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38th YEAR No. 38 FREEPORT^NEWYORK, JANUARY 17,1974 PRICErlS^PERCORy
GREEK EPIPH/?^NY.i^eweiwd Nichblai Retilas of St. Demetri
Greek Ortfwklox Church holds the cross before it was thrown into
the waters at tha Freiport Boat Launchtni Facility on Albany
Avenue. Mayor and Mrt. Will Jam H. White,' left, j nd T"ittae Ralph
Franco and Mrs. Franco join with * e youngsters as they observe
this ritual which is part off a ceremony practiced univarsally by the
Greek Orthodox Church to celebrate Epiphany Sunday.
HON{WINQ THE MEMORY; the c^^^ of the
Church of the Transfifluratlon Day Schod lead the procession of
clerflymen and representatives o f Freeport's jovernment, schopls and
civic grbupt Into flie chiirdi where annual services were held on
Tuesday oh i ie occiiflon of tha birthday of the late Rev. Martin
Luthw l^in«;Jr:tbe ConMlebrirtad Btoii had the R Richard
Martin, Suffragan Bishop of tiie Lt Diocese as Chief Celebrant ai-titted
fcrpEpiscopal dergymen from Baldwin and Roosevelt. Rev.
Marc Oliver, Rector of Tranifiguration, was master of ceremonies.
.__. (teADER Photo by Danielle Blanche)
Flood -Preparations Outlined
The ride down Miller Avenue - ^residents of Freeport. Meetings
had beoi soggy and the tide was - tween the agencies resulted in the.
"creeping up towards the edge of..' decision to quietly prepare 8n_
the bulkhead as .the Freeport emergency plan, without
Chamber of .Commerce met last .jiubliclty which, anight panic
Thursday at the Sea Breeze residents.
Restaurant to hear Superin- First step was the attainment
' tendent of Public Works Edwin of. Army surplus "six by six"
Prefer and - Preeport Fire trucks^ from the in-land corn-
Department Chi^ John Horton . munities of Lynbrookf Hemp-describe
the plan that had'bedi stead and East Hills to sup-instituted
in casie extensiv^dal plement the Village's own. Such
flo6(JUng had occurred two days v^des are capable of going into
before. The subject was not "old ^ ,fivc.Vfeet • of. vlwater while
hat,'.'- however, as' the. unusual Fcefport's own multi'ntilUbh
alignment of the moon, earth and ' do||«r^fleet^5>f'}truck8 and fire
sun will have Fre^rt and the. .equi^ent^wotild > be severely
'^tire-mid-AtUuitic'coast agafo-ilanaagedr.ji^r sui^': usage.. The,
on "high'wiiterv alert", for.the ,taicka were moved into RreepOTt
periods:0f>February: 7; July* 19
and August; 17.^^; V ^--^^ --^A-^-
:Preferf^eiported-that::'upon
notice of the potaitial situatiop,
fiSayor William White liad called
i^on hisd^ifrtment and OJ/OK of
FtreT;D^Mirtment,iIo6e':fl Mon-day^
vbiUe^VPageibquipment was
rinoifed^; frora> low4ying Albany
'Avdnie to the Recreation Center
site. Each vehicle^ was filled with
sand capabli^'oflfilUng tbe on-
Parties for B i
EOe Crisis Number C&tilHioh Candidate M
VillcigeTrustee^Seat
With the premiseijUiat the ef­fects
of the energy crisis is first
felt by low-Income groups, the^
Freeport EOC took a four-day
survey of residents, to gauge- the
problem and how it could be triet.
4 total of SW persons were
questioned, 153 of n^ich owned
their own home and 437 who paid
rent. Sixty-nine of the respon­dents
receive some type of public
assistance while^ 110 of the
homeowners are employed and
104 of the renters;.
• Twenty-thriee of the persons
indicated rental increases due to
the crisis averaging I16.S0, Fuel
prices ranged from a reported
low of 23f per gallon to 471 per
gallon and 48 reported they lived
in drafty horpes.
Private transportation is used
by 183 of the respondents while 77
use piAlic transit. Part of a
coun^-wide surv!^, the Freeport
BuHwy ^ioes nbt^r^flei't ttieieijfect
of the recent hike in taxi fares as
the surveyperiod occurred before
the raise.\'
Armed with the information,
the Freeport EOC has instituted
an emergency phone number
which residents may call for any
FUEL-related problems. The
number, 3704940, should be Used
only during the period the EOC
offices are not open and the only
problems handled will be cas^
where a home has run out of fuel,
a heating systein isj defective, a
family has Been evicted or burnt
(Continued on Page 4)
Both of Freeport's year-old
political group, the Suburban
and Action Parties, wllljield a.
single coalition candidate,
Carroll Belt, against the Village
Party's choice in the race to fill
one Village Board Trusteeship
this March.
The coalition agreement was
announced after the executive
commlltees of both groups had
met nine times, in a two-month
period. Belt, who ran un­successfully
last March for
Trustee, was one of several
prospective candidates, in­cluding
women, interviewed by a
Joint committee.
