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37ih YEAR, No. 52 FREEPORT, NEW YORK, APRIL 26, 1973 PRICE: TEN CENTS PER COPY
Village Against
FreepoJ-t Mayor William H.
White-reporlt'd-today thai, the,
yillage Board lias written
PfeSjii^nl ^ Nikon and other
federal officials to advise them of
the local 'fommunity's opposition
to any further oil drilling ac­tivities
in the off-shore waters of
Long Island. —-""^
Mayor White said he felt
-Freeport's'statement would
receive the serious consideration
of the federal officials, par­ticularly
in view of the Village's
reputation .as a prominen!
WMterfronl community. In ad­dition
to the President, the
Village Hoard tetters were sent to
United Slates„Senalori»-_Jaeob-
Jayils and James Buckley,
Congressman Norman J. Lonj,
Interior Department Sc!crelary
Rogers C.B.. Morton, and ESn-vlronmenlal
Protection Agency
Administrator William D.
Ruckelshaus.
, The text of the Frccporl letter
is as follows:
"The V)llHf»e of Freeporl is"
uriiillerahly opiMiscd io_drilling
for oil in the Atlantic Ocean in llie
off-sho're waters of Long Island.
Our Village, is a waterfront
community known as "The
Boating and Fisliing^CapJtal^f
the Kast" and it is our opinion,
based upon the knowledge of
many prominent en­vironmentalists,
thai oil drilling
in the Atlantic Ocean will result
in irreparable damage to the
environment, including fish,
i)jrds. wild.life and recreational
beach areas, as well as creating
. serious hcaHh / hnzards. in
Freeporl in view of the nuniehms
canals which branch into the
water routes to the Alia nil c.„j
Ocean.
We, ask your help in doing
everything possible to prevent
the proposed drilling for oil in the
off-shor.e waters of Long Island."
-gy, FREEroRTl-iRCTEPAirfflEI^ rN^tALLAtro^
l^reepoit Fire bepartment for 1973-74. is cdngratu,lated\ttyiHempstead Town Supervisor Atfonse D'Ama-to
(2nd froni rigtit) and Mayor William White as Mrs. Viera Norton beams her approval. Also installed
during last Saturday night's .ceremonies at Carl Hoppl's, Baldwin, were William Casmastna as 1st Deputy
and William'Cominos, 2nd Deputy. ,
^^Flashin^'^ R Tour Mess Ties
leenagers Die In U*mh
The April 9th issue of
"Flashings," the-student=run
newspaper of Freeport High
School carried a front page story
by David Alleft and "Michael
Zielenziger, Flashings editor-in-chief,
which hit the daily papei"s
several dpys later. i
The article—coircerns the
cancellation of a trip to Italy
-during-spring:recess_which was
to have been sponsored by the
school's English department.
Among the reasons given was the
competition of a-trlproffered by
the' Commission on Humanities,
IfFDrganlzation closelylaligned
with 747 Tours, a travel agency
owned by Robert Heller^ of
Tern Shoplifters
Three teenage girls went on a
shopping expedition in the Main
Street shopping district of
Preeport last Thursday evening
and picked up some^S worth of
merchandise. They are accusal
of not paying for it.
Bemlce Hicks, 18, 74 Gormley
Avenue, Roosevelt, Betty Lang,
17, 75 Harts Avenue, Roosevelt,
and Jo "Anne Stewart, 18, of 18
Bennett Avenue, also Roosevelt,
have been arraigned on shop
lifting charges..' ;,
The targets of the girls were
Milders Sportswear, 75 Soiith
Main, National Shoe Stores, 64
South Main, arid P.W.
Woolworth's, 68 South ,Main.
Freeport Patrolman Martin,
alertefl by, the. shop-keepers,
picked up the girls as they sought
to hide their shopping bag of
merctiandtse in an outdoor phone
booth at Newton Boulevard and
South Main Streets.
