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3i7«i YEAR, No. 41 FREEPORT, NEW YORK, FEBRUARY I, 1973 PRICE TEN CENTS PER COPY
Yatnomr Wants Spot Women iCssSult Police
on rJr-Mcket
' School Board member- Larry
Yanovep announced Thursday,
:Januaty_25,JaLa_mfeUng::of the-^
Administrative Committee ofthe
Village Party, that he will be a
candidate for the position of
Village Trustee at the
Nominating Convention of the .;
Village Party. This convention is
to he held on February 1, at the
Sunrise Masonic -Temple. His
name will be' placed in
nomination from the floor that
evening, at which time'.the
members of the entire Village,
Party will be given ^ "an op^
pprtunity\ to vote for the can­didates
as prelsented by tlie
NominaUng Committee or;any
others who will be nominated that
evening.- -'^-'K: '•"'"/./•;--"-''''•''-: ^••;-
In making his announcement at
Jhe Administrative Committee
meeting, Yariover indicated thati
he felt, he was well qualified for
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the position and would ask* the^
rank-and file - members of the
Parly for their suppoi't Petjruary
1st, and^hether he wins or loses^
he.wiirremain with, and^stay
active with the Village Party.
He said he felt the Nominating
Committee had not been
thoroughly made aware of hi;
qualifications and he would take
this opportunity at the open,
convention " to present-tHis
qualifications, and b'ackground
"as a long time member in the
PartyV' to,. the/general";mem­bership
of the Village Party. "By
doing this, tbe voters of the Party
will have a shoice at the cpn-»
yention, and ^he final candidates
who willi-un for election will truly
'represent the^n platform,
philosophy and. idKils of .^tbe
Village IParty;" He «rig^ all
members of the Party to attend
this open meeting.
Mrjs. Margaret, Shaw, 53,"and"
her daughter,, Theresa, 19,
residents of MT.'Union Street; sent-s|
x Nassau County-polie^^ffieers:
iotiieemergencyroomof Nassau
-Gouoty—Medical—Center—-Wgd'^^
nesday night. The officers; al-tempting
to serve Mrs. Shaw with
a warrant regarding het* alleged'
coercion and tamperingjwith a
witness in a burglary cpse
agamst her son. Robert, were
met by both women, with a
physical barrage which Included
th|lhrowing of a salt solution into
Ihaiyes of several of the officers.
Mrs^Sshaw is; accused ,of the
throwing after which she locked
herself in a bathroom. •
, After, battering down the door,
the offi'cerswiere rushed by both
the women knocking them to tiie
floor. Calling for reinforcements,
the police finally managed to
.control the women after a;lialf
hour wrestling bOul, Mrs; Shaw's
husband, James, was at home at
- IhrlJme but waFliotinVolved in
the battle. • ~
—Both.women were arraigned on
-^hargcs-ofass^ult and .resisting.
arresl.~Thc-police were treated
for an aslortracnl of injuries
including shouldci* and back"
, bruises and facial anjd eye-lrfitations
caused by the sail. .
Pedestrian Accidents
Two pedestrians were struck
by vehicles in the Village during
fthe past week.'
. O n Saturday morning Lois
Klecka, 38, of 27 Howard Avenue,
pulled out of the LI Trust Com­pany's
Atlantic Avenue brahch
parking lot onl^Gifeve Street
striking and passing over Cleo
Napolilano, -se, of 109 Atlantic
• Avenue, Mrs. Napolltano was'
taken to Poctors Hospital foi;
-trgatmenl of bruises and con-'
lusions of the legs by the
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What Freeport Fife Dupart--
mcnl officials ore terming "the
largest sustaining-fire in the ,
Village'r history," bit last
Thursday morning shortly before
9 am which .wme three hours
later* saw two buildings at Ihc
north side of Merrick ftoad and
Henry Street leveled and dartjage
To two others. ~. ^~^^—~
-. According lo the Fire
Department and /the County
Arson Squad, the blaze began
accidently at Brucar Equipment
and Supply. Co., 45 E, Merrick
Road,.when a lighted match was
dropped into a drip /pan of
acetone quicjily .Igniting other
chemicals and materials in the
plastics manufacturing plant and
retail establishment. Employees
were,, quickly ev^cuoted and..
firemen responding to (he Village
wide alarm rciscued an uniden­tified
crippled woman who lived
in a second-story apartment, .
High winds quickly spread the»
flames lo the adjoining Soulh
Shore Restaurant Supply Co. at
5I^_B. Merriek Road where large
quantities of paper and plastic
explosion of tanks containing
polyvinyl chloride at the plastics
firm brought the irfaze lo its.
height and at one . point
threatened the Village snorkel
_,ck. .——.-^:.- .; - ; '
. Bolb buildings were lotally
destroyed . while adjoining
businesses, the used car '
showroom of Richard Chevrolet
and the truck department of
Merrill—podgc^were partially
damaged. No official estimates of
cost .of damage have been
released but Frank Ridel, part*""
ner in South Shore told-THK
LEADER his inventory was:~
worth an^pslimated quarter of a
million dollars. Unofficial
.estimates for IRF total HtM run
upwards of a half million dollars.:
Fire Department spokesman
Jim.McBrlde tp|d THE LEADER
that "it was a miracle'^' (hat-<he-~
_ fire was contained.'»'if it had -
juhipcdf across jhe iilreei, we'd
have been in real trouble." •
With all available Village
firemen on the scene, Chief Carl
W/iltman by 9:10 ani summoned
aid from " nearby communities
with companies from Merrick,
Roosevelt, Baldwin, Rockville
Centre, Oceanside-, If land Park,
Point LoPkoul, Long Beach,
Hempstead and Garden City
re8pondi^g^ Later p call was
Issucji over Radio Station WGBB'
for all volunteer, firemen on lh6
Soptb Shore to Join the fight.
McBride reports that the. call
resulted in ' a total of .4do •
firefighters with one'^man from
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