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37tli YEAR. No, 13 JFREEPORT, NEW YORK, JULY 20, 1972 iiPRICE: TEN CENTS PER COPY
WASTEiD FOOD. LEADER Columnist Eileen Roberts tirfti and
Sue Harrison Lee, examine one carton of the daily lunches being
distributed to some 1600 Freeport chfldien through a Free Summer
Lunch Program sponsored by the United Catholic Parents Association,
Nevtf York City, and coordinated through the Nassau County
Executive's office. Much concern has been voiced since the program
began July 5-With ehher.,the food ddivery trucks arriving late or
! iMTt at all, at the Ccriumfaus Avemie'SchodI ^stribution ceinten A
County Spokesman.told THE LEADER that;the:sponsoring l » ^ ;
had not provided rofrigeralBd -ducks-uniil this Tuesday-vwith all-loca!
officials told to rehise shipment on other days for fear of
spoilage. Other complaints as 1» leaking juice and milk containers
which soak through the bagged lunches and cartons (as demon­strated
in photo) "are being taken up with the UCPA and the
(unnamed) caterer." One recipient group, the Bible Vacation Schod
at the First Presbyterian Church joined with the County and locai
leaders in stating the program "is noteworthy and beneficial. . we
only have to get the kinks out." (See "For the Love of Your Pet"
for further comment) (LEADER Photo!
$3 MilMon Sought in Boy's Death
Local Law
JMsputed
Attorney jRobert T a t e of
Mineoia, representing South
; Grove Street 7-11 franchise own­er
William McDermott, has ob-
': tained a temporary iqjunction
from State Supreme Court which
stops the Village of Freeport
•from further action against
sMcDermott who has kept his
store open 24 hours a day after
;the passage of Local Law #2
cwhich mandates the closing of
tsuch outlets at 11 pm. Tate is
seeking to prove that the law's
^passage was uncoiutitutional.
Attorneys for both sides will
meet in Supreme Court Thursday
at which time a hearing date will
be set.
Freeport
Statistics
Freeport was i n t he
"statistical news" this week with
the U.S. Bureau of Census an­nouncing
that the median aimual
family income of the Village is
$12,780, rahking.it the 9t8t high-,
^-est..oaJLcmg'Islandl^amongrX^'
c o m m'-tt & iJt ijB Bi^jusd ,'f«ttiii;^D^slricl\t>tot'«
among 78 tn'ttie'CSunty" (Medimf beginning h
being tbatone half the population
earns less than the $12,780 and
one half more.) The figure for
Baldwin was fl4,ffi29; Merrick
$17,518; and Roosevelt. $11,122.
The U.S. Bureau of the Census
has also released figures showing
the average Freeporter over the
age of 25 has completed 12.3
years of schooling. Again this is a
median. Figure for Baldwin is
12.5; Roosevelt 11.7. and Merrick
12.7.
THEY HUFFED AND THEY PUFFED, the corner of Helen and
Alexander took on the look of disaster area last Monday as
wreckers moved in tti demolish buildings to make way for Freeport's
Bennington Parte Urban Renewal project. (LEADER Photo)
D'AmBto Off arid Ruii-ning
On Saturday morning, July. 15, telephone registered voters in
Armand D'Amato, Republican every .election/district in
candidate Cor,theJ8th =A9a«smWy- ?reepot,l5^0i!i,Satwpto -.
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Assembly sea"ti se ardlinevre t'h-Tano TL'^abthoer - - - - - =— •^" ""•»• - - ' '""»'
Day, the traditional campaign
kickoff date. At D'Amato
Headquarters on W. Merrick
Road in Freeport, "Armand's
Army." a group of some 25
volunteers, assembled to begin a
massive canvassing of
Freeport's voters. Joe Edwards.
Jr.. and Bill Glacken, Jr., Youth
Coordinators for D'Amato in
Freeport. stated that they intend
to canvass door-to-door, and to
Mrs. Marie Dunston, 115
Harrison Avenue, Freeport, has
filed a $3 mUlion damage suit in
U.S. District Court in which she
charges her son's civil righti^
were violated when he was shot
and killed last vrinte- by a Nassau
County policeman following a six-mile
race which ended in
Roosevelt. Her son, Lawrence
Blaylock, 16, fled the stolen car m
which he was a passenger and
was pursued by Patrolman
Frank Parisi who fired and killed
the boy when, the policeman has
stated, he turned as to fire. It was
later discovered that Blaylock
TASCA Seeks
RezoningHait
After meeting Monday night,
the Executive CommiUwj of the
AUantic South Qvlc Association,
headed by President Jomer
Rand, sent a telegram to Mayor
Robert Sweeney and the Village
Trustees asking a posQxmement
of any decision on the rezoning of
North Main Sbreet until a con­ference
can be held during which
TASCA wotild outUne their own
plan of development for the area.