Freeport. Some 56 Long Island
students and teachers were
among, the 400 would-be'
European_tray.elers__who paid
over $400 each to 747 Tours only to
find upon arriving at the airport
that they were not booked on^any^"
flight. The New York State At­torney
General Office's as well as
Nassau District Attorney Cahn,
the New-Jersey Office -of- Con­sumer
Affairs, the American
Society of Travel Agents and the
Slate JDepartmenll -of -Taxation
and Fm&nceare investigating 747
Tours and its connection with the-
Commisslon on the Humanities i
which has no office and ap­parently
has never filed stale
Retarded Man
Critical
After Beating ^
As we went to press Tuesday 24
- year - old John Hayes of 261 N.
Columbus Avenue, lay in critical
condition iii Doctors Hospital
never having, regained con­sciousness
after being beaten
about the head Friday night in a
robbery that got the thiefs two
cents and a( pack' of cigarets.
Harry Hall, 16, of 15 Rutland
Road, has been arrested and
charged with 1st degree robbery
and 1st degree assault and police
are looking for- his accomplice.
Freeport Patrol Gary Stein­berg
spotted Hayes, who is
retarded, lying on the ground
with his bicycle along side him at
IndejpiendenceAvenve 100 yards
west of Babylon Turnpike shortly;
after 10 pm.
income forms.
Listed as Secretary-Treasurer
of the Commission is Robert
Blake. While the brochure tooting '
the Commission's tours states he
is Humanities Coordinator of
""FHS, Flashings points out he is
one of several humanities .
teachers and the/ post of
"Coordinator" does, not exist,
BlakeTeportedly-resigned from
the Commission—in—Octoberw-
Anpther FHS faculty member,
Paul-Kabj-is-chairman of the
Commission while his wife,
-Phyllis, is named as .treasurer.3i:
Flashings .^points out the
discrepancy in the"^brochure—
which lists Katz as FHS $enior
Guidance Counselor. In actuality
Katz wfis one of two guidance
counselors assigned to the senior
class last year and thl^ semester
is is one of two serving the fresh­man
class. -
Mrs. Helene Frederick and
Joseph D'EUa are listed as
members of the Commission's
Board of Directors. Mrs.
Frederick's title is given as that
of President, PTA,- Nassau
County. An office aide at FHS,
Mrs. Fredericks'is a past-president
of both the Bayvlew
Avenue School and PHS PTAis but
never served in a county-wide
position, D'Elia lormeriy served ^
as an asslstartt principal at FHS
and is now with the Nassau
County Drug Commission. The
brochure lists him as a Professor
of Education, Hofstra Uniyersitj;.
He is a part-time lecturer at the
University only.
747 Tours President Heller left
for European April 14 reportedly
(Continued on Page 2}
Two teenagers,. Howard.
Margollcs, 17, of Valley Stream,
and a passenger in the car he was
driving, RenecOxman, 17, also of
Valley .Stream, were killed at 10
pm Tuesday, April 17, when4he(
eastboiind car apparently went
out of, control after hitting the
rear of another vehicle and
slammed into a .tree on .Sunrise :
Highway near Bayvlew Avenue,
Margoliesjwas declared dead al
the scene. Transported by the
Freeport Fire Department, the
•girl-was- pronounced dead at
Doctors Hospital.
Another passenger, Helen
Ferrara, 15, of Valley Stream,;
escaped from Ihe car through a
window while firemen removed
the front-scat passengers. She
was treated for cuts and bruises.
The drivqr of.the second j-fir^
James Mng,19, of Hicksville,
was unhurt with little damage to
his car. His passenger, Patricia
Knipper. 17. also of HicLsville,
was treated for shock.
The grisly-scene apparently
caused another mbtorisl to lake
his attention from the road. A car
jumped the highway divider and
jut Hose H's truck as it was
responding to ,the call.
A LONG TIME-AS A PUBLIC SERVAWT. Frtaport Mayor Wllllahn
H.^Whlte praienti a Certificate of Appreciation from the Village
Board of Trustees to Mildrfd Herrmann, who is retiring after 48
years in Village employ. Mayor White noted that In her long career
Miss Herrmann conscientJoQsiy #nd effici|ntly performed the re­sponsible
function of Registrar of Vital Statistics, plus serving in
other responsible positions over the yearf. He isid.herraiisnatlon
vvas accepted by the Board of Trustees with fJeep regret. ^"