The-Leader_1975-10-02

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40th YEAR. No. 23 FREEPORT/NEW YORK, OCTOBER 2. 1975 PRICE: 15^ PER COPY
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At Rec Center
Several Program Fees
And Scheduling Aiiered
FREEPORT — Several changes i]i fees and scheduling at the
7" t h.'reeport KCcreation Centej* wefe-announced-thia week by-Sup-
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•exintendent of Recreation and Parks.Stanley Brekne, The changes,'
which were approved by" the Village _ Board Of Trustees,, reflect
input received from the Recreation" Programs Committee, the
Parks Commission^:and the * ^ - • • :. . •.
•community at large. . - ^nd 50« for a child. A 15-scssion
StarUng next week, there wUl discount plan will bo offered to
bra 50%reducUon;in the normal - bring-the-charges-to-«l0-and4i
OLDV11MERS:ii|<>}fr^i'^•ra--^.n -v-ifii;U.;,e-?d tiie air as tf»>IV$Bii«n Clinton Story PoH Aimridn Lei^n. tnent
-bidi litSmVSti'yan to bbnorViti Icinff-time'memberi..pasfcommaiders and, bi particular, Maurica
'S'tefiilSef..yiib;v»*4n of :tfi#.National Convantkifi. Alto
^Uy;admlssioa.;cost of Jl, for
-dtildren through; thei'age of 18
who wish to^use' the "Center's
Health Wing oh Mondays from
3:30-tb Gpm. For 50e (and"an
annual purchase of a Freeport
Activity Card), they may use the
- pool, ..exercise room, handball
cotirt and gymnasium at the
: specified tlnie. This'. "After
School Special", will also .al]ioW
HcnKmS'ircfa frat^'^Wtude^^^ for hU' those iayeaia and over to uaetbe''
affom;ln cqropijirifl^
Coouftawfars .|iictitnsdrj»r«;J'(<.--:^T^^^ Harry Chkuailo,L Ernie-
Stumpf; Fred Hagef/FriiniiwiUUiUr Joh" George Msyiin^ Howmf tianrnji Ed fJcenu and:
Ben Ciaravihb: (seated, i. to r.) Harold. McCorma^ Hennan Duiiker, VVaDy Guett, Maurice StemWr^
vHmryKnmivErtnkCUrley^BiliHeifaiKl^^ . , • . . " " . .;
HEBiPSnSAD —: Nassau Repiiblicu^^ bave^. amwunoed their can­didates
for the court-imposed Urinembercoun^ legislature. Ibe
candidates iirere selected by the es^nember Executive Committee
of the Party, at an, early morning breakfast at the Hempstead
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JTIEEPBRT '—•= Six Freeport
police' officers quickly . ap'.
- I n infrodudng the;Candidales,.:
.:Asseinbrymah Joseiph Margiotta; ^
Party dairinan, said that the
;RqpidbIician party, was mining its :
best candidates from'each of the-,
le^lative districts.. "Although
the Party has" teken" a position •;
opposing, the-'opealion—Of the_.
.county legislature because of its
cost to fte taxpayer's, the Party
always run* the^best candidates
availahie," the Party leader said, '
"..rand we are confUJent we shJall
win a' majoHly trf the seats.^ Our
r?TMliTi?tP<; will ask' the voters to
retain the" present 6-member
Board of. Supervisors, as" the
taxpayers can't afford another
layer of ©jvemment -hre . iii_
Na^u. ' However, they shall
campaign vigorously to win their
legislative seat;'^ " -
In the Thirteenth Legislative
Distnct, which covers.Freeport,"
Roosevelt, Merrick and North
Merrick, Thomas S. Gulotta; of.
North Merrick won- the
Reptdjlican oomination."^In ac­cepting.
Gulotta promised.a
straightforward campaign aimed
aL_ informing voters in the
proposal 'district jiist what the
court-ordered legislative form of
government will mean to them.
"The overriding issue, as far as
I'rn concerned, is holding down
the cost of government," Gulotta
declared. * "The times demand
, fiscal restraint"
Gulotta, a 31 year old attorney,
served as an assistant Nassau
County district attorney from
- December. 19©, to September,
1970, Hijcn he went into private
law practice. He presently is.a
parmer in the Firm of Gubtta.
Ma'rjgolin and Gulotta, Biineola. -
A Phi Beta l^appa student at
Trinity College. Gulotta has:
served in a;number of stale and
local r'government posts since
bblainmg bis law degree frona
.Columbia University Law School
in 190", HeS.sierved as counsel .loa­the
Assembly Transportation
Committee, _ .The Assembly
Speaka''s^SpedaI Committee oh '
the EHcferly. the Joint Legislative
Committee _on Laws Affecting .-
Local Govenunent. and the Joint
Legislative Committee on Towns
and Villages. Since January,
1974, he also has served as
counsd to the Hempstead Town'
Housing-Afllbority. >";
G«lotta--was.la_graduatB.. of
Malveme'-Higb School, wbore.he
was presid^t of the Student.
