rjiajor handicaps to instruction is
disruptive behaviour in
classrooms
For that reason. the
U'gislature passed a bill to
permit suspension of m
sul)ordinate and disorderly pupils
for five days by the school
authorities
This year I supported and voted
for a bill which passed the Senate
on which has improvol this law in
two ways We have granted what
we believe to be superior
disciplinary powers to principls
and at the same time
strengthened the ri^ls of the
student to a fair hearing
Since the onginal bill went into
effect. the number of disciplinary
hearing has been greatly in­creased
ITiis has resulted m
delays because all must be heard
by the superintendeni or the board
of education It has also required
superintendents to devote an
inordinate amount of time to such
hearings.
At present there are three
categories of students who can be
suspended by a principal for five
days without a hearing They
are:
11 A minor who is in­subordinate
or disorderly, or
whose conduct otherwise en
dangers the safely, morals,
health or welfare of others,
2) A minor whose physical or
mental condition endangers the
health, safety, or morals of
himself or of others.
3) A minor who. as determined
in accordance with the provisions
of part one of this article, is
feebleminded to the extent that
he cannot benefit from in­struction.
The new amendments recently
passed in the Senate will provide
a fourth category of students who
may be suspeaded for ten days.
That is any pupil who threatens to
or does in fact disrupt instruction
at repeated intervals or in­terferes
with orderly school
processes, and wh(»e conduct
otherwise endangers the safety,
morals, health or welfare of
cithers, as determined by the
principal of the school he attends
The new ariiendments also
allow for the appointment of
hearing officers to expedite
hearings, though the final
disposition of each case will still
rest with the superintendent
subject to to appeal to the board
of education.
I believe this type of legislation
will make our schools safer for
the students and teachers and at
the same time saf^uard the
rights of individual students.
Certainly in these times of stress
classroom discipline and justice
are great concerns to all of us
who are interested in advancing
public education.
Senator Norniaii Levy
Twi» thousand rent controlled housing unils'buill before
1947 in Erecporl will conlinue under rent control for an
additional two years under legislation passed in Albany it
was announced by Assemblyman Arthur " J e r r y " Kremer.
State rent controls were scheduled to end here on June
30, 1971. ^.
The bill extending rent control on all buildings built be­fore
1947 pas.scd both houses of the legislature last week
and as.sures some 2,000 Freeport residents that their apart­ments
will not be decontrolled. As.seinblyinan Krcmer
stated. Rent contr(>l was introduced t(» New York State in
1943 as a war time measure and has been continued, sup­posedly,
as a bulwark against innation.
Assemblyman Krcmer was one of only two Democrats
who voted for the bill because it combined rent control
exten.sion with decontrol of New York City vacant apart­ments,
' i regret that I was forced to vole for this package
bill. One provision extended rent ccmlrol all over New
York Stale for (wo more years and the second provision
decontrolled city vacant apartments. 1 felt it is more im­portant
to protect 2.{MM) persons from being immediately
faced with increased rents, than taking (he chance rent
control wcnild die on June M), 1971 if I voted against such
extension," said Kremer
He also noted that Freeport presently has vacancy de-con
tr(»l.
Memorial Day Sermon
Causes Furor
(it the sermon "It was tactless
and uncalled for." Rev Phelan
stirred up a funous reaction of
(he parishioners which resulted
in numerous phone calls to
Bishop Ke Hen berg's office in
Hockville Centre and to the
rectory of Holy Redeemer
Church
Msgr Oawford will observe
the 46fh anniversary of his or­dination
Sunday June 6th His
nephew. Cap! Vincent Hickman,
father of four.was shot down In*
the Vietnam jungle and his b<xiy
was never recovered
Kev Phelan denied that he was
critical of U S involvement in
Southeast Asia Mid was only
concerned with the morality of
the war
Mayor Robert Sweeney of
Freeport. a parishioner of Holy
Redeemer, said he would support
Parishioners listened in a petition to Bishop Kellenberg of
astonishment, dismay and anger ihe Rockville Centre Diocese to
Sunday. May 30tb as Rev. have Rev. Phelan removed.
Thomas Phelan. an Irish Priest
recently arrived in our country
and a non-citizen, gave a largely
negative critique of our in­volvement
in Vietnam during
Mass in Our Holy Redeemer
Church. Fre6port.
In addition to incurring the
wrath of his own pastor. Rt. Rev.,
M.sg- Eugene Crawford, who said
Election Day, Tuesday,
June 8, 1971, all Schools
open for voting from
7:00 A.M. to 9:00 P.M.
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