The-Leader_1973-06-28

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38th YEAR No. 9 FREEPORT, NEW YORK, JUNE 28, i 973 PRICE: TEN CENTS PER COPY
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FHS GRADUATION. Freeport High School Principal William McEU
roy (left) and Superintendent of. Schools Donald Costlow lead the
500 members of the Class of '73 to the graduation ceremonies field
at Freeport High School last Sunday afternoon. (Photo by Alan
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GETTING s e t FOR THE FOURTH. Representatives of the Free-port
Fire Department's progeny have a preview visit with Mr. and
Mrs. Sparky who will be featured at the Department's annual Fourth
of July spectacular at Freeport Municipal Stadium. The children (L-R)
are Mike Wallsrson of the Ex-Chief, Kathleen Cominos, daughter of
the Second Deputy Chief, and John Walls, the ex-Chief's nephew.
Free rides on fire apparatus will start at 6:30pm witlfi the show to be­gin
at 7. David Vieser will assist In the announcers booth and Lt. Joe'
Larcey of the Nassau County Police DepattmeQl will demonstrate
the versatility of tha helicopter. Prices are $1.2i for reserved seats,
$1 for adults and 504 for children. (Photo by Dey)
Freeport Vanips in Rescue Atlempt
The dedication and training of
the'members of the Preetxirt. all-volunteer
Fire Department te not
reserved for the Village alone as
proved by meinbere Richard
Murray and GeoinS<s Dowdell last
Wednesday (June 20) when they
attempted to avert a tragedy that
took the lives of two little girls.
The two Freeport .men were in
the Roosevelt area about mid­night
when they heard a fire
alarm. They rushed to the scene
at 209 Ellison Avenue where the
upper floor of the one-and-a-hal£
Continued on I ^ e 5) ;
FPD Nab Burglars
Freeport Police Chief Anthony
Elar is pleased to report thai ib
has once again been proved that
the Village is not a iieplthy place
for burglars and gives full <yedit
to the ever-alert members-pf-hJs—
force for that unhealthy climate.
As an-example, Chief Elar
points out that at 12:42 earlylast
Thursday (June 21) morning,
Patrolman Hartmann, a
relatively new member of the
force, spotted a burglary in
^progressat.the D & W Country
Market at 3S9 North Main Street.
. Seeing the front "door broken and'
two men—Inside,---Hartmann
radioed for assistance. Joined by
Patrolmen Rhodes, Henrickson
and Parker, Charles Higgs, 18, oT
20 Albany Avenue and Benjamin
Rickie Brown, 16, of 34 Stevens
Street^ were arrested , arid
charged with 3rd degree
burglary. Brown was also
charged with possession of_
marijuana. Some $400 in mer­chandise
~ soda,.cigarettes, etc -
- was recovered.
Elar points out that burglars
often think the police tend to get
-drowsy towards the end of their
shift when others are asleep.
"Not true,"-he-saysTising-this
past Monday morning as an
example.^ftt 4:59am Patrolmen^
Pesale and Werner spotted
another..burglary in progress at-
Ray no Distributors, 350 North
Main Street." The man ran from
the store on foot,, and while the
policemen lost- him in the back.
yards, they had recognized him"
from a previous-interview. A
radio alert was soundedjnd First
Squad detectives picked up Ray
Williams, 25, of Roosevelt, and
charged him with the break in.
Continued Story
Editor's Note: Since last week's
publication of the f ir.st part of this
story . concerning Alvln
Kallman's allegalioRS of
violations existing at 20 Randall
Avenue, wc have been contacted
by a jwoman who says she
tepresents^a group of tcnantswho-arejs^
cry pleased with the con-dllions
In the rbuilding while
praising its present superin-.
tcndent, Mr.jasquez. We have
*beeri~promised-a-licttcr to the
Editor to that effect which we will
bo pleased to publish next week.
