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37th YEAR, No. 7 FREEPORT, NEW YORK. THURSDAY, JUNE 8,1972 PRICE: TEN CENTS PER COPY
Sch^^ol Board Candidates
Begin Debates
FLAG DAY.. - . AND SOMETHING MORE. Rag Day is June 14
and all Freeporters are urged to fly the colors. The banner of our
nation pictured however will be flown day and night by the Wm.
ainton Story Post of the American Legion, Freeport, until oar
prisioners of war are returned.
JFlag Day Ceremonies
guard contingents representing
the military, the veterans
organizations, the Nassau Police
Department, the Boy Scouts and
Girl Scouts, the Hofstra ROTC.
the Island Marine Training
Corps, various fire departments
and churches.
Patrolman
The Freeport Armory. 63
Babylon Turnpike, will be the
scene of an "open house" and
other ceremonies this Sunday,
June 11. to mark: Flag Day. The
public is invited to attend bet­ween
II am and 3 pm.
Gen. Otho C, Van Exel, Nassau
County Civil Defense Director,
said that the displays at the Open
House will include a Civil
Defense display and a display by
the Civil Air Patrol, which is the
aerial arm of avil Defense, The
Qvil Air Patrol will also provide
one of the color guard con­tingents.
Gen. Van Exel urged all
members of the public to attend
the Open House to show their
support for the Flag and for the
ideals it represents.
The Open House wiU feature a
number of military and civlUan
exhibitions. In addition to the C,
D. and C. A. P. displays, there
win be displays of miUtary
memorabilia, a Fire Department
display, a Signal Equipment
display, a heUcopter display, a
Rifle team display, and displays
of flag pcslCTs.
Sponsoring organizations m-clude
the 14th Jl^iment of the
New York Guard, which is
headquartered in Hempstead;
and 242d Signal Battalion, of the
New York Army National Guard;
the 142d Tank Ballalion of the
New York Army NaUonal Guard,
and the42d Aviation Battalion of
Ihe New York Army National
Giiaitl. In addltioii tp the C. A. P.
colfr guard, there wUl be color
llie s€{cond bout of "Candidates
Kight^' during the current
campaign for two seats on the
Freeport Board ctf Education was
held Monday night under the
sponsorship of the Freeport
0tizens* Advlsoiy Committee for
Education at Freeport High
School.
Presently President of the
Board and a member for the past
five years, Harold Levine was
pitted against teacher-mother
-Joan Young while his fellow
Board member, John Mendes
d^ended his seat against Charles
Randall, a teach^' who has
served in the Schotfl District
Sdm^e SO r e ^ ^ t e attend
emotionaay disturbed in^tdly
retarded or ecotiomically
deprive. Each had at least one
champion on the paneL
-While*JoanY<Hing stated tlw
district's Special Education
programs (for emotionally*
dishirbed and mentally retarded)
was nothing but a "babysitting
service" and she would like to see
a more meaningful program,
Levine defended the program
which now serves some 100
students. In face of arguments
bnxi^t up by Mendes that
allhou^ the District had ad­vertised
widely for an expert in
the special field, the Board had,
over his objections picked a
psychologist to head up the
p-ogram, Levine stated that the
program utilizes specified
programs and materials all
recommended by a Task Force of
experts. RandaU said that in his
belief it has proven to be a badly-run
pn^pram.
The "average" child was not
neglected with Joan Young
hitting this, her favorite cam­paign
issue, with the statement
tihat not only is there insufficient
remedial help available to the
"borderline" student in the
elementary level, but students at
the junior and high school level
reqpiire' help to enable tl^m to
handle c<dli^ courses. Meii^
agreed that "there is room for
improvement" while RandaU
said the district should "look for
resmirces to tap for monies to
improve the situation as this
must be top priwi^."
Levine pointed out that Title I
funds are currently being used
for remedial reading and that
reading and math scores in
recent State testing had im­proved
while othef districts
showed a decline. He further
pointed out that last June saw the
hlgh^t pen^ntage of students
going on to coll^^e than ever
before.
