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36tli YEAR, No. 30 FREEPORT, NEW YORK. THRUSDAY. NOVEMBER 18. 1V7I PRICE: TEN CENTS PER COPY
Police Issue
Murder Bulletin
New AHRC Training Center Dedicated
Saul and Bwiiwra Steinberg
with daughter Laura attend
ceremonies.
The nfw $3,000,000 vm-ational
Irainmg cenJer of the Association
for (he Help of Retarded Children
• AHRC I was dedicated Sunday al
Hanse Ave in ^>eepo^t's In
duslrial Park l^x-al. slate and
federal officials were among the
hundreds who attended the
dedication of the modem center
which will eventually serve 5(X)
retardtHl adults
The AHRC S t e i n b e rg
VjK-ational Training ("enter cost
nearly three million dollars and
occupies a one-story. 12.^.000
stjuare fcwt building on a five and
one-half acre plot The AHRC
Steinberg Center is located in a
thirty four acre industrial park m
Ihe southeastern part of
I'reeport The industrial park has
been developed under the
direction of the Hempstead In
dustnal Development Agency,, a
non profit industrial develop
meni corporation The Village of
Kreeporl has provided new
roads utilities, and land fill The
Steinberg Center will be the
largest facility m the industrial
park Construction costs have
been shared equally by the
voluntary sector through AHRC
and the state and federal
government
The Steinberg Center has been
named to honor Saul and Barbara
Steinberg in reci^nition of their
leadership and support. The
Steinbergs are residents of
Hewlett Bay Park. New York
Mr Steinberg is Chairman of
Leasco Data Processing and
serves as a Trustee of Long
Island Jewish Medical Center
Dignitaries inspecting TV training equipment at dedication are left
to right: Francis X. Lynch, director of Developmental Disabilities,
newly elected state Senator George Murphy, Mayor Rotiert Sweeney,
Mrs. Helen Kaplan, executive director of the center, and county
executive Ralph Ciao.
and a member of the Board of
Covernors of the Jewish
Museum The center is the
largest of its kind m the United
.Slates
Kacililies at the Steinberg
Center include evaluation and
leslmg. vocational training, job
rounseiing. and sheltered em
ployment for those who cannot be
placed in private industry
Machinery has been modified
where necessary to provide for
simplicity of operations Those
attending Ihe Steinberg Center
n'ceive training in clerical skills,
machine operation, handwork,
and as.Hembly line procedures
Some of the trainees, after
receiving training in skilled and
.semi .skilled work, will be placed
in private employment Those
reiained al the sheltered
w(jrkshop will be paid by AHRC
for work performed on con­tractual
projects
Processes available at the
AHRC Steinberg Center include
as.sembly work, shrink and skin
packaging, riveting, soldering,
stapling, etcetera The Center
includes an extensive kitchen and
cafeteria facilities for in-planl
feeding and for usage in the
training of workers in kitchen
and food handling skills. Other
plant services used for on-the-job
training include maintenance.
shipping, receiving, wood­working
and office practices.
Training and work schedule at
the Center start at 9:00 a.m. The
work day ends at 3:30 p.m.
Seventeen is the minimum age of
those in the program. Referrals
to the Center are made from
many sources including BOCES.
Office of Vocational
Rehabilitation. F^ublic Schools,
physicians, social agencies, as
well as by direct contact AHRC
provides transportation by its bus
from Ihe Freeport Railroad
Station which is a transportation
hub for trains and buses
Workers are encouraged to
participate in a recreational
program which includes dances,
bowling, arts and crafts, hobbies
and athletic games
Job Action at
Doctors Hospital
About:«) night shift workers sal
down on the job Monday evening
in the cafeteria of Doctors
Hospital The action stemmed
from emergency negotiating
sessions aimed al resolving wage
disputes a I Doctors Hospital.
Freeport and two other L.I
hospitals
One thousand employees of the
three hospitals, represented by
l^cal 1115 Nursing Home and
Hospital Employees Union want
their base pay increased from
$105 per week to $185.
Dr Anton Noley, executive
director of all three institutions
said. "We should not have to be
facing this situation where the
patients could die from neglect.
There should not be this kind of
sitdown, slowdown or strike at a
hospital "
Nas.sau County police are still without clues or witnesses
to the fatal stabbing l:isl Wednesday of 22 year old
Catherine Mollberg tm South Ocean Avenue, Freeport.
Ll. Jo.scph Kelly, a First Precinct detective, said that
160 jjersons had been stopped and interviewed during
the two days following the crime in the hojM* of finding
someone who had passed through (he area about 5:30
P.M., the lime of the attack.
Na.ssau County Police have issued the following bulletin
in their continuing search for the killer:
"On Wednesday, fyovember 10, 1971, Catherine
MOLLBERG, a pretty 22 year old telephone company
employee left work about 5:15 PM. She was wearing a
% length pepper and salt tweed dark grey coat with a
wide belt. As was her habit she stopped into FtKid
Fair shopping market on Merrick Rd. and S. Grove
Street, Freeport, and she bought a small order of
groceries which was packed into a Food Fair bag. This
was about 5:25 PM. Miss MOLLBERG who Iwed at
64 Florence St., Freeport, New York apparently started
to walk home as her auto was being repaired. She
walked West on Merrick Rd. to S. Ocean Ave. and
walked south on South Ocean Ave. Miss MOLLBERG
was found lying on South Ocean Avenue three (31
blocks South of Merrick Rd. between the intersections
of Whaiey and Rose Streets. This was about 5:37 PM.
She was stabbed in the abdomen. Her pocketbook
was found some ten feet away, apparency intacL
She was pronounced dead some time later at Freeport
Doctors Hospital Freeport. New York. Anyone who
was in the vicinity of this crime and may have some
information pertaining to this case is requested to call
Nassau County Homicide Squad Detectives at 535-5120
or PI 6-1111. ALL INFORMATION WILL BE HELD
STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL."
The attiactive uinnarried telephone worker, who^liv^
alone, was found lying in the middle of the biisy street
Just a few short blocks from her furnished room at
(Cootimied on Aige 7}