The-Leader_1973-09-20

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38th YEAR No. 21 FREEPORT, NEW YORK, SEPTEMBER 20, 1973 PRICE: 10^ PER COPY
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Sewer Tie-in OKd by Environmental
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FreeporrSuperintendenl of
^P*ublic Works Edwin Prefer
Ira.vcled to Mineola Tuesday to
appear at a public hearing of Jhe
Nassau County Environmenl^I
TWanagement Council to stale the
Village's support of Nassau
County's proposal to allow its
sewage disposal facilities to
serve Frceporl. Under the plan, a
pipe would be laid from . Ihe
Village sewer plant under.
Meadowbrook Park to link up to a
existing Merrick pipe to carry
; effluent to the County's Wantagh
.Disposal; Plant and then to the
ocean outfall facility currently
being built two-and-a-half mlles^
off shore. '
Prefer pointed out to the,
Council that the Village's own
plant was constriicted In 1929 and
while upgraded In 1961, it clinnot
)neet ihe current standards set by
the State- and that im­plementation
of the County's
.; recommendation would perimlt
ifcthe•: VillageV".to ; termliiate^.Ha•
to
S-d»9«»a|^op^«on^X#pi^^
volves'discharge-into-Stadium receive federalnnaslole ah
present sludge removal problem
would bo eliminated If waslc
water from Frceport were
discharged Into the County's,
faclllllcs, -
The Public Works head closed
his atatemcmijy saying it should
be approved "as being the most
efficient and economical method
to resolve the inadequacies of the
existing disposal plant. The ; __
relatively minor disruptions due r
to construction are far out­weighed
b^ the eventual en­vironmental
and ecological —
advantages." The only vocal
opponents to the plan thus far
have been Merrick shopkeepers
and residents who object to such
a construction project In their
community.
When the idea was originally
proposed Mayor William White
said that studies had shown it was
not economically feasible for the
Villagie to upgrade Its own —
disposal systems, such' m
buiMlrig;,l|«; own i fallout pipe,
d for
'Jmilr-
;,i]f:HE CAMPAIGN BEGINS. Coiinty,{ixiniiiii^^i^^^^ led the Hit of candidates in tfi# November
election on hand Tuesday night tfididhtNFrMportBepuW open its headquarters «t 30 Sunrise
Highway; an event which attracted an overflow crowd of worken and supporters. (Photo by Alan Green-berg);--''-
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Beautification Group " " ' G ^
r CiiBek>p thereby^ iriijWving the^ Siichay^ but the VlllailB can
waterqiiailty ftrMflmpstead 8a^
Prefer also stated that since, i
Tackles Problems
Forget the picture of a coin-;
munity beautification: group as
one of little old ladies planting
petunias around garbage cans.
).\ipscar. Mindelis, own'er.of
Osoif'siaMlcLsnd Camera Shop,
wa|!alone in his shop at 80 West
Merrick Road at 10:15 am
Ttii^day when a black nianinhis
thirties, entered the store and
Freeport's Beautification a|kfd the!price of Polaroid film.
Committee: chaired by hardly
little-old-ladyish Martha De
Salvo, proved at their meeting
last Wednesday night (Sep­tember,
I2)-that-lt is a strong
groiipof men Jand women who are
ready to tackle Just about-any
problem to do with the overall
environment of the Village. If the
Whciitoldthe cost he indicated it
was too much and left the shop to
join,'a male companion, also
When hearing the robbers
leave, Mindelis managed to
crawl to his glass front door
where a passerby spotted him
and shouted for help. Nearby
shopkeepers .unbound him and
called the Freeport Policed
Mindelis told THE LEADER
that his entire stock of expensive
movie cameras, 35 mm, and
under the plan, a niew pump
station would replace the present
48-year-old one on Ray Street, l(
would elimihate duplfcation of
facilities which would be wasteful
in terms of construction and
operational costs, and that the
(As we went to press Prefer
called Id say the project had been
approved with some eight
speakers speaking In support of
It. It will now go "to- regulatory
agencies for approval and to
engineers for desfpi. I
Half Fam For Senior CMzen$
black,and in his Uiirties, on the~ photographic accessories had
sidewalk. A few minutes later he
reentered the store and said he
woufd purchase the film.- When
Mindelis tumed_tO-getJt he felt
something hard in his back and
attendance* r that night—of—turned" to discover the
Superintendent-:of Publto Works "customer" was holding an
Ed Prefer,vSiiperlntehdent—of.