SCHOOL BOARD "CANDIDATES NIGHT." Facing the audience
at Monday n i ^ i f s "Candidates Night" sponsored by the Freeport
Citizens' Advisory Committee for Education are (L-R): Harold
Levine. Oiaries Randall, John Mendes and Joan Young.
Manslaughter
Verdict
Shop-Rite Holdup
$6,000 Netted m
Brought In
Injured
Patrohnan Charies Parker of
the Freeport Police Department
required emeigency treatment at
Doctors Hospital last Friday
after answering a call for
assistance at the Freeport
Cooperative Center, South Grove
Street.
Seeking to aid a man in
epileptic convulsions, the
patrolman received an in­voluntary
kick. Both men were
taken to Doctors Hospital where
the patrolman was released aft«-
treatment
Cars Collide
An accident involvuig the cars
driven by John Williams 99 North
Long Beach, Freeport and
Gregory Sav<^ of Centerport,
last Friday morning at the in­tersection
of Sunrise Highway
and South Grove Street sent
Williams to Doctors Hospital with
contusioi^ of ttie Irft side and a
possible brain amcussion. He has
since been released- No charges
were placed against either
driver.
The Sh(q>-IUte supermarket on
Sunrise Highway, Freeport, was
the scene of an armed robbery at
7:30 am this Monday which
netted the thiefs some $6,000 in
cash and checks.
According to a spokesman of
the Nassau County PoUce First
Precinct two well-dress«l black
men entered the store where
sifevai employees were at work.
Upon asking for an Item and told
it was not in stock, the men asked
ta see the manager. When he
appeared the two men produced a
sawed-off shotgun and a
revolver. Herding the employees
into a walk-in refrigerator, the
men* then emptied the cash
registers.
The Freeport Police were
called when fellow employees
rescual the group from the
refrigerator. An investigation Is
now underway. No vehicle was
seen in the area.
EOC Dikmisses Breland
Warren Breland, Executive
Director of the Freeport
Economic Opportunity Council
for the past 18 months, was
dismissed by the. organization's
Boant of Directora last Thur­sday.
Blrs. Maiy Kdly, Board
President told THE LEADER
that the action had been under
consideratioii for some time as It
was felt that Breland was not
functioning with the ability that
the $15,000 per year position
demanded.
In a tel^ihone interview with
THE iteADEB, Mr. Breland
stated that he felt no animosity
toward the Board and only
wanted to thank all the people of
Freeport for their aid and sup­port.
"I'm looking forward to a
new career," he concluded.
Miss Connll Randall has taken
on Mr. Breland's duties until
new Executive Director
selected.
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Glenn Skellington. 20. of 155 S
Ocean Avenue, Freeport, was
found guilty of manslaughter by a
Nassau County Court jury Friday
in the murder of Catherine
Mollberg. 22, on November 10.
1971, The trial began May 15.
Sentencing is scheduled tor July
2 The manslaughter charge
carries a penalty of eight to 25
years In prison.
Skellington was arrested on
November 19 after a Village-wide
search set off by the knifing
killing of the young telephone
operator as she walked to her
home on Florence Avenue, Her
body was found on South Ocean
Avenue near WhalQf and Bose
Streets. Skellington was nabbed a
week later when he allegedly
tried to force another young girl
Into his car at almcet the same
spot as the murder.
Police Go to Dog
Gloria Bell, 43B Nassau
Avenue, went to let her d c ^ out
at 12:30 pm last Friday and what
she ^ w caused members of the
Freeport Police and their Marine
Division to converge al the head
of the canal between, Nassau and
South Long Beach Avenues.
Stn«gUQg In the water as the
tide rose was a large, black
Labrador Retriever who was
losing his fight after 15 minutes of
submersion. Using their com­bined
strength and expertise,the
police hauled the dog out. Without
even a wag of the tail to show his
appreciation, the dog ran off.