The-Leader_1973-03-22

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FREEPORT BALDWIN nniCf%l\lv#l% ROOSEVELT
37th YEAR, No. 47 FREEPORT, NEW YORK MARCH 22, 1973 ; PRICE: TEN CENTS PER COPY
A Sentimental
Board Meeting
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-DOING^HEtR DUTY. Charlla Moyntcastle of Moantcaitle'j Liquor
Store lign/ in to vote In Tyeulay's Village Election! ai his wife,
Muriel, awaits her tarn. (LEADER Midto) —
Monday night. officiaMng over,
his last open Board of Trustees,
meeting after 12 years of such^
every.-flrst and third Monday
gatherings and hundreds of
special hearings. Mayor Robert
Sweeney had a unique effect.on at
least the females in attendance -
they cried.
Having faced everything from ..
wall-to-wall angry crowds to a
handful of a faithful few, the
latter was the case Monday when
he gaveled the five minute
meeting to order. The absence of
so many that supported him
^urlhg his' ihireelerrris, In xjf f [ce
"wai presiimably due to the fact
thatit was Election Day eve and
Village Party,members were out
drumming up support for the
group's slate --• a group now
headed by Sweeney.
—Although by now a veterffn-of
farewell, testimonials and
salutes, Sweeney was not uh>
moved by the finality of the oc­casion.
He slipped several times
during his longtime ritiial, "We
move that we adjourn as a Board
of... and reconvene as a Board of
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Before he gaveled the hearing
to an end, Sweeney did make note
of the occasion saying, "I want to
thank every person'in Freeport_
for affording me the opportunity
of serving themJorJ:hfi_pasLi2_
•years.' I want, to thank my wife
and family for their patience and
understanding. I thank those,
including Jim Fortuhalo, who
were at- my first Board meeting
SiftikissiFyL J ^ Holy Redtimer school Sth prade
sttident Patricia Tricamo^ihbws her prlncipaUSister Geraldlne O'Neill,
trophy she won as Long Island's top winner, in the Daily News 1973
NationarSpellIng Bee on March.J4. Patty. dauahleTof Mr. and Mrs.
"VlncenCTrlcamo of W.-Leni-Awenuercelebrattd her 12tliliirthday
last Saturday. She will represent Long island at the national finals,
Junal 1-15, In Washington,'D.C. CLEADERPhotol
Rent Control BiU
::;':'•- ;^•:c Introduced
The petition drive in Freeport
asking for legislation which
would allow the ViHage to impose
rent control seems to have Iwrne
fruit^Seiiator Norman J, 1 ^
and Assemblyman iJiKJeph M.
Marglotta, jmned, by 11 other
Nassau j Coiihly^^iEeBubllca^^^
legislators have 4 introduced
legislation wWch^would allow:
Freeport arid^all other Villages,
Towns and Qties within Nassau
, County to do just that. :
Levy and Margiotta introduced
this new bill as a result of reports
of inajor Increasesjn apartment
rents resuIUng from, the lifting of
PresidentNixpri's Phase II-wage
price, guidelipesand^: after con­ferences
witlif}Nassau County
Executive Ralph GiCaso and the
^Supervi^rs of the towns of
Hem|»tead, , North Hempstead,
Oyster Bay and the City of Long
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. The bill Includes the following
,:provisions:-';-.-• ':/r':"'\.-;•" .^'..•'*'-
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on Aprita. J96LiDCi>eJhg with me
tonight, Lalso-thankJhosfi_lh,
iiave been* with my Ad­ministration.
My thanks too to
those that have been against It,
. formal terjilljMyifijyte-Onmlhat
make life Interesting. I haVe-my-
:own candidates for the election
tomorrow but I will not comment
on that. I wish all good luck and
can only say that the man doesn't
make the job, the job niakes the
man." , /,
After ritual picture-taking
(photo next week), Trustee
George Fairberg moved tha t an
official statement by the Board
be inserted into the hearing's
minutes attesting to "services
rendered by Mayor Sweeney over
the past 12 years and the un­counted
improvetrients he
brought to the yiliage." V
Adjourning 'the meeting,
Sweeney went to his embrace his
weeping wife as Trustee Fairrr
berg said, ''We give him back to
,you Martha," ' '
Falrberg's statement In the.
Minutes reads as follows:
_*'Mr. Mayor, there have been
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Mayor-Elect William White T h i s ^ i : Eltct Berkley Sweity
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" In fairly light voting Tuesday,- Village Party candidates,
William White j o r Mayor. Ralph Franco and Berkley Swe-zey
for Trustees and Edwin Freedman for Village Justice,
were Swept into office, gaining 47% of the 8,000 votes
cast. Some 20,000 Freeporter^ were eligible to vote.
/ Reached by THE'LEADER one hour after the polls
closed with early returns strongly indicating what was to
BelRe"financsilt, Frecport's new Mayor was clearly tired
but jubilant. Above the noise of his cheering supporters,
he said, "I think this election-ofjnyself and my running
mates is a justification, for the present-Administration. I
think we have proved that the Freeport voter can't befocjl-ed^
y^ innuendoes. There hasJxaiLiijchange.r .it's a new
Village Partyir"—J - . ,
In tlu» MayorVrace, White gathered 3,561 votirWith'=
Action^r^Party—candidate jWplflVlcArnlrews^oming in'
second jwith 2,403. -EdwariM!^min-got 1,360 on the Sur
btiitban Party line and 846 oOheTrifdepenlieffr liiw; In-^^
dependent candidate Vincent Randazzogot^l. _
The VP Trustee candidates headed that rade with Berkley
Swezey getting 3,449 and Ralph Franco 3,426. Next score-maker
was Harry Chuisano with 2,355, 1,377 on the Su-.
burban ticket and 978 on his independent line. Action
Party candidate Carroll Belt was close with,2,177. In­cumbent,
candidate Lloyd Orr drew 2,177, 1,338 on the
Suburban ticket and 839 on the Independent line. The
Action Party's Terence McNally was next with 2,036, Low
man was Chris Sprowal with 700, 47^ irjom United Free-port
ancl 221 from Black Convention '73.
Biggest winner of all "was Edward Freedman, returned
to his post of Village Justice by 5,013 votes. The Village
Party line got him 3,530, the Action Party 2,283. His
contender, George Maislen got 2,224^ 1,370 front the
Suburban Pwty and 854 on the independent line.
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