The-Leader_1975-12-04

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40th YEAR, No. 32 FREEPORT, NEW YORK. DECEMBER 4.1975 PRICE: 15^ PER COPY
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IN REHEARSAL>/forthtt forthcoming Fr««port .Hi^VSchool
Masque and Wig pradiiiCtioh of''Gentleman Prefer Blondes," are.
:{l.tQ-r.).D«iny Klein,-Carole Smith, Sharon.Sobel, Jeffrey Airiles"
«hd:lkn:Tmb. The welHonoWn comedy depicts the hlrarious antics
ofl^elehLee and.lHettd as.tfie^ trivei t<i Psri^ injthe-tinHi of the
. "roarloiJ '2(h/' TH^ett j i c W « ,t*io iSaturr
>'(£fi7'!nmUigs^PjbMh^}tf:12.M SIJSO for
students^and^may be- piireHiijed'rin-aOT from Carole-Smith,
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Apojrfinenf tena^ Help
E'REEPORT ^ A represeotation of apartaient house'tt^umts from
S North Ocean Avenue appeared at Monday, ni^t's public meeting
of the-Freeport Board of Village IVusteesto asif questions about
their recent rent.increase. Clara Hoc^enboiom spoke for the group
and explained to Maydr.WUllam'White-'and the Board that this was
the second increase most of them . -
have had and that they had Samacca stated, the vibrations-leases.
"Are the owtors allowed JKCvent steep- .
to rdise the rent, even tlioiigh we. Greco also asked questions
Famed Choir
To Sing Here
FREEPORT — The- West­minster
Choir wiD be presented
by the Freeport Arts Council this
Saturday, Dec. 6, at Freeport
High School. 8:30 pm. A limited
amount of tickets will be.
available at the door for this
second concert of this season.
The cost, for those who can
prove Freeport resideicy, is $2.50
for adults and ^1. for senior
dtizsts and students. Tickets for
non-residents are $3.50.
The .. "Westminister. Choir,
founded In 1920, is the only such
collegiate choir under major
professional managemenh
Directed by JosejA Flummerfelt,
the' group-has toured Ehnrope,
. Riis^, Afrldi and the Far-E:ast ^
as ah oflidal rqitfesieotallvp of
-the .'.US;- iofdjfestris' i for>p«i'
•fdrnltoceS of the^-maj«r sym-pbonic-
choral .workis. In' 1972 it
became the permanent chohs in
residence at the Spoleto Festival
fai Italy.
p:Pia](ers
FREEPORT ^': "Gentlemen
Prefer Blondes," a comedy
depicting the roJaring " ^ will be
presented by Freeport High
School's Masque And Wig,
For Senior Housing And
Hotnesfead Dentonsirafion
FREEPORT - Over |4 million of Federal monies has been
allocated to the Village .of Freeport for houshsg and homestead-ing
projects. Announcement of two grants .was made this wecjc by
-Mayor William White and Congressman Norman Lent.
A $3,909,666 contract was approved by the U.S. Department of
Housing and Urban Develq;>ment
-have a leaiiti, because ut Ux in- about tho;Co^ty eales tax in-—t.viday and Sattirday, UfeCtoibfef
• OTases?"ihe asked. The tenants c^ase, -which the Mayor ex- 12 and 13. at 8:15 pm, In the High
also wanted to-know how they Plamea the Village has no control sdMWl Auditorium.
-CMild -d£mmmS~vmher-me~°^^^ thepoUcedepartmenL - ^^ac5nre"^n^~at $2 for
(HUD) for construction of 100
units of Senior citizen Housing on
North Main Street HUD. also
granted the Village 21 boarded up
homes in the nuiheast part oi
Freeport, valued at $250,000, and.
guaranteed $100,000 in Federal
loans to be used for 'their
rehabilitation.
: HomesteaiUnK Program
Of 22 munidpalmes throughout
the country, only three of which
are in New York State. Fre«p(fft
.b'the only VUlage tolhavd'been.
• selectedrfor'the homestiading
prograih.'The prograiD is based
on the homesteadlng principle of.
the 180QS and will determine its
practicality in today's urban-suburban
areas. Neighborhood
revitallzaUon will be stimulated
by providing homes, presently
boarded up and/ or deteriorated,
for purchase by occupant-owners
wbo. could not alfcad a niare-convQitlonal
metl&d. (d flnan-dng;
— .
._In October,-when HUD had
originally announced that
Fr^port's application had been
pediments and Freeport was
reconsidered and approved for
participation.
In commenting on . HUD's
announcement. White called the
homesteadlng ^program "a-cornerstone
trf our Conununlty
Development funded programs...