Mr. Vasquez himself has con­tacted
us to refute .Kallman's
/charges. It is THE LEADER'S
belief that Village Building
Department head L>ou Bello has
been given equal space to
comment and'his remarks have
more authority than those that
might be made by the owner or
•the owner's representative.'
Passing the "hot wall" of the
incinerator, we chW^ed the door
which leads to a public staircase
connecting all floors of what is
designated to be (by the absence
hf fire escapes) a fire proof
building. iSuch a staircase Is
meant to 'be a means of exit in
case of fire with the steel doors
keeping out flame, heat and
smoke for 90 minutes. The door to
this, stairv^ay on the first floor
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Village Seeks
Sewer Hookup
~Ti7 meet the new environmental
.standards for sewage disposal,
the Village of Frceijort is seekingl
to tie-in with tiie-Nassau County.
sewer syslen\.
Freeport Mayor William II.
While announced^Tuesday Ihat a"
tentative agreement had been
coached with County officials,
whigh would make it possible-for
(he Village^'sewage to be piped-_^
to the Couiity's^new-^Disposar
Plant at Wantagh. ""We are very
pleased to have the County look
favorably upon our request for
this tie-in," Mayor White said,
"because the cost for the Village
to construct an ocean outfall, as
"demanded by the en­vironmentalists,
would be
completely beyond the..scope of
Village finances. It would cost
many millions of dollars."
Mayor White said, "Our.
engineers and consultants have
made exhaustive studies to
determine If there would be any
possible benefit In relalnlng-complete
control of' FreeportT
Sewage Disposal system, but it
was found thar.this would be
financially impossible."
The Mayor pointed out that the
Village cannot obtain any federal
or stale aid for a local project,
inasmuch as all Environmental
Protection Administration of­ficials
have taken a regional
approach>on the basis of greater
efficiency and lower costs with
larger andfewer outfalls.
Such outside financial aid would.
Ix; available for the lie-in bet­ween—
the Village collection
sy.stem and ' Na.ssau Csjunty's
collection .syslcm in Merrick,
In the agreement belween.
County and Village, Frecfwrt will--
own and mninlain its collection
system but will not be re.sp<mHiblo
for sewage treatment. The
collection system will feed into
the County system in Merrick
and wind up going through the
-Wantagh disposal ^plant and the
nciiiin ^outfair -two~alfil^half
miles off shore.
The County contemplates
building and operating a new
pumping station in^ Freeport,
with a connecting/orc'e-main, as
part of the required facilities.
"This joint venture with the
County makes gciod sense for
both County and Village tax-pay
era, ".May or White said. "The
engineers estimated that capital
costs for the Village to undertake
the necessary project, alone
would be about |6,000,000', to be
borne solely by Freeport Utx-
-payers-because no federal or
slate aid would IjeavailaWe to UH.
"On the other hand the
County's capital cost for the
additional Pacllilies will be about
$5,(m,mHK hul a mininium of eo%
-of—IHis^-cost will be offset by
federal and slate aid, Frecfwrt
will pay a proportionate share of
capital aoaUi and of operating
expenses t.o the County's .Sewage
Disiwsal District No, 'i. .
"Therefore the Village will be
paying its fair share, but both the
Village and the County will have
(he benefit nf ii( least %%,m),mf in
(Continued on PagctlJ
STOP SIGN IS NO DETERRENT. Members of the Freeport Fire
(Departrnent Rescue "(^mpany prepare to take Richard Reisig, 24, of
Seaford to Doctors Hospital for treatment of abrasions and lacera-;
tions after he was ejected from hii ezr after an accident at the inter­section
of Ray and Bedell Streets last Friday evening. Kevin Carter,
16, of Jamaica was issued summones for driving without a license,-
having no insurance and failing to stop at a stop sign before colliding
with Reisig's car. Residents of the area say many accldenti occur at
the intersection and they would like to see a flashing yellow light
instilled. (Photo by Alan Grccnberg) .. ' ,
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