This plan, accorduig to the
telegram's text; "was reviewed
by a knowledgeable consultant,"
who Rand refused to name at this
time.
A press conference has beeoi
scheduled by TASCA for this
evening (Thursday).
was not armed.
A Nassau Grand Jury found
Patrolman Parisi to be without
guilt
In her suit, which asks for $2
million from Parisi and $1 raiUion
from the county for faiUng to take
action on previous complaints
against Parisi, Mrs. Dunston
claims her son was killed because
of his cfdor, not for his actions.
The legal action is based on a
section of the 1964 Civil Rights
Act which prohibits the police
from using their official powers
to deprive a persofl of his civU
rights.
New Low-Housing Income Limits
John E. Williams, Executive
Director of the Freeport Housing
Authority, announced a new
Schedule of Net Annual Income
Limits for Low Rent Housing of
Famili^ and Senior Citizens in
Freeport.
The Housing Authority Board
passed a resolution recently
which raises the limits
Housing Authority Chairman,
Dr. E. Mitchell Mallette, said,
"This raise in income limits vsrilt
permit the Authority to admit
tenants with a higher Income,
and as their incomes increaM on
the job. they will be able to stay in
Public Housing longer." "We try
to keep pace with these in­flationary
times," he said, "and
this is one way of doing it.*'
"If you need information
concerning Freeport's Public
Housing, feel free to come to their
modern office at 3 Buffalo
Avenue, or call 623-2508. There
are helpful and friendly people
available to serve you."
Viking neet
Head Dies
Captain Carl Forsberg, 66, the
founder of the Viking Fleet which
for many years sailed out of
Woodcleft Canal, died last Friday
at the age of 66. He had moved his
fleet headquarters to Montauk
after starting out in the Village hi
1S36.
Ififi son, Paul G. Forsberg, Is
the captam of the "Viking Star,"
the fleet's flagship. Also sur­viving
are ius wife, Adele, a
dau^ter, Mrs. Audrery Uppert,
and sons Carl and John. Six
grandchildres also survive.
NO. OF PERSONS
1
2
3
4
5
6
7 or mora
ADMISSION
OtD
$42fM
$4600
$5300
$S700
$6100
$6500
$6900
NEW
$4800
$5500
$6200
$6800
$7200
$7600
$7900
CONTINUED OCCUPANCY
OLD
$5260
$5750
$6626
$7125
$7625
$81W
$8626
NEW
$6000
^ 8 75
$7750
$8500
$9000
$8500
$ra75
LIRE Revisions
Two trains, which have been
originating in Freeport undo- the
revised Long Island Rail Road
timetable which went hito effect
July 24, will now begin hi Babylon
under Just announced ad­justments
being made on several
of the railroad's lines. The
changes are being made on the
Babylon line, it is ejqdamed. to
give additional service to
Brooklyn.
Now leaving Babylon at 6:46
am, the train will stop in Seaford,
Wantagh and Merrick and arrive
in Freeport at 7:11 am with local
stops to Jamaica arriving at 7:38
am and Brooklyn at 7:57 am.
In the evening, the 4:24 pm
train from Flatiiusb Avenue and
the 4:47 pm from Jamaica will
arrive hi Freeport at 5:14 pm.
compassing the^Mth and 30th
Election Districts.
Mr D'Amato has planned
similar efforts in the remainder
of (he IBIh District with Ken
Bagatelle and Steve Lei(er
coordinating that effort.
Mrs Hedy Edward.s, .sum­marizing
(he group's feelings,
commented; "We intend to
disprove the myth that )'oung
people won't work lo elect
Republican candidates "
Band May
Beat Plan
Parents and students of
Freeport High School's Band and
Chorale will meet next Turaday
night, 8:30 pm. at the School's
Little Theatre In a move to slop
the School District Ad­ministration's
plan to renovate
the space now given over to
musical pursuits to allow space
for the Department of Industrial
A r t s ' mechanical drawing
program, John Nagel, Chairman
of the latter department is said to
have no preference as to where
space is allotted for his program
and when reached by THE
LEADER, a School District
spokesman said that all plans for
demolition had been cancelled
when they became aware of the
opposition. "We are open-minded
and will take no action until after
the Tuesday meeting."
More Parking
for Hospital
Henry Olshin. Administrator of
Doctors Hospital, announced this
week that the hospital has rented
aeo-place- parking lot behind the
Masonic Temple, 283 West
Merrick Road, a half block from
the hospital.
Open from 5 am to 5 pm. the lot
will be for the use of hospital
personnel and staff thus freeing
spaces on the hospital grounds
proper for visitors
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