AssociaUon, a membier of the
National Jimior Honor Society
and was awarded theB'nai B'rith
'Good Citizenship Award. He is
r^ional director and finance
chairman for tiseSay Scouts in
Freeport, Roosevelt, the
Merricksand BeDmores, and is a
memlwr oflHeFTeei^rt'ElkB, the
Nassau Police Boys Gub and the
Order of. Softs of Jlaly,
The son of State Supreme Court
Justice Frank A."Gulotta, the
candidate lives with his wife,
Betsy, and their one-year old son
on Olive Avenue, North Merrick.
In the Fourteenth District,
which includes Baldwin, Baldwin
Harbor, East Rockaway, Island
Park, 'o'ceanside and South
- Hempstead, the GOPnominated
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-prefaendedthree^aniied gunmen, Jls<tjent|tle
who all<igedly held up the PMB
. Social Club last Sunday night. At
5:52 pm. on September 28,
Freeport police received a
telephone ( ^ from an. uniden­tified
dtizoi that a robbery was
in progress at tlw North.Main
Street establishment. -
Freeport- Police . .officers
Giordano. Steinberg, Moses,
Stei^ienson and Muldowney and
^ L Bowe quiddy .responded.
ITie alleged rc^bers, who had
takeninocessof $1200, from the'
participants, of'what-was ap-paroitly
a card game, fled
; eastbot&id toward Jay Street,
through badcyanls. .
'"7 Some of the victims attempted
pursuit,-altfaough the robbers had
forced theni to remove their
titwsere. Witbm minut«Sjj^t^5^:K
- pra. one alleged holdup man was
apprehended by' police in a
tiackyard oh East Seaman
Avenue. Near him. police found
the trousers belon^g to one
victim. Another alleged gunman
was arrested at the same time on
. Asubsequent search of buildings
resulted in,the discovery of the
- third-ma%at6;agpm, in an Ei
Seaman Avenue basement. Near
him were found a card case with
identificatioh belonging lo one of
the complainants and a loaded 38-
caUber revolver. Although the
gunmen were reported armed, no
weapons were used during the
chase and police apprehendai the
three without having to fire.thdr
own weapons. "Our men showed
extreme restraint," stated,
Freqxjrt Police Chief Tony Elar,
Locker rentals will remain lb(, or'
7St for the larger size. ;_ ;
: The* Board .of Trustees also
-, approved the granting of free ice
iBkating during-all public, two-hour,
sessions' to Health Wing
Discount Ticket holders. The
Center's' ice' skating •'rink., will
reopen for the winter season on
Thanksgiving; •. T h ^ Discount
Tiidcets are still avdilable .and.
users'to
unlimited
admission to the
indoor swim­ming
pool and the other related
facilities. They cost $40 for a
family miembership, $30 for
husband and wife, $2S for an adult
and $20 for a child. Senior citizens
receive a 50% discount. Fall
Discount Tickets expire January
31 and may be'renewed, at the _
same cost, for the period ending^
June 15,1976.
Those who do'notiiold discount
; ticket memberships will pay $1,
an adult, for Uie skating sessions,
respectively.
Youth activities and times have
been rescheduled. The Game
Roon\, with its ping pong tables.'
pool tables . and mechanized
games, may be utiUtcd by only
Junior. High School students
belween 7 and 10 pm Mondays,
Tuesdays, Thursdays and'
Friddys. On Saturdays, frpm 7 to
. 10 pm, Ihe rooh^ will bi';shared:
.Vi'i^h$«hii>T High School students: ^
'' From 3^l(^ p'm, Min^'dayK (hniugh •
Fridays;and on Sundaj^ bclwccni^
I and 7 pm; the room rnay be usca
by all between the agc.«s of eight
and IB; The.Gamc Rbohi, as well
as the entire Center, is cloiscd (o
^'youngsters on Wednesday -.
cvqnlngs for,"Adult Night." The
room will be open Sunday nights
for "Family Night," bul children
.tniist be accompanied by ah adult
lo enter the Center after 6 p.m.
'nje_'Yoiah Lounge offers an_
altentalive to theXrafntrRoomtor
, young people Senior High School -
age through 20. It will be open
Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays
and Fridays, 7 to 10 pm, and will
have a jukebox plus other, i
amusements such as those found
in the Game Rqom. , "
the Health Wing's gymnasium .
will shortly be opened at
specified times, for 15 hours a
• week, to free programming for
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HOW ARE THINGS IN QLOCCAMORRA? Freeport Mayor William
WhitB (second left) and Congrejwnan Norman L«nt (I.) present a
procfamation, declaring November 7 through 15 as Freeport Com-fflunrty
Chorale Days, to two oFffie fcadrin this year's Chorale'*
production of "Finian's Rainbow." Barbara Kirby'will play Sharon.
-and Bruca DeBaun (r.) /s cast as Woody Mahoney in "Finian's Rain­bow"
v»hlch the Chorale vwjll present November 7, 8, 14 and 15 at
the Freeport High School Auditorium.'