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37th YEAR. No. 44 FREEPORT, NEW YORK MARCH 1, 1973 PRICE: TEN CENTS PER COPY
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LEGISLATORS VISIT PRE-K CENTER. Congressman Norman Lent, State Senator Norman Levy and
Assemblyman Armand D'Amato came to Freeport last Friday to visit the Villap's Pre-K Center at Camp
Bauman and to discuss need for additioriai funding. The three later went to the offices of the Freeport
Economic Opportunity Councilto discuss their needs. (L-R) Pre-K Program Director Rose Greenspan, a
DT^matoj aigeTD'^niato, Lent.'School Director of Federal and State Funding Alonzo-Shockley, School
SupiflntenderiFDonald Costlow and Assistant Superintendent Robert Tayis With four students. "-^
Petitmn Signers Chmmn/^ er
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^ Four-T hundred — eighty
signatures on petitions for local
option rent control have been-gathered,
in the first week of "the
Freeport petition drive; Deputy
Mayor William White reported
today. The. drive is aimed at
supportingVthe efforts of Senator
Norman Levy in the state
legislature to. get rent control
-powjBr for Freeport and other
Nassau County communities',
White noted.
"Senator Levy has been
worklrig hard for ahnost three
years to give, us the state
legislation we. need to stabilize,
rents at Bvreasdnable level," the.
.Deputy Mayor pointed put; **and
in 1971 he 'Caine very close to
getting his bill through, seeing it
pass the .Senate but having it
killed in thC'Assembly. We hope
our petition drive can help him
convince the lawmakers in other
parts of "'the state that this"
; legislation can no longer, be
L delayed.
"I prge all tenants to sign the
Mbany that Senator Levy has the,,
wlioIehear-ted-back!ngT»f"his
Freeportjconstituents," Whlte^
..saidr . _,,--,, ^ '"",21" [
Rents had been somewhat
stabilized under the federal
wage-price controls, While said,
"but the recent relaxation of
those controls seemed to signal
, somelapdIordstQ,a.ttempt40 to 50
-per cent increases as' tenants:
leases expired. We know -that
landlords dre entitled to a
reasonable increase when costs
go up, but^mahy of the cbmplalnls
we; ^received indicate: increases.
out of. all proportion to costs." ^
. ZWhite^l the Village Party
cattdidate for Mayor in" the up­coming
March Village election,
IMamKM.
At an organizational meeting
held February 23, the Action
. Parly of Freeport elected officers
and Bpprovcd .Ifie piirty.pl^form.
Gene Currie was chosen as
President, The other officers arc:
1st VP-Betty.' Pcrsico, 2nd^ VP
Thelma Shorter, Recording
Secretary Edith Belt,
Corresponding Sccfelary Marlon.
'rilijley, arid Treasurer Viriccht
Forlunato^Jr. Harold Held is
Campaign Manager. -
Pledging themselves to * a
vigorous campaign on behalf of
their candidates, Joe McAndrcws
for mayor, Carroll Bell and
Terence.McNally for (rustcc, and •
Judge Edwm J, Frccdma n for
p-lJaUa^plIuspcc^-Jletlon-iPttr ty^^
members approved a pla Iform of
six planks. The. first "calls^for"
rejuvenation of older area.*} of the
village, rehabilitation and
-building of adeqiiale housing to
meet the needs of a 11 the people of
_iS!ecpQri,^andjLlhocflugh_Ecylcw_
of the North Main Street plans
including recommendation of the
Ad Hoc Committee on J^orth
. Main Street..The second-plank
pledges "the establishment of • a
n.ori-parti.s'an commission to
. stuCly and report puhlically on
zaltej-nativc forms of government
most suited to Freeport's future.
Plank three focuses on the human
..relations needs of Freeport and
promises "to seek full par­ticipation
of all while extending
"favoritism to none. The subjcc
the fourth plank is taxes and the
ActionJParty pledges lo^ control
the splraling cdslof pvcrifimcntjf-;
to involve taxpayers in village
budget preparations, "to act
===^publtcally on all^transfccs of
. • funds, and toworkincoopjrallon
with the Chamber of Cepimercc
to seek-out.new business for
•JdsepH McAndrews^ Action Party
GarroU Belt, Action Party caiidl-
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fbfMlection
, Registration Day for the
Freeport Village election will be
on Saturday, March 3, at the.
Village Hall, 46 No. Ocean
Avenue.,, from ,noon to 9 p.m.
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,The Village Election will be on
Tuesday, March 20. Registration
• wfll be at the one polling place
only, the Village Hall, but for
Election Day all polling places
will be 9i)en In every election
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It will not be necessary to
said he. and his running mates, register if you' have%voled any
Trustee candidates Ralph Franco lime within the past two years,
and Berkeley Swezey, are con­tinuing
the petition drive, to get
as many signatures as possible,
"we are concerned, especially
about elderly tenants on fixed
incomes, because they, must meet
all rent Increases' Without a
petition, so that it will be clear in correspondingwage ral^.
either in a Village election or in'a
General Election (not-including
school district votes). Eligible
voters will be those who have
reached, their 18th birthday by
March 21, 1973, and who have
lived in the district for at least 30
days prior to the election.
Frtcport in order to Broaden the
village's tax base, Plank five is a
pledge for irhproved community
relation.'i that will encourage •
opcn.^.cxcbangc between the
government and the people. The .
sixth plank is concerned with
village administration arid ^
.promises monthly reports by '
department heads at open board
meetings, ,
Upon making public his-parfyV-platform,
Currie stated that all
Frceportcrs are invited to join
the Action Party and work
^toward making Freeport into the'
^«holcsome, economically viable
arid harmonious community it
can be. Currie further stated that
each* Friday until the election,
beginning March 2nd, .supporters
of • McAndrews, Belt, McNally
and Freedman will meet at 8;30
pm at Aption Party headquar*
ters, 87 Church Street..All are,
welcome. ' \
McAndrews has been a
member of the Freeport Board of
Terrenca McNiliyf Action Party
candidate for Truftet.
Educlitlon for seven years,, and
has served two ternis as Board
president, He has also" been an
active member of the New York
State School Boards Association
and is currently a member of the
Research and Finance Com­mittee.
Professionally, Joe
McAndrcws worked in the field of
. computers for Sperry Gyroscope-
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