The-Leader_1974-02-21

              FREEi'^OriT :4EK0HliVM LIBRARY
W.ttEHRICK ROAD
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FREEPORT
BALDWIN
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FREIPORT'S
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NEWSPAPER
38th YEAR No. 43 FREEPORT, NEW YOkK, FEBRUARY 21,1974
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TAKIN6 A GOOD LOOK. TTie votunteert mmnins "tfie Fnwport
booth at the'Loi^'Island Boat Show at the Naniui Collieum^flnd a
wliiinQ cuitomer ill Mayo^ Wiliiani White (leftK llie Ji^rfay put
together by the Frespoi^ /UspclBtioit, Fri»port Chainber of Com­merce
and the VHIi^, hai proved to be mm off the most popular of
tile thow. By tfie ticond day over 1,000 peo|4e had entered the "win
a dinner for two at a Freeport restauninlf' contett and the "Botrting
and Fiiliiiig Ci^iital of Eaif'balloontwerein rfiortiup|4y. Manfiing
the booth last Saturday afternoon were iL-R) Atkinion School
Principal George Coupe, Freeport Auodation President Eileen
Extract and Jade Extract
PLANNING A CAMPAIGN. Action-Surfaurban Coalition Trustee
(»ndidats Carroll Belt (center) gets together with his cbcsmpaisn
managers Joseph McAndrews (right) and John Mendes to map out
strategy for the days prior to the Village March 19 election.
Merchants Act On Sign Law
FREEPORT - The monthly meeting of the Retail Division of the
fYeeport Chamber of Commerpe^^^ held filonday evening at the Villa
Roea, renilted in several important:deciBions by the Village's re'
tail menduints. Th^. voted 14 yea, S no,' ai^iniival of a compromise
meAaiiFe Ihat could become aj|'amendm«it to a Village Ordinance
limiting.tlgnSf'bUleardqla^d,. ,. .crv?. .
placarois.X^I^By^ in store., foratemporaixP<eriwi<'^<)ayS'
vrindows (»i^4aan, to no'^tndro- Ai^ jdnt ventlire of'the entire
than 83-l/!3%fif.«acb,g]ass'area.. Retail Division (such as Dollar
For deflhiflfln :paqf^»eib'li''J^ r; Savings Days) would be exonpt
dowwi$^^ln^^ -This
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iBMQtfieliiii^grqf^ pemiifrom:
the' BttikHflg 'Department.vand,
^poQ Myiwsntef a npmioal <inot.
ynpoeddM tmon '- fee, whidi'
wmld'Tttea'alW.tbe store to
di^pl^r i^pedU proinoliooal aigna
jlJMidritm«idattoi wwill/. now< be
1 S a « W A to-> tlie ^ Frcei^ort
Cfaamba',.of Comineroe for their
:addi|tlonal - approval"^/and
.recommendation to the Village
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VillaceTnntaeDQiraagr £ttorm»
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More On Police Cars
(Editor's fiat^i the foilbwing
is an offlclai release tmi to as by
the ActloD'Sabiirban Coalition.
Also r^rlnted is a letter seat to
Mayor William White by
Coalittoo candidate CantdJ Belt.)
In coiuiection with the in*
vestigatlon launciied last week by
lYustee CancUdate CarroU A.
Belt, a special committee was
appointed to determine whether
the rumors r^^rdlng Freeport*8
police ciara were.tnie otfalse.
•This committee employed
extensive and comprehensive
efforts ill their search for the
truth. Hume caUs to the General
Motors Corporation In New Vork
City and hi_P(^il revealed that
vittie/;p«8x;frOf,fttl«B^?8«rtal|>idtti<^
tificatlon ntohbera ol Free^rt's'
'^sevcnim'poUci! cars'are merdy
standardfid Air 4 door isedans. If
In fact, special poU(» packages
arc *lMiiIt into the cars, that in-fomiation
wotdd be reflected In
the last six digits of the ^veMele
production number.
At this time, the General
Motors people in New York and
DetroU have ftiOed to furnish ttiis
committee with this informatiffli^-
A qiecial call was ma<te. to the
• Oievrolet Division in Bethpage,
New York. The result of that call
. was unrewarding. Tlie General
Motors representative was.
satisfied that the cars in quesito
were hi fact police cars because
he had been told so earlier in flie
week by Al Young, General
Alanager of Richard Qievrolet itf
FVeeport. •
The question as to the q)ecial
equipment arose when George
Fairberg, a-Trustee on the
Village Board, assured the
taxpayers of Freeport that the
reason- that the board wilUni^y
paid almost $900- more for~
Freeport police cars titan Nassau
County inid for county police
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Rremen Reoommended
For Rescue Award
Freeport Fire Department Sbid'
Deputy William ComlnM has
petiUoned the Fife Cktundl to
give' special recognition to
- Firemen Van Spivey and Guy
''Newbury,'members of Truck
#l»tor.thelr rescue attempts last
Thursday in a fire at 42 Smith
.. Stc^ where a (K^-year-oId man
died^the i^iparent victim of
'talUng asleep «1iile smcjdng in
bed, l^pivi^ was made "Fireman
of,the. Year" in 1978 after a
fifpilar rescue, sharhig the honor
with Newberry's toother, David.'
