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38th YEAR, No. 6 FREEPORTTNEWYORKVJUME 7,1973 PRICE: TEN CENTS PER COPY
BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE. Girl Scout Brownie Troup'2TStf'lfie(ps"thr
Village of Freeport's Beautiflcation Committee plant new flowers
and shrubs in the planters on South Main Street in the business dis­trict.
Assisting the Scouts in the beautiflcation project were f rustee
Ralph Franco, center, Recreation and Parks Superintendent Stan
Brekne, Beautification Committee Charlman Martha DeSat.vo, Girl
Scour Leaders Ramona Crook, Grace Ratner, Susan Mannion and
Muriel Stack. « : I
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WTA TO OPERATE TEN BUS LINES. Left, William J. Ronan.
Chairman of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, and Ralph
-GrCaio.-Naftau County Executive, sign documents which make
poisiWe public operationjfo ten but lines in Nassau County formerly.
~pri¥itilfio(Wiiedr:Nasiau^CoiintyTha»~purcha^
which will be operated by the Metropolitan SubuHban Bus Authority,
a subsidiary of the MTA.
Suburbaii Paorty Bac^s Ya
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Al Cirino, President of the
Suburban Party • of Freeport,
announced 'today ; tbat v the
Executive Committee^ at a
. meetlng.;;:,,held;.„;,Iast^ ::iweeki •:
unanimously endorsed the
candidacy of tairy Yanover te
pie School 9oard, in recognition
iof Yandver's long and diligent
efforts > in sujpport of i|ii3ity
education over -the past ;tKree
yearSi-'-^^-/-.<r;v",v::"" rL-.v^-'vif •'"-'-'•
"This represents a departwre
•for the traditional Freeport
poUticBlvpartles,'' Cirii» stated.
"For too many years the local
parties have ignored their
responsibilities to take positions
on all matters concerning the
public liiterestif The same
children: who: are affiled byi
school board policies are affected
by Village policies. The same
.taxpayers and the same public
are involved. As the president of
the School Board has stated,
school affairs are riot conducted
"•"iii-^; vacuura.^-",--'. ';'^"r
ifEvei^thing-that toppens. in
the Village is a matter of concern
to the Suburban Party, and we
hitend to continue to take strong
Resident^—-
Building Dept
in "Heated"
Debate
Alvln J. Kallman was the only
resident to address the open
hearing of the Freeport Village '
Board Monday night. He-was
very hot under the collar - not
from anger or the weather but
because, he says, he lives in ah
apartment -bullding—wbereL^e^^
temperature is above 80 degrees
24 hours a day. This, he told THE
LEADER, is • only one of 17
Violations in the 88-unit apart­ment
building at 20 Randall
Avenue he has sought to bring to
the attention of the Village's
Building inspectors since shortly
before Christmas. Mr. Kallman,
has lived in a four and.a half
room apartment in the buildings, -
where rente are,.betVifeea,J^flk.tp£
$290 a rtiohth, for cloise to two
years and now reports that
management has offered him a
"bribe" of security back and
moving expenses to somewhere
else.__ ..•
Things really got hot, kallman
reports, on February 17 when live
steam poured out of the radiators
in all apartments and his wife
called the Freeport Fire
Departmertt. Firemen found a
chuck of wood in the cutoff guage
of the furnace.
Kallman admits building in­spectors
have checked out his
reports, but states there have
been no results from their In­spections.
He also reports that
when he went to the Depart­ment's
offices in Village Hall he
was threatened with . arrest
unless he left. He reports he has
had an apology since that In­cident.
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Xou Billo, head of the Bullding-
Departm_enLJWS_alsg present at
the meeting, and told THE
LEADER that several in­spections"
Had ^been. made. of Jhe
building at Kallman's request
"and no violations were found....
the building is well kept." He said
an inspector had been in the
building that very day to answer
Kallman's complaints of no hot
water incTKillman refused'theW"
admittance to the apartment.
The water was tested in the two
apartmente directly above his
and fmind to be of sufficient
temperature. As to the live
steam, Bella said that there had
been a malfunction in the furnace
and the superintendent, acting
correctly, put a piece of wood oa
the guage to release water and
pressuure.." •••'/•-"'-•.V.-'^ '•,;'/
The Board told Kallman they
would took into the matter.
-^s_ .w.e--^gO-^to--press»—admittedLy—early--ln^what-^
appears to be only a one week active campaign
for a School Board seat, as v^rell as a drive to
pass the School and Library budgets, 1973 seems
earmarked to go down In the School District's
annals as a time of apathy and "terribly polite'
confrontations between the candidates.