Belt, age 41, was born In
Washington, D.C. He Is a
graduate of Delaware State
CoUege,/ with a B.S. In blolijgy
and chemistry, land the recipient
of a masters in science and social
work from the University of
Maryland. He has been employed
by the National Institutes of
Health, the National Bureau of
Standards, the U.S. Department
of Defense Computer
Programming and I.B.M.
Currently he serves as assistant
to the Executive Director of the
Five Towns Community Center,
Lawrence. He has also been
Executive Dlrjcctor of the Long
Island Peoples Association and
the Youth Advocacy Program.
Belt was a Golden Gloves
Boards Reserves Decision
^^U»y^firerio^'(xotd&t^2h9ad%m samBttgs whlcb cbtdd
dtotis- forVtfae n o t e c ^ of the <- (Continued on Page 4)':
A proposed tax increase
brought some 60 Freeport
residents to Village Hall for the
Public Hearing on the 1974-75^
Village budget Tuesday night.
They heard Mayor William White
say,."Is there anyone here
tonight, or In tiiis country, who
can tell us what the cost of oil to
. heat our buildings, or gasoline to
run our vehicles,' will—be in
January, 1975? With all the un­certainties,
I am certain of one
thing - the budget presented
tonight represents, after much
work, a true, and complete pic­ture
of- the Village's monetary
needs for the ensuing fiscal
year,"
Again.and again'the Mayor,
and other members of the Board,
stressed that ?pf of the increase
represents, mandatory emplwee
raises and'fdnge:benefits. They
defended the ptogiMd hiring of a.
develranneht^qiert as necessary '
' for •: tnei broadening ';ofv ^e -
Village's ta)^.iwse. Mayor White.'
pointed out''th9t:«':resident had'
' told'him: his" Village taxes had'
; risen 700%«iiice' 1950 while those
-for the!County; School, etcl'has
*risen«(i%;'fl admit the cwt of
, Government is:high and*some'
other means than property tax
should be used to finance it."
Those thai rose to question
items jind state their positions
included TASCA's Elliott Berrlh
and Sy Kom, the Action Patty's
(jene Currie, Joe McAndrews and
Vlnce -Fortunate, The
Democratic Organization's
-Harold Levy and Jim Foster and
Ed Yamln of the Suburban Party,
They pleaded for a less complex
presentation of the budget,
utilizing explanatory notes; the
issuance' of^ the budgets of the
water and electric departments
(which are a matter of public
record and are. available); the
hiring of a management' con­sultant
to increase efficiency of
Village departments; and the
minimizing of-the Village's
bonded indebtedness, '
When 8evf»ral residents stated
that citizens were being over­burdened
with taxes and '.'the
time: has come for belt-tightening"
In the form of service
cutbadu, Mayor White replied,
'^ThedoesUon is do'we~want to do
such things'as haul our garbage
.to the pure? U dogs (a reference
;to a $10,000 budget item for Town
, ol Hempsjtead. pickup of stray
champlort In Washington, D.C.
for two years, advancing to the
national finals. He worked his
way through college while
playing football, elded by
academic scholarships, , He
played fullback^for the Pill-
, sburgh Sleelera, .
TTie Bell family which Includes
three boys and a girl, rnoved to
Freeport four years ago from
Glen'Cove.'""•- -";• - •^'.: : t-„, \-
Belt, ran on the Action Party
.lliw last March when there were
six candidates for two seats. He
received 2,177 votes, the second
highest tally among the losers.
When asked about Belt's
candidacy by THE LEADER,
Village Pairty Preisldent Robert
Sweeney said, "that's an in­teresting
developmwt,'!i>orotby
:stornf jvHo^simjSp^^
the seat until the el^tliin lind is
expected to receive_lhe, Village
Party's nomination, pointed out
that It should be !'an interesting
elation if I run ... two minority
candidates, a black and a
woman." James -Foster,
President of the Freeport
Democratic Club, part of the
Freeport Democratic
Organization which had stated it
would consider running its own
candidate, said they were leaving
that option open for the pruaunt,
notIn£ihal Belt is a roistered
Democrat.
Levy Gift To FHS
Mr. George Morton Levy,
President of RooseveU Raceway,
has established a new scholar­ship
for a FHS senior desiring to
go to college after graduation.
The scholarship will be In
memory of Mr^ Levy's brother
and deceased wife, Mrs. George
Morton Levy,'
The scholarship will amount to
the annual interest on $10,000
which Mr, Levy has given the
School District. . ' .
- In his letter" Informbig the
Freeport High School Scholar­ship
Fund of his glft,~Mr, L«vy
wrote; "I spent many ^pleasant
years of my juvenile life at
Freeport Hi^ School. In fact t
admired and.loved the high
school so much tliat I spent two
years there after gradtuiUon and
toiSITaMwo-year poet^aduate
course In order (o play baseball
and fotkball: Therefore 11 have
many pleasant memories of
Freeport High School and
although I have physlcaUymdved;
out of Freeport for m&ny yearn, I
feel that spIrituaUy I am sUU a
resident of Fntport"
.v.-taa
animals) would eat leaves we
wouldn't have a probUnn/'
TheBoardreserved decision on-the
$9,841,212 budget.
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