-Building Lou Bello. Police-Ghlef
automatic pistol on him:
Ordered to get down and be
quiet, Mindelis sank quickly to
his knees as the man went to
strike him on fhe head wlth-the.
gun. He was then ordered io
crawl into the back room where
he was tied up. They also took off
been cleaned out and while he
hadn't been able to the total-up
the value as yet, "It will be in the
thousands." MindeI|$_elso stated,
he felt the thieves were well
versedJn_ photography as-they
left untouched the cheaper
cameras and several used.ones
(including his own) and because
the man had not asked simply for
Polaroid film ("as the great
majority of people do") but asked
for it by number.
Mrs, Mindelis, who normally
works in the shop, was not
The inauguration of the' half-fare
plan for senior citizens
comes within two months of the
county executive's request to the
Metropolitan Suburban Bus
Authority that a rievlew of the
fare structuring be made to
determine the feasiblHlyot such
a plan. When the county took over
young riders. A study is still
underway to determine the
feasibility of offering slinllarly
redujeedJflOBsJo the youhg. ~
According to the plan woked
out by the Nassau County
Department of Senior Citizens
Affairs, the Metropolitan
Transportation Authority and
the failing, privately owned^huiEMSBAr lis subsidiary all county^
lines, Caso expressed hope that it residents 60 or older who show
would be possible someday to proof of ihelr-age will be granted,
offer reduced fares, or half fares, the half-fare privilege,.-After
to &enior"citrzen8, as weir as to , (Continued on Pace 10)-
Anthony Elar and Frceport
Chamber of Commerce Retail
Division Co-Chalrmen Butch
Khanamirian and Paul Herman
(and a drop-in visit by Mayor
William White arid Trustee
George Fairberg) is any in­dication,
they . aisb have a
powerful voice;;;.
The main tai^et of the night's
discussion was the South Main
Street shopping district; with a , Elev^-year-old Daniel Boeh- , the boy, presumably on his way
special emphasis on .garbage mcke.-lpi.lS Maxson Avenue, a home from school,.ran;his bike
with the present early morning student/at'Our Holy,.Redeemer through a red light.on Grove
^,-,.::_^ .._... " - - - - Village" Schobl.'liKa very .lucky-boy who Street and proceeded northbound-
' ••'' • ' -''*•••' ' . i jjj a collusion .course with
Flowers' trucki (Witnesses, John
McKeown, 29 President Street?
and Robert Ford, 44 West End
his glasses to avold^dentification—present?"THankTOod^" says Her
... and left with them. ' husband.
/Biker Sunives Collision With Track'
.;^pickup:i;:v;;by.:i;;v:;;the;.:, . _^ _ . , - . -.
necessitating merchants to tfring has 'probably/how, .become ,a
oiit trash'the. nighty before ex- disclpleCpXthe Village's current
ipbsing^Ut., to*^:; the•:i^spireadlng\ Bite
,;eneirgiei, .6f:il»thl'iyM in the form of a
, >an;da.]s>;(Whll.e;muc^^ ,professional ^ truck driver- ;Who Avenue, verified to Freeport
;^eri^ed;ron;ilthl8i^I>birit^THE\ipossJb^ , Police^that the boy had jumped
^LEADER has,hero:.M^^ than the,'average \,the. light. ^Therfi, Is"-no School
;;h{gln^^:lateipB^j'atli^iB^^^ Crossing • Guard' at the in-
: ^liSecondTuesday^! mw^^irJUi,^ S(^ tersection.):r-.i" 'J - - -
^^^^A^^»;^.i^ii£!^^€:^i^^i^^Ai^^:tr^^£»i,^isis^ .Seeing ;young ,Boebmclce,
ge •'•' Flow^ sviirerved sharply and in a
ii^.j.,whlpU8H fashion it was .the rear
»t.'!; end. of Ithe ,hug(^. v^de'; .which
ten J , >'{Continued on Plage 10) < ^
•«*to
LOWEB PARES FOR SENIORS/ County Executive Rriph Cue
(left), Adelaldt Attard, opmmiMlontr of thf eounty Department of
SwiiorCitlMns Affairi; md.MTA Oiilmim Dr. WHIi«m J. Ronan
•complett details thht will %niiA% county r«tkl<nts 60 or older to ride
for half-fani 'mi 60iint)r*owmd busts from, 10 AM to 4 MM dutty.,
Caib txprMwd hope when thf ieounty took over the bum that
> fern for ifnior fHtxan*, could bo ridUMd.
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