Only 11 residents not employed by the District
attended the May 30 meeting held to discuss the
pros and cons of the proposed |14
million school budget and that of
the Freeport Memorial Library.
The meeting was held in Freeport
High School's auditorium which
seats several huridredTThe scene
was duplicated Monday night
when the PTA held their Can­didates
Night in the school's
Little Theatre for an audience of
25. .-^..: - . -. .
At the budget hearing, School
Board President Harold Levlne
described each item which in
total will raise the tax rate by lOf
per $100 assessed valuation.
When he pointed out that the
afetuaf'lfix'rafe would be set in
August following the conclusion
of salary negotiations with
faculty members, a member of
the audience asked what the final
rate would be. L.evine.said it was
"just a guess" but he thought
teachers' salaries would raise the
rate an additional 50<;
' Touching on the Transportation
Proposition, Levlne pointed out,
that__ if approved, 45 students
would be transported five miles
beyond the present ten mile limit..
The cost would be $25,000 with
90% reimbursed by the state.
T)ne woman In the audience
questioned the $75,000 allocated
for interest on short term loans.
Levine explained that delay in
receiving slate funding for Dodd
Phase I necessitated the
borrowing. "BunHe state money
is our money -our taxes," she
said. -i^We're being taxed on
ntaxesiiirtevine concurred-but
said, "You'll have to take that up
with Governor Rockefeller." He
did point out that the Board had
taken" steps to-avoid the
deterioration such as had oc-curred^
t^Dodd from happening
to any other school building. He
pointed out that $158,840 had been
set aside for operation and . „.
maintenance. "This does not pointed to Phase I in the recon-a
BOCES program, but with thd
setting up of a similar program
within the District It was hoped
many would be relumed to
Freeport schools^t a flubatantial—
saving. The budget for the
school's drug program has had
its county funding cut, with the
District taking up the stack.
Levine also announced that the
School and Village Boards were
meeting with PRIDE for better
coordination In the drug area, He
revealed that the Board had
travelled to Albany to attempt to
get funds to expand the Pre-K
program at Cam pi Bauman from
Its present student body of iQZtut
was turned down.
Responding to a question
concerning legal fees, L«vine
said he was aware of rumors that
a large' amount had gonej for :
these services last year,^ He
slated, however, that the at­torney's
retainer, fee .is _$L500
annually with additional per
diem costs for couri a|,pearanc^'s
and negotiations,.The total paid
last year, he stated, was $19,935.' '•
He pointed out thai a great deal of .
the sum had gone for services in
contract negotiations. "The
current negotiations with the
teachers, however, is being
handled by the Administration."
Tho.w . attending the PTA
Council's Candidates Night heard
incuhibent Larry Yanover and
Mrs. Gloria Nevard present their
viewj. and answer questlonf^
Freeport School-Boardr- '•••-. —
Yanover presented the ac-
. complishments of the Board over
the past three years, The Board,
he declared, represents all
segments of the community, and
although there are diverse views
_among, its members, much, has
been done. He particularly
positions on all inibllc iS^es
affecting the Village as a whole."
Yanover Is hot a member of the
Suburban Party, Ciniito points
iQUt. but is hi fact a meinber of an.
i^qwsltion party.
We will replace electrical
systems, etc.". . , anything to
update our facilities." This., he
sajd, would be done over a three
year period.
In special programs, Levine
announced that while ,lhe AIIR
program at the High School was
no longer Federally funded, the
:Board„had agreed to keep It
furictionihg and will add an in­dustrial
arts teacher to, the
program. The Community
School, completely funded t^ the
state, will be retained. The
Outdoor iklucallon program for
six-graders, which also lost its
federal funding, will be retained
but cut back from Ave 4ays to
three. Levine raportal that 98
handicai^pcd children now attend
School, the elimination of the
disruptions in the schools that
took place prior to 19?0, the
curriculum director, special
education classrooms within the
schools, the return of the fifth
grade to a full s^ion ,and the
achieving. of a, racial balance
within the District's schools.
. In her presentation, Mrs.
Nevard eKplalned her reasons for
entering the race for. School
Board. She said her.pc^itive and
stron'g feelings toward the
Freeport schools increases her
desire to use her experienced and.
teckgpound on the- Board,, "It is
about time," she said, "that a
'woman be on the School Board,"-
Her experiences on other school
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