FdlowtogJs Cominoe' letter to
-the Gouocfl:-
**It is with a jgieat deal of pride
that. I writft^Uhia letter. On
Febnttry 14,1^4' at 0647 lurs.
Box HITS i r i s transmitted for a
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toning Board Hears
Plan For Casino Site
Although Village Mayor WUUam White told THE LEADER he quite
often drops in at Board of Zoning Appeals hearinp, there seemed to
be significance in the fact tliat he sat throu^ the two hour meeting
last niuiiday. Hie Board was considering the continuance i^ the
ncm-confonning use of the site now known as the C^asiiM Street Pool.
The 07-year-old structure, con­taining
small apartn^ents and an
unused pool and raitaurant, is
presently in the iiands of Bert
Nestler of Hempstead. He
acquired the property from
Nagot Ltd. who had pitviously,
unsuccessfully, petitioned the
I Board:to^ aUow ttie^erei^hm of a::
' ;<^nEidonyMiunv^^ciiwplesi:}i<Ri:" V the •-,
.-Riesldeiitial^'Aftlteif-Nestltsri^-
throughi'his attorney, was
propoeing. a similar thr^tory,
97-unit project last Tliursday.
The attorney argued that
Nestler was not getting
reasonJBble retuni oh his Tin-vestment,.
because of vacant
apartments and low rentals^
Board Chahnnan John Donovan
replied' that the form^ owners
iiad been asked tp move hardship
and had not been abUs to do so and
requested the attomor to submit
financial rei»it& to the Board to
hidude purchase {»1c^, mc»'-
tg»ge <»»amitta)ent8,eto. Under
questioning it was repented that
uie condomiMum would cost 12
miUion to build with 139,400 to
t40,000 reqtdred tfxt demoUUfXi.
Ilie lamrer also stated there was
a need Ime f(nr such a facUi^,
particularly among senior
citizens,; who no longer want
large homes Iwt desire to stay hi
the area. He repi»:ted that fiml9
(M}e4)edroom units would sell for
$50,000, :The 38; two-bedroom
units, at 1^,000, are planned as
luxury duplexes, each ^ th two
bathrooms. Several Board
members renuuk:ed on the small
sizes Of some of the bedrooms.
Architect Tliomas |ioJo, who
desii^ied the complex, pohited
out t6at the j^w {^ resident at^
tracted to tlie apartments would
he water-oriented and would not
want to clean a lame apartment.
Boat dbcka and slips would be
available to resldente ami tholr
guests. Wiien the Board ex­pressed
concern over the
proposed 71 parking siMices for
ttie |?-ttnita; Mo|6 said il was felt
^retfdiMi,! iaf^ retired, xwould
i*aw*onl|y^^
'(fldiiovMi^A.ejtpfesieAT-viidoubi,
pointii^ out (nst'he feit |»(»^
wilUng 60 pay. such a largt pur­chase
prii^' for two-bathrbonu
would have two cars, leaving
little patting aj^ce fen* vislton,
Mojo said that Mme designing
the strtictore he had studied the
minutes of the Board hearings m
the previoiis petitions, ancTluid
spoken to r^iresentatives at the
Atlantic South Civic Association.
He pointed out, m a scale mo^l,
that all setbackSr were as
required and that entrance to the
site wouM be fn»n Roosevelt
Avenue while braffic wcnild {«ii -
^ t o Casino Street.
Because of the lateness of the
hour, the Board ruled t h^ would
agahi listen to further ai^unents
tar the i»roject tm March 13 at 8
pro,, y;^,;\
TAS^A' rei»«sentative Perry
Fischer confirmed to THE
USADER that meeUngi between
tlM deveh^i^v and membeni ol
the Associaticm had; talien place
and the idea ^ad their mppmi.
WhentoMthdttheattom^, wtira
asked by the Board as to what
would be done if all units were not
sold, rralled they wouM be
rented, Fischer stated th^ would
^ttidraw their backing if that
came about. "It's got to be a
condominium or nothing!" fie
said.
Village Candidates Appear
The Freeport,Re^lican Club
hosted the three - announced
candidates to the . March 19'
Village Election for Trusteeship
last Tuesday night as we were
going to press. •
Our observer reported ah
- audience of sosie 20d.«1io braved
the wet weather to hear Non­partisan
Coordinating Com-niittee
candidate Clarence Pope,
Carroll Belt, the choice'of both
the Svbuxbvo and Action Parties,
and VillJBge Party candidate, and
present holder of the seat,
porothy Storm.' * ' '
with no cross, debate or
ques^hms aUowed from the floor,
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each contender slated their
qualifications /or office and
reasons tor running. Mrs. Storm,
speaking first, acknowledged the
Village WAS not without Ito
|xt)bli^s but pointed to the Just-announced
.13 mlliioii senior
citizen housiiig project .BB a
forward stiep. She ahio discussed
her 'present efforts with tiie
cultural arte council;. the ex*
pected « ^ n g up of bike racks
throughout the Village and,her
work to obtain a school croaslng
guard near the high school.
Pope discussed his academic
qualiflcatlotts and'stated be Uii
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