We are delighted that the
(earlier) decision'has now been
reversed and that we can now
move more quickly - towards
reyitsdizlhg.. our. northeast area
*hUe "providing:;;'attrftctive
flnaotlog^arrai^gBments-tb- our
young marriedand older couides
on limited or fixed incomes who
might hot otherwise tope to own
their own home in Freeport vrith
today's mortgage market"
TwoPrognms
Freeport will now be engaged
in two hbmMteading programs -
one under the. HUD- demon­stration
guidelines -and k
separate one, funded by Com­munity
Development Act iCQk)
. which allows the Village to set Its
own restrictions on the turnover
of a yet undetermined number of
denied, the Mayut. Firepoit—stmeturea to potential owner-occupants.
This latter pr<^ram is
presently being studied by Mayor
White's- Northeast" Residents
(Committee, the CDA. Citizens
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figiffes given them, by the lan-dtord,
were correcfabd that they
were being charged properly for
any tax increases. . .
• After; stating that he would
White, while mentioning the
Village of Plandome which had
given up its own 11 man'police
force this week and has now only
one full-time Niassau -Coimty
adults and $150 for students.
Advance purchases may be made
by contacting Carole Snaitfa, 623-:
2282.
Planning and Renewal Director
James Dunne and Village
"Counsel Oakley"Genfiy,~vnth the"
aid of Congressman Lent, were
able to clear up the legal im-probaWy^-
appoin
Landlord-Tenant doundl at. the
following weeks' Board meeting, -
the Mayor told the group .that he J.
would, write the owner of their
building to determine how their
increase was computed. "The
Village has no legal autiiority to
control Tents," he said, "or to act ,
as your att^miey. We can only,
make inquiries." He said that the
(Council, wMdi was proposed
' several months _ ago. .would .
resolve rent differences.
Taxi Cab Rates -
The atloniey for Cannon Taxi
Ccsnpany again came before the
Board to request an increase in
their rates.'Bcmard Levy dted
increased g3</»imA costs as a.
major factor in the company's
Teqoests. He tamed in_ncw
figures to the Board wbo have net
yet reached any dedsion-
OtiierQaeitiacs
Mr. Samacca and Mr. Greco, of
the B^eQ St. area, again broogbt
to~ the'Board's attentiffli what
they claimed were increased
"vibratiocs dais to the erection rf
(he new stacks on Power Plant
Two. When the plant is running
fon blast, from 7 pm to 1-2 am.
ajage^-police offics-coverisg-the-arei.-
said "Our problem is increased
costs and we have no sal^ tax or.
income tax, just propoty taxes,
which keep going iq) out of sighL
We win kok in every direction Xo
keep those taxes &avn."
"Junkyard" ccnditiorrt
Limel Socolov, a Merrick Road
retailer and property owner,
described for the B<»rd the
conditions be finds OD.Merrick
Road and Sunrise Highway
coming into Fre^xjtt from titt
East He told of dumpsterr fai the
^cnA and litter. In &e Urban
Renewal area, be claimed,
tpnanht awaiting removal keep
the premises like a "joakyard."
He dted ptupeity 00 Heteo and .
Merrick Road where the bnadrng
had been torn down and asked
why there were about 40 carr
sitting there. White stated (hat
that property was not Village or
Uiban reoewal-awoed, but GD
chcdoag later THE I£ADER
learned from Vmage'Han that
the property was rented by Ur­ban
Renewal to Ogden Brothers
vho have an agreement with the
Freeport Polla Doartmect to
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Local Store
Robbed Saturday
FREEPC)RT ~ More than
$4,200.in cash and food stamps,
was taken from a South Main
Street store, Saturday evening;
- by an armed hssSiu The tliief,
^wearing ski mask and gloves,
was apparently akne, biding in
&e basement rf Meat World until
its owner, Martin Trainer, locked -
up aod sent his employees home
about 8 pm. While Tranoer was
counting the day'g receipts in hij
secQDd-floor office, a man burst
into the room waving- a small
black handgun - and locking
Trauaer up in a nearby storage
"doset Snwe there wtieposigrg-
. rf forced fsirj into &e forked
shop, it it bdieved that the thief
fiitwed the store dcrizg regular
boors and then hid.
After taking $3,450 hi cash and
$323 in food stamps, the handrt
Oed in as unkmwTi direction and
tn an cnkziown.manner. Detec­tives
rf &e Nassau First Squad,
is Baidvin, are InvpVtgatir^g
ON ICE. Santa was joined by members of thtNnrbrUga Road Park
Figure Scaling Club Icrt Satiirday on the rink of the Freeport Reo-restion
Center. Ortr 400 tpcctttmi attended the free tea thow,
tponiond by the VQtage'i Recreation Dipartmtnt, end ttayed for
ica-tkrtiog ieoom. The Freeport ftecreetion Centsr'i ios rink is new
offidafly open for the season, every day exl crening except Wed­nesdays
. Admittznca to the rink during pohUc tesaons is free to
Diicount Ticket hrfdcn. Per sesjoo com for other residents h $1
for adufti end UH lor children with 15-«3sion discount books erail-able.
The rink IreruUbU for rental on Wednesdays for S4d an hour.
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